Jun 28 2017 — Jennifer McDermott, The Associated Press — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Syrian doctor says he won't return to the United States to finish his studies at Brown University because of the Trump administration's travel ban. Khaled Almilaji said Wednesday there's too much uncertainty, even though he possibly could get a student visa under the scaled-back version of the ban. The administration has […]
Mar 28 2017 — Jennifer McDermott, The Associated Press — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The push to end homelessness among veterans would suffer without the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, which is up for elimination under President Donald Trump's proposed budget, nonprofits and local officials say. The council co-ordinates the efforts of 19 federal agencies that play a role in preventing and ending homelessness among all […]
Apr 13 2016 — Jennifer McDermott, The Associated Press — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Proclamation Ale Co., a small Rhode Island brewery that's pushing to change the state's beer laws, recently received an angry letter about its efforts. In response, the brewer set the letter on fire and posted to Facebook a photo of him holding the flaming document while flanked by brewery employees, with everyone […]