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>WEATHER: Rain likely early, sun in the afternoon, high around 71 today in Worcester
>71ST ANNIVERSARY OF WORCESTER TORNADO OF 1953
-"NBC 10 Timelines" recalls Worcester tornado (22:26)
-Worcester tornado, rare color video before and after (5:24)
-Worcester tornado newsreel coverage, Part 1 (9:20)
-Worcester tornado newsreel coverage, Part 2 (6:31)
-John DiPietro: Worcester tornado interview with a survivor (5:08)
-Worcestory Lesson Extra: June 9 anniversary of Worcester tornado of 1953
-Lianne Lajoie: The 1953 Worcester Tornado in its Time: Panic and Recovery
-FROM 2023: Worcester tornado remains New England's most deadly and destructive 70 years later (4:34)
-FROM 2023: Mike Benedetti: Worcester Tornado 70th anniversary Special Edition
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester among America's "hottest" housing markets
-WuXi Biologics puts $300 million Worcester project on hold, city says
-City of Worcester will use A.R.P.A. money to fund Rec Worcester this year
-Former Grafton Selectman Bruce Spinney charged with wire fraud
-Police accuse Leicester man of shooting at "likely" pimp
-How "one pill can kill": Why the D.E.A. was in Worcester last week
-Burncoat High School graduation (1:46:11)
-Worcester County sheriff urges lawmakers to pull plug on inmates' free phone calls
-Faces of Worcester: Amy Chase, CEO of Crompton Collective, Haberdash Worcester & other retail stores
-Radio Worcester (48:47): Radio Roundtable on Spectrum senior discount, continuing saga of Mill Street
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for June
-ICYMI: Massive sinkhole opens up in Worcester after water main break
-Worcester man stopped by T.S.A. for carry-on full of SPAM, video goes viral (2:59). Article
-Newly constructed Worcester low-rise apartment complex sells for $3 million
-Motion to cut $500,000 from Worcester schools’ central office shot down
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Movie wins award for Holden filmmaker
-See Why People Buy 30 Cars and Trucks at Lamoureux Ford (3:32)
-Holden author captures parents' wartime correspondence
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Ground broken for new Nashoba
-Clinton runner on verge of becoming priest
-Rutland students winners of ride to school in police car
-Spencer police/fire to get computer-aided dispatch, records software system
-Shrewsbury Police Department May stats
-Shrewsbury Select Board seeks 7 qualified individuals to serve on the Sustainability Committee
-The Item's public safety logs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: W.S.C. Stay Connected musical performance with The Ed Sullivans (57:16)
-Ray Mariano: Political power play grabs earmarks in state budget
-Sarah Connell Sanders: Girls on the Run goes big at Polar Park Event
-WCCA-TV's Perspectives No. 96 (27:15): Celene Ibrahim
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (1:09:27): Nana Opoku, father of slain former North star Carl Hens Beliard
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester restaurant and bodega owner who volunteered in the community
>SPORTS: Jason Kidd trying divide-and-conquer strategy vs. Celtics' stars
-5 key questions entering Celtics-Mavericks Game 2
-Betting public crushed after Celtics handle Mavericks in Game 1
-Caitlin Clark left of U.S. Olympic team
-Bravehearts beat Road Warriors, 7-3. Next home game: 2 and 4 p.m today
-Savannah Bananas take over sold out Fenway Park
-Red Sox lose to White Sox, 6-1
-WooSox beat Rochester, 8-2
-Worcester Country Club celebrates $3.7 million course restoration
-Florida beats Edmonton, 3-0, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has a car, truck or SUV for everyone (:47)
-Ford recalls 2024 Mustangs over fire risk
>NATIONAL: 4 Israeli hostages rescued
-3 people injured in 2 shark attacks at neighboring Florida beaches just 90 minutes apart
-Tragic: High school cheerleader killed when tree falls on camper
>NEW ENGLAND: Police investigate apparent drowning of 2-year-old in Brockton (2:21)
-Documents reveal horror of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
>COLLEGES: Clark professors watch daughters, born 6 weeks apart, graduate
-Professor Joshua Cuneo talks teaching and diversity at WPI (2:15)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The most colorful cities in South America
>BUSINESS: Facebook is desperate to lure Gen Z — here’s how they’re doing it
-The next trivia app is created in Worcester
>HEALTH: Boston doctor weighs on using psychedelic drugs to treat P.T.S.D. (2:32)
-The disproportionate toll that COVID took on people with diabetes continues today
>HOMES: Here's why rental units in the U.S. are now bigger in size
>SHOPPING: What Worcester's Reading: A Great Notion
>FOOD: Chips Ahoy faces backlash from fans after cookie recipe changed
>TV/STREAMING: "Price is Right" contestant makes show history with winning bid
>MOVIES: "Bad Boys 4" jolting summer box office back to life
