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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 52 today in Worcester
-February climate summary for Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester police ask for help finding missing 13-year-old
-2 local men sentenced in contraband tobacco scheme that cost the state millions
-Worcester Irish Festival holds 40-year anniversary celebration
-Menkiti Group outlines vision for Worcester ahead of Denholm Building project
-Here’s how to find Polar Seltzer's new secret flavors (1:01)
-Worcester Art Museum connects "the local and the global" with impressive collections
-New UMass Medical School education and research building enters final phase of construction
-Daughter of Malcolm X discusses book with Worcester State, Holy Cross students
-Massachusetts homeowners share insurance nonrenewal frustrations
-Earlier: Worcester woman's homeowners insurance threatened (3:45)
-Nonbinary trans youth hold Nex Benedict vigil in Worcester
-Black, Hispanic drivers treated differently after police stops in Mass., report says
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for February
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (44:03): M.B.T.A. Act & Gov. Healey’s nomination
-W.P.D. Civilian Academy (1:58:16): Week 7
-NEW! Unsolved: Worcester — Jampy Rivera - Double Shooting on Sturgis Street. Video (12:26). Audio (12:26)
>DINING OUT: Worcester Restaurant Week helping business at Eller's Restaurant in Leicester
-ICYMI: Historic Oakhurst Manor in Northbridge ravaged by fire (1:57)
-Worcester honors its unique connection with abolitionist Frederick Douglass (3:41)
-Unionized Worcester Starbucks workers will get credit card tips
-A Holy Cross student's love letter to Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): 2024 Good Neighbor Awards announced
-At Lamoureux Ford, our customers tell our story the best (1:56)
-As Attorney General sues over zoning law, Holden has time to comply
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Millbury police hold line on unruly teens at Shops at Blackstone Valley
-Crash leaves utility pole on top of overturned vehicle in Auburn
-Shrewsbury seeks new D.P.W. director
-Boy Scouts to celebrate Treasure Valley camp centennial
-Leominster man arrested for repeatedly making false 911 calls leading to police dispatch
-When are the 2024 Wachusett Dam Days in Clinton?
-Auburn Police Department February at a glance
-West Boylston papers available for June 4th election
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Five Things to Do: Way Up South, Orchestre Métropolitain and more ...
-Worcester State’s annual poetry event features poet Andrea Cohen
-Winchendon Music Festival to reorganize, no summer 2024 concerts
-Brian Nelson on Worcester Interstate 290 and ancient Rome
-Manny Jae Media (37:24): Manny and the Mayor, Episode 2
-WCCA-TV's Talk of Main Street No. 24 (29:05): State judicial nomination process
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a "a beloved drummer, DJ, and friend to many" who passed away at 43
>SPORTS: After 43 years, Worcester's J.P. Ricciardi adjusting to life outside baseball
-Bruins lose to Islanders, 5-1
-Tom Brady beats his NFL combine 40-yard dash time 24 years later
-Holy Cross football kicks off week of weight lifting tests
-'Sader Stories (28:10): Black History Month spotlight with Gary Acquah
-LeBron James becomes the first NBA player to score 40,000 points
-Railers beat Lions, 4-0
>CARS: Bertera Nissan is your first choice (:11)
-Why 2024 may be the best year to buy a new car or truck
>NATIONAL: Massive blizzard pummels West Coast, bringing up to 10 feet of snow
-Doorbell camera shows moment father confesses to murdering his son
-Tragic: Mass. basketball referee dies after collapsing during game
>NEW ENGLAND: 81-year-old minister killed in North Shore pedestrian crash
-Father charged with D.U.I. after canoe capsizes with children onboard
>COLLEGES: Worcester State Housing Justice Summit open to the community
-New Clark undergrad honors program takes shape for launch in fall
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): What’s inside the secret chamber at Mount Rushmore?
