VOA News British radical cleric Anjem Choudary was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for supporting Islamic State. The 49-year-old has been an outspoken leader of radical Islam for two decades, regularly posting videos on YouTube and protesting outside the U.S. embassy on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, but staying within the […]Load more...
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she will not be visiting Mexico before the November election. Her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, went there last week after Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto invited both potential future U.S. leaders to discuss relations between the neighboring countries. Clinton told ABC News on Monday that she will instead […]Load more...
VOA News Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday that a comment he made involving vulgar language came across as a personal attack against U.S. President Barack Obama. «Our primary intention is to chart an independent foreign policy while promoting closer ties with all nations, especially the U.S., with which we have a long standing […]Load more...
Whitehouse, Langevin, Cicilline, & Gorbea Call for Federal Campaign Finance
Providence, RI – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, and Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea today called for an end to unchecked corporate spending in elections at a roundtable discussion about federal campaign finance reform. The event, which was held at Save the Bay’s headquarters in Providence, was hosted […]Load more...
RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA (HIDTA)
RI – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent, of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that on Sunday, September 4, 2016, members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force arrested a Providence man for Possession of 23.5 kilograms of narcotics and weapon charges. On September 4, 2015 at […]Load more...
Rhode Island – El Alcalde de Providence Jorge Elorza estuvo desde tempranas horas de la mañana del martes, en el primer día de clases, en el garaje de autobuses escolares de la Compañía First Students para ver que todo funcionara como es debido. El Alcalde Elorza abordo un autobús junto a Chris Maher superintendente de […]Load more...
Providence, RI – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman Jim Langevin, Congressman David Cicilline, and Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, in partnership with Public Citizen and Common Cause Rhode Island, will host a roundtable discussion to call for action on federal campaign finance reform. The event, which will be held on Tuesday, September 6, […]Load more...
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico 1. Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a tropical wave located over eastern Caribbean have decreased since yesterday. Although strong winds, possibly to tropical storm force, could still be occurring in association with this system, development of the wave is unlikely while it moves westward […]Load more...
NE – Las ciudades que más van a notar sus efectos estas próximas horas se encuentra Nueva York aunque las inundaciones costeras van a ser frecuentes en diferentes zonas de los estados de Delaware, Nueva Jersey, Maryland, Nueva York, Rhode Island y Connecticut. Los que tengan planes de viaje a Nueva York entre este domingo […]Load more...
RI – Los efectos de la tormenta tropical Hermine se harán notar a partir de la madrugada del lunes, a medida que ésta avance hacia el litoral. La tormenta ha descargado lluvias torrenciales a lo largo de la Costa Este del país, desde Florida hasta Virginia, dejando a cientos de miles de personas sin suministro […]Load more...