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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:30). High of 87 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Swimming pool rentals make a splash in Central Mass.
+6:00: Worcester Earn-A-Bike to hold "as-is Adult bike sale"
+6:00: 5 former Bravehearts selected in baseball draft
+Noon: Worcester County resident has measles, first case in Mass. since 2020
+Noon: West Nile virus confirmed in Blackstone
+Noon: Things to do: Cool concerts, hot poetry, bicycle challenge...
+Noon: Boylston author's mystery "The Last Line" has murder in a theater
+Noon: Celebrate "Christmas in July" indoors and outdoors in Worcester
-City officials working with Stop & Shop on store closure (1:34)
-Earlier: Lincoln Plaza Stop & Shop closing "affects vulnerable WHA residents"
-Another Worcester pedestrian hit while city councilors debated pedestrian safety
-Aerial footage of demolition of Doherty Memorial High School (3:04)
-Worcester Diocese to merge 2 area parishes
-Will new state police crime lab come to Worcester? Here's the pitch
-Worcester committee gets an earful: Some residents urge city not to use herbicides
-TODAY! Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers' Market on Worcester Common
-TODAY! Movies on the Common — "Free Guy," filmed partly in Worcester
-Radio Worcester (10:47): Food, fashion and music at Worcester African Festival on August 3rd
-How Worcester's ex-Superintendent earns more in retirement under state waiver program
-Aislinn Doyle: July 18th School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (42:09): Heat protection for Worcester’s vulnerable population
>DINING OUT: Food trucks — Good guy finds his way with jerk chicken business
-ICYMI: Police arrest Worcester teacher, a Rutland man, on child rape charges
-What are rent prices in new Worcester affordable apartment building? See here
-Mass. public health leader says care at St. Vincent Hospital is safe. Not everyone agrees
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Part of Holden Street closed today for utility work
-See Why People Buy 30 Cars and Trucks at Lamoureux Ford (3:32)
-Weekly road construction update
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Rutland police ask for help after motorcycle stolen
-Apple Country hit by novice driver
-TODAY! Cruisin' Clinton returns Thursday
-Shrewsbury's Summer Concert Series brings community together
-State agency signs 10-year lease at Southbridge Innovation Center
-Blackstone Valley heroes wanted for John Chafee Award
-Luther Burbank Middle School announces honor roll
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Night Out at Sterling Street Brewery
>SHOWTIME: DaishaDore Famouz hosts ¡Bien Latina! drag show at Ju’s Bar & Grill
-"Flora in Flight" offers colorful reason to visit Botanic Garden
-Last Call: Michelle Quintana, The Creepy DollLady
-Worcesteria: Looking back at the past 5 years of Worcester Magazine
-Sarah Connell Sanders: Burncoat students find their "Voices" in short film
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 427 (27:35): Joshua Rickman & W.R.T.A.
-Unity Radio (1:00:05): Now I Thrive
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who was a longtime high school teacher
>SPORTS: Jaylen Brown details phone call with Derrick White after Team USA snub
-Patriots' Kayshon Boutte has underage gambling charges dropped
-The heat is on at Bravehearts summer baseball camp
-Want to attend Friday’s Worcester Bravehearts game – for free?
-Bravehearts' game suspended because of rain. Next home game: 6 p.m. Friday. Postgame fireworks
-Bill Ballou's baseball column
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has your next car, truck or SUV! (:42)
>NATIONAL: President tests positive for COVID
-Tragic: 2-year-old girl dies after being left in a hot car while she was asleep
>NEW ENGLAND: Inside the now closed M.C.I.-Concord prison (2:18)
-Karen Read’s Mansfield house for sale as case continues
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria College president to retire
-Clean tech companies with WPI ties recognized in TIME magazine and at the State House
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): JetBlue updates its carry-on policy for economy fares
>BUSINESS: Worcester insurance agency purchased by Wellesley firm
-LPL Research: Key themes for stocks in the second half of 2024
-I got laid off and told my boss what I thought -- should I apologize?
