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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:54). High of 73 today in Worcester
-See fall foliage maps and forecast predictions
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Man, 26, dies in motorcycle crash on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
+6:00: 2 men indicted in March killings of Chasity Nuñez and her daughter Zella
+6:00: Fourth E.E.E. case confirmed in Mass. in worst outbreak in 5 years
+6:00: James Earl Jones, "Lion King" and "Star Wars" voice actor, dies at 93
+6:00: 210 Sports' WooSox Rewind: Worcester tied for top spot in IL East after 5-1 week
+Noon: See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
-Worcester police ask for help finding woman missing since August 26th
-Pride Worcester Festival unfolds with a rainbow of celebration and music
-Worcester institution George's Coney Island makes Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Hot Dogs (4:47)
-Worcester County Wonders: Worcester's unofficial mascot rides a turtle on the Common
-Worcester hosting walk audits to address traffic safety
-DCU Center to hold job fair Tuesday
-Report examines Civil Service and Worcester's exemption plan
-Templeton police investigating the death of a man on train tracks
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (47:16): Worcester City Council meeting frequency and WooSox fan milestone
>DINING OUT: Suzette Creperie & CafeĢ offers French take-home meals
-ICYMI: Worcester community honors teenager who died after "One Chip Challenge" (1:18). Article
-Teenager recovering after being hit by car on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
-Cancer survivor manufacturing guitars for sick teenagers
-250th anniversary of the American Revolution starting in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Weekly road construction update
-Linda From Leicester Loves Lamoureux Ford (2:16)
-Holden Cultural Council accepting grant proposals
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Paxton's Alexa Pillsbury takes dancing talent to sideline as Patriots cheerleader
-Shrewsbury's Garden of Sweet Remembrance blooms once again
-Houghton garden aims to draw pollinators
-Puttin' With The Knights is October 6th at Mulligan's
-Elm Draught House will screen 1993 Woolies film
-Global Village community farm days, concert
-First Parish of Bolton seeks clothing donations
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Museum creates Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles exhibit (1:04)
-Rap megastar Kendrick Lamar will headline the Super Bowl halftime show
-Terence R. Flotte: UMass Medical School, N.I.H. teaming to beat cancer and other diseases
-Shaun Connolly: September Horrorscopes
-WCCA-TV Special (42:28): Raynold Chen
-WCCA-TV's Human Touch No. 91 (28:31): Shravani Ramaiah
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester native who help build Gillette Stadium as a civil engineer
>SPORTS: Patriots stun Bengals in Jerod Mayo's first game as head coach
-Patriots pull off largest Week 1 upset since 2018
-Albert Breer: Tee Higgins among potential Patriots receiver targets
-Tom Brady takes awkward first steps in transition from football field to TV booth
-Tyreek Hill handcuffed over driving violation before Dolphins game
-Holy Cross Athletics' student athlete welcome back recap (1:18)
-Wade Boggs says he has cancer
-Red Sox lose to White Sox, 7-2
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has the car for you (:43)
>NATIONAL: Small plane crash in Arizona hits home, hospitalizes pilot
-After interstate shootings wound 5 in Kentucky, searchers scour hill terrain for suspect
-Tragic: Teacher Cristina Irimie died in Georgia school shooting on her birthday
>NEW ENGLAND: 2 Mass. school districts increase police presence after threats deemed "not credible"
-Feds met with State Medical Examiner prior to arrest in Sandra Birchmore case (2:40)
>COLLEGES: Assumption freshmen officially welcomed in matriculation ceremony
-Worcester State's Shamarah Ramirez receives fellowship to increase diversity in computer science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 small U.S. towns that feel like stepping back in time
>BUSINESS: Why frontline workers want to quit their jobs
-Mental health jobs to grow 3 times the rate of all U.S. jobs over the next decade
-Neural Network podcast (5:01): The void of the familiar, yet strange: The Uncanny (Special)
>SHOPPING: Shop the 14 best TV deals from Target
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, September 1st to 7th
>HEALTH: Staying safe as number of E.E.E., West Nile cases rise (2:45)
-Every second counts to survive a stroke. Here are the signs
>FOOD: Beloved candy returning to market 14 years after being discontinued
>TV/STREAMING: 9 movies streaming on Prime Video with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
>MOVIES: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" jolts box office with $110 million opening weekend
>CELEBRITY: Jamie Foxx will open up about his “serious health scare” in an “exclusive 1-man show”
>HISTORY: American Friends of Lafayette honor his 1824 Worcester visit
>ANIMALS: Cats who love babies (8:47)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Driver pulled over for speeding receives life-changing career advice (2:15)
-Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, watch as a bear climbs into car to steal bag of chips
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:32). High of 56 today in Worcester
-Latest on upcoming storm (2:28)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Police say car was shot at in Worcester road rage incident, 3 arrested (:25). Article
+5:00: Worcester remembers: Veterans Day parade, breakfast honor sacrifices
+5:00: Princeton animal shelter making major impact on veterans (3:42)
+5:00: An old Worcester industrial building has sat vacant for years. Now it's getting $1.8 million to become 58 apartments
+5:00: Holy Cross women's basketball travels to Brown for Thursday afternoon showdown
+Noon: Hope Cemetery a stroll through Worcester's history
+Noon: Gun charges filed against man allegedly at scene of Hurricane Betty's killing
+Noon: Webster man identified in fatal I-395 crash in Conn.
