Doctor's advice: Get your flu shot this year; Lincoln's MOO adds style to masks

DAILY NEWSLETTER [Providence Journal]( 8 Sep, 2020 [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [SUBSCRIBE FOR ALL ACCESS]( Today's Top Stories: [This year, flu vaccine is especially important]( PROVIDENCE - Rhode Islanders living with lower socioeconomic status are at greater risk of the flu, a just-published study that analyzed influenza cases in the state from the fall of 2013 through spring 2018 has found. [Saving face, and more: Lincoln's MOO produces recyclable paper masks which can be customized with logos]( LINCOLN - A London company with a factory in Lincoln thinks it has a solution to two problems brought on by the coronavirus pandemic: How to protect workers at companies whose customers forget to bring a mask, and what to do with discarded disposable masks that are piling up in the most unlikely places. [Landlords say they can't afford ban on evictions]( Landlords are feeling the pain and worry more is to come in the months ahead following the Trump administration's imposition of a moratorium on evictions for tenants who say they are unable to pay their rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Crew buries beached whale at Scarborough]( NARRAGANSETT - A crew from the Department of Environmental Management worked early Monday morning to bury a young minke whale carcass that washed up on Scarborough State Beach Sunday morning. [Bristol Warren union official: Teacher testing positive 'a sign of things to come']( BRISTOL - A co-president of the Bristol Warren Education Association said in an email that a Bristol teacher recently testing positive for the coronavirus is an example of why the association has been advocating for the school district to continue with distance learning for the beginning of the year and gradually begin in-person learning as conditions become safer. [URI warns: large gatherings, parties `will not be tolerated']( SOUTH KINGSTOWN - University of Rhode Island officials are warning that student gatherings on its Kingston campus, in nearby communities and at area beaches pose a risk to public health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic and that such gatherings "will not be tolerated." Videos posted to social media over the weekend have shown large gatherings of students. [Johnson & Wales student dies after hit-and-run crash in Providence]( PROVIDENCE - A Johnson & Wales University student died early Monday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver as he tried to cross Narragansett Boulevard at Washington Avenue. [Subscribe to The Providence Journal]( [Newton-Belichick: 'a match made in heaven']( When Cam Newton signed his one-year deal with the Patriots in July, many wondered how the quarterback would coexist with Bill Belichick. [Serena Williams yells herself to Open win]( NEW YORK - Her breathing loud enough to hear in an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium, her third-set deficit a point from growing to 3-1 against someone who beat her less than two weeks earlier, Serena Williams scrambled to extend a 13-stroke exchange until her opponent netted a forehand. And Finally... [From RIIL to LPGA, NK's Morrell has come full circle]( She loved the game and loved the competition. Golf was in Samantha Morrell's blood and her competitiveness and refusal to lose made her a star. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( You are receiving this communication as a member of the Providence Journal. Providence Journal values your online privacy. For more information, view our [privacy policy]( now. Please do not reply to this message. [Manage Preferences Or Unsubscribe]( Providence Journal 75 Fountain Street Providence, RI 02902 © 2020 Providence Journal. All rights reserved.