By VOA News U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is set to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and the holiday season in an address Wednesday. The speech comes a day before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, a time when millions of Americans typically gather with family, many traveling in order to do so. But this year, with COVID-19 infections spiking across the country, […]Read More
And remind you to ship early this holiday season Rhode Island – Post Offices across the state will be closed on Thursday, November 26, in celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Street delivery on Thursday will be limited to guaranteed overnight parcels and there will be no collection of mail. Full retail and delivery operations will resume on Friday, November 27. To […]Read More
In Central Falls masking is mandatory and the new Health Ambassadors show residents how. CENTRAL FALLS– In an effort to slow the spread of Coronavirus and protect residents of Central Falls, Mayor James A. Diossa and the Central Falls Office on Health led by Dr. Michael Fine have established a Health Ambassador program which informs […]Read More
Tal como lo anunció Maite Perroni hace unos días y por primera vez en 12 años, RBD, la agrupación mexicana que marcó a más de una generación, estrenó su nuevo sencillo “Siempre He Estado Aquí”, el último martes, y ya está disponible en todas las plataformas digitales. Este tema se convierte en el primero de la […]Read More
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) introduced legislation today to study the availability of civics education for young people in the United States. “For decades, civics education has become less and less of a priority in our schools. It’s not only a shame, it hurts our democracy. At a time when misinformation runs rampant, […]Read More
By VOA News The World Health Organization’s emergencies program director said Wednesday that vaccines alone would not end the COVID-19 pandemic and would do nothing to stop the current global surge in coronavirus infections. Mike Ryan made the comments during a virtual question-and-answer session from the agency’s headquarters in Geneva. His comments came the same day […]Read More
By VOA News New York City Wednesday ordered schools to close, as the city recorded a seventh-straight day with a COVID-19 positivity rate of over 3%. “Public school buildings will be closed as of tomorrow, Thursday Nov. 19, out an abundance of caution. We must fight back the second wave of COVID-19,” New York City mayor Bill […]Read More
By Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday declared that the battle against COVID-19 “is like going to war. You need a commander in chief.” During a virtual roundtable discussion with front-line health care workers, whom he hailed as heroes fighting the coronavirus, Biden predicted: “I’ll make mistakes. But I promise you […]Read More
Participants Encouraged to Participate in an Ice Bucket Challenge WARWICK, RI – November 18, 2020 – A Wish Come True is making its 17th Annual Polar Plunge at Easton Beach in Newport a virtual event this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of plunging into the ocean, A Wish Come True is asking plungers […]Read More
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will resume work tonight on the Division Street Bridge project with a series of lane reductions on Route 4 South in East Greenwich. Starting Wednesday, November 18, 2020 in the evening, there will be intermittent closures of one lane for bridge work from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. This pattern […]Read More
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