https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/26/1079702676_0:242:2272:1520_1200x675_80_0_0_f8eb1573824138cc5dfdd7a70e7bd7c7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006241079702555-rhode-island-may-shorten-its-full-name-due-to-slavery-connotations/ In the wake of anti-racism protests following the death of black Minneapolis resident George Floyd, the word “plantations” in the state’s name has come also under harsh criticism. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed an executive order on Monday that will remove the second […]
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The words “and Providence Plantations” will be removed from many Rhode Island state documents under an executive order by Gov. Gina Raimondo. The state legislature will consider an official name change. David Goldman/AP hide caption toggle caption David Goldman/AP The words “and Providence Plantations” will be removed from many Rhode […]
The U.S. Navy’s first operational CMV-22B tilt-rotor aircraft, the latest variant in Osprey family, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron 30 arrived at Naval Air Station North Island. The new aircraft is designed to replace ageing C-2 Greyhound carrier onboard delivery aircraft. It is the only aircraft that can land […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107967/94/1079679492_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_3159b5a2513f8718a2f9e148bddd4704.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202006211079679522-extremely-deep-sleep-of-cute-puppy/ New York may be the city that never sleeps, but that certainly can’t be said of its eastern suburbs on Long Island, where nobody bothered to teach the automated vacuum cleaner the expression “let sleeping dogs lie”. According to this little girl’s owners […]
Social Studies Derrick Garforth A social studies teacher in Rhode Island vandalized a Christopher Columbus statue last weekend.Officers watched Derrick Garforth throw paint on the boarded up monument. Leftists believe Columbus is evil for discovering the New World in 1492. It makes you wonder what the angry felon was teaching […]
A holiday island in eastern Finland owned by a local journalist association was previously called “Negro Island”, a nod to old-school media industry slang, referring to the printing ink that coloured the hands and faces. Neekerisaari, an island in eastern Finland whose name can be roughly translated as Negro Island, […]
UFC boss Dana White’s planned “Fight Island” events will reportedly take place on one of Abu Dhabi’s 200+ islands, where the country’s quarantine laws will allow fighters to enter without self-isolating. The location of the island where future fights will take place during the COVID-19 pandemic has remained a mystery […]
UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski has become the latest man to seek a lucrative showdown with notorious Irishman Conor McGregor, with the Aussie calling out his rival for a contest on the fabled ‘Fight Island’. Volkanovski, who was crowned featherweight champ in December after unseating longtime ruler Max Holloway, said […]
Leave it to Netflix to drop a Jeffrey Epstein docuseries in the midst of a global pandemic that’s left many Americans trapped indoors with lots of free time to binge. On May 27, the four-part series Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich will premiere on the streaming behemoth. Based on the book […]
A U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two-Five or ‘Island Knights’, responded to a medical evacuation request for a cruise ship patient requiring emergency medical treatment onto. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam notified HSC-25 of the patient in critical condition requiring immediate transport for emergency surgery. […]
As hidey holes go, the Caribbean is not a bad one. And living out the lockdown amidst the crystal waters without anyone noticing is even more impressive when you’re a daytime TV anchor broadcasting from “home” every day. It has now been revealed that Kelly Ripa has been doing exactly […]
Considering the cheesy and unsubtle melodrama peddled by White Lines, it’s amazing that it takes until midway through its fourth episode before someone explains its metaphorical title (hint: it doesn’t just refer to cocaine!). Nonetheless, one doesn’t need to wait that long for wholesale absurdity to rear its head in […]
A group of shut down protesters in Long Island blasted a local reporter and chanted “fake news is not essential” as he made his way through the crowd. Thursday’s “Re-Open NY Rally” was organized to “make noise to re-open New York.” “Decorate your car, wave your flag, don your patriotic […]