TPR : THE PUBLIC'S RADIO : TPRDONATE YOUR CARCONTACT & DIRECTIONSTHIS I BELIEVE: NEW ENGLANDBOARD OF DIRECTORS We aren’t just Public Radio, we are The Public’s Radio. Hear us on WNPN 89.3FM across Rhode Island and the Southcoast of Massachusetts. SOME R.I. BUSINESSES OPT TO CONTINUE REQUIRING MASKS, AS On Tuesday morning, the sidewalks on Newport’s Thames Street were busy with pedestrians and it was starting to feel like summer. Most people weren’t wearing masks as they strolled outside. This was the first day that Rhode Island no longer CHINA'S YUAN LONGPING, 'FATHER OF HYBRID RICE,' DIES AT 91 Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, has died. He was 91. Known as the “Father of Hybrid Rice,” Yuan spent his life researching rice and was a household name in China. Worldwide, a fifth of all rice now comes from species created by hybrid rice following Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries in the 1970s. That's
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Board of Directors. Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR, d/b/a The Public's Radio) is the community licensee for WNPN 89.3 FM and WNPE 102.7 FM. RIPR leases WELH 88.1 FM from the Wheeler School. RIPR is a not-for-profit, 501 (c) (3), Rhode Island corporation. Meetings of the full board are held virtually* at 4:00 PM on the fourth Wednesday of each
FOUR CHARGED IN PROVIDENCE SHOOTING THAT INJURED NINE Providence Police charged four men in the shooting that wounded nine people in Providence last week.. Ricardo Cosme Tejada, Reynaldo Rivera, both aged 20, Jordanny Britto, aged 19, were arraigned Monday. George Rios, age 18, was still in critical condition at Rhode Island STEELWORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY IN NEW BEDFORD, JOINING Every night at 7 p.m., members of the United Steel Workers Local 1357 gather outside their workplace on Rodney French Boulevard. Holding picket signs and cups of coffee, they hold up a line of cars driven by their managers and replacement workers hired during the strike. CHINA AUTHORITIES EVACUATE, INVESTIGATE SHAKING SKYSCRAPER Authorities in the southern Chinese tech center of Shenzhen have evacuated a 70-story skyscraper after it began swaying and are investigating the cause. Thousands of people in the SEG Plaza building and surrounding areas fled after it wobbled on Tuesday. The Shenzhen government says no additional swaying has been detected since then and the main structure and its environs appear TINY BATS PUT KIBOSH ON POWER LINE TREE-CUTTING FOR 2 MONTHS Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months. Tree-cutting on a key stretch of an electricity corridor in western Maine is going to stop as almost as soon as it started to protect the newly born young of a federally protected bat. The New England Clean Energy Connect has a narrow window of only two weeks to get started on tree
HOW WILL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AFFECT FISH POPULATIONS AND About a quarter of the carbon dioxide emissions that we send into the atmosphere are absorbed in the ocean, and this is increasing the acidity of the ocean. Some species might be able to adapt to this increase in acidity, while others might not be so lucky. by Megan Hall. In particular, shellfish struggle because this acidification makes it
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South County Bureau. Southern Rhode Island is a unique place, shaped by its coastline, history and the people who call it home. South County Bureau Reporter Alex Nunes follows stories from North Kingstown to Westerly, across to the Connecticut border, and on Block Island. TPR : THE PUBLIC'S RADIO : TPRDONATE YOUR CARCONTACT & DIRECTIONSTHIS I BELIEVE: NEW ENGLANDBOARD OF DIRECTORS We aren’t just Public Radio, we are The Public’s Radio. Hear us on WNPN 89.3FM across Rhode Island and the Southcoast of Massachusetts. SOME R.I. BUSINESSES OPT TO CONTINUE REQUIRING MASKS, AS On Tuesday morning, the sidewalks on Newport’s Thames Street were busy with pedestrians and it was starting to feel like summer. Most people weren’t wearing masks as they strolled outside. This was the first day that Rhode Island no longer CHINA'S YUAN LONGPING, 'FATHER OF HYBRID RICE,' DIES AT 91 Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, has died. He was 91. Known as the “Father of Hybrid Rice,” Yuan spent his life researching rice and was a household name in China. Worldwide, a fifth of all rice now comes from species created by hybrid rice following Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries in the 1970s. That's BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board of Directors. Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR, d/b/a The Public's Radio) is the community licensee for WNPN 89.3 FM and WNPE 102.7 FM. RIPR leases WELH 88.1 FM from the Wheeler School. RIPR is a not-for-profit, 501 (c) (3), Rhode Island corporation. Meetings of the full board are held virtually* at 4:00 PM on the fourth Wednesday of each
