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Asian needle ants at Providence College
Professor Jane Waters, a professor of biology at Providence College, and her students have been studying a colony of Asian needle ants on campus.
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PROVIDENCE – After the Providence area hit a record 100 degrees on Tuesday, June 24, the excessive heat will stick around another day, with a high of 95 degrees expected on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service has issued a heat advisory, saying humidity will drive heat index values of up to 100.
“Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses,” the weather service said. “Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.”
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is warning that air quality will reach unhealthy levels of ozone at ground level in Washington and Newport counties. The advisory is for this afternoon into the evening.
The heat wave should break after today. A cold front will move down from the north, possibly bringing widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon, the weather service says in its forecast discussion. Thursday’s high should reach just 73 degrees.
The heat wave started Sunday, when the temperature reached 94 degrees. It hit 91 Monday and 100 Tuesday. The weather service defines a heat wave as three or more consecutive days with the temperature reaching or exceeding 90 degrees.
Tuesday’s temperature was the hottest June day on record for the Providence area. It was 4 degrees lower than the all-time record high of 104.
The record high for today’s date is 98 degrees, set in 1943.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jimmie Williams scored 22 points and Duquesne beat Rhode Island 76-61 on Sunday.
Williams also had nine rebounds for the Dukes (12-10, 4-5 Atlantic 10 Conference). Tarence Guinyard added 14 points, and Alex Williams scored 12.
Tyler Cochran led the way for the Rams (13-9, 4-5) with 18 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Jahmere Tripp had 15 points and Myles Corey scored 14.
Duquesne took the lead for good with 16:10 remaining in the first half. The score was 37-27 at halftime, with Williams racking up 15 points. Guinyard had a team-high nine points after the break.
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Four preteens charged in connection with the fatal beating of a 51-year-old man in Providence were identified after allegedly throwing rocks at a vehicle and attempting to assault the driver a day after the attack, according to Providence police.
Investigators say the four juveniles — three 12-year-olds and one 11-year-old — attacked Rony Alonso on Manton Avenue at about 7:23 p.m. on Jan. 19. Alonso later died from his injuries after being treated at Rhode Island Hospital.
Plainclothes officers were monitoring the Manton Avenue area following the assault on Alonso, according to police records cited by the Boston Globe. In a report, officers said that on Jan. 20, they observed “numerous bystanders and vehicles” stopping to watch an altercation near the scene of the earlier attack.
Three of the four suspects were taken into custody around 4 p.m. after a 57-year-old woman reported that the youths had thrown rocks at her vehicle on Manton Avenue. According to police, the woman parked her car to confront the group, at which point the boys allegedly attempted to assault her.
Officers said they intervened before the woman was struck. The youths denied throwing rocks at the vehicle and became uncooperative, police reported.
The three boys were each charged with disorderly conduct and malicious vandalism and taken to the Rhode Island Training School. The fourth suspect in the attack on Alonso was later identified and arrested on a warrant.
Initially, the juveniles were charged with felony assault and conspiracy in connection with Alonso’s beating. The charges were upgraded to murder after Alonso died from his injuries on Jan. 22. The children were arraigned in Family Court on Tuesday, officials said.
Witnesses told investigators they saw several youths knock Alonso to the ground and repeatedly kick and punch him before fleeing the area.
The Office of the Medical Examiner determined Alonso’s cause of death to be blunt force trauma.
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