Parke Brewer A week after iconic British musician David Bowie died at age 69, the rock ‘n’ roll world has lost two other musicians at the age of 67. The most well-known of the two is Glenn Frey, a founding member and guitarist for the Eagles, an extremely popular American rock band from Los Angeles […]Load more...
Nueva Inglaterra – La policía estatal de Massachusetts está investigando varias amenazas de bomba reportada a través del estado. En Rhode Island, el distrito escolar pidió a los estudiantes de una escuela en Bristol que permanecieran alejados del recinto. Con estas temperaturas tan frías el problema es más grande para las autoridades. La policía no […]Load more...
AP NEW YORK—David Bowie’s last album, «Blackstar,» debuted number one on the Billboard charts, the first U.S. chart-topper for the late musician. Since it was released two days before Bowie died of cancer on Jan. 10, «Blackstar» has sold 174,000 copies, according to Nielsen Music. It’s the best sales week for Bowie since Nielsen […]Load more...
VOA News The first of several thousand Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica have crossed into the United States under a plan agreed to among Central American leaders. The migrants arrived in Miami Sunday, after 180 of them first crossed the U.S. border late last week at Laredo, Texas. The deal allows the migrants to […]Load more...
VOA News After being released from Iran as part of a prisoner swap, a group of Americans got to meet Monday with family and supporters who spent months and years following their cases from afar and advocating for their release. Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian met with senior editors from the newspaper at a U.S. […]Load more...
VOA News January 19, 2016 12:38 AM The U.S. presidential campaign is focused on the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on February 1, and the candidates used the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday to hold rallies and campaign events. Fresh off a Sunday night Democratic presidential candidate debate in Charleston, South Carolina, former Secretary of State […]Load more...
Carolyn Presutti, Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear a case challenging President Barack Obama’s plan to protect more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to work legally in the United States. The president’s executive order was aimed at deferring deportation of parents of American-born children and […]Load more...
January 19th, 2015 #innovateRI Rhode Island Innovates Metropolitan Policy Program Slater Mill 1793 The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution Blurring Distinction Between Manufacturing and Services Relentless Pace of Technological Change “Digitization of Everything” 2016 R&D-intensive industries that concentrate the nation’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. A M E R I C W H […]Load more...
Brookings report on RI’s economy podcast Neil Steinberg President and CEO Rhode Island Foundation Mark Muro Senior Fellow and Policy Director Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program and Bruce Katz Brookings Institution The Honorable Gina Raimondo Governor State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Stefan Pryor Secretary of Commerce State of Rhode Island Rhode Island – […]Load more...
La Corte Suprema de Justicia de Estados Unidos dijo este martes que ha admitido estudiar el recurso legal contra la orden ejecutiva del presidente Obama sobre migración decretada el año pasado. La orden ejecutiva garantizaría la protección contra la deportación de casi 5 millones de inmigrantes que entraron al país de manera indocumentada. El recurso […]Load more...