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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:39). High of 83 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+1:00: Surveillance videos: Worcester police looking for driver who ran down man on a scooter
+Noon: Worcester changes Highland Street closure direction
+Noon: Worcester Housing Authority building demo’d; major redevelopment project progresses
+Noon: Want free tickets to the Bravehearts' final regular-season games?
+Noon: Worcester African Festival returns for second year of celebration
+Noon: Worcester Walks: Grafton's Gummere Woods great for a peaceful hike
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: Dragonflies and tears at Newport Folk Festival
+Noon: Last Call: Fadi Yousef, poet
-Worcester police looking for missing 17-year-old
-Stop and Shop, Big Y delis in Mass. closed again by recall linked to listeria outbreak (1:06)
-Stephen Nedoroscik waited his whole life for 1 pommel horse routine — and he nailed it
-Related: Stephen Nedoroscik's girlfriend swoons over Olympics win
-Related: Full coverage of Stephen Nedoroscik, from Worcester to Paris
-Earlier: Worcester's Stephen Nedoroscik helps U.S. to first gymnastics medal since 2008
-Earlier: Watch Stephen's CLUTCH pommel horse routine (:59)
-Man charged with W.R.T.A. bus terminal shooting ordered held without bail
-Real estate firm expands Worcester portfolio, purchases Mill Street apartment complex for $10.2 million
-Worcester warehouse sold to cabinet company owner for $600,000
-Worcester incubator provides roadmap for establishing Central Mass. as a global biomanufacturing leader
-Worcester advocates join rally against Mass. shelter limits; Healey firm
-City of Worcester (:38): Trash Talk | Why can't I put plastic bags in recycling bin?
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant among Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Brunch Restaurants (5:44)
-ICYMI: 13-year-old pedestrian struck by car on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester (:55). Article
-Third person arrested in Worcester shooting that killed 17-year-old
-2 teens steal moped from 2 kids at gunpoint in Worcester, police say
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Screening of Hallmark Christmas movie filmed partly at Seven Saws
-TODAY! Island music concert Wednesday
-See Why People Buy 30 Cars and Trucks at Lamoureux Ford (3:32)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Friend: Disabled victim of Webster fire a longtime chef in area
-PHOTOS: Shrewsbury mourns death of canine officer Hunter
-Leominster man upset over high stakes basketball bet arrested at Motel 6
-Ayer officials to address hospital closing concerns (1:56)
-New par-3 golf course in Northbridge can be good for the game
-Shrewsbury Select Board update (:35)
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: Call for art for Color the City festival
-Listen Up: Songwriter Jake McKelvie offers fresh "New Kind of Hat"
-100FM The Pike (10:23): Dweezil Zappa on the time he baffled Eddie Van Halen
-Kommunity Block Party to feature crafters, nonprofits and poetry
-Janice Harvey: G.O.P. is paying for not properly vetting V.P. nom
-WCCA-TV's Intern Interviews No. 58 (29:30): Deb Shear
-Unity Radio (59:30): Unity in the Community
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former owner of Moynihan's Pub on Main Street in Worcester
>SPORTS: Simone Biles breaks Olympic medal record for U.S. gymnasts
-U.S. uses 94-yard buzzer-beater to score rugby bronze in massive upset over Australia
-Young Patriots pass-rusher pops in Matthew Judon’s absence
-NFL Hall of Fame weekend and preseason Week 1 schedule, TV and announcer
-Red Sox lose to Seattle, 10-6
-Bravehearts beat Vermont, 9-5. Next home game: 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 2nd. Los Bravos Night No. 2
-WooSox beat Buffalo, 11-6
-Holy Cross star Jordan Fuller named to Walter Payton Award watch list
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has your next car, truck or S.U.V.! (:42)
>NATIONAL: U.S. violent crime rates in 2024 return to pre-COVID levels
-Suspect arrested for shooting of 7-month-old baby
-Tragic: Hero dad killed trying to save twin toddlers from oncoming train
>NEW ENGLAND: Missing Lynn teenager found dead after dayslong search (1:47)
-Flash floods wash away roads in Vermont (:22)
>COLLEGES: Q.C.C. adds female officers to its police department
-Assumption names Marisa Gregg chief marketing and communications officer
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 fascinating European castles you've never heard of
>BUSINESS: LPL Research: Key Themes for the macroeconomic landscape in the second half of 2024
-The rise of E.S.G. investing and its implications for corporations
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, July 21st to 27th
>HEALTH: Can this home test help prevent colon cancer deaths?
-New Parkinson’s drug shows "life-changing" transformation
>FOOD: Weight-loss drugs eat into grocery basket
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Jeff Goldblum show on Netflix (1:46)
>MOVIES: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez's "Unstoppable" headed to film festival amid divorce rumors
>CELEBRITY: "General Hospital" alum Haley Pullos gets probation after D.U.I.
>HISTORY: Former State Mutual Building, 1945
>ANIMALS: Cat shows up exactly when his foster mom needs him (3:30)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Couple $200,000 richer after plucking "losing" lottery ticket back out of trash
-Meanwhile, in Connecticut, black bear and cub destroy car's interior (:33)
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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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