Photo: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a news conference to introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2019. Agence France-Presse U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled his updated «Medicare for all» plan Wednesday with several rival Democratic presidential hopefuls jumping onboard, spotlighting […]readmore
VOA NEWS – Masood Farivar Ihar Tsikhanenka contributed to this report WASHINGTON — Last month, Jeff Schoep, the self-styled commander of one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the United States, took to VKontakte, Russia’s version of Facebook, to update his followers about a brewing scandal. Schoep’s group, the National Socialist Movement, was outraged over […]readmore
Junior Achievement and Teach For America Rhode Island Host Seventh
PROVIDENCE, R.I.,— Junior Achievement (JA) in partnership with Teach For America Rhode Island (TFARI) will host the seventh annual Education Awareness Week from April 8 -12. Education Awareness Week highlights the incredible work of educators who lead Rhode Island’s classrooms and schools; the potential that every student possesses for success in school and career; and the opportunity […]readmore
Raimondo discusses free tuition expansion with students at CCRI’s Knight
On Tuesday morning the Governor Raimondo listen to a group of students who have taken advantage of the Promise Program. The Governor would like to expand it to also include the last two years at Rhode Island College, as well as adult learners at CCRI for an additional $5 million. “This initial promise program is […]readmore
Photo Credit to Warren Jagger June event to focus on architecture of Paterson Park Neighborhood, home to H.P. Lovecraft PROVIDENCE, RI (April 8, 2019) — The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) is pleased to present its 39th Festival of Historic Houses on June 15-16 in the East Side’s Paterson Park Neighborhood. Guests taking part in this […]readmore
At least 32 babies have died while in the sleeper. Why is it still on the market? A Consumer Reports investigation into the safety of the Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play Sleeper—a product designed and marketed for babies to sleep on an incline—found that it is tied to at least 32 infant deaths. Amid CR’s investigation—and […]readmore
WASHINGTON, D.C. – La Comisión de Seguridad de Productos del Consumidor de EE.UU. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC) y Fisher-Price alertan a los consumidores sobre el Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play debido a reportes de muertes cuando bebés se voltean en el producto. Según la literatura médica, los bebés suelen empezar a rodar sobre sí mismos a […]readmore