Top stories from The016.com, Tuesday, January 28th

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  In The News

  >WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:23). High of 34 today in Worcester

  -Channel 5's Cindy Fitzgibbon breaks down how snow blitz happened (7:14)
  
  

  >TOP OF THE NEWS

  +6:00: Worcester police ask for help finding missing 14-year-old

  +6:00: Declared winter parking ban to take effect at 11 p.m. Tuesday in Worcester

  +6:00: Auburn High athletic director charged with sending pornographic video to 17-year-old

  +6:00: Westborough police rescue girl held against her will at hotel (1:28)
  
  

  +Noon: Last Call: Livv Welch, photographer and Fitchburg State student

  +Noon: Janice Harvey: Listening to children singing raises fears for their future
  
  

  -Central Mass. bar arcades look to cash in on nostalgia

  -Local man resident wins $1 million on Powerball

  -Worcester residents report feeling Maine earthquake

  -Clark grad and Philadelphia Eagles owner in running to buy Celtics

  -Themes of coverage, leadership mark Mass. Women of Color Coalition annual meeting

  -Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview

  -Radio Worcester (11:13): Worcester City Clerk explains agenda process amid council controversy

  -Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:54): Council controversy, political underpinnings and Worcester’s future

  >DINING OUT: New owners of Ground Round trying to balance expectations, excitement with upcoming reopening

  -ICYMI: Owner of Central Mass. Subway shops ordered to pay back wages

  -Worcester bishop, Catholic schools superintendent address immigration enforcement

  -Worcester County feeling the effects of new immigration policy

  -Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news
  
  

  >HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): January events at Senior Center

  -Holden update from Town Administrator Peter Lukes (8:00)

  -Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)

  >THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): "Forever chemical" elevated in Sterling well

  -How Shrewsbury’s Highway Division prepares for winter weather

  -3 arrested, 4 charged in drug bust at home linked to past deaths

  -Shoplifting incident during charity toy drive at Leominster Target

  -Worcester County Wonders: Westborough's most famous inventor

  -West Boylston police log January 13th to 19th

  -Local Jazzercise taking part in kindness
  
  

  >BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday

  >SHOWTIME: "Songs of Hope" honors bond between Black, Jewish communities
  

  -Radio Worcester (10:15): Worcester’s film scene shines — "Solus" to premiere at Dead of Winter Film Festival

  -Small Stones announces awards at festival opening

  >OPINION: Worcesteria: Transphobia fight at City Hall an echo of national anxiety

  -Unity Radio 's The Susanity Life (58:36): Ernie Floyd, executive producer of Unity Radio

  >OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who escaped Germany in 1939
  
  

  >SPORTS: Mike Vrabel-led Patriots staff boasts plenty of head coaching experience

  -Tom Brady "running everything" for Raiders as Las Vegas turns to Pete Carroll

  -Celtics lose to Rockets, 114-112

  -Holy Cross men’s ice hockey to host annual Alumni Weekend Saturday and Sunday

  -Crusaders add Shane Davenport as Director of Sport Performance

  -Holy Cross men's basketball and women's basketball fall to B.U.

  -210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni 2024-25 highlights, NHL week 16

  -Athletic trainers back on Worcester schools’ budget agenda

  -Doherty, Burncoat, South battle for top spot in Inter High hoops
  
  

  >CARS: Ford and Kia among over 500,000 vehicles recalled

  >NATIONAL: Mudslides and floods swamp L.A. as much-needed rains fall on fire zones

  -Holocaust survivors gather for likely the final time at 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation

  -Tragic: 95-year-old woman who survived Nazis, Chernobyl and COVID dies crossing street

  >NEW ENGLAND: Driver dies in crash at I-495 rest area in Haverhill

  -Teachers union reportedly makes new push to legalize strikes (:29)

  >COLLEGES: Clark to partner with African Community Education

  -Worcester State launches upgraded virtual campus tour

  -UMass Medical School appoints Harvard director to help integrate A.I. into science research
  
  

  >TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 spectacular ancient Roman landmarks to visit in Italy

  >BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers

  -LPL Financial Research: Is the bond market worried about inflation?

  -New Chinese A.I. company sends American investors into panic (1:37)

  >HOMES: Worcester County home listings asked for less money in December

  >HEALTH: New tool aids students with cerebral visual impairment (3:00)

  -New study uncovers the biggest risk factor for colon cancer in under 35s — and it will shock you

  >FOOD: Expect record-high egg prices for most of the year
  
  

  >TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix show, "American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson" (2:27)

  >MOVIES: Steven Spielberg says he fought to stop "E.T." sequel from being made

  >CELEBRITY: Conan O'Brien to receive Mark Twain Prize for comedy

  >HISTORY: Franklin Building, Franklin Square in Worcester, 1898

  >ANIMALS: Stray puppy rescued from abandoned building (1:44)

  >GOOD NEWS: California man proposes to girlfriend after finding engagement ring in Eaton Fire rubble

  -Meanwhile, in the U.K., yet another gender reveal stunt devolves into horror and confusion: "Oh, s--t! Oh, no!"

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