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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:54). High of 72 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Woman violently attacked during Fitchburg home invasion (2:21)
+6:00: Early morning fire ravages Clinton home
+6:00: Nurse saves local woman twice in a week
+6:00: Worcester parking tickets are on the rise. Here are the hot spots
+6:00: Worcester hosts free block party on Saturday
+6:00: Vote now for the new name for Chandler Magnet School
+6:00: 100FM The Pike (8:03): The Pike Breakdown Lane
+Noon: Worcester police ask for help finding missing 15-year-old girl and missing 13-year-old girl
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on demand — "It Ends With Us," "The Front Room," and more
+Noon: Worcester Men of Song's 75 years of barbershop harmony
+Noon: Jon Taffer of Bar Rescue to meet fans, sign bottles in Shrewsbury
+Noon: Listen Up: TyShawn Dion, Rose Gold Glasses eye different heartbreaks
+Noon: For Greg Kottis, 95, lifting weights a constant in a remarkable life
+Noon: Turtle Rescue League offers haven for hard tops in need
+Noon: First Person: For Joe Fusco Jr., an M.R.I. scan means sounds of music
-Family of trooper from Worcester who died after police academy training speaks ahead of his funeral (2:21). Article
-Related: Calling hours Friday for Enrique Delgado-Garcia (1:01)
-Related: What we know about man investigating Enrique Delgado-Garcia's death (2:17)
-Teen stabbed in Wendy's lot on Park Avenue in Worcester
-2 teens charged after fight at Doherty-South High soccer game
-GoFundMe to pay for funeral of woman killed in Worcester crash
-Comedian Jon Stewart sets out to bring some pre-election sanity to Worcester
-Councilors ask for plans from higher ed schools after WPI hotel buys
-UMass medical students lead "Life Savers" program at Worcester area parish
-Safe Exit gets $300,000 to boost advocacy for sex trade survivors
-City of Worcester (:55): Ready Worcester, Episode 1, Alert Worcester
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:47): State Police recruit’s death, Bob Moylan’s return and city role in arts festivals
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:43): Housing affordability concerns loom large
>DINING OUT: Indian-Nepali restaurant planned for former barbecue spot in Worcester
-ICYMI: Channel 7 solves Worcester family's rental car runaround
-Get ready to smile October 4th — It's "World Smile Day" and the Harvey Ball
Worcester officer's foot run over in traffic stop, 2 arrested
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Main Street's final paving lauded
-Linda From Leicester Loves Lamoureux Ford (2:16)
-1891 image of Damon Memorial (Gale Free Library)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Number of homeless students in Shrewsbury falls
-Andrea Bresnahan resigns Grafton Planning Board seat
-TODAY! Vaccine clinic in Grafton
-Bylaw changes affecting accessory apartments on agenda in Spencer
-Robert Kraft’s company offloads Webster industrial building for $11.2 million
-Sterling police use new bikes on patrol
-Millbury's fall town-wide yard sale October 5th
-Take an agricultural education bus trip
-Field hockey is family affair for Johnsons
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Seven Things To Do: Chris Janson, The Menzingers and more ...
-How do you like them apples? Central Mass. has long apple history
-Mechanics Hall reports "a very good year" its at annual meeting
-Pawsitively 4 Pink benefit concert features Taylor Swift tribute band
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: The U.S prison system and its love of injustice
-Emily Otenti: Healing my generational trauma
-Manny Jae Media's Innerviews (53:12): Nikki Bell Pena and Wilmer Rivera, Hector Reyes House and Café Reyes
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (58:15)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime teacher from Shrewsbury
>SPORTS: "Huge week" for Jerod Mayo and Patriots culture
-How Larry Bird is motivating Jayson Tatum after championship season
-Money grab accusations fly after former Holy Cross quarterback's Matt Sluka's shocking exit at UNLV
-Earlier: The $100,000 promise behind Matt Sluka's shocking UNLV exit
-Holy Cross women's hockey opens season at RPI
-New football playoff plan hopes to find balance with postseason and Thanksgiving games
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has the car for you (:43)
-GM recalling nearly 450,000 S.U.V.s, pickups over faulty warning light
>NATIONAL: Helene slams Florida as Category 4 hurricane then rapidly weakens as it moves inland
-Kentucky sheriff accused of killing judge enters not guilty plea
-Tragic: Passenger killed when horse smashes through windshield during crashes
>NEW ENGLAND: Logan flights delayed due to Hurricane Helene
-The Sandra Birchmore murder investigation recording you were never supposed to hear (4:51)
>COLLEGES: Crusader of the Week — Aidan Kostas, class of ‘26
-Clark Center for Gender, Race and Area Studies celebrates a decade of impact
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Holiday travel outlook — How to save while booking flights (2:26)
>BUSINESS: Social equity cannabis businesses navigate increasingly difficult industry as they await grants
-LPL Financial Research: Policy crosscurrents — Potential market impacts
-Neural Network podcast (24:42): Robotics and video games with Dr. Vasanth Sarathy
>SHOPPING: Target Circle Week deals include kitchen products
>HEALTH: Parents’ screen time impacts child’s mental health
-Transcranial magnetic stimulation (T.M.S.) therapy
>HOMES: Mass. home prices set August record as Worcester County median costs hits $476,000