FOUR CHARGED IN PROVIDENCE SHOOTING THAT INJURED NINE Providence Police charged four men in the shooting that wounded nine people in Providence last week.. Ricardo Cosme Tejada, Reynaldo Rivera, both aged 20, Jordanny Britto, aged 19, were arraigned Monday. George Rios, age 18, was still in critical condition at Rhode Island STEELWORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY IN NEW BEDFORD, JOINING Every night at 7 p.m., members of the United Steel Workers Local 1357 gather outside their workplace on Rodney French Boulevard. Holding picket signs and cups of coffee, they hold up a line of cars driven by their managers and replacement workers hired during the strike. CHINA AUTHORITIES EVACUATE, INVESTIGATE SHAKING SKYSCRAPER Authorities in the southern Chinese tech center of Shenzhen have evacuated a 70-story skyscraper after it began swaying and are investigating the cause. Thousands of people in the SEG Plaza building and surrounding areas fled after it wobbled on Tuesday. The Shenzhen government says no additional swaying has been detected since then and the main structure and its environs appear TINY BATS PUT KIBOSH ON POWER LINE TREE-CUTTING FOR 2 MONTHS Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months. Tree-cutting on a key stretch of an electricity corridor in western Maine is going to stop as almost as soon as it started to protect the newly born young of a federally protected bat. The New England Clean Energy Connect has a narrow window of only two weeks to get started on tree
HOW WILL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AFFECT FISH POPULATIONS AND About a quarter of the carbon dioxide emissions that we send into the atmosphere are absorbed in the ocean, and this is increasing the acidity of the ocean. Some species might be able to adapt to this increase in acidity, while others might not be so lucky. by Megan Hall. In particular, shellfish struggle because this acidification makes it
SOUTH COUNTY BUREAU
South County Bureau. Southern Rhode Island is a unique place, shaped by its coastline, history and the people who call it home. South County Bureau Reporter Alex Nunes follows stories from North Kingstown to Westerly, across to the Connecticut border, and on Block Island. MOSCOW ORDERS NEW RESTRICTIONS AS COVID-19 INFECTIONS SOAR Moscow’s mayor on Saturday ordered a week off for some workplaces and imposed restrictions on many businesses to fight coronavirus infections that have more than doubled in the past week. The national coronavirus taskforce reported 6,701 new cases of infection in Moscow, compared with 2,936 on June 6. Nationally, the daily infection tally has spiked by nearly half over the past week, US WILL REVISIT TRUMP-ERA DECISION FOR ALASKA RAINFOREST The federal government has announced plans to repeal or replace a decision by the Trump administration to lift restrictions on logging and road building in a southeast Alaska rainforest that provides habitat for wolves, bears and salmon. The announcement was cheered by conservation groups as a positive step. But Alaska's Republican governor vowed to fight back. The U.S. Department of IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS AIMED AT RESET, FACE MAJOR CHALLENGES Talks between Iran and global powers have restarted in Vienna with the goal of trying to restore a landmark nuclear agreement that the Trump administration abandoned in 2018. Senior diplomats from China, Germany, France, Russia, and Britain planned to meet Saturday at a hotel in the Austrian capital. Top Russian representative Mikhail Ulyanov said in a tweet that the talks would allow AFGHAN OFFICIAL: BOMBS HIT 2 MINIVANS IN KABUL, 7 DEAD Officials say separate bombs have hit two minivans in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in the Afghan capital, killing at least seven people and wounding six others. The attacks targeted minivans on the same road about 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) apart in a neighborhood in western Kabul. Ahmad Zia Zia, the deputy spokesman of Afghan interior, says no one immediately claimed responsibility for the NORTH MACEDONIA: POLICE FIND 20 BANGLADESHI MIGRANTS IN VAN Police in North Macedonia say officers discovered a group of 20 Bangladeshi migrants packed in a van on a major highway near the border with Serbia. Police said in a statement Saturday that officers found the group during a routine vehicle check Friday near the northern town of Kumanovo and and arrested the van’s 44-year-old Macedonian driver. The statement says the passengers were GOV SAYS KENTUCKY SUCCEEDED BY