Today’s Top Stories: Abortion bills fire up both sides at R.I. State House; Warning signs missed in the home where Warwick girl died; Super Bowl LIII: Assistant Rams coach grew up a Tom Brady fan, complete with wearing number 12 on his jersey at UMass .

[View email with images]( [Providence Journal]( Hearing on five bills at extreme ends of the abortion debate lasted hours Abortion rights. Women s rights. The "flutter" of a fetal heartbeat. "A culture of death." Hundreds of people with strong feelings about abortion descended on the Rhode Island State House Tuesday for an hours-long House Judiciary hearing. [READ MORE]( Community comes together to help Liberian activist battling cancer “As a community leader and activist, I can say from experience that it is hard to be on the other side and ask for help. Henrietta has helped hundreds of people and it is only natural to jump in and help,” said Lisa Scorpio, one of the dozens of community activists who came together to form the Friends of Henrietta White-Holder who is battling breast cancer. [READ MORE]( Warning signs missed in the home where Warwick girl died Michele Rothgeb, the Warwick woman now charged with neglect in the death of one of eight special-needs children in her care, for years got what amounted to second chances from child-care officials, according to records dating back to 2006. [READ MORE]( Mark Patinkin: A rift at the State House was costly to Pawtucket The Providence Journal’s State House watchdogs, Kathy Gregg and Patrick Anderson, just dug out an astonishing anecdote on the unseen side of Rhode Island politics. [READ MORE]( Kevin McNamara: Liam Coen living out his football dreams with the Rams He grew up a Tom Brady fan, now, this week, Liam Coen coaches for the Los Angeles Rams. His job, his focus, is to take down Brady and the Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII. [READ MORE]( Tom Brady issues a warning: Gronk’s feeling good and he’s excited It’s impossible to try to read into any words or actions but it is clear that Tom Brady is enjoying taking in all that is Rob Gronkowski this week. Gronk was a star of the Super Bowl Opening Night show in Atlanta. [READ MORE]( Bill Reynolds: Don't Friars deserve a pass? So here we are, staring at February. Here we are, getting ready to come down the stretch in the Big East Conference, the time of year when preseason dreams start to die in the dust by the side of the road... [READ MORE]( Editorial: America’s rising scourge of suicide The suicide rate is higher than it’s been in half a century, up by about a third since the turn of the century. Rhode Island has hardly been immune to this tragic trend... A rise in suicide of such magnitude calls out for examination. Why is it that more Americans are killing themselves? [READ MORE]( Dinner: Get saucy with pasta Anessa Petteruti shares three pasta dishes that would make any Italian grandma proud, including her own. [READ MORE]( At Brown, former prisoners turned to philosophy to survive The university Omar Alshogre attended was slightly different from the new Ivy League building he spoke at on Tuesday night. "They d go around and whisper, I am Doctor Muhammad. I am Engineer Mahmoud, " he recounted to the full house at Brown University s Stephen Robert 62 Hall. [READ MORE]( R.I. bills seek to bar discrimination against low-income renters Housing advocates gathered Tuesday at the State House to push for legislation that would prohibit landlords from turning away tenants who receive housing-assistance vouchers, or who have appeared in Housing Court. [READ MORE]( Board to oversee complaints against Providence police to hire new director The Providence External Review Authority, a board charged with overseeing civilian complaints against the Providence Police Department, selected a local lawyer, Jose Batista, to serve as its executive director. The board known as PERA has been inactive for about 10 years. [READ MORE]( R.I. state employees pension system is lead plaintiff in Google lawsuit State Treasurer Seth Magaziner announced last month that Rhode Island was suing Google for hiding a security breach that affected 52.5 million users. [READ MORE]( Estate tax repeal would keep Chafee, other charitable people in R.I. State GOP Chairman Brandon Bell is seizing on reports that former Rhode Island Governor - and U.S. Senator - Lincoln Chafee and his family have relocated to the state of Wyoming as an opportunity to pitch the repeal of Rhode Island’s estate tax. [READ MORE]( [providencejournal.com]( Connect with Us! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Connect with Us! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [WWW.PROVIDENCEJOURNAL.COM]( 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]( | [Unsubscribe]( Providence Journal 75 Fountain St Providence, RI 02902 © 2019 Providence Journal. All rights reserved.