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Nesi's Notes: Oct. 20

Your weekly briefing on RI politics and more.
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Police ID 3 of 4 suspects charged in Scituate armed home invasion

The suspects are identified as Edwin Torres, 21, Jordon Shonnell, 20, a 16-year-old juvenile and Justin Ziobrowski, 21, who was the driver.
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US Sen. Whitehouse and opponent Flanders face off in debate

It's scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday at the University of Rhode Island's Kingston Campus.
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Mega Millions numbers for $1B jackpot announced

The odds of winning are a miserable one in 302.5 million.
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Fall River police nab assault suspects

The man and woman were both charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.
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Nesi's Notes: Oct. 20

Your weekly briefing on RI politics and more.

Pro-Fung group begins canceling TV ad buys in RI

The Republican Governors Association's Rhode Island affiliate has begun canceling some of its scheduled TV advertising in support of Allan Fung.

Councilman Aponte seeks to ban sex offenders from ‘child safety zones'

Offenders would be subject to fines of up to $500 for violating the ordinance.

After complaint over fine, Mattiello cut contractor board's budget

The speaker denied it was a punitive move to slash the budget for the state board that polices contractors.

Craig Price's attempted murder trial delayed for 6th time

Price, 44, was set to go on trial on Oct. 22, but it was pushed back a month to Nov. 26, according to Carol Hingson, a spokesperson for the district attorney in Live Oak, Florida.

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Misquamicut Beach pavilion fire under investigation 17 hours ago

Video from the Misquamicut Business Association shows plumes of black smoke coming from the roof of the building.
South County
Lane shifts, closures this weekend on I-195 in East Providence 4 hours ago

RIDOT said at least two of three existing lanes will remain open in each direction during the day and one lane will be open in each direction overnight.
Pinpoint Traffic
Crash in Providence sends motorcyclist to hospital 11 hours ago

The crash took place around 6:30 p.m. on Admiral Street in the area of Hawkins Street. A portion of the roadway is currently shut down.
Providence
Roof of partially constructed building collapses in Attleboro 11 hours ago

Police are trying to determine what caused the roof of a partially constructed building to collapse in Attleboro this afternoon.
SE Mass
Finding a symbol of survival, Cranston man searches for its owner 19 hours ago

"I saw the seal," Joe Fernandes recalled. "I opened the cover and there it was. This is something special."
Street Stories
Some families affected by school bus strike to start getting checks next week 19 hours ago

The Providence School Department says it has started approving reimbursement requests from parents with children with special needs, and will started mailing out checks next week.
Providence
If elected, Trillo vows to make 'serious changes' to pensions 19 hours ago

Trillo, who admittedly said he once supported then-treasurer Gina Raimondo’s pension reform law, said Friday that he would award pensioners a 3 percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) increase and continue an investigation into Raimondo’s changes to the state’s pension system.
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Finding a symbol of survival, Cranston man searches for its owner

"I saw the seal," Joe Fernandes recalled. "I opened the cover and there it was. This is something special."

Mega Millions jackpot hits $1B, thanks to worsening odds

Lottery officials changed the odds in recent years to lessen the chance of winning a jackpot, which in turn increased the opportunity for top prizes to reach stratospheric levels.

12-pound lunar meteorite sells for more than $600,000

A 12-pound (5.5 kilogram) chunk of the moon that fell to the Earth as a lunar meteorite has been sold at auction for more than $600,000.

Kleenex to rebrand 'mansize' tissues after gender complaints

Kimberly-Clark told Britain's Daily Telegraph that it in "no way suggests" that being both soft and strong was "an exclusively masculine trait, nor do we believe that the Mansize branding suggests or endorses gender inequality."

East Greenwich boy fighting back against rare disease

A little boy fighting a rare disease is making improvements and regaining the use of some of his limbs at Hasbro Children's Hospital after suddenly losing control of his body in September.

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Fall 2018: Corn mazes across RI, Mass.

Looking for a corn maze to go to this fall? Meteorologist T.J. Del Santo has you covered. He visited several corn mazes across the area and flew Sky Drone 12 over them to show you what they look like from above.