Rhode Island – El Senado de Rhode Island aprobó el miércoles un proyecto de ley que protege de cargos criminales a cualquier persona que busque o intente proporcionar ayuda médica para alguien que tenga una sobredosis de una droga ilegal. La existente ley del Buen Samaritano” había caducado en Julio pasado. Esta pieza legislativa no […]Load more...
Rhode Island – Miembros del Concejo de la ciudad de Providence están pidiendo una placa o tablilla especial para sus vehículos, que los identifique como miembros del Concejo, y con ese fin, el Representante Estatal Joseph Almeida, Demócrata de Providence ha presentado un ante proyecto de ley. El pedido viene del Concejal Wilbur Jennings Jr. […]Load more...
On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse’s telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey. The telegraph, a device which used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, would eventually revolutionize long-distance communication, reaching the height of its popularity in the 1920s and 1930s. […]Load more...
Jessica Berman January 06, 2016 The goal of eradicating polio worldwide is within sight. But public health officials must make sure that vaccines administered after that point cannot cause a recurrence of the disease. Researchers in Britain have come up with a safe strain that would prevent polio reinfection. Polio vaccines are stockpiled for use […]Load more...
YAOUNDE—Officials from 24 African countries met in Cameroon last month and called for China to stop illegal fishing off the West African coast. In some areas, Chinese fishermen have pushed their local counterparts back to shore, depriving them of their jobs and livelihoods. Former fisherman Bisso Frederick, 32, now sells sandwiches in the Cameroonian town […]Load more...
Reuters January 05, 2016 9:38 AM BEIJING—China will not require prospective parents to obtain approval to have two children under the new «two-child policy», in what appears to be a further relaxation of reproductive controls in the world’s most populous country.A document released by the central government and ruling Communist Party on Tuesday said families […]Load more...
In general, Americans are generous people. So much so that 95 percent of U.S. households donate to charity, contributing an average of $2,974 each year. The United States comes in second (behind Myanmar) in the World Giving Index, with Americans giving more than $358 billion in 2014. Seventy-two percent of that amount came from individual donors. […]Load more...
Rhode Island – La Gobernadora Gina Raimondo, Lideres de la Asamblea General y miembros de la Coalición Interreligiosa de Rhode Island para Reducir la Pobreza se unieron la tarde del miércoles en una vigilia de oración pidiendo sabiduría y compasión para con los más necesitados y vulnerables del estado. Según las más recientes estadísticas el […]Load more...
Ray McDonald January 05, 2016 5:00 PM This is the Top Five Countdown featuring the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Jan. 9, 2016. The chart is sleeping off a New Year’s hangover apparently, because nothing really changes this week Number 5: Justin Bieber «What […]Load more...
Associated Press January 06, 2016 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—Even though Adele broke records for album sales with «25,» she couldn’t stop overall record sales from continuing to decline in 2015 as consumers keep switching to on-demand streaming services.According to Nielsen Music’s 2015 year-end report, total album sales dropped 6.1 percent to 241.4 million, from 257 million in […]Load more...
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