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Woonsocket City Council Special Meeting - May 28 2024

 

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It was a busy weekend for both President Biden and former President Donald Trump. At a fundraiser in Los Angeles Saturday featuring various A-list celebrities as well as former President Obama, Biden expressed concern over how a second Trump tern would impact the United States Supreme Court. Biden's campaign says the event raised a record breaking 30-million-dollars from Democratic donors. Trump, on the same day, made a pitch to African American voters in Detroit, while once again also claiming that the election process is rigged. The FAA is looking into how potentially substandard titanium sold using fake documentation ended up in commercial jets. The titanium came from a Chinese company, and ended up with Spirit AeroSystems, which makes fuselages for Boeing and wings for Airbus.       Texas A&M plans to install several small nuclear power generating plants on its College Station campus. The system's chancellor says the move can shore up the state's power grid while proving the safety of modern reactors. Texas A&M system Chancellor John Sharp says the state's demand for electric power is expected to nearly double over the next six-years, and nuclear should be part of the solution.        The remains of a World War Two airman are now back home in Iowa. U.S. Army Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Max E. Dailey's plane was shot down over Romania in August of 1943. His remains were positively identified in June of last year, after being recovered from an American Cemetery in Belgium. Daily was laid to rest in Charles City during a ceremony last week.        Advocates are making a pitch for pediatric brain cancer research at the College World Series taking place in Omaha, Nebraska. The Omaha Baseball Village honored The Cure Starts Now on Saturday. The non-profit organization raised some five-thousand-dollars last year, and is hoping to surpass that total this year.        The Celtics are aiming to close out the NBA Finals on their home court. Boston will host the Dallas Mavericks in Game Five of the NBA Finals later on today. Dallas is looking to become the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3-0 series deficit to win it all.       

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