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Raimondo restricts social gatherings to 10 people, in effort to curb the rise in coronavirus cases
Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo said she is preparing to announce more restrictions next week, including limits on visiting nursing homes and hospitals and rules for religious gatherings.
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Large waves from Tropical Storm Isaias attract surfers to Newport beaches
Dozens of surfers speckled Newport’s beaches early Wednesday morning, hoping to take advantage of the waves that the storm left in its wake.
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Pete Rademacher, 1956 Olympic boxing champion, dies at 91
Olympic boxing champion Pete Rademacher has died. A family member says he died at a veterans home in Sandusky, Ohio. Rademacher won a gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Games and fought Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title in his first professional bout. Rademacher is the only boxer to fight for a championship in his first pro bout. He knocked Patterson down in the second round before being counted out in the sixth. Rademacher had dementia for years and his brain will be donated for medical research. Pete Rademacher was 91 years old.
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Is Boston Title Town Or Cheater Town?
There was Spygate. Then Deflategate. Now, there’s whatever we call the cheating scandal, involving stolen signs and clanging trash cans, that has led to Alex Cora’s ouster as Red Sox manager. “‘Trashgate’ or something like that,” offered Wall Street Journal sports columnist Jason Gay. “I think that’s the proper ‘gate.’” Though Gay is a Massachusetts native, he and some […]
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Coyne hires Spanish driver Palou for full IndyCar season
Dale Coyne has hired Spanish driver Alex Palou to drive the full IndyCar schedule next season. The hiring comes a month after the team dumped four-time series champion Sebastien Bourdais. IndyCar has had a flurry of seat swapping this offseason. James Hinchcliffe is still looking for a job after the new McLaren team said it didn’t want the Canadian. Most openings have gone to rookies. Bourdais, Hinchcliffe and even Tony Kanaan have nothing yet in IndyCar for 2020. Palou is not well-known in IndyCar and joins a growing rookie field.
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Giving Thanks That College Football Season In R.I. Is Finished, PC Soccer Is Not
Four football teams produce losing records, but the Friars advance to the third round of the NCAA men’s soccer tournament.
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The Patriots Are Undefeated. Why Worry?
Drama persists in Foxboro despite a 7-0 start, and Rhode Island college football teams are struggling.
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From TD To CBD: Gronkowski Is Now In The Business Of Cannabis, Not Touchdowns
Former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski said Tuesday that he is partnering with a Woonsocket maker of CBD products that the retired football star credits with relieving his chronic pain from a bruising career.
