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Rhode Island to Offer Vaccines to Out-of-State Visitors
Anyone who visits Rhode Island will soon be able to get a coronavirus vaccine, and nightclubs will be allowed to open at full capacity by the end of May if patrons can prove they have received their shot, Gov. Daniel McKee announced Thursday. Until now, only residents and people who work or go to school in the state have been…
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Rhode Island Shifts Strategy to Target the Unvaccinated
With Rhode Island fast approaching its goal of getting 70% of the eligible population at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the state is shifting its strategy to reach the roughly 280,000 eligible people in the state who have not yet received a shot, officials said Thursday. “It’s less about volume and more about being hyper-targeted,” Tom McCarthy, the…
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RI Beaches to Open at Full Capacity, Walk-in Shots Now Available
Rhode Island’s state beaches are expected to open to full capacity this summer, Gov. Daniel McKee said Thursday. Some beaches, including Scarborough and Roger Wheeler, will open on May 15, and all state beaches will open by Memorial Day, he said. Masks will still be required at concessions stands and other crowded areas, he said. State beaches were allowed to…
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Mass. Man Convicted of Rape Released on Medical Parole
A convicted rapist from Massachusetts whose decades-long claims of innocence drew the backing of some high-profile supporters was released on medical parole Wednesday, a prisons official confirmed. Benjamin LaGuer, sentenced to life in prison in 1984 after being convicted of raping his 59-year-old neighbor in Leominster the previous year, was released from the North Central Correctional Institute in Gardner, according…
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Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum Opens Its Doors
From the squiggly, pink handrails outside the entrance to the front hall decorated with scenes from “And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street” – a real street just blocks away – the new Amazing World of Dr. Seuss museum says “You’re off to Great Places!”
