Daily Briefing: Top stories from The Providence Journal

Stay on top of everything happening this weekend. Advertisement [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Sun Nov 12 2023 Will Richmond | Managing Editor Communities & R.I. [@Will_Richmond]( Welcome to The Providence Journal's weekend Daily Briefing. The full weekday Daily Briefing will return on Monday. Keep up with all the weekend's [top news here]( and find all the latest happening in [high school sports here](. Skip the paywall and subscribe to The Providence Journal. [Find our latest deal here](. TOP STORIES [How this program is caring for RI's sexual assault victims]( [Dr. Susan Duffy, left, and RI SAFE Program Director Lori Clements. Lifespan received a $600,000 federal grant to launch the state's first Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner program, which since January has provided trauma-informed care to victims of sexual assault through on-call practitioners. Photographed on Nov 6, 2023.]( For years, patients would sit in emergency rooms for hours waiting for a trained nurse. Now, victims receive wraparound care. Here's how it happened. [READ MORE]( Advertisement [Tenants remove belongings after severe flooding at Dean Estates on Sept. 10 left them homeless.]( [Attorney threatens to sue over devastating Dean Estates flooding]( Some tenants are still living in hotels and struggling to get by, and a lawyer representing them vows to see them "made whole." [READ MORE]( [The Hopkins Hill Fire District station on Bestwick Trail off Hopkins Hill Road in Coventry.]( [How chief of a tiny fire district won an unusually generous contract]( Coventry's Hopkins Hill Fire District is just 2 square miles, but its chief, Frank Brown, is second only to Providence's fire chief in compensation. [READ MORE]( [Columbia Lion defender Noah Robledo reaches but doesnÕt stop Friars guard Corey Floyd, Jr. from shuffling off a pass in the first half.]( [PC Friars make a great 1st impression, but questions remain]( Rhode Island's offense looks much better than a season ago, too. And what to make of these Patriots in Germany this weekend? [READ MORE]( [New Elected RI District 1 Representative, Democratic Gabe Amo, is the first person of color to represent Rhode Island in the US Congress. To the right is RI Gov Dan McKee< RI Treasurer James Diossa, Lt Gov. Sabina Matos and Sec of State Gregg Amore. Photographed on Nov 7, 2023 election night at The Guild in Pawtucket, RI.]( [Week's top stories: Gabe Amo's CD1 victory; Comic Con; Clingstone]( More top reads for the week of Nov. 5: "Stunning" contract for chief of tiny Coventry fire district; and new details on Providence's first food hall. [READ MORE]( Advertisement All of the headlines, none of the chaos. Learn daily with The Excerpt, 
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