In The News… summary for April 6, 2024

RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY

Newport County residents, Salve Regina University students, and anyone stationed at Naval Station Newport can visit the historic Newport Mansions for free next weekend.

Pawtucket has formed a committee to decide what to do about City Hall

Rhode Island is no longer double-checking the labels on produce grown locally by organic farmers.

Washington Bridge report on what went wrong will be delayed while legal issues are worked on

Windjammer, Westerly bar destroyed by flooding has reopened

Newport’s Cliff Walk has closed the southern portion due to repairs needed on a sinkhole

URI’s RhodyTHON raises more than $52,000 for Hasbro Children’s Hospital

Investigative Attorney Max Wistow and Veteran Attorney Jonathan Savage will lead RI’s efforts to get to accountability for Washington Bridge failure

Allergy season is expected to come earlier and be more intense

Broad St. building with tenants on first floor after being condemned once is under renovation and construction – tenants are unionizing and demanding repairs be made. Building inspector needs to weigh in on their ability to stay there.

Gov. announces over $30M a year is spent on the homeless

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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

FAFSA problems continue as colleges say applications can’t wait for the fix

Performer, Lizzo, says she is quitting over social media critics

Workers attempt to open a new channel in Baltimore as wreckage continues to be cleared

Israel’s Netanyahu had hernia surgery

California minimum wage now $20 for restaurant workers

7 World Kitchen workers hit in Gaza, including 1 US citizen killed. World Kitchen pulls out of area.

Israel hits embassy area inside Syria, in Iran, killing a major leader

Donald Trump pays his $175M bond, thru an insurance company

Federal judge ruled migrants who were flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in 2022 can continue with their lawsuit against the company that transported them — allegedly under false pretenses — but dismissed claims against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials.

Cambridge firm, Amylyx, pulled its ALS drug off the market, as it failed to produce results

Survivors from the Nova Music Festival have been brought to the US to a special retreat to heal

After more than 40 years Pat Sajak, 77, will retire from Wheel of Fortune on June 7

Many aftershocks continue to be felt from the New Jersey earthquake and will for the next few days

3 houses in NJ are evacuated due to structural damage from earthquake

Total eclipse area may be narrower than originally thought. Burlington, VT thought to be the best.

Vermont reports that all B&Bs are rented for elicpse watching. Maine and NH and VT saying to not drive up expecting to find a room – they are all spoken for.

With 303,000 new jobs added, it is also noted that many new jobs are part time, with people holding more than 1 job or only a part time job

CNN reports the US is preparing for a serious – and inevitable – attack by Iran

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PASSINGS

Richard Baccari, 82, real estate developer

Lou Conter, 102, last survivor of Pearl Harbor’s USS Arizona

Louis Gossett, 87

Larry Lucchino, 78, PawSox & WooSox

Chance Perdomo, 27, actor, in motorcycle accident

Arthur Plitt, Pawt. Hall of Famer

Tony Ritacco, 90s, local newspaper

Barbara Rush, 97, actress