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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 27 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Saint Vincent nurses claim retaliation for safety complaints
+6:00: Amazon plans to open Worcester warehouse by end of year
+6:00: 2 hospitalized after head-on crash in Rutland
+6:00: "Road is all ice" police warn after multi-car crash on Route 146 in Sutton
+6:00: This week in Holy Cross Athletics
+Noon: Unsolved: Worcester podcast returns for its seventh and final season
+Noon: Unsolved: Worcester - Season 7 Trailer (1:50)
+Noon: Dudley teen missing, police say
+Noon: Janice Harvey: The good, the bad, and the puzzling
+Noon: Gardening Central Mass.: Winter pruning helps keep plants healthy
+Noon: Listen Up: Worcester-connected musicians trade tunes in "song swap"
-Man shot Monday morning in Downtown Worcester
-Worcester's unsolved chronicles: 2 men vanish in 1982
-3 from out of state arrested for coordinated shoplifting
-2 arrested in Worcester for stolen vehicle
-Hearing set for pair in Auburn sex party human trafficking case
-City seeks public feedback as Worcester Now | Next development plan nears final stages
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Aislinn Doyle: School Committee agenda preview
-TODAY! Worcester Public Schools Gathering for Excellence 5-8
-See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8: Poutine (4:31)
-ICYMI: "Like I'm flying": 5-year-old boy describes his first time sledding in Worcester (1:32)
-Residents call for rent control at Auburn mobile home park in wake of $500 hike
-Princeton company helps playful puppies become critical service dogs (2:15). Article
-1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising remembered at Worcester City Hall
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Police responded to 13 crashes during storm
-Lamoureux Ford Testimonial (:47)
-Holden adds to conservation protected lands
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Boylston kindergarten receives big surprise
-2 Fitchburg men create snow removal app (1:44)
-S.E.L.C.O. receives national commendation for mutual aid efforts
-Southbridge High receives grant funding for new mental health project
-Jay Moody remembered for public service
-Nashoba floats first budget proposal
-Westminster P.F.A.S. contamination spreads to Fitchburg, Winchendon
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Burncoat Spirit Program heads to national dance, band competition
-WCCA-TV's Perspectives No. 92 (28:29): Fawaz Abusharkh
-WCCA-TV's Connecting the Dots No. 143 (29:22): Optometry
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a teacher’s aide for many years in Worcester
>SPORTS: Celtics beat New Orleans, 118-112
-Inside the fall of Mac Jones: How a once-promising Patriots quarterback unraveled
-Former Red Sox Manager Jimy Williams dies at 80
-Holy Cross women’s basketball remains undefeated at home. Highlights (1:46)
-Holy Cross men take down B.U., 65-63. Highlights (2:04)
-Related: Holy Cross swim team tries to disrupt B.U. free throw attempt
-Bryn Saarela named Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week
-Worcester Hockey Alumni 2023-24 highlights, NHL week 16
>CARS: Bertera Nissan is your first choice (:11)
-Ford, Tesla, Jaguar, Mazda among 2 million recalled
>NATIONAL: Drone that killed 3 Americans may have been mistaken for U.S. drone
-Plans for the tallest building in the U.S. are underway -- and it isn't in New York City
-Tragic: Pastor, 2 sons killed in early morning house fire
>NEW ENGLAND: Injured woman pulled alive from inside Manchester garbage truck
-80-year-old Mass. bus driver indicted on sexual assault charges
>COLLEGES: 2 Worcester State professors awarded North Star Collective Faculty Fellowship
-Anna Maria scholarship recipients recognized
-Assumption President Greg Weiner: Liberal arts' impact on the economy
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 popular travel destinations everyone needs to visit once
>BUSINESS: Roomba vacuum maker to cut 31% of workforce after Amazon drops bid
-The commercial real estate market is a "slow moving train wreck" as default looms
>HOMES: Berkshires home with 2 libraries, gym now $2 million cheaper
>HEALTH: Robitussin cough syrups recalled for contamination
-Why experts say you shouldn't tell anybody if you're trying to lose weight
>FOOD: Land O’Lakes settles the debate: How long can you leave butter out on the counter?
>TV/STREAMING: New on Netflix in February (6:52)
>MOVIES: 100 years, 100 trailers from Columbia Pictures (3:56:01)
>CELEBRITY: Charges against country singer in Nashville bar arrest have been dropped
>ANIMALS: Guy gets a dog after a breakup and... (3:01)
>HISTORY: Today in History for January 30th (1:45)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): "Barbie" movie with A.S.L. captivates deaf 3-year-old in viral video
-Meanwhile, in Oakland, thieves drag stolen A.T.M. after bank robbery
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Man killed in Worcester crash
+5:00: Developer buys site of planned Worcester hotel for $1.4 million
+5:00: "Exactly what we need": Worcester parishioners discuss Pope Leo's first year
+5:00: Revolutionary Reading 6 to 7:30 tonight at The Village
+Noon: Listen Up: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker shine on new album, "Wave"
+Noon: National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester
+Noon: Worcester Walks: Water, woodlands and wonders at Wells State Park
-Hear a loud boom lately? It may be this
-Developers of Worcester housing projects file for bankruptcy
-Worcester City Manager reverses on green building code, says policy will continue
-Radio Worcester (23:26): Khrystian King opposes pause of Worcester stretch code
-"Devastating blow": What comes next after Community Healthlink closes?