>BUSINESS: Could vacant office buildings help solve Mass. housing problem? (4:21)
-Physik Instrumente breaks ground on new U.S. headquarters in Shrewsbury
>SHOPPING: Amazon Prime Day is coming
>HOMES: This one kitchen item could be wreaking havoc on your health — and it's not a microwave
>HEALTH: Diabetes patients struggling to find medications people are using for weight loss
-Brain changes precede Alzheimer's. Researchers have clues about which come first
>FOOD: Uhlman's Ice Cream in Westborough starts the 2024 season
>TV/STREAMING: 11 best new shows on Netflix in March
>MOVIES: "Office Space" turns 25. Cast on unlikely auccess, Mike Judge, Jennifer Aniston
>CELEBRITY: Bravo stars defend Andy Cohen after Leah McSweeney's cocaine allegations
>ANIMALS: Woman adopts abused dog rescued from Iran
>HISTORY: Former YWCA building on Chatham Street
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. resident turns 113 years old
-Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, video shows horse running on I-95 highway
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 73 today in Worcester
-U.S. officials are bracing for another summer of dangerous heat. These maps show where it's most likely to happen
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Woman arrested in Leominster shot and killed her boyfriend, court docs say
+6:00: On set at "The Walking Dead: Dead City" in Worcester
+Noon: Family of 14-year-old Worcester teen killed in shooting announces funeral
+Noon: Play explores life of suffragist and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe
+Noon: Six Things to Do: Psychic Faire, poet Alejandro Jimenez and more
+Noon: Knights and fairies galore at renaissance fair in Phillipston this weekend
-"Pop, pop ... bang, bang!" Driver wounded in shooting before car slams into Worcester house (2:18)
-Related: Resident recounts waking to gunshots, S.U.V. slamming into house
-"The Walking Dead: Dead City" TV show filming begins in Downtown Worcester
-City Manager Eric Batista to reject committee recommendations, renew Spectrum contract
-Related: The Buzz with City Manager Batista — Cable Talk
-May Day rally focuses on lack of affordable housing in Worcester
-Korean fried chicken shop coming to Downtown Worcester
-Yellow tulip hope gardens in bloom across Worcester
-Cell phone use in classrooms; "a full ban doesn't work"
-Worcester had the highest opioid overdose death rate in state in 2023
-A vivid memory of protest: Remembering the local student protests of May 1970
-Radio Worcester (48:04): Radio Roundtable discusses Supreme Court's homelessness ruling impact on Worcester
>DINING OUT: Local chefs tackle Girl Scout cookies at Fork It Over
-ICYMI: 29-year-old Worcester man killed in crash on Southwest Cutoff
-New party space opens at the top of Glass Tower
-Developer who purchased Becker College properties in Worcester sells 2 in 5-parcel, $6 million sale
-How many Worcester city employees made the $200,000 club?
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Budget presentation by Finance Committee on Friday
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Annual town election May 13th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Woman injured in Lancaster railroad crossing crash
-New video shows moment school bus tilted off side of road in March in Hubbardston
-Unofficial results give Nicholas Lazzaro and Katherine McKenna select board seats in Millbury
-Local teachers' nonprofit helps students learn outside the classroom
-Contested races highlight June 10th Clinton election
-Spencer Town Meeting voters to take up budget, solar bylaw changes
-Wachusett Area Chamber hosts Scholarship Scramble Golf Tournament
-Furniture upgrade underway at Thayer Memorial Library
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Singer-songwriter Tasteless Jack makes Redemption Rock taproom debut on Saturday
-Save $5 on tickets to Shrewsbury Street Nurses Pub Crawl for a limited time
>SHOWTIME: Worcester native publishes novel that challenges readers
-Holy Cross Performing Arts Center exhibit fosters cultural exchange
-Sarah Connell Sanders: How to throw a meat raffle fundraiser
-Radio Worcester (22:50): Inside Mechanics Hall — May events from music to magic
-Last Call: Shelby Watterworth, artist
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor's Forum No. 39 (28:25): Central Mass. Agency on Aging
-Unity Radio (58:39): Unity In The Community
-WCCA-TV's Talk of Main Street No. 27 (29:01)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to career nurse who also sang in the Worcester County Light Opera Company
>SPORTS: Celtics wrap up series with Heat, 118-84
-Watch Mike Gorman’s final sign-off in last game as Celtics broadcaster
-Player comparisons for every Patriots draft pick
-Bravehearts announce first 8 returning players
-Red Sox beat Giants, 6-2
-100FM The Pike (8:25): Coach Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman talks about leaving the Railers for Austria
-WooSox beat Lehigh Valley, 5-2
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Feds probing 130,000 Ford Mustang Mach-E cars after crashes involving hands-free tech
>NATIONAL: Los Angeles heist gang behind daylight robberies busted
-Police shoot, kill armed student outside Wisconsin middle school: authorities
-Tragic: 3-year-old shoots himself, school officer parent arrested
>NEW ENGLAND: The faces of the Karen Read trial (20:11)
-Update on babies found in freezer in Boston, new details revealed
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria Senior Profile: Mia Kuhl, C.J. Major
-New expenses will push Clark’s cost over $70,000 next year
-Enhanced WPI transfer programs open new vistas for Q.C.C. students (4:06)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): This surprising city was named top global destination by travel expert
>BUSINESS: Ending restaurants' tip credit could cost jobs, close eateries and bars
-LPL Research: That was quite a week
-Radio Worcester (9:55): Avoid home scams! Tips & B.B.B. mission with Alex Guardiola
>SHOPPING: Walmart is launching a new store brand called Bettergoods
>HOMES: Cost of buying a home in America reaches a new high, Redfin says
>HEALTH: This is the healthiest time to eat dinner, recent study says
-Infectious disease expert discusses how to handle ticks amid state's first detection of Powassan virus
>FOOD: Is this really Mass.'s "Most Iconic Food"? Food Network says so
>TV/STREAMING: "Bridgerton" showrunner teases who will lead Season 4
>MOVIES: South Park's Matt Stone, Trey Parker set comedy with Kendrick Lamar
>CELEBRITY: Michael Richards reunites with Jerry Seinfeld on first red carpet in 8 years
>ANIMALS: Meet Shamrock, the green puppy taking the internet by storm
>HISTORY: Main Street from Front Street in Worcester
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. woman wins $1 million lottery prize twice in 10-week span
-Meanwhile, in Florida, NASA confirms mystery object that crashed through roof of home came from space station
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