Providence Café Shooting + Lifespan Bonuses

Hey, people of Providence! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Providence Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 74 Low: 63.

Here are the top stories today in Providence:

1. The suspect who opened fire in a Providence café on Saturday morning remains at large. Police said a 38-year-old man was shot multiple times inside Roque's Café Restaurant on Broad Street around 9 a.m. Video evidence shows what appears to be two men sitting at the counter eating breakfast when a suspect opened the restaurant door and fired several shots at one of the men. (WPRI)
2. Lifespan has announced they will be giving "thank you bonuses" to employees. The bonuses are based on years of service at the company, and applies to those on the payroll as of Nov. 12, 2021. The company says executive employees are not eligible. (WLNE-TV (ABC6)
3. Donors who raised money for the Providence Community Library got the chance to rappel down the 12-story Regency Plaza. (WJAR)
4. A weekend of gun violence in Providence continued this weekend with six more shootings and one person dead. (GoLocalProv)
5. Providence College is increasing their campus security after an alleged peeping Tom incident in the bathroom of a dorm earlier this week. (WJAR)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.