Third-seeded UMass Dartmouth and fourth-seeded Castleton won their opening contests, while No. 6 Plymouth State staved off elimination on the first day of competition at the 2022 Little East Conference (LEC) Softball Championship Tournament Wednesday at Eastern Connecticut’s Clyde Washburne Field.
There were 13 deaths with Alzheimer's disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Rhode Island during the week ending April 30, 2022, an increase over the previous week.
Deaths after taking the COVID-19 vaccine total 8,214 across the US, with 20 deaths being in Rhode Island, according to the National Vaccine Information Center.
Rhode Island's death count exceeded the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending April 16, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.