PUTTING SCIENCE OVER POLITICS Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is declaring his state’s deadly fight against COVID-19 a “success story” as he prepares to end most pandemic restrictions. The Democratic governor said Friday the credit goes to decisions that put science ahead of politics. Beshear expressed frustration that mask mandates meant to slow the virus’s spread became a “question of liberty.” He says defeating UN APPROVES COSTA RICA'S GRYNSPAN TO HEAD UN TRADE BODY The U.N. General Assembly has approved the nomination of Costa Rican economist Rebecca Grynspan to head the U.N. agency promoting trade and development. She is the first woman and Central American to lead the Geneva-based organization. Grynspan's nomination by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development US TOURIST WOUNDED IN BEACH KILLINGS IN CANCÚN, MEXICO A U.S. tourist has been wounded in a shooting attack that killed two men at a beach in the Mexican resort of Cancún. The prosecutor's office in the state of Quintana Roo, where Cancún is located, said the attack occurred Friday. It said the two men apparently died of bullet wounds at the scene, and said “a foreign woman” had been wounded and was taken for treatment to a local hospital 3 IN 4 BRISTOL COUNTY INMATES REFUSE VACCINE, MIRRORING Infections spiked again during the winter holidays, when more than 100 staff members tested positive. But the latest data show three in four inmates in Bristol County are now refusing vaccination. Hesitancy is especially prevalent at New Bedford’s Ash Street Jail, where 73 of the 82 inmates awaiting trial have refused their first dose. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK SETS TOURISM RECORD FOR MAY Yellowstone National Park had its busiest May on record. The park had over 483,000 recreation visits last month, up 11% from May 2019. Yellowstone officials said Friday the park is having its busiest year in recent memory. The park recorded over 658,000 visits from January through May, the most since 594,000 visits during that time in 2016. Usually the park opens to vehicles between mid TPR : THE PUBLIC'S RADIO : TPRDONATE YOUR CARCONTACT & DIRECTIONSTHIS I BELIEVE: NEW ENGLANDBOARD OF DIRECTORS We aren’t just Public Radio, we are The Public’s Radio. Hear us on WNPN 89.3FM across Rhode Island and the Southcoast of Massachusetts. SOME R.I. BUSINESSES OPT TO CONTINUE REQUIRING MASKS, AS On Tuesday morning, the sidewalks on Newport’s Thames Street were busy with pedestrians and it was starting to feel like summer. Most people weren’t wearing masks as they strolled outside. This was the first day that Rhode Island no longer CHINA'S YUAN LONGPING, 'FATHER OF HYBRID RICE,' DIES AT 91 Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, has died. He was 91. Known as the “Father of Hybrid Rice,” Yuan spent his life researching rice and was a household name in China. Worldwide, a fifth of all rice now comes from species created by hybrid rice following Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries in the 1970s. That's BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board of Directors. Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR, d/b/a The Public's Radio) is the community licensee for WNPN 89.3 FM and WNPE 102.7 FM. RIPR leases WELH 88.1 FM from the Wheeler School. RIPR is a not-for-profit, 501 (c) (3), Rhode Island corporation. Meetings of the full board are held virtually* at 4:00 PM on the fourth Wednesday of each
FOUR CHARGED IN PROVIDENCE SHOOTING THAT INJURED NINE Providence Police charged four men in the shooting that wounded nine people in Providence last week.. Ricardo Cosme Tejada, Reynaldo Rivera, both aged 20, Jordanny Britto, aged 19, were arraigned Monday. George Rios, age 18, was still in critical condition at Rhode Island STEELWORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY IN NEW BEDFORD, JOINING Every night at 7 p.m., members of the United Steel Workers Local 1357 gather outside their workplace on Rodney French Boulevard. Holding picket signs and cups of coffee, they hold up a line of cars driven by their managers and replacement workers hired during the strike. CHINA AUTHORITIES EVACUATE, INVESTIGATE SHAKING SKYSCRAPER Authorities in the southern Chinese tech center of Shenzhen have evacuated a 70-story skyscraper after it began swaying and are investigating the cause. Thousands of people in the SEG Plaza building and surrounding areas fled after it wobbled on Tuesday. The Shenzhen government says no additional swaying has been detected since then and the main structure and its environs appear TINY BATS PUT KIBOSH ON POWER LINE TREE-CUTTING FOR 2 MONTHS Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months. Tree-cutting on a key stretch of an electricity corridor in western Maine is going to stop as almost as soon as it started to protect the newly born young of a federally protected bat. The New England Clean Energy Connect has a narrow window of only two weeks to get started on tree
