BEVERLY

Fox tested for rabies after two attacks

A fox that was struck and killed by a truck on Tuesday is being tested for rabies after two women were attacked. It is unclear if the same fox attacked the two women. Kayla Doig, 22, was unloading groceries from a car at her home on Pratt Avenue when a fox latched onto her leg, according to her father, Bruce Doig. She was taken to Beverly Hospital for treatment of her injuries and has started rabies treatment as a precaution, he said. The second woman, who was not identified, was bit by a fox on East Street on Monday at about 4 p.m, according to Beverly police. The extent of her injuries were not known.

Warren

Bish family appeals for help in new video

The mother of a teenage lifeguard who disappeared 17 years ago from her post and was later found murdered says she hopes a newly released video will help solve her daughter’s case. The family of Molly Bish is still hoping “somebody knows something,’’ said her mother, Magi Bish. “We want answers and we haven’t gotten them. Molly deserves justice and we deserve peace,’’ she said. Molly Bish was 16 when she disappeared from Comins Pond in Warren on June 27, 2000. Her remains were found in the woods of

Palmer about five miles away in 2003.

Investigators think she was abducted and

killed, but no one has ever been charged with her death.

Providence

Bill would give police access to drug database

The Rhode Island Senate voted 21-14 Tuesday to pass a bill that would allow law enforcement access to an electronic database of prescription painkillers. It now moves to the state House of Representatives, with just days before lawmakers adjourn for the year. The proposal would give criminal investigators access to a database used by health professionals to track prescribing patterns for various opioids, such as Vicodin and OxyContin, stimulants and sedatives. Medical groups say the bill compromises patient confidentiality and the database should be a tool for health care, not law enforcement. (AP)

Hartford

Professor on leave after social media posts

A Trinity College professor has been placed on leave after he says his social media posts were twisted to sound as though they referred to the congressional shooting in Virginia. In an e-mail sent Monday, Trinity president Joanne Berger-Sweeny says Professor Johnny Williams has been placed on leave effective immediately. Berger-Sweeny says Williams posted a piece on his personal Facebook and Twitter pages that concluded with a call to show indifference to the lives of bigots. Williams says his words were twisted. (AP)

New Haven

Yale files lawsuit over restrooms designation

Yale University filed a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut over its plan to turn single-user restrooms into gender-neutral bathrooms at its law school. The New Haven Register reports the Office of the State Building Inspector had previously denied the school’s request for an exemption from the state building code. (AP)