>HOMES: Tool to fight takeovers of mobile home parks under threat (4:17)
-Related: Why mobile home parks have become attractive to investors (4:11)
>SHOPPING: Target back to school sale kicks off 3-month shopping season
>HEALTH: More than half of Gen Z turns to TikTok for health and wellness advice, survey says (1:32)
-UMass Medical School investigating cell therapy for severe or nonresponsive lupus nephritis
>FOOD: McDonald's $5 value meals lure back inflation-battered customers: survey
>TV/STREAMING: See the full list of this year's Emmy nominees
-Emmys snubs and surprises — Emma Stone snubbed, Selena Gomez surprised
>MOVIES: 12 best modern slasher movies
>CELEBRITY: James Sikking, star of "Hill Street Blues" and "Doogie Howser, MD," dies at 90
>HISTORY: These are the 3 biggest tornadoes to ever hit Massachusetts
>ANIMALS: Neighbor's dog knocks on door every day to play with her B.F.F. (3:16)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): History enthusiast finds artifact belonging to George Washington at Goodwill
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, curious canine turns on stove, starts fire
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:06). High of 34 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester bar's liquor license suspended for 5 days for after-hours assault
+6:00: Indie horror film festival returning to Worcester’s Mechanic Hall for second year
+6:00: 100FM The Pike (8:12): Worcester film maker Tom Dwyer talks about Dead of Winter Horror Festival
+6:00: 100FM The Pike (14:26): Bull rider Marcus Mast on near death experience with a bull and growing up Amish
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: Guide to Dead of Winter Horror Film Festival in Worcester
+Noon: Mechanics Hall to host The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy
+Noon: "Black Angels Over Tuskegee" in Worcester will tell story
+Noon: WPI professor explores how Black artists helped transform opera
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on demand — "The Brutalist," "The Last Showgirl," and more
+Noon: 19 Carter in Berlin is a hub for both the arts and the community
-Hazardous ice lingers on Worcester streets days after storm. Video (1:18)
-Family of late state police trainee from Worcester speaks as state senators seek investigation update (2:49)
-Stop & Shop faces potential strike in Mass. over contract dispute
-Radio Worcester (40:20): Transformative plans for Worcester’s 51-acre Saint-Gobain site in Greendale
-West Boylston will fire Town Administrator amid police station flag conflict, lawyer says
-Earlier: Flag controversy discussed at Select Board meeting (1:49). Article
-Families fighting to keep funding for medical research meet at UMass Medical School (1:50). Article
-After sky-high hikes, state orders gas companies to reduce total bills by just 5 percent (:23)
-Related: What is the delivery fee on gas bills and why is it so high? (4:30)
-Police find cocaine, fentanyl during search in Worcester
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:32): Councilor's indefinite absence sparks debate
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (21:18): Media misrepresents Worcester's sanctuary city vote
-DINING OUT: New restaurant to open at site of former Compass Tavern
-ICYMI: City Councilor Thu Nguyen will not return to council indefinitely
-Worcester rolls out enforcement of new 25 mph speed limit
-Worcester schools eye 7.9% budget increase for coming year
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): March Among Friends senior newsletter
-Ice melt arrives at Holden hardware store for storm-weary residents
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Favorite breakfast spot plans expansion to Shrewsbury
-Sterling officer hit by car during traffic stop
-Police seek help locating 29-year-old missing person
-Drug bust at Westminster residence uncovers cocaine trafficking operation
-Clinton Project 351 ambassador gets involved
-Clinton School Committee honors students, staff
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Concerts, historical demos and more
-Orchids bring color to Botanic Garden
-One Act Play Festival to take center stage at the Singh Performance Center
>OPINION: Kenzie Landsittel: Remember Women's Rights Convention in Worcester
-City of Worcester's Ready Worcester (1:03): Episode 4, preparing for snow storms
-Unity Radio's Susanity Life (58:15): Melisa Ann, intuitive energy healer
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester matriarch who passed away at 100
>SPORTS: Canada beats U.S., 3-2, in overtime to win 4 Nations Face-Off championship
-Bravehearts' New England Sports Summit breaks records
-With a renewed focus on boxing career, Worcester's Khiary Gray ready for title bout
-'Sader Stories (29:47): Varsity Club Hall of Famer Sam Fregenti
-Holy Cross women’s hockey team travels to Maine for final regular season series
-2 Holy Cross athletes nominated for Allstate Good Works Team
>CARS: Toyota recalls over 160,000 Sienna minivans due to seat back issue
>NATIONAL: California woman chased, fatally shot in parking lot: video
-Brian Laundrie's parents pariahs in Florida over Gabby Petito's murder: neighbors
-Tragic: Mom charged with abuse after 3 kids left alone for years
>NEW ENGLAND: Timeline of activities of cultlike group tied to killing of Border Patrol agent
-Why ambulances are waiting nearly an hour to bring patients into some Mass. hospitals
>COLLEGES: This is biomedical engineering at WPI (:23)
-Clark student Isaac Tomeho shines in both the digital and tactile worlds
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 places you'll recognize from famous songs
>BUSINESS: Walmart shares tank on dismal forecast as retail giant warns of slowing sales
-LPL Financial Research: Tariffs ignite a metals melt-up
-How Gen Z can get on the right financial track
>HOMES: Worcester is one of the hottest real estate markets in 2025. See how it ranks
>HEALTH: Study: 3 conditions increase risk of liver damage if you drink
-How "lemonading" can help you better cope with stress
>FOOD: Dunkin' to end non-dairy upcharges after guest feedback
>TV/STREAMING: George Stephanopoulos is "miserable" at "GMA"
>MOVIES: Who won the best actor Oscar last year? See list of recent winners
>CELEBRITY: Laraine Newman says Barbra Streisand confronted her over "SNL" skit
>ANIMALS: Ducks ask woman to help their friend who isn't moving (1:38)
>HISTORY: Worcester's Bull Mansion has historical ties to a doctor, not an animal
>GOOD NEWS: Man's liver transplant denial reversed after story goes viral
-Meanwhile, in Thailand, monkey uses human-like hand signals to direct traffic (:43)
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