The Vatican has been told by a United Nations Committee to immediately remove all clergy within the catholic church known or suspected of involvement in child sex abuse. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child heavily censured the Vatican for failing to put in place measures to address cases of child sex abuse […]readmore
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PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Angel Taveras today released this statement in response to the announcement by Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark that it will end sales of tobacco products in its stores nationwide this year: “Providence has been a national leader in the fight to restrict the sale of flavored and discounted tobacco products and I am […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI, Feb. 5, 2014 – Amica Insurance, in partnership with United Way of Rhode Island, Crossroads Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, began the Amica $75,000 Community Challenge on Tuesday. The Community Challenge, now in its second year, encourages people and businesses to make donations to the three charitable organizations between […]readmore
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Feb. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) announced today that it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores across the U.S. by October 1, 2014, making CVS/pharmacy the first national pharmacy chain to take this step in support of the health and well-being of […]readmore
Providence – A 17-year-old boy died of a gunshot wound in Providence Tuesday night. The Providence Police were called to a home on Colfax Street shortly before 9 p.m., and officers discovered the boy with a gunshot wound in the Kitchen. The boy was later pronounced deadreadmore
With their hands full, you could say the duo Chino y Nacho, started the year with a bunch of new projects, including the promotion of their first live album, which will be released late February which includes the single «My Ideal Girl», a song dedicated to their fans. «The song is dedicated to those girls […]readmore
An attorney for filmmaker Woody Allen said Tuesday that while Dylan Farrow sincerely believes her adoptive father molested her as a child, that this was a false memory implanted by her mother. «In my view, she’s not lying,» Elkan Abramowitz told Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s «Today.» «I think she truly believes this happened. That’s what […]readmore
Democratic mayoral candidate Brett Smiley, Senator Gayle Goldin, and Representative Maria Cimini will discuss the details of, and formally introduce, the Smiley Gun and Ammunition Tax Bill to the RI General Assembly On Thursday morning at the State House Rotundareadmore
On Monday, Italy’s Justice Minister Annamaria Cancellieri ordered an investigation into the comments made by the judge who reinstated the murder convictions of Amanda Know and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Last Thursday, Alessandro Nencini sentenced Know to 28 years and six months and Sellecito to 25 years for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith […]readmore
Taylor Swift would like to make one thing very clear: Public nakedness simply isn’t her thing. «I find it relatively easy to keep my clothes on because I don’t really feel like taking them off,» she tells Glamour for its March cover story, out Feb. 11. «It’s not an urge I have.» Besides, the singer-songwriter, […]readmore