Stable Collapses, Injuring 4 Children; Fire Displaces 11: PM Patch RI

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• Abandoned Newport Stable Collapses, Injuring 4 Children: State officials say a boy climbed onto the stable's roof, and it collapsed — causing a concrete slab to fall 25 feet, striking 2 other boys.
• Fire At Cranston Apartment Complex Displaces 11 People: The fire at the Mansion House Apartments on Oaklawn Avenue displaced nine adults and two children, according to the American Red Cross.
• RI Health Officials Urge Tick Prevention With Lyme Disease On The Rise: State officials say the increasing numbers of ticks could be attributed to a variety of factors that climate change could be causing.

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