The Westerly Sun - April 25, 2025

Thousands wait in line to pay final respects to the pope

Playground fundraiser opened by Maddie Potts Foundation

Court halts Trump’s overhaul of U.S. elections

Wall Street keeps piling profits, for now

New York man charged with hiding role in Rwanda genocide to get into U.S.

Sexual assault accuser’s roommate testifies at Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial

Man charged with arson after sparking N.J. Pine Barrens fire

Community Information and Resources

Wednesday’s Lotteries

We may have already hit peak booze

Minerals lust can’t lead to deals with foreign dictators

Mourners

Playground

Elections

RFK Jr. recounts heroin addiction

Elvira M. (Burgess) Jones

Local deaths

Trump criticizes Putin

Major U.S. airlines trimming flights

South Korean truth commission suspended

Freed Israeli hostage feared the ‘many ways to die’ in Gaza

Study says bonobos in Congo form girl groups to fend males

Trump asks Supreme Court to ban transgender troops for now

THINGS TO DO

Today in History

Woo shuts down the Sox

Wheeler softball uses 15-run fifth to down Putnam

Westerly splits on the links at Laurel Lane

White Sox snap their road skid at Target

Brown carries Celtics past Magic without Tatum

Cavaliers set playoff mark for threes

Rockets even things up with Warriors

Prospects cash in on their fame on the red carpet

Career night for Hancock to lift Mariners in win over Red Sox

Roundup

Thompson comes up big in goal to carry the Capitals

Kempe, Kopitar power Kings into 2-0 lead over Oilers

TRUCKS RECAP

XFINITY RECAP

XFINITY WINNER QUOTE

The Last Word in Astrology

Melanoma highly treatable when caught early

Hardworking son frustrated by siblings’ free rides from dad

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

Dunn’s Corners Community Church

Central Baptist Church

Calvary Episcopal Church

Second Baptist Church of North Stonington

‘Andor’ returns to Disney+ and takes ‘Star Wars’ to new and rebellious places

Friday highlights

Haley Joel Osment charged with cocaine possession and being drunk in public

Drake adds Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Super Bowl performance to lawsuit

Area Movie Theaters

WORD SLEUTH

RI & CT Property Transactions

What’s the buzz about pollinators?