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Blood Drive

 

Woonsocket 's Elk Lodge will be holding a Blood Drive August 11, 8am-12noon.  All who donate will get a free breakfast. Please come in and donate blood to save lives! 380 Social St, Woonsocket, RI.

President Trump says he feels confident New York Mayor elect Zohran Mamdani will do an effective job. The two met at the White House today for the first time since Mamdani was elected. Trump added that the better Mamdani does, the happier he is because he loves New York.        Wall Street is ending the week with stocks higher. Stocks rebounded from Thursday's sell-off after New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said he expects the central bank has more room to lower interest rates. Even with Friday's gains, the three major averages chalked up weekly losses of one percent or more. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones gained 493 points to 46-245. The S&P 500 rose 64 points to 66-02. The Nasdaq climbed 195 points to 22-273.        President Trump says he wants a group of Democrats to be punished, not put to death. Trump was asked by Fox News' Brian Kilmeade about his post saying a group of Democrats should be tried for "seditious behavior, punishable by death" for a video they made, telling military members to ignore orders issued by Trump if they're illegal. Trump said those Democrats did a "horrible" thing.        It could soon cost travelers without a REAL ID or passport 18-dollars to go through airport security. The money would go towards the costs of an alternative identity verification program that uses biometric data to verify identity. A public notice about the proposal was published Thursday by the TSA, but no start date has been given.        This year's Thanksgiving dinner is costing five percent less. The American Farm Bureau Federation says the cost of the holiday meal dropped after retailers implemented a 16-percent drop in the price of a 16-pound turkey. In a statement, the Farm Bureau said while the wholesale price for fresh turkey is up from 2024, grocery stores are featuring Thanksgiving deals and are attempting to draw consumer demand back to turkey, leading to lower retail prices for the holiday bird.        Fans are flying to theaters to see "Wicked: For Good." The sequel to last year's smash hit earned 30-point-eight-million dollars from preview screenings. It's expected to challenge April's "A Minecraft Movie" for the biggest opening of the year by bringing in somewhere between 150-and-180-million dollars this weekend.       

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