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A busy district on the border of Pawtucket and Central Falls is set to undergo a major facelift, and local leaders hope the project will breathe new life into the area. "This is really a great project that's going to benefit the city of Pawtucket and the city of Central Falls," Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien said.
A key lawmaker in the House on Thursday introduced a measure to expand veterans access to private health care on the government's dime while also instituting a process by which the Veterans Affairs Department would begin closing underutilized facilities. The Veterans Affairs Maintaining Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act would provide veterans access to private sector care when the services they are seeking are not offered at VA, there is no full-service medical facility in their state, they previously were eligible for outside care under the Veterans Choice Program or VA cannot meet its own standards of care in providing care to an individual veteran.
Then-President-elect Donald Trump calls out to media as he and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani pose for photographs as Giuliani arrives at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, New Jersey, in 2016. Giuliani may have added to the legal headaches of his new client and old friend, President Donald Trump, when he drew a link on Thursday between the $130,000 payment to a porn star to keep her quiet about an alleged affair and the potential fallout if her story had gone public shortly before the 2016 election.
On Monday, April 9, the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the office, home, and hotel room of Michael Cohen , the longtime council and business associate of U.S. President Donald Trump. The raid on the president's infamous confidant, which was authorized by the U.S. attorney's office , led to the reported seizure of records relating to the lawyer's $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels following an alleged sexual encounter with the president in 2006.
Arizona lawmakers pulled an all-nighter to enact a budget Thursday that provides big raises for many of the state's striking teachers, and Gov. Doug Ducey signed the teacher funding part while the House continued debating the rest of the state's $10.4 billion budget plan.
A White House spokeswoman said that President Donald Trump did not know as recently as a month ago that he had reimbursed his personal attorney for spending $130,000 to keep a porn star quiet. Speaking at the daily press briefing Thursday, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Trump "eventually learned" that the money he reimbursed longtime lawyer Michael Cohen for included the payment to Stormy Daniels.
Arizona lawmakers pulled an all-nighter Thursday to enact a budget that provides big raises for many of the state's striking teachers, potentially ending the five-day walkout that kept more than a million public school students out of the classroom. The Senate passed the pay raises just before dawn, and Republican Gov. Doug Ducey immediately signed off on the plan to give teachers a 9 percent raise in the fall and 5 percent in each of the next two years.
The reinstated mineral leases will provide an economic stimulus to the region as early as this summer, said Frank Ongaro, executive director of Mining Minnesota, left. U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, right, went to bat for Northeastern Minnesota, authoring the Miner Act to demonstrate Congress would not put up with the Obama administration's interference with mineral exploration leases.
The Trump Administration has sought to undo Barack Obama's legacy on climate change at every turn - from withdrawing from the Paris Agreement to scrapping EPA regulations - arguing that addressing global warming hurts American industry. In doing so, Trump has earned the praise of his base and several key industries that supported his candidacy.
Former "Law and Order" actress Diane Neal is seeking a new role as representative of a sprawling congressional district in upstate New York, saying her long recuperation from a devastating car accident made her rethink her direction in life. The 42-year-old Neal, who portrayed Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak on "Law and Order: SVU," said Wednesday she's launching her active campaign for the 19th Congressional District.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that reimbursement to his personal lawyer for hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels was done through a monthly retainer and "had nothing to do with the campaign." Trump previously claimed he didn't know about the payments or the source of them.
Calls continued Thursday for former Senate President Stanley Rosenberg to resign after the release of a report Wednesday detailing what investigators described as a "significant failure of judgment and leadership" in connection with allegations against his husband. Democrat Sens. Barbara L'Italien of Andover, Paul Feeney of Foxborough and Jamie Eldridge of Acton have each joined the governor and attorney general in calling for the Amherst Democrat to step down.
The US Congress had last March passed a resolution called ``House Resolution 128``, against Ethiopia. It autocratically calls for the respect of human rights and inclusive governance, among others.
San Francisco >> Federal aviation investigators released stunning San Francisco International Airport footage and data Wednesday showing an Air Canada plane came within as close as about five feet of striking a Philippine Air jet lined up on a taxiway last July. The National Transportation Safety Board also issued hundreds of pages of factual findings on the July 7 incident where the Air Canada jet narrowly missed landing on a crowded taxiway filled with four passenger jets.
Scott Pruitt's top spokesperson is leaving the Environmental Protection Agency, the latest high-profile departure from the embattled agency. Liz Bowman, EPA's associate administrator for public affairs, has confirmed that she is stepping down.
The fire that destroyed a grocery store is now leaving neighbors in a tough spot when it comes to having quick access to fresh groceries. After a fire destroyed Everybody's Supermarket on Greenfield Street Wednesday, neighbors living nearby are technically left in a food desert.
The student government at the University of California, Berkeley will vote Thursday on whether or not it should strip its College Republican club of funds and give them to the black student union. Associated Students of the University of California senator Rizza Estacio proposed the motion, asserting the Berkeley College Republicans violated school policy when hosting campus events, reported The College Fix .
' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, told "CBS This Morning" he was "stunned" and "speechless" after he heard President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, say the for a $130,000 payment he made to Daniels from personal funds as part of a non-disclosure agreement.. Daniels alleges she had sex with Mr. Trump in 2006, which Mr. Trump denies, and Cohen paid her to keep quiet 11 days before the election.
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