LPR’s host of Medical Apprentice, Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, interviewed Gretel Terrero who is a 3rd year student at Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. Miss Terrero discussed the issues of premature labor and answered questions from listeners that called in. “Aprendiz Medico” (Medical Apprentice) is a partnership between Latino Public Radio, Warren Alpert Medical […]readmore
Pawtucket – February is Heart Month. Members of the Cardiovascular Medicine Department at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island wore red on February 7, 2014, along with other employees of the hospital, in honor of the American Heart Association’s 11th Annual National Wear Red Day, raising awareness of the mission to fight heart disease and stroke. […]readmore
Shirley Temple Black, who as a dimpled, precocious and determined little girl in the 1930s sang and tap-danced her way to a height of Hollywood stardom and worldwide fame that no other child has reached, died on Monday night at her home in Woodside, Calif. She was 85. Her publicist, Cheryl Kagan, confirmed her death. […]readmore
Providence – Bonnie Nickerson, Director of Long-Range Planning in the city of Providence’s Department of Planning and Development, will be a featured speaker in a special panel presentation at the 2014 Smart Growth annual conference, this week in Denver, Colorado. The presentation: «What We Did, How We Did It and Why We Are Better For […]readmore
Robert Ricci, 29-year veteran of city government and has served in this capacity for 14 years, named to U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council Leadership Providence -Robert L. Ricci, Esq., director of Workforce Solutions of Providence / Cranston and the capital city’s workforce office, has been named to the 2014 Board of Trustees of […]readmore
Final flourish from Fourcade in biathlon pursuit secures first gold
Fourcade’s compatriot Jean Guillaume Beatrix provided France with a double presence on the podium, as he climbed from 14th place to finish on 34:12.8 and take bronze. Fourcade, who doubled his total Olympic medal tally, following the silver he won in the mass start at Vancouver 2010, dominated the race from the mid-stage and even […]readmore
Mulder, 27, won with a combined time from his two races of 69.31 seconds, beating compatriot Jan Smeekens by just 0.01 second in a thrilling climax to the competition. Meanwhile, Ronald Mulder, the twin brother of Michel, took bronze in a time of 69.46 seconds. Smeekens led the eventual winner by 0.04 sec after the […]readmore
Many Olympic “firsts” in Sochi The first new events – snowboard slopestyle and the figure skating team competition – were already a huge success in Sochi. Biathlon mixed relay, luge team relay, ski halfpipe, ski slopestyle, snowboard parallel slalom and women’s ski jumping will get their turn in the spotlight in the coming days. The […]readmore
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles first appearance on US television in a star-studded show that aired on Sunday. The Beatles, including the late John Lennon and George Harrison, changed music on Feb. 9, 1964 when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York […]readmore
Jennifer Lopez still loves Marc Anthony. Although the heart of the Bronx Diva has been occupied by the handsome dancer Casper Smart for the past three years, the pop star recognizes that she will never forget all the good experiences she had during her five-year marriage to the salsa-father of her children Max and Emme, […]readmore