Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces that a multi-agency search had led to the arrest of a suspect wanted for two bank robberies that occurred in the City of Cranston. On January 20, 2016, the Cranston Police Department investigated a bank robbery which occurred at the Bank Rhode Island branch […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Step back in time at Providence Children’s Museum to explore a playfully reinvented version of its popular Coming to Rhode Island exhibit, which opened to the public on Friday, November 18. The dynamic environment offers an interactive, time-traveling exploration of the state’s history, immigration and culture through stories and engaging hands-on activities […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI (November 18, 2016) – The American Red Cross is helping seven families — fourteen adults and six children — after a fire today on Carter Street, Providence. The Red Cross provided assistance to meet the families’ immediate needs. The Red Cross is also providing comfort kits containing personal care items such as toothbrushes, […]Load more...
Sen. Reed urges Congress to pass his bipartisan bill to help fix dams deemed a threat to public safety and property JOHNSTON, RI – Rhode Island’s mill dams helped shape the Industrial Revolution. Now, federal, state, and local officials are working together to try to keep Rhode Island’s dams in better shape. Today, at the […]Load more...
Parte 1 Parte 2 Parte 3 On Thursday night The Latin Grammy were given out at Las Vegas, T-Mobile Arena. The hosts of the award ceremony were actress, Roselyn Sanchez and actor, Sebastian Rulli. There were plenty of performances this night, but Marc Anthony with his ex-wife, Jennifer Lopez was the surprise of the […]Load more...
Carol Pearson/VOA NEWS Amblyopia is a Greek word that means «blunt vision.» It’s often called «lazy eye,» and is one of the most common vision problems in children. Amblyopia is usually treatable, but if left untreated it can affect a child’s reading and fine motor skills, which can negatively impact academic success and self-esteem. Untreated […]Load more...
VOA News Two space veterans and a rookie French astronaut are on their way to the International Space Station for a five-month mission. American astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and France’s Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Friday morning from Kazakhstan. This will be a […]Load more...
VOA News A top U.S. health official says addiction should no longer be seen as a “character flaw.” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy made the plea in a new report on substance abuse, called Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health. He said the report «aims to shift the […]Load more...
VOA NEWS/Lisa Schlein GENEVA — The World Health Organization has warned that a global influenza pandemic remains a real threat despite progress made over the past 10 years in increasing the worldwide supply of flu vaccines. In 2006, the World Health Organization acknowledged that countries around the world were ill-prepared to tackle an influenza pandemic. At […]Load more...
Jamie Dettmer/VOA NEWS BASHIQA, IRAQ — The peshmerga general frowned when asked about a top Kurdish bomb-disposal expert killed last month the day after the assault on Mosul, Iraq began. “He was a very brave man,” said Gen. Mahmood Kakaye. Suleman Sahed Chirukaya was trying to disarm a jihadist bomb in a tunnel near the town […]Load more...