By VOA News The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) said another outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes is possible on Thursday, after storms left damage across four South Central U.S. states Wednesday. The NWS Storm Prediction Center received 129 reports of severe weather by late Wednesday, including 21 tornadoes, some of which led to severe damage […]Read More
By Jeff Seldin U.S. intelligence agencies are warning the country faces a substantial threat from within, fearing a range of domestic extremists could move forward with plans to carry out attacks against fellow citizens or the government itself. The unclassified assessment, released Wednesday, describes the threat as broad, coming from lone offenders and small cells, all […]Read More
By VOA News The man charged with killing eight people in a series of shootings at massage parlors in the southeastern U.S. state of Georgia is expected to be arraigned Thursday. Prosecutors Wednesday charged Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, Georgia, with eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. He was arrested after the Atlanta-area […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – U.S. unemployment compensation claims increased again last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as the world’s biggest economy continues to struggle to fully recover from the damage wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic. The government said 770,000 workers filed for benefits last week, up 45,000 from the revised figure of the previous week. Employers […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Faced with a burgeoning migration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Biden administration vowed Tuesday to continue to expel most single adults and families trying to reach the United States but to help unaccompanied children find relatives in the U.S. or place them with vetted care givers. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro […]Read More
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Governor McKee Announces COVID-19 Vaccination Plan for Teachers, School Staff,
PAWTUCKET, RI – Joined by colleagues from across government, Governor Dan McKee today announced that the state of Rhode Island is partnering with cities and towns on an ambitious plan to get first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all K-12 teachers, school staff, and child care workers by the end of the month. “Getting our teachers, school […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – U.S. unemployment compensation claims edged higher last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as the world’s biggest economy still faces a daunting recovery from the damage wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic. The government said 745,000 workers filed for benefits last week, up 9,000 from the revised figure of the previous week. […]Read More
By VOA News The World Health Organization’s Europe director reported Thursday that new COVID-19 cases rose 9% to just over a million in the region last week. Hans Kluge said it was the first increase in new infections after six weeks of decline. At a virtual news briefing from his headquarters in Copenhagen, Kluge told reporters that […]Read More
Chief Steven Pinch of the Union Fire District of South Kingstown, left, speaks with Rhode Island then-Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee at the regional COVID-19 vaccination clinic last Saturday. (Photo courtesy Union Fire District of South Kingstown) SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Chief Steven Pinch is pleased to report that members of the Union Fire District of South Kingstown […]Read More
Federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration funds to help DEM conserve open spaces and nature & maintain outdoor recreational areas across RI WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is awarding the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) two grants […]Read More