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RIDOH Recommends Closing Goddard Park Beach and Peabody’s Beach

 

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends closing Goddard Park Beach in Warwick and Peabody’s Beach in Middletown because of high bacteria levels.

 

RIDOH will monitor and review beach water quality through Labor Day. The status of a beach may change as new data become available. The most up-to-date beach information is available through a recorded message on RIDOH’s beaches telephone line (401-222-2751). A list of closed beaches can also be accessed at health.ri.gov.

 

 

 

Republicans in the Texas House are again unable to vote on their congressional redistricting plan. For the second day in a row, the House reconvened, but failed to reach a quorum after more than 50 Democrats fled the state. The Texas House speaker signed civil arrest warrants for the absent Democrats, but legal experts say they're probably not enforceable outside state lines. The Republican's plan is aimed at adding up to five GOP seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.        Millions in the Southeast are under a flood watch as rain and thunderstorms hit the region over the next few days. The same cold front that helped develop Tropical Storm Dexter off the coast of the mid-Atlantic, is bringing a separate threat to some southeast states throughout the week and could stretch into the weekend. Cities that could be hit with flooding including Atlanta and Tallahassee.        An attorney for Sean "Diddy" Combs says the music mogul's team has reached out to the Trump administration about a potential pardon. Nicole Westmoreland told CNN on Tuesday that the legal team has "reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon." Trump said last week he was unlikely to pardon Combs during an interview with Newsmax, saying that while the two had been friendly, Diddy was "very hostile" when Trump ran for office.        The Clintons are being subpoenaed in the congressional investigation into late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas to six former attorneys general, two former FBI directors, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and former President Bill Clinton. The subpoena calls for the DOJ to provide Congress any Epstein files in its possession, with victims' names redacted, as well as communications related to the case between former Biden administration officials and the department.        The suspect in a quadruple murder is now in custody in Tennessee. Austin Drummond is accused of killing four people and abandoning a baby on July 29th in Tiptonville, about 200 miles west of Nashville. He was found and arrested this morning in Jackson, around 74 miles from where the murders happened.        Beverly, Massachusetts, is the hottest zip code in the country. It's ranked number-one among the 50 hottest zip codes for home buyers according to Realtor.com. The zip codes included "desirable suburban corridors" that can be purchased at surprising median listing prices.       

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