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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 (1:27). High of 48 today in Worcester
-How much total snow is Massachusetts forecast to get this winter? (6:11). Article
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Woman dead, man injured in Worcester shooting (:59). Article
-John Piccolo, Worcester restaurant owner, charged in City Hall attack
-Earlier: Activist sprayed with paint outside City Council meeting; suspect is popular Worcester restaurateur (2:10). Article
-Tensions boil over as Worcester board grills developer over Polar Park project delays
-Earlier: Worcester councilors frustrated by stalled plans for development around Polar Park
-To meet housing crisis, report finds Gateway Cities need twice as much construction
-Former District 1 City Councilor Sean Rose announces at-large run
-18 months after surprise inspection, Community Healthlink not back to normal operations
-76 become new citizens at naturalization ceremony in Worcester
-Losses mourned, lives celebrated at emotional Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony
-Mass. says some police officers have been bypassing required training (3:06). Article
-Earlier: Worcester probing 27 officers state says fast-forwarded mandatory online training
-Worcester County Wonders: Shrewsbury woman rescues raptors one feather at a time
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:35): Breaking down the Polar Park deficit
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:19): Polar Park, tax rolls and deportation debate
>DINING OUT: Brazillian Burguer to open at former Shrewsbury Street donut shop
-ICYMI: Worcester-area Stop & Shop inventory limited after cyberattack
-David Crowley, part of family that runs Wachusett Mountain, dies at 69
-Man in late 60s, 2 cats killed in early morning condo fire in Leominster
-Charles Luster, co-founder of Uncommonwealth Group, running for Worcester City Council
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden tax rate drops, bills rise
-Long-term employees make it fun to own a car or truck from Lamoureux Ford (3:50)
-Wachusett Echo Teacher Profile: Chelsea Blasco
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury seeks plow drivers for winter season
-Grafton tax rate down, values up for fiscal 2025
-Board approves single tax rate for all types of property for Sutton
-The Item's calendar of events
-Clinton E.L.P.A.C. hosts holiday family potluck
-2 Berlin firefighters graduate from academy
-Nashoba Class of 2004 to hold 20-year reunion on November 29th
-Organization gets federal grant for new grocery store in Winchendon
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Five Things to Do: African Talent, "Songs of the Season," and more
-Fractal Tribe art collective set to bring light to holiday festival
-Hunting phantoms, talking puppets bring humor to stage Friday and Saturday
-Jim & Val bring Second Saturdays to Apple Tree Arts
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1354 (28:06): Mark Henderson, Founder, The 016
-39th annual meeting of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau (54:58)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a longtime kindergarten teacher
>SPORTS: Boston Celtics visit the White House (12:33)
-Patriots owner Robert Kraft snubbed again in Hall of Fame bid (2:22). Article
-Bruins beat Utah, 1-0
-2004 Boston Red Sox ring and World Series trophy owned by Larry Lucchino featured in upcoming auction
-Joe Nugent steps up for Crusaders men's basketball team
-Holy Cross women’s basketball announces 3 signings
-Check out the schedule for upcoming road races in Central Mass.
>NATIONAL: Are future Social Security benefits in peril?
-Up to 20 human skulls found in New Mexico home
-Tragic: Missing boy with autism found dead
>NEW ENGLAND: Worker injured during "supermove" in medically induced coma with third-degree burns
>COLLEGES: Assumption names new chief financial officer
-Worcester State Magazine’s special 150th anniversary issue hits the stands, goes live online
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 of the most beautiful places to visit in the Pacific Northwest
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. unemployment rates remain higher than 2023
-LPL Financial Research: Trade, tariffs and inflation
-Unity Radio's L.A.B.O. News (57:40)
>HOMES: What $350,000 can buy you in Worcester County, November 10th to 16th
>SHOPPING: Amazon Haul — What to know about Amazon's new discount store
>HEALTH: Health officials track increases in whooping cough, pneumonia (2:31)
-A few hours of activity a week can lower your risk of A-fib (:58)
>FOOD: How to stay safe during foodborne illness outbreaks (2:16)
>TV/STREAMING: "Jeopardy" contestant’s heart-wrenching interview leaves Ken Jennings speechless
>MOVIES: Matthew McConaughey reveals why he turned down $15 million role
>CELEBRITY: Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned
>HISTORY: Founded in Boston, Staples ushered in era of office supply superstores
>ANIMALS: Cyclist finds puppy in the middle of nowhere (2:08)
>GOOD NEWS: Man discovers owner of his favorite bakery is his birth mother
-Meanwhile, in Miami, woman delivers baby at airport in American Airlines ticketing area
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