HOW WILL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AFFECT FISH POPULATIONS AND About a quarter of the carbon dioxide emissions that we send into the atmosphere are absorbed in the ocean, and this is increasing the acidity of the ocean. Some species might be able to adapt to this increase in acidity, while others might not be so lucky. by Megan Hall. In particular, shellfish struggle because this acidification makes it
SOUTH COUNTY BUREAU
South County Bureau. Southern Rhode Island is a unique place, shaped by its coastline, history and the people who call it home. South County Bureau Reporter Alex Nunes follows stories from North Kingstown to Westerly, across to the Connecticut border, and on Block Island. TPR : THE PUBLIC'S RADIO : TPRDONATE YOUR CARCONTACT & DIRECTIONSTHIS I BELIEVE: NEW ENGLANDBOARD OF DIRECTORS We aren’t just Public Radio, we are The Public’s Radio. Hear us on WNPN 89.3FM across Rhode Island and the Southcoast of Massachusetts. SOME R.I. BUSINESSES OPT TO CONTINUE REQUIRING MASKS, AS On Tuesday morning, the sidewalks on Newport’s Thames Street were busy with pedestrians and it was starting to feel like summer. Most people weren’t wearing masks as they strolled outside. This was the first day that Rhode Island no longer CHINA'S YUAN LONGPING, 'FATHER OF HYBRID RICE,' DIES AT 91 Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, has died. He was 91. Known as the “Father of Hybrid Rice,” Yuan spent his life researching rice and was a household name in China. Worldwide, a fifth of all rice now comes from species created by hybrid rice following Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries in the 1970s. That's BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board of Directors. Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR, d/b/a The Public's Radio) is the community licensee for WNPN 89.3 FM and WNPE 102.7 FM. RIPR leases WELH 88.1 FM from the Wheeler School. RIPR is a not-for-profit, 501 (c) (3), Rhode Island corporation. Meetings of the full board are held virtually* at 4:00 PM on the fourth Wednesday of each
FOUR CHARGED IN PROVIDENCE SHOOTING THAT INJURED NINE Providence Police charged four men in the shooting that wounded nine people in Providence last week.. Ricardo Cosme Tejada, Reynaldo Rivera, both aged 20, Jordanny Britto, aged 19, were arraigned Monday. George Rios, age 18, was still in critical condition at Rhode Island STEELWORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY IN NEW BEDFORD, JOINING Every night at 7 p.m., members of the United Steel Workers Local 1357 gather outside their workplace on Rodney French Boulevard. Holding picket signs and cups of coffee, they hold up a line of cars driven by their managers and replacement workers hired during the strike. CHINA AUTHORITIES EVACUATE, INVESTIGATE SHAKING SKYSCRAPER Authorities in the southern Chinese tech center of Shenzhen have evacuated a 70-story skyscraper after it began swaying and are investigating the cause. Thousands of people in the SEG Plaza building and surrounding areas fled after it wobbled on Tuesday. The Shenzhen government says no additional swaying has been detected since then and the main structure and its environs appear TINY BATS PUT KIBOSH ON POWER LINE TREE-CUTTING FOR 2 MONTHS Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months. Tree-cutting on a key stretch of an electricity corridor in western Maine is going to stop as almost as soon as it started to protect the newly born young of a federally protected bat. The New England Clean Energy Connect has a narrow window of only two weeks to get started on tree
HOW WILL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AFFECT FISH POPULATIONS AND About a quarter of the carbon dioxide emissions that we send into the atmosphere are absorbed in the ocean, and this is increasing the acidity of the ocean. Some species might be able to adapt to this increase in acidity, while others might not be so lucky. by Megan Hall. In particular, shellfish struggle because this acidification makes it
SOUTH COUNTY BUREAU
