Rhode Island – The LPR Weather Center Team continues to track the possibility of a nor’easter for Rhode Island this weekend. Peter Gaynor Director of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency. We cannot predict when disasters or emergencies will strike. But we can work to make sure that all Rhode Islanders are prepared. It is […]Load more...
Dorian Jones ISTANBUL—Eighteen mayors and nearly 50 locally elected representatives of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party are being prosecuted in Turkey.Earlier this month, for example, the mayor of Van was sentenced to 15 years in jail on charges of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The prosecutions and severity of the charges […]Load more...
Daniel Schearf MOSCOW—A Russian parliament committee has rejected a bill that would have allowed fines or jail time for public displays of affection or sexuality by anyone who is not heterosexual.Once it leaves the committee, it goes up for a vote by Parliament, which is likely to reject the bill. Rights groups welcomed the move, […]Load more...
Ayesha Tanzeem, Ayaz Gul CHARSADDA / ISLAMABAD—A gun and bomb attack on a university in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens more. Military spokesman Asim Bajwa told reporters 18 students and two university staff were among those killed after what he described as a group of four terrorists stormed the Bacha […]Load more...
PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), who serves on the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court announced it will hear a challenge to President Barack Obama’s executive action to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation: «I welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to hear this case and resolve […]Load more...
Real-estate mogul Donald Trump leads the Republican field by a 17 percent margin, according to this week’s NBC/SurveyMonkey online tracking poll. Support for the three leading GOP candidates was virtually unchanged since last week’s survey, with Trump, at 38 percent of support, comfortably beating out Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at 21 percent and Sen. Marco […]Load more...
VOA News Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has endorsed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, saying Tuesday «the status quo has got to go.» Palin, Republican Senator John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 election won by Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden, appeared at a Trump rally in Ames, Iowa, ahead of the state’s Feb. […]Load more...
VOA News January 20, 2016 5:05 AM About 1 percent of visitors who arrived in the country by air or sea remained in the country last year after they were supposed to leave, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said. According to data the department released Tuesday, about 45 million of those visitors were due […]Load more...
Rhode Island – Estaba emocionada de representar Rhode Island en Davos, pero la seguridad del estado es primero. El Servicio Meteorológico de Estados Unidos emitió este miércoles un aviso de ventisca –nieve con fuertes vientos—que podría afectar nuestra área desde el viernes hasta el domingo. Los modelos indican que la nieve comenzará al mediodía del […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE Governor Raimondo tweeted that she has canceled her trip to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, because of a possible snow storm over the weekend. “I was excited to represent RI in Davos, but safety of RI’ers is top priority. We’re monitoring winter weather & I’ve decided to cancel trip” said the tweet […]Load more...
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