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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 62 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+8:00: Man accused of driving suspects in triple shooting in Worcester appears in court
+8:00: Uxbridge student burned by laptop during M.C.A.S. test (2:02)
+8:00: Fire damages Church of the Nativity in Northborough
+8:00: The Roll Up returns to Worcester with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Lil Eazy-E
+8:00: Gaming Mitigation Fund grants benefit 3 Worcester nonprofits
+8:00: Eclipse 2024 party at the EcoTarium
+8:00: This week in Holy Cross Athletics
+8:00: WooSox Rewind: WooSox drop 4 of 5 against Buffalo
+Noon: Independent bookstores enhance Worcester’s culture
+Noon: Listen Up: Music is the sound of emotion, experience from PennySTEMS
-Worcester high schooler fighting for his life after triple shooting
-Related: 19-year-old arrested in shooting of 3 teens (1:49). Article
-Related: Worcester councilor calls for "change in culture" after Clarkson Street shooting
-Thousands celebrate solar eclipse at specialized viewing area at Worcester EcoTarium (2:11). Article
-Related: Worcester residents enjoy solar eclipse
-Related: Eclipse watch party at Doherty High School (1:07)
-Related: Eclipses can lead to scientific discoveries, WPI professor says
-Related: Jake and the Worcester Bravehearts have a little fun with the eclipse (:37)
-Amid a distracted driving "epidemic," Worcester police try a new approach
-City Manager proposes changes to Worcester rental registry
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview — Rental registry, City Manager evaluation
-See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
-See the pending road and sidewalk projects in Worcester
-W.P.D. Civilian Academy (1:35:55): Week 9
>DINING OUT: Wan Wang of Worcester chosen Best Chinese Restaurant in Central Mass.
-ICYMI: State will pay legal bills for Worcester County prosecutor tied to ethics probe
-Worcester’s Latin American Health Alliance to split $3 million for substance-use work
-Central Mass. Mom's Night Out at The O Shop in Worcester
-Faces of Worcester: Racquel T. Knight, Founder, RKnight All About Business Services
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Water main project begins today
-TODAY! American Legion Post 42 meeting at 2:30 Tuesday
-At Lamoureux Ford, our customers tell our story the best (1:56)
-Raising funds for Gale's windows
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Clinton schools celebrate students and staff members
-Shrewsbury police hosts second annual Touch-a-Truck for autism acceptance
-Shrewsbury Police Department Youth Academy applications open
-Former Grafton State Hospital site planned for life sciences complex after $2.65 million sale
-Paxton prepping for override votes
-West Boylston police log March 25th to 31st
-Nonprofit gym in Lancaster centers inclusive fitness
-Musical baseball program in Berlin April 13th
-Uxbridge senior Kathryn Cahill named Worcester County Superintendents Association Scholar Award Winner
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-New England Country Music Club dances
>SHOWTIME: Game show mashup
-Family Date Days in Central Mass.
-For Hardwick's Ridge Shinn, regenerative grazing is a key to easing environmental woes
-Worcesteria: City's poetic past recalled during National Poetry Month
-Queer Joy April's extravaganza of love, expression and visibility
-Unity Radio's Now I Thrive (59:38)
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox 1332 (26:03): Central Mass. Housing Alliance Walk for Homeless May 19th
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to an accomplished guitarist from Worcester
>SPORTS: Excitement builds around Fenway Park for Red Sox Opening Day
-Sox's 2004 championship team to be honored before home opener
-Maura Doherty named Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week
-Holy Cross 'Sader Stories: Morgan Jensen
-UConn men win second straight NCAA title
-Iowa vs. South Carolina championship ratings set women's NCAA record
-WooSox beat Syracuse, 9-0
-Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 26
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: 3 dead, including shooter, after shooting inside Las Vegas law office
-Terrifying video shows engine of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 ripping apart during takeoff
-Tragic: Doctor killed in freak Airstream accident was on family trip to see eclipse
>NEW ENGLAND: Ayer woman charged with 30 counts of animal cruelty (2:26)
>COLLEGES: Clark embraces A.I. to advance geospatial analytics
-WPI celebrates Arab American Heritage Month
-Worcester State physicist and fellow researchers publish new discovery in journal Science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 of America’s most underrated road trips
>BUSINESS: More Central Mass. businesses incorporated in January than any month since 2017
-LPL Research: What to watch this earnings season
-All major indexes rise for the fifth month in a row
>SHOPPING: Walmart employee shares 8 ways to save money, time shopping there
>HOMES: 10 least expensive homes sold in Worcester County, March 24th to 30th
>HEALTH: What to do if you suffer from plantar fasciitis (:57)
-Deadly cases of meningitis, bloodstream infections on rise (1:15)
>TV/STREAMING: 11 best new shows on Netflix
>MOVIES: "Downton Abbey" third, final film in works: Imelda Staunton
>CELEBRITY: Country star Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off of the roof of a 6-story bar
>ANIMALS: Kitten who couldn't walk changes rescuer's life (3:02)
>HISTORY: Elm Park, 1908
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Couples get married during total solar eclipse (1:01)
-Meanwhile, Kyle, Texas, seeks visitors named Kyle for world record attempt
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:29). High of 60 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: After fatal shooting, Worcester strip club must close at 8
+6:00: City custodians protest treatment by Worcester's new cleaning contractor
+6:00: Friends of Worcester Public Library mark 70 years with $50,000 gift to new branch
+6:00: Pulse Magazine's Weekend Guide (:22)