South County Bureau. Southern Rhode Island is a unique place, shaped by its coastline, history and the people who call it home. South County Bureau Reporter Alex Nunes follows stories from North Kingstown to Westerly, across to the Connecticut border, and on Block Island. MOSCOW ORDERS NEW RESTRICTIONS AS COVID-19 INFECTIONS SOAR Moscow’s mayor on Saturday ordered a week off for some workplaces and imposed restrictions on many businesses to fight coronavirus infections that have more than doubled in the past week. The national coronavirus taskforce reported 6,701 new cases of infection in Moscow, compared with 2,936 on June 6. Nationally, the daily infection tally has spiked by nearly half over the past week, US WILL REVISIT TRUMP-ERA DECISION FOR ALASKA RAINFOREST The federal government has announced plans to repeal or replace a decision by the Trump administration to lift restrictions on logging and road building in a southeast Alaska rainforest that provides habitat for wolves, bears and salmon. The announcement was cheered by conservation groups as a positive step. But Alaska's Republican governor vowed to fight back. The U.S. Department of IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS AIMED AT RESET, FACE MAJOR CHALLENGES Talks between Iran and global powers have restarted in Vienna with the goal of trying to restore a landmark nuclear agreement that the Trump administration abandoned in 2018. Senior diplomats from China, Germany, France, Russia, and Britain planned to meet Saturday at a hotel in the Austrian capital. Top Russian representative Mikhail Ulyanov said in a tweet that the talks would allow AFGHAN OFFICIAL: BOMBS HIT 2 MINIVANS IN KABUL, 7 DEAD Officials say separate bombs have hit two minivans in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in the Afghan capital, killing at least seven people and wounding six others. The attacks targeted minivans on the same road about 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) apart in a neighborhood in western Kabul. Ahmad Zia Zia, the deputy spokesman of Afghan interior, says no one immediately claimed responsibility for the NORTH MACEDONIA: POLICE FIND 20 BANGLADESHI MIGRANTS IN VAN Police in North Macedonia say officers discovered a group of 20 Bangladeshi migrants packed in a van on a major highway near the border with Serbia. Police said in a statement Saturday that officers found the group during a routine vehicle check Friday near the northern town of Kumanovo and and arrested the van’s 44-year-old Macedonian driver. The statement says the passengers were GOV SAYS KENTUCKY SUCCEEDED BY PUTTING SCIENCE OVER POLITICS Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is declaring his state’s deadly fight against COVID-19 a “success story” as he prepares to end most pandemic restrictions. The Democratic governor said Friday the credit goes to decisions that put science ahead of politics. Beshear expressed frustration that mask mandates meant to slow the virus’s spread became a “question of liberty.” He says defeating UN APPROVES COSTA RICA'S GRYNSPAN TO HEAD UN TRADE BODY The U.N. General Assembly has approved the nomination of Costa Rican economist Rebecca Grynspan to head the U.N. agency promoting trade and development. She is the first woman and Central American to lead the Geneva-based organization. Grynspan's nomination by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development US TOURIST WOUNDED IN BEACH KILLINGS IN CANCÚN, MEXICO A U.S. tourist has been wounded in a shooting attack that killed two men at a beach in the Mexican resort of Cancún. The prosecutor's office in the state of Quintana Roo, where Cancún is located, said the attack occurred Friday. It said the two men apparently died of bullet wounds at the scene, and said “a foreign woman” had been wounded and was taken for treatment to a local hospital 3 IN 4 BRISTOL COUNTY INMATES REFUSE VACCINE, MIRRORING Infections spiked again during the winter holidays, when more than 100 staff members tested positive. But the latest data show three in four inmates in Bristol County are now refusing vaccination. Hesitancy is especially prevalent at New Bedford’s Ash Street Jail, where 73 of the 82 inmates awaiting trial have refused their first dose. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK SETS TOURISM RECORD FOR MAY Yellowstone National Park had its busiest May on record. The park had over 483,000 recreation visits last month, up 11% from May 2019. Yellowstone officials said Friday the park is having its busiest year in recent memory. The park recorded over 658,000 visits from January through May, the most since 594,000 visits during that time in 2016. Usually the park opens to vehicles between mid TPR : THE PUBLIC'S RADIO : TPRDONATE YOUR CARCONTACT & DIRECTIONSTHIS I BELIEVE: NEW ENGLANDBOARD OF DIRECTORS We aren’t just Public Radio, we are The Public’s Radio. Hear us on WNPN 89.3FM across Rhode Island and the Southcoast of Massachusetts. SOME R.I. BUSINESSES OPT TO CONTINUE REQUIRING MASKS, AS On Tuesday morning, the sidewalks on Newport’s Thames Street were busy with pedestrians and it was starting to feel like summer. Most people weren’t wearing masks as they strolled outside. This was the first day that Rhode Island no longer CHINA'S YUAN LONGPING, 'FATHER OF HYBRID RICE,' DIES AT 91 Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, has died. He was 91. Known as the “Father of Hybrid Rice,” Yuan spent his life researching rice and was a household name in China. Worldwide, a fifth of all rice now comes from species created by hybrid rice following Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries in the 1970s. That's BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board of Directors. Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR, d/b/a The Public's Radio) is the community licensee for WNPN 89.3 FM and WNPE 102.7 FM. RIPR leases WELH 88.1 FM from the Wheeler School. RIPR is a not-for-profit, 501 (c) (3), Rhode Island corporation. Meetings of the full board are held virtually* at 4:00 PM on the fourth Wednesday of each
STEELWORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY IN NEW BEDFORD, JOINING Every night at 7 p.m., members of the United Steel Workers Local 1357 gather outside their workplace on Rodney French Boulevard. Holding picket signs and cups of coffee, they hold up a line of cars driven by their managers and replacement workers hired during the strike. 2 CHARGED IN NOVEMBER DEATH OF 15-MONTH-OLD WISCONSIN BOY Two people are facing charges in the death of a 15-month-old Wisconsin boy, six months after an autopsy showed he had pneumonia, multiple injuries and methamphetamine in his system. Complaints filed Tuesday in Lincoln County charge 25-year-old Cody G. Robertson, and 22-year-old Amber Boyd, both of Merrill, with child neglect resulting in death. Robertson and Boyd were both arrested R.I. LAWMAKERS APPROVE UNEMPLOYMENT CHANGES TO ENTICE WORKERS The new legislation aims to change that by allowing workers to make more money — up to 150% of their weekly unemployment benefit — before being cut off. So someone who collects $300 dollars a week in unemployment benefits could earn nearly $450 per week and still qualify for the federal boost. The legislation also says workers can earn up
OREGON EXTENDS COVID WORKPLACE MASK RULE INDEFINITELY Oregon has adopted a rule that indefinitely extends coronavirus mask and social distancing requirements in all businesses in the state. State officials say the rule will be in place until it is “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.” The rule has prompted a flood of angry responses, with everyone from parents to teachers to business owners and PROSPECT MEDICAL PULLS OUT OF OWNERSHIP CHANGE IN RI Prospect Medical pulls out of ownership change in RI. Published Thu Apr 29 2021 18:44:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) In the latest skirmish between Prospect Medical Holdings and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, Prospect announced Friday it is withdrawing from the state process for changing its ownership. by Ian Donnis.
HOW WILL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AFFECT FISH POPULATIONS AND About a quarter of the carbon dioxide emissions that we send into the atmosphere are absorbed in the ocean, and this is increasing the acidity of the ocean. Some species might be able to adapt to this increase in acidity, while others might not be so lucky. by Megan Hall. In particular, shellfish struggle because this acidification makes it
TPR : THE PUBLIC'S RADIO : TPRDONATE YOUR CARCONTACT & DIRECTIONSTHIS I BELIEVE: NEW ENGLANDBOARD OF DIRECTORS We aren’t just Public Radio, we are The Public’s Radio. Hear us on WNPN 89.3FM across Rhode Island and the Southcoast of Massachusetts. SOME R.I. BUSINESSES OPT TO CONTINUE REQUIRING MASKS, AS On Tuesday morning, the sidewalks on Newport’s Thames Street were busy with pedestrians and it was starting to feel like summer. Most people weren’t wearing masks as they strolled outside. This was the first day that Rhode Island no longer CHINA'S YUAN LONGPING, 'FATHER OF HYBRID RICE,' DIES AT 91 Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, has died. He was 91. Known as the “Father of Hybrid Rice,” Yuan spent his life researching rice and was a household name in China. Worldwide, a fifth of all rice now comes from species created by hybrid rice following Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries in the 1970s. That's BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board of Directors. Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR, d/b/a The Public's Radio) is the community licensee for WNPN 89.3 FM and WNPE 102.7 FM. RIPR leases WELH 88.1 FM from the Wheeler School. RIPR is a not-for-profit, 501 (c) (3), Rhode Island corporation. Meetings of the full board are held virtually* at 4:00 PM on the fourth Wednesday of each
STEELWORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY IN NEW BEDFORD, JOINING Every night at 7 p.m., members of the United Steel Workers Local 1357 gather outside their workplace on Rodney French Boulevard. Holding picket signs and cups of coffee, they hold up a line of cars driven by their managers and replacement workers hired during the strike. 2 CHARGED IN NOVEMBER DEATH OF 15-MONTH-OLD WISCONSIN BOY Two people are facing charges in the death of a 15-month-old Wisconsin boy, six months after an autopsy showed he had pneumonia, multiple injuries and methamphetamine in his system. Complaints filed Tuesday in Lincoln County charge 25-year-old Cody G. Robertson, and 22-year-old Amber Boyd, both of Merrill, with child neglect resulting in death. Robertson and Boyd were both arrested R.I. LAWMAKERS APPROVE UNEMPLOYMENT CHANGES TO ENTICE WORKERS The new legislation aims to change that by allowing workers to make more money — up to 150% of their weekly unemployment benefit — before being cut off. So someone who collects $300 dollars a week in unemployment benefits could earn nearly $450 per week and still qualify for the federal boost. The legislation also says workers can earn up
OREGON EXTENDS COVID WORKPLACE MASK RULE INDEFINITELY Oregon has adopted a rule that indefinitely extends coronavirus mask and social distancing requirements in all businesses in the state. State officials say the rule will be in place until it is “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.” The rule has prompted a flood of angry responses, with everyone from parents to teachers to business owners and PROSPECT MEDICAL PULLS OUT OF OWNERSHIP CHANGE IN RI Prospect Medical pulls out of ownership change in RI. Published Thu Apr 29 2021 18:44:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) In the latest skirmish between Prospect Medical Holdings and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, Prospect announced Friday it is withdrawing from the state process for changing its ownership. by Ian Donnis.
HOW WILL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AFFECT FISH POPULATIONS AND About a quarter of the carbon dioxide emissions that we send into the atmosphere are absorbed in the ocean, and this is increasing the acidity of the ocean. Some species might be able to adapt to this increase in acidity, while others might not be so lucky. by Megan Hall. In particular, shellfish struggle because this acidification makes it
LONGEST SERVING DEATH ROW INMATE IN US RESENTENCED TO LIFE The longest serving death row inmate in the U.S. has been resentenced to life in prison after prosecutors concluded he's ineligible for execution and not competent for retrial due to his long history of mental illness. Raymond Riles has spent more than 45 years on death row in Texas for fatally shooting John Thomas Henry in 1974 at a Houston car lot following a disagreement over a vehicle. A ICC PROSECUTOR URGES SUDAN TO HAND OVER DARFUR SUSPECTS Fatou Bensouda has given her last briefing to the U.N. Security Council as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. She lamented Wednesday that the tribunal has not yet brought justice to victims of atrocities in Sudan’s western Darfur region. But she says a new era in Sudan and the transfer of the first Darfur suspect to the court should give them hope. Bensouda cautions that BODIES OF 2 MORE MINERS FOUND IN MEXICO; 6 CONFIRMED DEAD MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two more bodies were found Wednesday at a small coal mine in a northern Mexico border state after the shaft flooded and partially collapsed, bringing to six the number of confirmed dead. Hopes for finding the lone remaining missing BRITISH TWIN SISTERS INJURED IN MEXICO CROCODILE ATTACK Two British women are recovering from a crocodile attack in a coastal lagoon along Mexico's southern Pacific coast. The two women were visiting a brackish lagoon near the surf and beach destination of Puerto Escondido. The head of the local civil defense office said Wednesday that the two women were swimming when one was attacked and pulled under by a crocodile. The second woman MISSILES TARGET U.S. TROOPS, CONTRACTORS IN IRAQI ARMY BASES Iraqi officials say multiple rockets targeted U.S.-led coalition troops and foreign contractors at two Iraqi military bases. The Wednesday attacks caused no human but may have caused damages. An Iraqi military statement says three rockets hit Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, without causing any casualties or damage. Two Iraqi officials say hours later at least one missile hit close to a JACKPOT: NEW ARCHIVES WILL PRESERVE HISTORY OF GAME SHOWS It's a jackpot for game show fans. The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester on Wednesday announced the creation of the National Archives of Game Show History. The archives will compile scripts, props, set designs and other materials from game shows over the years. The project is co-founded by television