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Rhode Island Awarded $20 Million Grant to Improve Literacy

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green announced today that Rhode Island has been awarded a $20 million grant to improve literacy. The five-year Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant from the U.S. Department of Education will be used primarily to support communities and LEAs in strengthening literacy development and instruction from birth […]Load more...

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Whole Foods Market Recalling Dorset Cheese

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Whole Foods Market stores in the northeast are recalling Dorset cheese because of a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenesis an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, pregnant women and others with weakened immune systems. […]Load more...

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AG Barr Draws Democratic Fire for Handling of Trump Whistleblower

VOA News By Masood Farivar WASHINGTON – In March, special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final report to Attorney General William Barr without answering the most tantalizing question: Did President Donald Trump attempt to obstruct the investigation into whether Russians meddled with the 2016 presidential election in Trump’s favor. Barr, the savvy veteran Republican lawyer, wasted […]Load more...

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Trump Touts Border Security Ahead of 2020 Campaign

VOA News By Michael Bowman VOA White House correspondent Patsy Widakuswara contributed to this report. WASHINGTON — After more than two years of political and legal strife, U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be prevailing in revamping immigration policy and building portions of a wall to limit migration across the southern U.S. border. Trump views boosting […]Load more...

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3 US Troops Wounded in Afghanistan Insider Attack

VOA News – By Carla Babb PENTAGON – Three U.S. service members were wounded in an insider attack Monday in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan, Army Col. Sonny Leggett, said a member of the Afghan Civil Order Police fired on a military convoy, and that the service members sustained «non-life-threatening injuries.» «The […]Load more...

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US Soldier Arrested for Sharing Bomb-Making Instructions

By VOA News A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested for sharing bomb-making instructions on social media. Jarrett William Smith, a 24-year-old private first class, also discussed bombing a news network, killing far-left activists known as «antifa» and naming presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke as a possible target, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday. Smith was […]Load more...

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Puerto Rico Braces for Tropical Depression Karen

By VOA News The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are expected to feel the effects of Tropical Depression Karen to the islands Tuesday. The National Weather Service warned Monday that Karen was expected to bring flash floods and mudslides to the islands starting Tuesday into Wednesday. Monday evening, Karen was 215 kilometers […]Load more...