>FOOD: Coffee could be more than a morning pick-me-up, according to new research
>TV/STREAMING: Hoda Kotb announces exit from "Today" show after 26 years with NBC
>MOVIES: Kate Winslet spills surprising fact about Leonardo DiCaprio's "Titanic" death scene
>CELEBRITY: Julia Roberts' brother Eric slams her "Steel Magnolias" acting
>HISTORY: The first to conquer Fenway's monster was a Worcester guy
>ANIMALS: Fearful basset hound finally initiates play with mom and... (3:19)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Bobby Orr calls 105-year-old Bruins fan on her birthday
-Meanwhile, in the U.K., this tiny town is the world's toe wrestling mecca
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:05). High of 20 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Suspects in fatal shooting on Dorchester Street in Worcester caught in Fitchburg
-Worcester reports fewer shootings in 2024, despite jump in homicides
-What nurses say must improve at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester
-5 townhouse units planned for Austin Street in Worcester
-Why so many Mass. breweries are closing (and what you can do about it)
-Worcester Community Housing Resources taps established executive as new leader
-Holiday travel rush continues (2:08). Article
-Worcester forum explores M.C.A.S. results and educational equity
-Worcester wants input on where to put new trash/recycling bins
-Radio Worcester (24:05): Worcester Police Union leaders respond to D.O.J. report
-Earlier: Boston Globe: Federal lawsuits lay out D.O.J. allegations against Worcester police
-Radio Worcester (17:50): Mayor Petty addresses City Council meeting amid heated debate
-Radio Worcester (19:13): City Manager Batista addresses D.O.J. report, legal strategy
>FAITH: Holy Cross professor — At Hanukkah, a celebration of eternal light − from desert tabernacle to synagogues today
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Unique Eateries (5:13)
-ICYMI: Midday snow delivers string of crashes in Central Mass.
-Woman struck by a car in crosswalk in Worcester
-At court hearing, 2 different pictures of fatal Worcester shooting
-Worcester D.P.W. chief Robert L. Moylan Jr. to end interim stint
-Worcester's Union Station listed among 6 of the Most Beautiful Amtrak Stations in America
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo — Fantastic freshmen on varsity sports teams
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-Mountview Middle School honor roll
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Southbridge day care worker admits to abusing child (2:01)
-Barre ambulance and Verizon utility truck collide on Route 62
-Botched drug deal at Leominster group home ends with arrest of 2 women
-Rutland police to hold car seat check-up on Monday
-Auburn wants feedback on possible regionalization of 911 services
-Shrewsbury Select Board updates (:35)
-Grafton Middle School teachers honored for "Promising Practices"
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Candlelight tours, wrestling and holiday choral music
-Spotify's Top 10 most-streamed holiday tracks of all time revealed
-At Holy Cross, "Sojourners" captures the immigrant experience in 1970s America
>OPINION: Tom Marino: 9 years of Public Safety Committee ignoring police discipline
-Laura McCarthy-Ha: Simplifying gift-giving in a big family
-Laurelle Farrell: Lessons in a hair style…bangs
-WCCA-TV's This Is Worcester No. 211 (28:23): Sports, Sports, Sports!
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to an "accomplished and admired singer/ songwriter/ musician" born in Worcester
>SPORTS: Patriots fans will love Josh Allen’s take on Drake Maye’s future
-Van Pelt doubles down on not calling Maye runs after criticism
-NFL Week 16 schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics beat Bulls, 123-98
-Bruins beat Sabres, 3-1
-Rickey Henderson, Baseball Hall of Famer and league's all-time stolen bases leader, dies at 65
-Railers beat Maine, 5-1
>NATIONAL: 2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent "friendly fire" incident
-Grandparent caregiving declines amid pandemic changes
-Tragic: Grandmother, 80, dies after getting trapped in Sleep Number bed for 2 days: lawsuit
>NEW ENGLAND: State police say Friday's storm caused 200 crashes across state (:22)
-Hypothermic hiker rescued by helicopter in White Mountains (:27)
>COLLEGES: Assumption Professor Cinzia Pica named Visiting Scholar at Harvard
-Anna Maria AMCAST (50:10): Holiday Movies 2.0
-Clark professor gives lecture on what it means to be a feminist in wartime
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Waldorf-Astoria insists hotel will reopen in spring
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Financial planning for parents’ assisted living
>HOMES: Tips for moving
>SHOPPING: Cozy gifts your mom will love this holiday season (4:04)
-Holiday gift ideas from unique local businesses across Mass. (4:58)
>HEALTH: Expert explains possible risks, benefits of raw milk (2:49)
-Dr. Todd Ellerin on vaccines and their impact on children (3:40)
>FOOD: Taco Bell unveils new menu item
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix doc, "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action" (2:21)
>MOVIES: "Barbie 2" in early stages with Greta Gerwig returning to write
>CELEBRITY: James Kennedy arrested for domestic violence weeks after getting fired from "Vanderpump Rules"
>HISTORY: City Hospital, circa 1907
>ANIMALS: Dog becomes mama to a litter of tiny rescue kittens (1:42)
>GOOD NEWS: Man with a rare tumor was told he had months to live. Now, he's cancer-free
-Meanwhile, Mariah Carey fans get into a wild fight at Christmas concert: "On the naughty list"
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