VOA News A new U.S. survey shows that nearly half of Americans are angrier at current events than they were a year ago, with whites, Republicans and women the most outraged. Overall, the NBC News/Survey Monkey/Esquire online poll released Sunday said that 49 percent of Americans found themselves feeling angrier about the news in 2015. […]Load more...
VOA News U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is dismissing his persona being featured in a recruitment video made by the Somali militant group al-Shabab. In the video, which was released Friday, Trump was shown at a campaign rally in the southern state of South Carolina last month reading a statement calling on the United States […]Load more...
Dan Joseph The Somali militant group al-Shabab has released a new recruiting video that highlights U.S. police shootings and the call by presidential candidate Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the United States. The video released Friday may be the first instance of a U.S.-designated terrorist group using Trump’s call or other current issues […]Load more...
Rate Paid to Tipped Workers Increases to $3.39 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo marked the increase of Rhode Island’s minimum hourly wage from $9.00 to $9.60. In addition, the minimum rate paid to tipped workers increased from $2.89 to $3.39. «When I was sworn into office, it was clear that we needed to […]Load more...
VOA News January 02, 2016 The southwestern U.S. state of Texas on Friday celebrated its new law that allows people to openly carry handguns. The law allows licensed Texans for the first time since 1871 to carry a holstered pistol in public. The open carry law passed in the Republican-dominated 2015 legislative session. Supporters of […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today marked the increase of Rhode Island’s minimum hourly wage from $9.00 to $9.60. In addition, the minimum rate paid to tipped workers increased from $2.89 to $3.39. «When I was sworn into office, it was clear that we needed to make work pay,» Raimondo said. «Many Rhode […]Load more...
Chart-topping R&B singer Natalie Cole, who followed her legendary father into the music business with hits like “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” and “Unforgettable,” died at age 65. “Natalie Cole, sister beloved & of substance and sound. May her soul rest in peace,” tweeted the Rev. Jesse Jackson on New Year’s Day. […]Load more...
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VOA News December 31, 2015 Residents in parts of the U.S. Midwest are packing sandbags and shoring up levees in a desperate attempt to save their homes and businesses from the region’s worst flooding in decades. At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds of homes and businesses have been overtaken by water in […]Load more...
VOA News December 31, 2015 12:10 PM The U.S. Justice Department says authorities have arrested a New York state resident accused of planning to kill civilians on New Year’s Eve in the name of the Islamic State group. A statement says Emanuel L. Lutchman, 25, was charged with attempting to provide material support to IS […]Load more...