>CELEBRITY: Janis Paige, star of Hollywood and Broadway, dies at 101
>ANIMALS: Tiny Basset Hound meets her new pack (1:00)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Family stuns with statistical improbability as all 4 daughters are crowned valedictorian
-Meanwhile, in Georgia, alligator takes ride in police cruiser after driveway "arrest"
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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:13). High of 66 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Man and young child rescued from roof of burning building on Vernon Hill, 1 dog dead, officials say
-Chimney fire spreads to walls of Princeton home, prompting multi-town response
-Auburn officer arrested by State Police in online sting
-Proposed site of 364 Worcester apartments purchased by N.J. firm for $17 million
-Q.C.C. union votes no confidence in college President Luis Pedraja
-Hanover Theatre announces 2025-26 Broadway Series shows
-Drought status eases in Worcester
-Worcester County Wonders: At Hot Dog Annie's, it's all about the sauce
-Telegram & Gazette Student of the Week
-Police recorded 9 hate crimes in Worcester in 2024
-Worcester releases new data on shootings, ShotSpotter
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:53): Board of Health pushes for transparency on vaccines — Can it stay non-political?
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Phanton Gourmet's Great 8 Pizza (5:22)
-ICYMI: New eatery planned near Polar Park
-Worcester’s toll in Titanic disaster
-Sheriff's office documents dating from 1700s donated offer glimpse into Worcester's past
-After almost a year as Head of School, Horgan reflects on Saint John’s community
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Wachusett Echo: Post-election at the Regional
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Teen killed in Northbridge crash
-West Boylston sees lower insurance climb than some
-$42 million Shrewsbury D.P.W. project will head to townwide vote after Town Meeting approval
-Sterling Fire Chief David Hurlbut saluted for decades of service
-Cinthia Sykes leaving Boylston Elementary School
-Walmart plaza in Sturbridge sells for $31 million as part of wider $1.1 billion deal
-No micro-override request planned for this year in Grafton
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: April is not fooling around
-New sculpture show coming to Tower Hill
>OPINION: Candy Mero-Carlson: Doing math on colleges buying land in Worcester
-Tim Garvin: Worcester community goes beyond measurement
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 459 (28:54): Congressman Jim McGovern
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to well-known and deeply respected hair stylist
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Rays, 16-1
-Worcester Bravehearts release 2025 schedule
-Holy Cross 'Sader Stories: Emily and Zach Bubonovich
-210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 27
-Paige Bueckers goes No. 1 to Dallas Wings in 2025 WNBA draft
-Flag football club for Worcester high school clears first hurdle
-Saint John's baseball improves to 6-0 with romp over Malden Catholic in home opener
>NATIONAL: Coast Guard rescues 4 from capsized boat off Florida coast; 1 dead, 5 missing
-U.S. still won’t say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision
>TRAGIC: Amish children killed on the way to school in buggy crash with S.U.V. driven by teen
>NEW ENGLAND: No end for Karen Read jury selection yet | Your questions answered (12:22)
>COLLEGES: Clark, WPI among top-ranked game design schools
-Holy Cross Professor Emily Wilson (50:40): War, Homecoming, Heroism, Truth
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 9 hotels with unexpected perks
>BUSINESS: Mass. small business concerned about tariff impact, "doubles my cost"
-LPL Financial Research: Decent chance stock market bottom is in but far from certain
-Gen Z employees are never at their desks — and it's driving their bosses crazy
>SHOPPING: Fisher-Price recalls popular baby toys due to frightening choking hazard
>HEALTH: Common vitamin shown to reduce autoimmune disease
-Workplace music can impact performance, study says (1:25)
-Can eating sour candy actually stop your panic attack? We asked a doctor
>FOOD: 5 mistakes grocery shoppers make — and all can be easily avoided
>TV/STREAMING: Recap of seasons 1 to 4 of Netflix's "You" (17:04)
>MOVIES: Nobody 2: Bob Odenkirk is back in first trailer
>CELEBRITY: First pics of Katy Perry and Gayle King in space on Blue Origin flight
>ANIMALS: They said this tiny puppy would never walk - Now watch him run (1:43)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Rejoice Newton, known for hill that carries name
>GOOD NEWS: World War II vet asked for 100 cards before his 100th birthday — and the response was incredible
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, man rescued from chimney, arrested
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