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Last update: 6 hours agoPortsmouth Club Lawsuit Fallout: The family of a 15-year-old killed in last year’s partial collapse at the Portsmouth Portuguese American Citizens Club says it’s “profoundly concerned” after town officials approved the club’s St. Anthony’s Feast licenses for July, even as a lawsuit alleges unsafe exterior stairway conditions and negligence by both the club and the town. World Cup Late-Night Hours: Gov. Dan McKee signed a law letting municipalities temporarily extend bar and restaurant hours during World Cup matches—up to 4 a.m. for service and liquor until 3 a.m.—if local licensing boards opt in. Providence Fire Collapse: A multi-family home collapsed after a fire spread through three houses on Federal Hill, displacing up to 10 residents; officials say the fire was brought under control and occupants evacuated. URI Medical School Push: Rhode Island’s Senate approved creating a URI medical school, sending it to the House, with lawmakers citing the state’s worsening physician shortage. Offshore Wind & Fisheries: URI graduate research is studying how offshore wind turbine structures affect Jonah crabs, a growing alternative fishery as lobsters decline. Prediction Markets Clash: The CFTC moved to intervene in Rhode Island’s prediction-market fight, arguing federal authority should block the state from applying its gambling laws.
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