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Four shootings in four days have rattled Rhode Island. Police have seized twice as many illegal firearms so far this week as they did last year.
On Monday morning, Rhode Islandâs US Congressional delegation joined Governor Dan McKee, Attorney General Peter Neronha, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Nonviolence Institute Executive Director Cedric Huntley, and Moms Demand Action activist Diana Garlington at the Nonviolence Instituteâs headquarters.
There, Huntley said the last several days have âjust not been normal.â
âWeâve been working around the clock to help those victims, those families that have been hurt by violence,â said Huntley. âThereâs no words for what we see.â
COVID-19 vaccines may not offer complete protection for people with compromised immune systems
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How COVID-19 vaccines work
A visual explainer on how vaccines work, including how they work with the body’s immune system and their use in preventing coronavirus. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
If you have a weakened immune system, the COVID-19vaccines may have a reduced effectiveness for you. Experts say it s still very important for you and those around you to get vaccinated, but it may be necessary for those with compromised immune systems to take extra precautions after vaccination. We are aware that this population may not have the same beneficial response to vaccines that we see in others who are not immunosuppressed, Dr. Linda Finn, the director of hematology and bone marrow transplant at Ochsner Health, told ABC News. We do still recommend the vaccines, any benefit they can borrow from it, but still follow other precautions very closely.
âI donât know whether he had a shy moment in his lifeââ Doug Hookâs son, Colin, recalls his father as a phenomenally talented artist who treated all with equal respect
Author of the article: Jeffrey Ougler
Publishing date: Apr 26, 2021  â¢Â 57 minutes ago  â¢Â 5 minute read  â¢Â Doug Hook receives a special visitor at Sault Area Hospital: his grandson Theodore Hook. Hook had a special bond with Theodore, spending the first six months of the infantâs life with him in Burkâs Falls, Ont., where Hookâs son, Colin, and daughter-in-law, Alisha, live. Facebook photo
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Senate President files bill to ban people from carrying guns on school grounds
The Harold M. Metts School Safety Act applies allows for exceptions for security and law enforcement.
By Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff,Updated January 22, 2021, 2:51 p.m.
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Rhode Island Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, a North Providence Democrat, has submitted a bill that would only allow police officers or security officers to carry firearms on school grounds.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE â Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio has introduced a bill to ban carrying concealed guns on school grounds.
The Harold M. Metts School Safety Act of 2021 â named for the former Providence senator who tried for years to pass this legislation â eliminates an exception in the state law on concealed carry firearms, making it clear that they may not be carried on school grounds. The only exceptions are police officers, retired officers, and those contracted to provide sec