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Worcester spent $10 million on winter storms, nearly doubling budget
-What is next for Anna Maria campus? Future of the site is up in the air
-Worcester School Committee wants review of maintenance at Foley Stadium
-Walmart stores in Mass. face remodeling. Is Worcester's one of them?
-Traffic stop in Worcester leads to gun charges for 50-year-old man
-Worcester man sentenced to 6 years for possessing loaded, stolen gun after prior conviction
-Worcester County Wonders: The legends of Lancaster's Blood Forest
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: The best prime rib in Mass. can be found at this charming local historic restaurant
-ICYMI: JetBlue flights from Worcester "absolutely full" during April vacation
-City Manager: Worcester police able to assist I.C.E. on criminal cases
-3 cars found on the bottom of Green Hill Pond
-Shuttered Worcester eatery gets new life
-Coffee shop to open in high-profile Canal District development
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): 122 Diner teases "exciting announcement"
-Longtime customer praises Lamoureux Ford (3:29)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Person shot near Fitchburg State University
-Gardner man faces federal charges of fentanyl distribution
-Traveler Restaurant owners retire after 33+ years, closing one chapter along I-84
-Leominster man arrested after police find stored images showing sexual abuse of toddlers
-Webster man arrested for throwing trash can at girlfriend who upset him while he had a headache
-Southbridge fire budget, lieutenant promotion process head to Town Council
-Brookfield business faces lengthy process to sell prepackaged food
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Vue on Friday
>SHOWTIME: Worcester State prof Siri Colom part of Peabody Award-winning team for podcast
-Internationally acclaimed guitarist returns to Southbridge
-Mariah Carey has surprising reaction to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Worcester council holds fewest meetings in 20 years in 2025
-Shaun Connolly: In Florida nobody's canceled
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor’s Forum No. 61 (28:29): Letter Carriers’ Food Drive (Second Saturday in May)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (23:18): City Council reverses course
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:43): Chickens banned, housing struggles continue
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lifelong Worcester resident who passed away at age 104
>SPORTS: Patriots’ draft class draws mostly solid reviews
-Updated Patriots depth chart with 2026 draft picks
-Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 5-0
-Former Holy Cross basketball standout and assistant coach RJ Evans named AIC coach
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Tailgating OK for Boston’s World Cup soccer games after all
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 29
-WPI softball coach battles cancer, leads team to success
>NATIONAL: King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in U.S.
-Man charged with attempted assassination in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
-Tragic: Ohio girl, 2, suffocated to death in "freak accident" after Hyundai S.U.V. seat folds down on her
>NEW ENGLAND: Mother accused of killing 2 children confessed: Records reveal (2:00)
-The real stakes in the fight over a 1% income tax cut
-Radio Worcester (15:41): Seth Moulton frames Senate race as “future of the Democratic Party”
>COLLEGES: Assumption honors and C.T.E.Q. students take spring break trip abroad
-Holy Cross names R.F. Kuang, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to faculty roles
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Previewing Cape Cod's summer rental season (2:17). Article
>BUSINESS: Anna Maria College to lay off 150, close next month
-LPL Financial Research: American industrial renaissance: Fact or fiction?
-Anthropic's "Claude Mythos" model sparks fears of A.I. doomsday, wave of devastating hacks
>HOMES: Mass. hardware store shares tips on helping your lawn (3:40)
>HEALTH: Doctor explains powerful new street drug cychlorphine (2:42)
-C.D.C. warns of drug-resistant salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry
>FOOD: Mass. beverage company offers taste of Cape Cod in a can (1:51). Article
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Pop Culture Jeopardy!" coming to Netflix (1:23)
>MOVIES: Sally Field refused this iconic role, reveals it was never her "cup of tea"
>CELEBRITY: Nicole Kidman hospitalized after filming pro-wrestling scene
-Rob Reiner's son described parents’ deaths as "living nightmare"
>ANIMALS: Obese Golden Retriever does infinite zoomies now (3:15)
>HISTORY: Worcester County Wonders: Setting the Revolution record straight
>GOOD NEWS: Oncology nurse gives her liver to save her father after harrowing diagnosis
-Meanwhile, Florida teen seen joyriding on lawn mower inside Target store
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