This Just In: Touro Synagogue tenants threatened with eviction

Also, Nicholas Alahverdian's former wife speaks out. [providencejournal.com]( This Just In Tuesday, February 1 [Touro Synagogue on Touro Street in Newport]( [Touro Synagogue tenants threatened with eviction]( Also, Nicholas Alahverdian's former wife speaks out. Good afternoon and welcome to This Just In. I'm Mike McDermott, managing editor of The Providence Journal. To those celebrating the Lunar New Year, gong hei fat choy. The congregation that for more than a century has called Newport's Touro Synagogue home [is facing eviction](. Katie Mulvaney reports that the New York-based Congregation Shearith Israel, which a federal court has determined to be the rightful owner of the nation's oldest synagogue, filed a motion in state Superior Court to take repossession of Touro Synagogue and eject the leaders of the congregation. It's the latest escalation in a dispute that goes back nearly a decade.  The Rhode Island Department of Health on Tuesday reported 13 more coronavirus-related deaths and 1,062 additional cases of COVID-19, along with 15,295 negative tests, for a 6.5% positive rate. There were 362 COVID-positive patients in Rhode Island hospitals at last count, down from 369 reported Monday, with 36 in intensive care. The Health Department said there were 309 new COVID hospitalizations last week, a 47% decline from two weeks ago. Rhode Island has reported an average of 1,466 new cases a day over the last seven days, down 40% from a week ago and down 68% from two weeks ago. The president of the Rhode Island Senate [has tested positive for COVID](. Dominick Ruggerio went home after receiving the positive result from a test that was part of the Senate's COVID screening program. He is described as asymptomatic. After Nicholas Alahverdian was convicted of groping a college student in Ohio, after women had filed four complaints with about him with the Pawtucket police in less than a year's time, and after he is accused to have raped a woman in Utah, Alahverdian returned to Ohio and married for the second time. It lasted just seven months. [In an exclusive interview with The Journal]( Alahverdian's second wife described his abusive, controlling behavior, and said it traumatized her so much that years later she is triggered by the sound of a Rhode Island or Boston accent. Thirty-four years after his Olympic dreams, not to mention his promising professional hockey career, were dashed by a rare bleeding disorder, Cranston's David Quinn [is heading to the Winter Games]( as head coach of the U.S. ice hockey team. About 22,000 people were affected by a data breach of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's computer networks. The number came out during a Senate Oversight Committee hearing where some of the sharpest words [were directed at some who were not in attendance]( The Superman Building once again topped the Providence Preservation Society's list of [the city's most endangered properties]( Three days after the first report that he had decided to retire, Tom Brady [made it official]( with an Instagram post this morning. Brady's nearly 1,000-word statement contained many thank yous, but not one mention of a certain team whose colors he used to wear. It won't be like Saturday, but it looks like [another storm is coming our way]( Have a great night. And remember, if you enjoy This Just In, [please encourage a friend to sign up]( [Discover more with our newsletters: Get the latest headlines, things to do and more in your inbox. Sign up here.]( [click here]( Problem viewing email? [View in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Manage Newsletters]( • [Terms of Service]( • [Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights]( • [Privacy Notice]( • [Do Not Sell My Info/Cookie Policy]( • [Feedback]( © 2022 75 Fountain St., Providence, RI 02902