VOA News South Korea and the United States have begun their annual joint military exercise under the threat of military retaliation by North Korea. About 25,000 U.S. forces and 50,000 South Korean troops are involved in the two-week Operation Ulchi Freedom exercise, which is largely simulated. The annual drills routinely anger Pyongyang, which says it […]Load more...
Jill Craig VOA NEWS NAIROBI, KENYA — South Sudan was at the top of the agenda as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Monday with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and foreign ministers from Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Somalia, and South Sudan in Nairobi, at the start of a three-country tour. The secretary of state announced the […]Load more...
VOA NEWS Dorian Jones ISTANBUL — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday the country’s border region with Syria must be «completely cleansed» of the Islamic State militant group. His comments followed a suicide bombing late Saturday at a wedding in southeastern Turkey that killed at least 51 people. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed Islamic […]Load more...
Faiza Elmasry BALTIMORE, MD — At Brightwood College in Baltimore, Maryland, Black Girls Vote is reaching out to young eligible female voters, explaining the election process and showing them the connection between their vote and their everyday life. They try to make the point that everything that happens in a community, even basic safety, has a […]Load more...
Ken Bredemeier Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is holding firm in his views to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, one of his main campaign planks in the November election against Democrat Hillary Clinton. «I’m not flip-flopping,» Trump told Fox News a day after his new campaign manager, Kellyanne […]Load more...
RI – Dr. Stringfellow has served as the Superintendent in South Kingstown since 2009. She previously served as Assistant Superintendent of the Scituate School District. Prior to that she served as the Assistant Superintendent, ESL Director, Director of Gifted & Talented, Title I Director and Principal of the Alternative High School in East Providence. She […]Load more...
PAWTUCKET, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced new federal funding to help fire departments in Lincoln, Narragansett, and Pawtucket purchase new equipment. The funding is made available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The Saylesville Fire […]Load more...
NORFOLK – A 2008 Mount Saint Charles Academy High School graduate and Cumberland, Rhode Island native is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided missile cruiser, USS Anzio. Lt j.g. Robert Van Winter is a damage controlman assistant aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser operating out of Norfolk, Virginia. A Navy damage controlman assistant […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – American Red Cross volunteer Henry Lesieur is deploying to Louisiana to support Red Cross relief efforts after excessive rainfall has resulted in moderate to heavy flooding across many parts of Louisiana. Once there, Henry will serve as a Disaster Mental Health Supervisor. Henry is one of close to 3,000 Red Cross volunteers […]Load more...
The R.I. Committee of Practitioners, which will provide the R.I. Department of Education (RIDE) with guidance and feedback as the RIDE staff develops the Rhode Island plan for transition to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), will hold its second meeting on Wednesday. The Committee members will discuss the Rhode Island Academic Standards and Assessment […]Load more...
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