VOA NEWS/ Sarah Kimani NAIROBI — Delegates at the United Nations Environment Assembly, meeting in Kenya, held a moment of silence Monday for the victims of Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash. At least 5,000 delegates, including environment ministers, experts, and activists gathered Monday at the United Nations offices in Nairobi. They paid respects to the 157 people […]Load more...
VOA NEWS /Heather Murdock / AL-HOL CAMP, SYRIA — “I pray my children will follow their father’s path,” said Intesar Mohammed, surrounded by three of her four children in a muddy, trash-strewn tent in northern Syria. Her husband was an Islamic State militant who was killed in 2018. Her fourth child is being held by […]Load more...
Lifespan affiliate awarded $1.6M to help curb national opioid epidemic; will partner with pharmacy chain Genoa, treatment provider CODAC, URI, state health agencies PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Hospital has been awarded $1.6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effectiveness of providing medication and care at pharmacies to people with […]Load more...
Pawtucket – The Pawtucket Advisory Commission on Art and Culture is pleased to announce the upcoming city hall gallery exhibit, Pawtucket Women in the Arts – Emerging & Established. This exhibit celebrates Women’s History month by recognizing talented local artists who are both well-known and emerging. The opening reception is scheduled for Tuesday, March 19th […]Load more...
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today criminal dispositions in a worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance benefit fraud totaling more than $39,000 in court-ordered restitution. Orenda Monroe (age 34), of Pawtucket, pleaded nolo contendere on February 21, before Superior Court Justice Luis Matos to one count of larceny over $1,500 for collecting more than $10,000 […]Load more...
WASHINGTON—Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Trump administration’s budget proposal: “This budget doesn’t fund the future; it does quite the opposite, forfeiting children by yet again cutting the education budget while safeguarding the tax cuts given to the wealthy last year. President Trump and Secretary DeVos have made a choice with this budget—enriching […]Load more...
All 5 UFCW local unions representing over 31,000 Stop & Shop workers prepared to take action amidst contract negotiations Providence, RI – United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328, 371, 1445, 1459, and 919, which collectively represent over 31,000 Stop & Shop members in the New England area, issued a statement today following last night’s final […]Load more...
Report released as Rhode Island remains on downward overdose trend New Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) data indicate that more than a third of the opioid overdose calls to which Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded in Rhode Island in 2018 occurred in public places. Public health leaders are again urging all Rhode Islanders who […]Load more...
TO PRECEDE UPCOMING BRIDGE PRESERVATION PROJECT IN PROVIDENCE The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close Exit 22 B/C from I-95 North to Route 6 West and Providence Place. On Wednesday night, March 13 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., the exit will close for some preliminary exploratory work before the start of […]Load more...
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