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AP Interview: France warns climate change threatens security
PARIS - Climate change is a threat to international security, France's influential Environment Minister Segolene Royal warned Saturday - adopting an unusually hawkish stance as she heads to the U.S. to...
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Surveillance law lets US ratify nuclear terrorism treaties
WASHINGTON - Tucked into the surveillance bill that became law was a little-noticed section that will let the United States complete ratification of two long-stalled treaties aimed at stopping a...
View ArticleRI coastal management agency awarded $1.35M federal grant
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Rhode Island's Coastal Resources Management Council has been awarded $1.35 million to support jobs and improve coastal water quality.
View ArticleMarine educators conference kicks off in Newport
NEWPORT, Rhode Island - The 2015 National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) conference kicks off this week in Newport.
View ArticleUS senators announce their pick for federal judgeship
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Rhode Island's U.S. senators have recommended a successor to retiring U.S. District Judge Mary Lisi.
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Obama calls for shorter sentences for nonviolent convicts
PHILADELPHIA - Calling it an issue America can't afford to ignore, President Barack Obama laid out an expansive vision Tuesday for fixing the criminal justice system by focusing on communities,...
View ArticleNew England senators want a National Lobster Day this year
PORTLAND, Maine - A group of U.S. senators from New England say the lobster's role in the region's heritage and economy are important enough to justify a national day of celebration.
View ArticleSenate OKs Lobster Day resolution pushed by Maine senators
PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution introduced by Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King granting the lobster a national day of celebration.
View ArticleA look at where Senate Democrats stand on the Iran deal
Congress will vote next month on a resolution to disapprove of the White House-backed nuclear deal struck with Iran by the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. The deal aims to dismantle...
View ArticleA look at where Senate Democrats stand on the Iran deal
Congress will vote this month on a resolution to disapprove of the White House-backed nuclear deal struck with Iran by the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. The deal aims to dismantle...
View ArticleA look at where Senate Democrats stand on the Iran deal
Congress will vote this month on a resolution to disapprove of the White House-backed nuclear deal struck with Iran by the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. The deal aims to limit...
View ArticleObama nominates public defender to RI federal court
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - President Obama has nominated public defender Mary McElroy to serve as a judge for the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island.
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Justice Department looks to sharpen computer crime law
WASHINGTON - Stung by recent court decisions that have gone against them, Justice Department lawyers are making a fresh push to clarify a computer trespass law that critics malign as overly broad.
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Catholic lawmakers thrilled by upcoming visit of Francis
WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner has been trying for 20 years to get a pope to come talk to Congress, and now it's finally happening.
View ArticleWhitehouse: 38 Studios facts reminiscent of old Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says the recent revelations in the lawsuit over the state's failed $75 million deal with Curt Schilling's video game company remind him of...
View ArticleWhitehouse calls on House to pass funding for highways
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says he's trying to pressure the Republican-controlled House of Representatives into passing a transportation bill.
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Senators reach deal to reduce prison time for some offenders
WASHINGTON - Senate conservatives and liberals on Thursday united behind an overhaul of the criminal justice system, a rare bipartisan agreement that would allow some nonviolent drug offenders to get...
View ArticleWhitehouse questions former Gov. Chafee's run for president
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says that after watching Lincoln Chafee in the Democratic presidential debate, he still can't figure out why the former Rhode Island governor is...
View ArticleRhode Island senator wants to strengthen toxic chemicals law
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - The current law that seeks to protect consumers from toxic chemicals in everyday products is disastrously ineffectual, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Wednesday.
View ArticleLawmakers: Improve electricity capacity projection methods
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Rhode Island's congressional delegation is calling on federal regulators to improve the methods they use for projecting electricity capacity and setting energy prices across...
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