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In the news… updates for 10/29/22
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY
New Bedford is going to announce their winter “homeless” plan, which has used motels in prior years. Rhode Island has not announced its plan for the approx. 500 who remain unhoused here
Shake Shack will open 2nd store in Garden City, near the Starbucks
RI commits $9.5 million in federal funds to expand legal services to support individuals and households experiencing housing insecurity by providing housing-related legal services to tenants whose household income is less than 80% Area Median Income. These services may include eviction prevention and eviction diversion programs; mediation between landlords and tenants; case management related to housing stability; housing counseling; fair housing counseling; etc.
First Student bus drivers have given strike notice for Nov. 2nd.
Gina Raimondo & Marty Walsh headline the Nov. 21st Providence Chamber of Commerce event
20% of RI cable subscribers are FIOS – which remained on a blackout over a contract dispute that ended on Friday. WPRI is back on the air
Cybersecurity company Snyk in Massachusetts laid off approx. 200 workers, 14% of its workforce
Nantucket has granted 19 permits to move houses due to flooding and shore erosion
Vaccination bus returns to Martha’s Vineyard on Nov. 6th for booster shot program
5 of 15 Providence City Council members were no-shows for budget vote for reparations of $10M. Nirva LaFortune says $10M “kind of disrespectful” in responding to slavery issues.
Rhode Island legal professionals have reviewed case files and show no one is eligible for the Presidential pardon on marijuana
Trader Joe’s will open on Nov. 6th in Providence
UNAP has issued notice of intent to strike at Roger Williams, St. Joseph’s and Fatima Hospitals
Childcare facilities in RI will benefit by $8.5 million in first-round funding from the Early Childhood Care and Educational Capital (ECCE) Fund approved in March of 2021 special election with $15 million for 15 projects, and improvement or creation of more than 1,200 childcare spots. Additional awards will be made until the fund is totally allocated.
Rhode Island has the lowest SAT scores of the six New England states and falls below the national average, according to the College Board’s 2022 state reports
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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
Moderna is close to developing a vaccine for Ebola
Clorox recalls all varieties of Pine Sol cleaning liquid
Facebook parent company Meta has been fined nearly $25million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S. history
US issued warning to Russia not to attack satellites
Financial advisor Kramer apologized, tearfully, for recommending people purchase META stock which has fallen more than 20%
The pandemic increased the need for people to have bank accounts, and now it is the lowest percentage – approx. 20% – who do not
More than 300 independent bookstores have opened since the pandemic throughout the US
Elon Musk closed on Twitter this past Friday for $44 billion – tweeting as “Chief Twit”: “The bird is free”. Musk says he does not expect a “free-for-all-hellscape”. He is forming a committee to determine censorship topics
Hundreds of residents at Miami Beach condo forced to evacuate over unsafe conditions, given an hour to evacuate
Aurobindo Pharma USA is recalling two lots of blood pressure medication – quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide tablets due to levels of nitrosamine
Real estate mogul, Robert Flaxman, committed suicide after spending a month in prison, convicted of college admissions scandal for his son
Another painting – “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Vermeer in the Hague was defaced by tomato sauce and glue by demonstrators
Jerry E. Lewis was erroneously reported to have died earlier this week by TMZ – and then did die a few days later
Kanye West brand has been dropped by Adidas, and other footwear and clothing brands, and was escorted out of Skechers headquarters when he came in with a filming crew
2 killed at a St. Louis High School – a teacher and a 16 year old student – some injured – shooter was a recent graduate of the school, 19 years old – police are heralded with immediately encountering the shooter and taking him down
Justice Alito says leaked abortion opinion made conservative justices targets of assassination
Ukrainian power and utility grids are collapsing as Russia targets these locations as winter approaches – concern also that Russia will take over the nuclear power plant and divert its power to Russia – if that happens Ukraine power will go out – “and just not come back on”
Russia has rumored that Ukraine will retaliate with a “dirty bomb” which Ukrainians deny
New York Supreme Court reinstates all state employees fired for being unvaccinated, orders backpay – the state is not complying with the order at this time
A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs
Dr. Megan Ranney elected to National Academy of Medicine
Rishi Sunak is the new PM of UK – associated with Infosys, which has a RI office
Salman Rushdie loses the use of one hand and has gone blind in one eye after being attacked recently
SNAP social media app announced they were shuttering their headquarters in San Francisco due to violence and destruction in the city
Schools throughout US showing grades have declined dramatically since the pandemic – Math, reading scores fall throughout the US since the pandemic – math scores plummeted more than 10 points, reading about 3 points.
Amazon will allow payments through Venmo
Paul Pelosi, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was attacked in their home, has undergone surgery and is expected to recover fully. The assailant was said to be looking for the Speaker and was a long term homeless person with long diatribes about issues on his social media
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PASSINGS
Jules Bass, 87, Christmas story, lyricist icon
Ash Carter, 68, former Defense Secretary, Obama administration
Leslie Jordan, actor, at 67, of an auto accident
Jerry Lee Lewis, 87
Harris “Hershey” Rosen, 89, RINewsToday writer