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McKee Launches 2019 Lt. Governor’s Entrepreneurship Challenge

$10K in scholarships available for high school entrepreneurs PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Today, Lt. Governor Daniel McKee launched Rhode Island’s second annual Lt. Governor’s Entrepreneurship Challenge, a business pitch competition that encourages high school students to compete for $10,000 in post-secondary scholarships. Last year, over 55 students from 18 schools across Rhode Island participated in the Challenge and […]Load more...

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Facebook accused of behaving like ‘digital gangsters’ in British report

A scathing British parliamentary report on Monday branded Facebook «digital gangsters» that knowingly violated data privacy and competition laws. Lawmakers’ 18-month investigation into disinformation and «fake news» also accused Facebook of failing to faithfully fight Russia’s alleged attempts to influence elections. Cultural select committee chair Damian Collins said Facebook «deliberately sought to frustrate our work by giving […]Load more...

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Philadelphia Mulls Supervised Injections to Cut Drug Deaths

VOA News/Masood Farivar For nearly two decades, Vancouver, the epicenter of Canada’s increasingly deadly drug epidemic, has embraced an initiative that was once dismissed as a reckless experiment but has since won over some of its fiercest critics: a walk-in facility where addicts can inject heroin under the watch of medical professionals. Allowed as an […]Load more...

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North Carolina to Hold Hearing on Undecided US House Race

VOA News/Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s elections board is holding a hearing Monday on ballot fraud allegations in the nation’s last undecided congressional election. The hearing, slated to last at least two days, will include the results of a monthslong investigation into allegations that a political operative tampered with mail-in ballots in a rural […]Load more...

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Trump Lashes Out at Officials Who Discussed Removing Him

VOA News/Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Monday that key law enforcement officials engaged in «treasonous» activity when they considered invoking a constitutional amendment in 2017 to remove him from office while opening an obstruction of justice investigation against him. Trump, from his oceanfront Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, lashed out at former acting Federal […]Load more...

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Measles Cases Surge Globally Putting Many Lives at Risk

GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) says that measles outbreaks and deaths are surging globally, putting years of progress made in reducing the killer disease at risk. The WHO is calling for urgent action to stop the spread of the highly contagious but fully preventable disease. The WHO says a safe, effective vaccine, which has […]Load more...

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More Than 1 Billion People Risk Hearing Loss from Loud

VOA News/Lisa Schlein GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — U.N. agencies warn that more than 1 billion people ages 12 to 35 risk losing their hearing from listening to loud music on their audio devices. The World Health Organization, and the International Telecommunication Union, are launching new international standards to make smartphones and other devices safer for listening. Listening […]Load more...