+Noon: Veterans Day: What's open, what's closed
+Noon: Tee Freeman learns from Black girls in her documentary, "She's Been Here"
-Woman in critical condition after domestic violence incident, police say; suspect caught after local school lockdown
-Unlicensed driver crashes S.U.V. into Worcester liquor store, police say
-Famous sign covered over: What's going on at Piccadilly Plaza?
-Unionized UMass Medical School workers plan rally after talks with school stall
-Fire forces temporary closure of popular Holden restaurant
-Worcester to honor veterans with parade, breakfast and ceremonies
-Veterans Day holiday delays Worcester trash collection
-Worcester Police Department log for Sunday, November 8th
-This Is Worcester: A wall with attitude
-Worcester council presses for action on homelessness commission, street trees
-Strong opposition in Sutton over Kraft-backed proposed massive data center (2:22). Article
-Aislinn Doyle: WPS in Brief November 12th School Committee meeting agenda preview
>DINING OUT: After fire, Worcester ramen spot rises from the ashes: "You can’t kill us"
-A recipe for more exposure: Big audience, small price, and your restaurant in the spotlight!
-The 30 best burgers in Massachusetts, ranked (5:24)
-ICYMI: Driver dies after propane truck crashes on I-190 in Holden (:31). Article
-Family members recall Worcester man slain in 2020 as killer gets 25-30 years
-Area woman thought she was helping stop fraud. Then $9,600 vanished (3:17). Article
-At old O'Connor's, a menu of legal troubles and $82,344 in owed taxes
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Wachusett Echo Teacher Spotlight: Joe Jourdain
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Man hit and killed by train in Ayer
-Oxford man arrested after motorcycle pursuit, crash in Webster
-Auburn rejects proposed tax shift reduction, maintains current split
-Shrewsbury D.P.W. project returns with $31 million estimated cost. Will it pass this time?
-Rescuers free horse trapped in mud in Douglas
-Spencer seeks applicants for vacant School Committee seat
-Leominster breaks ground on new elementary school this month
-Northborough house registered by National Park Service as "architecturally significant"
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up Trio at UxLOCALE on Friday, Jazzed Up Duo at Val's on Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Billy Joel to return to stage for first time after brain surgery
-Nor'easter of rock to sweep Worcester from The Maine
-No trick: Wildfeuer, Killing Blow dropped some musical Halloween treats
-WCCA-TV's Sketch Worcester No. 33 (28:17): Halloween Special
>OPINION: Shaun Connolly: November Horrorscopes
-WCCA-TV's Intern Interviews No. 115 (12:11): Veterans' Recovery Summit 2026
-Radio Worcester's Roundtable (48:38): Worcester’s 2027 City Council race is already taking shape
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to student at Worcester Technical High School
>SPORTS: How can Patriots move on from lopsided Packers loss? (4:40)
-Why did Drake Maye and the Patriots defense struggle so much? (6:17)
-Tom Brady surprises bride before Boston wedding
-Dianna Russini opens up on "nightmare" affair scandal for first time
-Celtics beat 76ers, 123-101
-Holy Cross men’s basketball opens home schedule against Furman on Wednesday
-100 FM The Pike (8:30): Holy Cross men's basketball coach Dave Paulsen on home opener
>CARS: Paying too much for car insurance? 5 ways to lower your bill (2:41)
>NATIONAL: Air Force evacuates aircraft from a base in England because of a threat
-U.S. approves a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine after alleged holdup
-Ukraine-Russia peace talks were "constructive and quite substantive," Zelensky says
-Tragic: Homeless mom shoots daughter, 2, in murder suicide near church where they'd been living
>NEW ENGLAND: Matthew Farwell found guilty in death of Sandra Birchmore (11:25)
-Sandra's family reacts to guilty verdict (3:46)
-Man accused of firing shots at soccer game in Mass. (:45)
>COLLEGES: Research at Worcester State is transforming science learning through play
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Avoid tourist traps with this A.I. travel discovery app for $20 for life
>BUSINESS: Inflation hotter than expected in October as energy, food prices surge
-LPL Financial Research: Retain your focus on economic fundamentals
-U.S. accuses Lyft of discrimination against disabled riders: suit
>SHOPPING: Google Holiday 100 reveals the most-searched gifts of 2026
>HOMES: A.I. is changing how to buy a home. What it can do before a tour (2:41)
>HEALTH: Blood pressure can be high without causing noticeable symptoms
-Aggressive cancer type linked to common chemical exposure in new study
>FOOD: Inflation calculator: Check estimated grocery prices
>TV/STREAMING: The best new movie streaming free online
-Jenna Dewan eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars" on "Grammy Night"
>MOVIES: Matt Damon regrets turning down starring role in "Ted"
>CELEBRITY: Stacy Keach of Mike Hammer, "Fat City," "New Centurions" dies at 85
-Jane Seymour exposes real-life romance with "Dr. Quinn" co-star Joe Lando 35 years later
>ANIMALS: Woman on her way to work ends up rescuing a tiny dog (4:18)
>HISTORY: Berlin Wall comes down: Revisiting Channel 5's trip in 1990 (1:30)
>GOOD NEWS: Mother rescues man drowning in Florida
-Meanwhile, in Peru, 3 men arrested trying to smuggle 3,000 tarantulas in suitcases (1:22)
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