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RIDOH is alerting a portion of customers of the City of Newport Public Water System that they should boil their water before consuming it. The notice posted by the City of Newport Public Water System includes a map of the affected area: utilities.newportri.gov/precautionary-… Read the full press release: health.ri.gov/press-releases…

BREAKING: JD and Usha Vance welcome a baby boy, the first child born to a sitting U.S. vice president in more than 150 years. apnews.com/article/jd-ush…

Free drinking water is now available to impacted customers from the Newport Water main break Sunday morning by Home Depot plaza. #MiddletownRI Police ask those in need to stop at the former Kennedy School at 740 West Main Road to get jugs of water. mdl.town/Newport-Water

BREAKING: Israel says Iran has launched missiles toward Jordan and warns fire could spill over into its territory. apnews.com/article/iran-u…

Wait, you mean the General Assembly passed a law that wasn’t entirely thought through? I’m shocked I tell you, shocked! GREAT job by my colleague & friend John Grasso, a great lawyer. New weapons ban will make criminals of law-abiding RIers | Opinion providencejournal.com/story/opinion/…

The U.S. military says two troops are dead and one is missing after Iranian attacks on a base in Jordan. apnews.com/article/iran-u…

ALERT: Due to anticipated heavy rain & the potential for localized flooding this afternoon, the PVD FanZone will now be opening at 5PM today for the bronze final game between France and England. We encourage all attendees to plan accordingly & monitor local weather conditions.

Multiple Individuals Charged With Election Fraud in “Secret Indictment” in Rhode Island golocalprov.com/investigations…

JUST IN: Trump Justice Department concludes that 2022 Congressional ban on TikTok on government devices no longer applies due to change in ownership and a joint venture with @USDS @tiktokusdsjv. OLC opinion: justice.gov/olc/media/1453…

Hollywood A-lister Matt Damon says he's working on a movie about the Karen Read case. bit.ly/3RDuUSG

Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins will return an antique car he was accused of stealing under a settlement that resolves part of a yearslong dispute with businessman Davide Broccoli. wpri.com/target-12/mayo…

Withdrawn from race: Jessica Beauchaine, the East Providence school committee candidate who pled the 5th against self-incrimination earlier this week in lieu of answering whether she, in fact, "personally witnessed" all the signatures she swore she did.

JUST IN: A federal judge rules that agencies can't cut previously awarded grants based on a new president's changing priorities. Those priorities can only be applied on a forward-looking basis, she says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

NEW: As @SecMullinDHS threatens to withhold federal funding from states that don't cooperate with the Trump Admin's election security initiatives, @RISecState tells me he won't hand over the private information of Rhode Island voters. @wpri12 @NewsNation @thehill

from my interview with Speaker @CBlazejewski: *noncommittal on @HelenaBFoulkes' housing fund *no new steps for GA oversight *no plans to clarify revolving door law *more oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgif-…

Checking in on the Maine Senate Debate: “I believe they called it pork bellying by cutting out the pork belly from all the bills, sure that would save a lot of money as well…”

.@SenBlumenthal and Sen. Graham have introduced their Russia sanctions legislation with 60+ cosponsors, including Majority Leader Thune. The late-Sen. Graham championed this bill. blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

EProv Canvassing bd dismisses challenge to school committee candidate who pled 5th against self-incrimination in face of Q: were the doggies-in-the window only witnesses to her signatures. Former Reps. Mike Marcello, Nick Gorham, Paul Moura have roles. providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…

27 years ago today, July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr, son of JFK and Jackie Kennedy, his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, were killed when the single-engine plane Kennedy was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha’s Vineyard.

WPRI: Cliff Walk repairs halted by dispute between state regulators, estate owners dlvr.it/TTZKvM