VOA News January 20, 2016 9:35 AM In the inaugural “Best Countries” ranking, the United States places fourth. The rankings, which were compiled by U.S. News & World Report, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and global brand consultants BAV Consulting, were released Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The best country, according […]Load more...
Minutes after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis. On November 4, 1979, the crisis began when militant Iranian students, outraged that the U.S. government had allowed the ousted shah of […]Load more...
VOA News One of the scientists responsible for demoting Pluto in our solar system may have found a replacement. California Institute of Technology Astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin have run the numbers and say they are convinced they have found a giant planet way out in the farthest reaches of our sun’s gravitational reach. […]Load more...
Reuters CARACAS—With scores of medicines in short supply due to a severe financial squeeze, Venezuela is suffering a «humanitarian crisis» and requires rapid international assistance, according to a major pharmaceutical association.The Venezuelan Pharmaceutical Federation listed 150 medicines, from those for hypertension to cancer, as well as basics such as prophylactics and antibiotics, which are scarce […]Load more...
VOA News Last year was the warmest ever recorded, U.S. government scientists reported Wednesday. The U.S. weather and space agencies both said global temperatures reported in 2015 were the highest in the 136 years of record keeping since 1880, the result of the continued atmospheric buildup of heat-trapping greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. […]Load more...
1. RECORD OF THE YEAR Really Love D’Angelo And The Vanguard D’Angelo & Brent Fischer, producers; Russell Elevado, Ben Kane & Rafa Sardina, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer Track from: Black Messiah Label: RCA Records Uptown Funk Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Jeff Bhasker, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Riccardo […]Load more...
Two-time GRAMMY winner Kendrick Lamar, GRAMMY winners Little Big Town, The Weeknd, and 10-time GRAMMY winner Adele are the first performers announced for the 58th GRAMMY Awards. Little Big Town and The Weeknd will be making their GRAMMY stage debuts. A special tribute to 2016 MusiCares Person of the Year Lionel Richie will highlight the GRAMMY winner’s […]Load more...
Cranston – Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces that the Department’s Patrol and Detective divisions are actively investigating a bank robbery which occurred at approximately 12:38pm this afternoon at the Bank Rhode Island branch located at 1047 Park Avenue, Cranston, Rhode Island. According to bank employees, the suspect, entered the […]Load more...
New Gas Tax Backed Bonds Will Fund Continuing and New Projects JAMESTOWN, R.I.– The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) has received notification by Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services LLC (S&P) that the rating agency has assigned its 2016A motor fuel tax bonds an ‘A+’ rating. The new bonds will be released for sale […]Load more...
RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA TASK FORCE, PROVIDENCE POLICE, CRANSTON POLICE, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARREST 21 SUBJECTS ON VARIOUS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATIONS Rhode Island – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police […]Load more...
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