Daily Briefing: Take caution when walking in Providence

ALSO: 🗳️ NH schedules its first-in-the-nation primary, despite an ongoing battle with Democrats Advertisement [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Thu Nov 16 2023 Will Richmond | Managing Editor Communities & R.I. [@Will_Richmond]( Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing. Would you play the lottery if the odds of winning were 1 in 50? Even if you knew the prize could range from a small amount such as $100 or hitting the jackpot. Now, if you took a similar approach and knew there was a 1 in 50 chance that every time you went for a walk in Providence, or decided to hop on your bike you could be hit by a vehicle, would you take the chance? That certainly seems like a worse fate than winning the lottery, but according to 13 years of data obtained by the [Providence Streets Coalition]( those are the odds for pedestrians and cyclists in Providence. [Providence Skyline] PROVIDENCE, RI -- 3/3/2019 Photo taken from the Point Street Bridge looks toward the skyline of Providence. The Providence Journal, file The Journal's Amy Russo reports on the collection of the data by the local advocacy group that shows shows 3,678 pedestrians and cyclists were hit by cars from 2010 through 2022. Sadly, 30 people died and more than 700 were injured. Already the group is further organizing the data to show where the most crashes are taking place. That data also shows which type of crashes are most common. Where should you be most careful when walking in Providence? [Check out Amy's story and learn more.]( Never miss a story with a subscription to The Providence Journal. [Find our latest offer here.]( WORTH A READ 🗳️ [NH schedules its first-in-the-nation primary]( despite an ongoing battle with Democrats 🦃 [America's Hometown Thanksgiving parade]( Plymouth is this weekend. What to know 📰 [City says Skyline at Waterplace broke its lease.]( Owner says city is ruining his brand. [Today's Weather]( ☀️ Warmer with plenty of sun. Highs in the low 60s. TOP STORIES [Was a historic death sentence for a Black RI teen legal lynching?]( [Herbert Johnson, in striped tie, was photographed July 17, 1930, with Schoharie County, N.Y., lawmen at the office in which he'd struggled with Sheriff Henry Steadman over a gun, fatally wounding the sheriff. Second from right is Deputy Sheriff Morgan Lynk and second from left is District Attorney Sharon J. Mauhs, who would prosecute Johnson for murder.]( Herbert Johnson, a Black teen from RI, was heading home to Barrington from Chicago in 1930 when he was stopped by police in upstate New York. [READ MORE]( Advertisement [Jared Grasso, Bryant basketball]( [Grasso cites need for mental and physical break in leaving Bryant]( 'My health has to come first and my family has to come first before basketball. I can’t put basketball first anymore,' says Jared Grasso. [READ MORE]( [McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, where the Pawtucket Red Sox played. Pawtucket officials have focused on the development of a soccer stadium on the west bank of the Seekonk River, a project that emerged from the ashes of the failed plan to build a new PawSox ballpark.]( [Will Pawtucket take billionaire's $40M offer to save McCoy Stadium?]( Soloviev's group has drawn up plans to renovate McCoy Stadium, and says a school and the stadium can coexist on the site. [READ MORE]( [Johnny Cakes Mix $14 There are a few mills in Lil Rhody that make mixes, but Kenyon’s is the oldest in the state, in business since 1696 don’t forget the clam cake mix too. The Providence Journal/Bob Breidenbach]( [Classic Rhode Island foods to gift this holiday season]( These will work even for someone who's hard to shop for. [READ MORE]( [gavel]( [Facing fraud charges, he taunted officials. Now he's pleading guilty]( Ernest Ricci taunted investigators with obscenity-laced emails say they were too stupid to catch him. Now, he pleads guilty to multiple federal charges. [READ MORE]( Advertisement All of the headlines, none of the chaos. Learn daily with The Excerpt, 
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