Política

US Senator Delivers Trump Letter to Putin

VOA News/Ken Bredemeier A U.S. senator says he has delivered a letter from President Donald Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin calling for more talks and exchanges between the two countries. Kentucky Republican Rand Paul, a Trump supporter who has been in Moscow in recent days holding discussions with Russian lawmakers, said Wednesday, «I was […]Load more...

Política

NY Congressman Collins Arrested, Charged with Insider Trading

VOA News Federal prosecutors have filed insider trading charges against Republican Congressman Chris Collins, who was arrested and is scheduled to appear in federal court in Manhattan. The lawmaker from New York, one of the first members of Congress to support then-candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, turned himself in to the Federal […]Load more...

Política

Rashida Tlaib Set to Become 1st Muslim Woman in US

VOA News/Kane Farabaugh DETROIT, MICHIGAN — Ahlam Jbara lives in Chicago, Illinois — six hours away from Detroit, Michigan — which means she can’t vote in the state’s primary election. But the race for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District was too important, and personal, for Jbara to miss. So she packed her car, and drove six hours […]Load more...

LPR Red de deportes

Providence Residential Recycling Hits a High Note

Residential recycling rate highest since 2013; City on track to meet zero rejected recycling loads by 2030 PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza today announced the City’s significant progress in its residential recycling program. As of July 2018, Providence’s weekly curbside recycling rate stood at 14.6% of total waste collected, the highest seen since […]Load more...

LPR Noticias

Cranston Police Announce No Further Charges in Death of Knox,

Colonel Michael Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces that there will be no further charges lodged against a dog trainer in connection with the death of Knox, the English Bulldog. After a joint investigation between the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA) and the Cranston Police, it was […]Load more...

Educación

RIDE Announces $1.7 Million in AmeriCorps Grants to ServeRI Partners

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) announced today that Serve Rhode Island is now part of the agency’s portfolio. Serve Rhode Island (ServeRI) is the state service commission responsible for distributing AmeriCorps grants, and the operation has transitioned to be housed and administered by the Department of Education.   The move is […]Load more...

Política

Manafort Trial Concludes Active First Week

VOA News/Masood Farivar The first week of Paul Manafort’s trial ended Friday, with prosecutors calling a bevy of witnesses to testify about the former Trump campaign chairman’s alleged financial crimes. Manafort, 69, is accused of filing false tax returns, failing to disclose foreign bank accounts to U.S. authorities, and obtaining fraudulent bank loans after his […]Load more...

LPR Noticias

Suicide Attack Kills 3 NATO Soldiers in Afghanistan

VOA News/Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan announced Sunday three of its soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a combined, dismounted patrol with local forces. An American service member and two Afghan National Army soldiers were also injured in the blast, the mission said. “My thoughts and prayers, along with […]Load more...

US Noticias

Trump Defends 2016 Meeting Between Son, Kremlin-linked Lawyer

VOA News/Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday defended the 2016 meeting his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., held with a Kremlin-linked lawyer to «get information» on his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, saying it was «totally legal and done all the time in politics.» In his most definitive statement on the meeting at his […]Load more...