Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker joined the crowded field seeking the Republican Party’s 2016 U.S. presidential nomination on Monday, saying he is in the race to «fight and win for the American people.» The 47-year-old Walker is the 15th candidate in the Republican contest. Political surveys show him among the top Republicans seeking the nomination, with […]Load more...
Iraq announced Monday the start of an offensive to recapture its western Anbar province from Islamic State militants who control large areas including the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah. The televised statement said the operation included Iraqi troops as well as Shi’ite and Sunni fighters. Iraq’s government has made Anbar a priority since the Islamic […]Load more...
VIENNA—Hours are left before the deadline in the Iran nuclear talks is set to expire, with waning hope that the U.S. and its partner countries will reach a deal Monday. The American diplomatic delegation in the Austrian capital divulged little information throughout the day. But back in Washington, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said “genuine […]Load more...
An international team says there may be a reason why some people seem to stay young well into their dotage. Researchers from the U.S., Britain, Israel and New Zealand observed that at the physical age 38, the biological age of individuals was all over the map. Some 38-year-old bodies were still in their 20s, while […]Load more...
Trees clean the air, provide shade, and reduce climate changing emissions. And, says environmental neuroscientist Marc Berman, they also improve the health of people who live near them. «I’m very interested in how the physical environment affects the brain and behavior,” says Berman, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Chicago. His study […]Load more...
NEW YORK—«Go Set a Watchman,» the much-anticipated second novel by «To Kill a Mockingbird» author Harper Lee, is the most pre-ordered print title on Amazon.com since the last book in the «Harry Potter» series, Amazon said on Thursday. The online retailer said the novel, to be published on July 14, 55 years after Lee’s classic […]Load more...
WASHINGTON—Willie Nelson will receive the national library’s pop music prize this year, the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, as the Library of Congress cited Nelson’s six decades in music Thursday. Nelson will receive the prize in November when he will be feted with a concert and other honors in Washington, the library said. Nelson’s songwriting includes country-music […]Load more...
Colonel William Barton of the Rhode Island Patriot militia captures British General Richard Prescott, from his bed, during the early morning hours of this day in 1777. Prescott was the only British general to suffer the ignominy of being captured twice by Patriot forces during the War for Independence. American forces first captured Prescott after […]Load more...
Exeter, Rhode Island -- The fifth annual Kiki’s Garden Sunflower Soiree will be held on Saturday, July 25, from 12 to 6 p.m. at Camp Canonicus in Exeter. The Sunflower Soiree is the major fundraiser for the Krista “Kiki” Weller Burns Foundation, a nonprofit organization that “Seeds Good Deeds” by supporting community non-profits and raising […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – The process to fill the upcoming federal court vacancy in Rhode Island took a step forward today as United States Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced they have recommended that President Barack Obama nominate Rhode Island Public Defender Mary McElroy, of Coventry, to the U.S. District Court in Providence. “After a months-long, […]Load more...
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