Archive for April 2020
Coronavirus Update – Today – April 13, 2020
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Smoking marijuana, even occasionally, can increase your risk for more severe complications from Covid-19 Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Twitter and founder of Square, is donating $1 billion (a third of his net worth) to coronavirus relief. Vietnamese-owned nail salons donate thousands of masks, gloves to hospitals Antibody testing study begins…
Read MoreHow are you holding up without sports?
by John Cardullo, RINewsToday sportswriter So, after a month of self-quarantining and all sports at a halt with no promise of resumption anytime soon, how are we doing? The major television networks and the sport networks have decided to begin to re-play the major sporting events of the last several seasons. The Men and Women’s…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Monday, April 13, 2020
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist We’ll wake to light rain and southerly winds that will increase in intensity through the morning, and be quite intense by midday and last into mid-afternoon. A strong and deepening low pressure center moving into the northeastern US will drag a cold front through the area, along which isolated to scattered…
Read MoreCongress should not forget seniors in Phase 4 stimulus package – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging Just weeks after Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the $2.2 trillion emergency stimulus package signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, lawmakers continue to look for ways to jump start the nation’s economy by passing another stimulus package. Lawmakers…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today, April 12, 2020
(Don’t miss the JOY moment at the end…) NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Andrea Bocelli will perform a live concert “Music for Hope” at 1pm ET – here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI6nH5-_J3c Boris Johnson is making “very good progress” as he continues his recovery from COVID-19, Downing Street says The not happening summer wedding season is a…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, April 12, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Low pressure systems developing over the upper mid-west and the southern Mississippi valley gradually move eastward, with the first wave of cloud cover rolling in just after sunrise and sticking around through the day, however, no rain is expected until well after midnight into Monday morning. Morning lows will be quite…
Read MoreSurvivors…and a time of hope.
We’ve heard many people ask for stories of survivors – for instance, we report death and hospitalizations, but it’s important to know how many survive – sometimes as close to 98%. In Rhode Island, here are the statistics for yesterday: 6 more deaths – total of 49; 288 new cases – 2,015 cases – 169…
Read MoreCelebrate Easter Mass at the Cathedral with Bishop Tobin – ONLINE
The Most Reverend Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, will celebrate Easter Mass at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul on Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 11 am. Auxiliary Bishop Robert C. Evans will concelebrate the Mass, which will be broadcast live on the local NBC affiliate, WJAR Channel…
Read MoreDiscover Beautiful Rhode Island – looking down raises the spirit
Photo: Jason Michalski, photographer Up early and on my morning walk and prayed to God send his love, wisdom and knowledge to my soul and ask the same for all of you! I do this everyday. I ask for a sign and as I was walking, I heard a voice telling me to look down…
Read MoreRI Weekend Weather Wrap: Sat/Sun, April 11 & 12, 2020
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Low pressure moves out to the northeast and leaves behind a fairly pleasant and cloud-free day, although a touch on the cool side, with still strong northwesterly winds through the day. Chilly morning lows in the upper 30’s will be followed with afternoon highs in the low 50’s. Sunday 4/12/20: Low…
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