VOA News U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel next week to Serbia and Kosovo, where the government recently named a highway after one of the vice president’s sons. Beau Biden, who died May 30, 2015, of brain cancer at age 46, served a stint in 2001 as an interim legal adviser in post-war Kosovo. […]Load more...
Joshua Fatzick VOA NEWS Wednesday marks the fifth day of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and with medal rounds in several high-profile sports, it could prove to be an eventful one. Led by Olympic veteran Michael Phelps and rising star Katie Ledecky, Team USA looks to continue its dominance in swim events Wednesday with at least […]Load more...
RI – Reporters ask the Governor about Curt Schilling, “So Curt Schilling is in the news again; he said he wants to run for elected office. What is your initial thought on that? Governor responds “He will have to make that decision. Schilling who left Rhode Island taxpayers on the hook for a $75-million state-loan […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo signed into law legislation passed this year that supports Rhode Island workers and small businesses. The bills aim to assist employees in collecting wages from nonpaying employers and position the state to track data on microbusinesses in order to understand and meet their needs. The signing ceremony was held […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo, joined by Representative Jan P. Malik, Senator Walter S. Felag, Jr., Director of Veterans Affairs Kasim Yarn, and Brigadier General Christopher Callahan, Adjutant General of the state of Rhode Island, today ceremonially signed several new bills to strengthen the state’s commitment to veterans and their families. The diverse […]Load more...
RI – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces the arrest of a Woonsocket woman for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Drugs while traveling the wrong way on Route 295 North, in the Town of Johnston. Troopers arrested Jadali Burgess, age 21, […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – On Tuesday, Governor Gina M. Raimondo held a signing ceremony for a series of bills passed this year which recognize the contributions of Rhode Island’s veterans and expand opportunity for those who served our nation. The bills include legislation that allows private employers to provide a hiring preferences for veterans and protects jobs […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI (August 8, 2016) American Lung Association of the Northeast today announced that it will host its first-ever Stadium Step Up event at historic Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island this Saturday, August 20 from 10am-12pm. Stadium Step Up, one of several stair climbing training opportunities led by the American Lung Association, will give […]Load more...
Pact results from 2015 university visit by Iceland delegation and U.S. Ambassador Robert Barber The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and the Republic of Iceland today announced a partnership to advance marine science and marine-related biotech research and commercialization in recognition of their mutual interest in sustainable marine-based economies. Iceland has strengthened its marine economy by […]Load more...
Daniel Schearf VOA MOSCOW—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is turning to Russia after having received post-coup criticism from the West.In his first trip since the July 15 putsch, he is going to Russia and will meet with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. “It’s significant for both because both of them have to bargain hard with […]Load more...