+Noon: Jury says it's deadlocked in Noel Inoa retrial; judge says keep trying
+Noon: Worcester airport sets record, but 500,000 goal looms
+Noon: Level 3 sex offender accused of trying to entice juvenile in Southbridge
+Noon: Things to Do: Día de los Muertos celebration, 'Ghosts in the Galleries
+Noon: Decade of ghouls and glamor: Haunted Speakeasy set for Worcester
+Noon: This is peak: Joe Fusco Jr. dreams about replacing a boiler
-Driver injured after car crashes through fence, lands on roof in Worcester (1:40). Article
-Child hospitalized after being hit by vehicle while riding bike in Worcester
-Worcester husband and wife die just 2 days apart
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (5:02)
-Worcester community seeks help after local designer’s bag, credit cards stolen
-Former Worcester police sergeant takes over National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division
-Worcester S.N.A.P. rolls drop 21% as advocates seek D.T.A. staff
-internal investigation clears officers of wrongdoing in Toomey crash
-Related: Advocates renew call for police review board after release of Toomey crash report
-Related: Read the full Worcester police review of city councilor's crash
-City to crack down on parking scofflaws during snow. But you'll be warned
-Central Mass. strip club to face license commission after deadly shooting
-Terror on Tory Fort: Check out Worcester family's Western take on Halloween
-Ché Anderson talks about roles at UMass Med School, Mass Cultural Council
-Nativity School opens applications for upcoming year
-Aislinn Doyle: W.P.S. In Brief: Realignment breakdown by school
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant expands to serve lunch
-ICYMI: State blocks out-of-state firm from buying nursing homes in Worcester, Fitchburg
-$51 million redevelopment brings 80 affordable senior apartments to Worcester's Lincoln Square
-Worcester's historic Heywood Boot building to receive $929K in state redevelopment funding
-Worcester lands record $5.5 million grant to remove lead hazards
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Midnight at the Masquerade mystery Thursday at Gale Free Library
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): What happens to Anna Maria College’s campus after bids fall short?
-Takeaways from latest Shrewsbury Select Board meeting
-Westborough police warn against "door kick" social media challenge
-Charlton voters approve data center restrictions, call for end to Flock cameras
-In stunning reversal, Westborough Town Meeting changes course on downtown zoning proposal
-Pastor Coates drops fraud claims against orchard developer and former Dunbar clients
-Southbridge man charged with armed robbery at Elm Street convenience store
-Dudley Town Hall access plan draws objections at Town Meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Val’s Restaurant in Holden Friday and Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Disney On Ice presents Spotlight Magic
-Get medieval: Autumn Knights Renaissance Faire set
-Celeste Ng headlines Worcester library fundraiser November 5th
-Suzanne Strempek Shea's popular memoir talk comes to Webster
-Charlton mom's book captures spirit of late son, paralyzed in 1997 crash
>OPINION: Sunita Razdan: Lend nature a hand - leave fallen leaves in yard
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 509 (28:27): Nativity School of Worcester
-WCCA-TV's Coffee with Konnie No. 545 (29:27): Hank Stolz
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:00): Journalists' superpower and Worcester media in 2026
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local woman who worked as a baking teacher
>SPORTS: Patriots-Bears preview: Keys to victory, prediction and more
-Drake Maye vs. Caleb Williams a battle of electric, maturing quarterbacks
-Patriots injured reserve activations explained: Decisions await
-Why Patriots cannot afford not to start Caleb Lomu each week
-NFL Week 7 schedule, TV and announcers
-Mechanics Hall ready to rumble as boxing returns after long absence
-Holy Cross women's hockey team hits the road to face Dartmouth
-Holy Cross baseball announces Fall World Series
>NATIONAL: Nobel-winning A.I. pioneer warns: Befriend bots or "we're toast"
-How many Americans support second execution attempt for Christa Pike
-Ukraine's $500 drones slaughtered America's $25 million tanks in recent war game
-Tragic: Swimmer, 65, killed by shark despite wearing repellent band
>NEW ENGLAND: Officers say Matthew Farwell was agitated in days before Sandra Birchmore's death (2:49)
-Lawmakers reject Gov. Healey's gas tax suspension plan (:26)
-Massachusetts leads nation in lottery spending again
>COLLEGES: Clark Family & Friends Weekend 2026
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Half of Americans return home more drained than relaxed after a vacation, new survey says
>BUSINESS: Amazon hiring 6,000 seasonal workers in Mass.
-Radio Worcester (22:08): W.B.D.C. and Webster Five explain small business financing
-LPL Financial Research: Moats vs. inertia: Unpacking the personal A.I. agent threat
-Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users
>SHOPPING: Warning issued against 400,000 pressure cookers due to burn risk
>HOMES: Americans are abandoning a beloved tradition — and experts reveal 5 reasons why
>HEALTH: Sexually transmitted diarrhea is morphing into a superbug
-Medicare Advantage plan cuts: United, Humana reduce benefits for 1 million
>FOOD: Daily Dish: Baked salmon and rice
>TV/STREAMING: Elizabeth Holmes docs to watch before "You Can See Everything"
>MOVIES: Trailer for new Idris Elba movie, "Above the Below" (1:38)
>CELEBRITY: Selma Blair speaks out after mid-flight meltdown, arrest
-Judge tosses child sex abuse indictment against Timothy Busfield
>ANIMALS: Tiny cat loves swimming just as much as exploring the world (2:39)
>HISTORY: Building 19 author on nostalgia event this weekend (11:28)
>GOOD NEWS: Couple struck by lightning while walking hand in hand, hail Good Samaritan hikers for saving their lives
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, bear steals bag of gear from fire station
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