producers Howard Blumenthal of “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” JUDGE APPOINTS EX-JUDGE TO OVERSEE GIULIANI DEVICES' REVIEW A New York judge has formally appointed a former judge to ensure attorney-client privilege is protected in an examination of multiple electronic devices seized from Rudy Giuliani. Federal Judge J. Paul Oetken appointed Barbara Jones on Wednesday as “special master” after the late-April raids on ex-President Donald Trump's former personal attorney. She's already familiar with the job POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE: WHITEHOUSE ON BIDEN, DEMOCRATS Published Fri Apr 30 2021 07:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by Ian Donnis. U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is the guest on Political Roundtable this week. . The topics include: -- How Democrats should respond to demographic shifts favoring Republicans; -- Whether President Biden is courting a backlash with his spending SON OF FAMED MICHIGAN COACH SAYS DOCTOR MOLESTED HIM, TOO Lawyers say a son of legendary University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler was among the hundreds of men who were sexually assaulted by a campus doctor. Matt Schembechler and two players who were also victims of Dr. Robert Anderson will speak about the abuse during a news conference Thursday. The accusations come a month after a report commissioned by the university 3 IN 4 BRISTOL COUNTY INMATES REFUSE VACCINE, MIRRORING Infections spiked again during the winter holidays, when more than 100 staff members tested positive. But the latest data show three in four inmates in Bristol County are now refusing vaccination. Hesitancy is especially prevalent at New Bedford’s Ash Street Jail, where 73 of the 82 inmates awaiting trial have refused their first dose. menu_black
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politics Like other states, RI faces a grim budget outlook and a long recovery
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business Ice cream parlor perseveres during shutdown 2 days ago
on sports 1970, Kent State, Anti-War Protests And A College Baseball Game
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health Updates on coronavirus in RI and MA 16 hours ago
health Violence erupts at Bristol County Jail amid growing safety concerns about COVID-19 a day ago
politics Called to order: Supreme Court holds 1st arguments by phone 4 minutes ago
politics Senate secretary declines to release possible Reade report 34 minutes ago
politics US awards 29 Purple Hearts for brain injuries in Iran attack an hour ago
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scott mackays commentary Commentary: Let's flash a yellow light on re-opening 9 hours ago
possibly podcast Possibly - Sea Level Rise 7 days ago
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Called to order: Supreme Court holds 1st arguments by phone 4 minutes ago
Secluded Chesapeake Bay island keeps eye on virus from afar an hour ago
VIRUS DIARY: For her, virus-era New York is a story in sound 2 hours ago
WORLD NEWS
Italy eases lockdown, U.S. haltingly lifts some restrictions 6 minutes ago
New book aims to portray 'real' Prince Harry and Meghan 8 minutes ago
World leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research 16 minutes ago
POLITICS
Called to order: Supreme Court holds 1st arguments by phone 4 minutes ago
Senate secretary declines to release possible Reade report 34 minutes ago
US awards 29 Purple Hearts for brain injuries in Iran attack an hour ago
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE Scientists fault UK's pandemic strategy as deaths rise 5 minutes ago
Georgia deploys 3D printers, Guard units in testing scramble 12 hours ago
COVID-19 vaccine hunt heats up globally, still no guarantee 12 hours ago
HEALTH
Italy eases lockdown, U.S. haltingly lifts some restrictions 6 minutes ago
World leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research 16 minutes ago
Greek police arrest wild herb raiders on Albanian border an hour ago
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY Carnival Cruise Lines plans to sail again starting in August 14 minutes ago
World leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research 16 minutes ago
Intel buys Israeli urban mobility startup Moovit for $900M 20 minutes ago
ARTS & CULTURE
New book aims to portray 'real' Prince Harry and Meghan 8 minutes ago
Taika Waititi to direct new 'Star Wars' film 31 minutes ago
Dwight Yoakam marries fiancee Emily Joyce in small wedding 2 hours ago
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NFL moving London, Mexico City games back to US stadiums 9 minutes ago
Cowboys sign Dalton, waive incumbent backup QB Cooper Rush 31 minutes ago
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