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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:12). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester police ask for help finding missing 16-year-old
-Update: Missing child found safe
-Woman charged with stabbing man in the neck at Worcester strip club
-City manager names Paul Saucier Worcester Police Chief
-Bagel Time opens new location on Pleasant Street
-Local executive pastry chef set for Food Network baking competition
-Man gets 2 years in prison for embezzling over $350,000 from area nonprofit
-Mayor Petty hits back after King declares for mayor
-Earlier: Worcester City Councilor Khrystian King to run for mayor
-Worcester city councilor’s supporters are split over refusal to attend meetings
-Worcester School Committee won't revisit LGBTQ support resolution
-TODAY! Police to hold Polar Plunge at Polar Park
-Proposal could change local vocational school lotteries
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (25:53): Should City Councilor Thu Nguyen resign?
>FAITH: High school athlete and volunteer sees life’s bigger picture
-DINING OUT: Worcester Restaurant Week: 33 Central Mass. restaurants added
-ICYMI: Worcester man found guilty of killing Boston man in 2020 shooting
-Worcester police arrest fugitive, seize loaded gun
-Worcester officials urging developer to sell property next to Polar Park
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): New fields to be named for war hero
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Wachusett Echo — Auto shop down? What’s next?
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 3 vehicles stolen from Auburn lot, police ask for assistance
-Fire hits Oxford Court, Clinton; "swiftly contained"
-Photos: Snow atop Lake Quinsigamond
-Shrewsbury superintendent proposes $90.2 million school budget
-Alan F. D'Allessandro Jr. running for Millbury Select Board
-Share your family stories on the Clinton train station
-Sutton Historical Society announces 2025 events
-Lancaster nomination papers available
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: All Shall Perish, tenor Ian Bostridge and more ...
-Academy of St. Martin orchestra from England set for Mechanics Hall
-100FM The Pike (6:42): The Breakdown Lane
-Millbury writer launches children's books
>OPINION: First Person: Honor the Women's Rights Convention in Worcester
-Manny Jae Media (24:27): Layon Gray, Director, Producer, Writer and Actor, "Black Angels over Tuskegee"
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who taught in the Worcester Public Schools for 41 years
>SPORTS: Celtics lose to Cavaliers, 123-116
-Bill Belichick's first U.N.C. season could get a "Hard Knocks" twist
-Holy Cross men's and women's basketball to face Bucknell
-Railers beat Bison, 3-1
>NATIONAL: Zelenskyy leaves without signing minerals deal after Oval Office blow-up
-Fed judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful
-Tragic: 4-year-old boy fatally shoots himself in head
>NEW ENGLAND: All travel lanes on Mass. Pike westbound at I-495 interchange reopened
-D.P.U. regulators slash Mass Save plan to trim energy bills (4:45)
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria AMCAST (35:48): And the Oscar goes to….
-Trailblazing Jesuit Higher Education Leader Dr. Linda LeMura to deliver Holy Cross commencement address
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 8 fascinating observatories around the world
>BUSINESS: Mustang Bio closes Worcester facility, moves headquarters to Waltham
-Jobless claims post largest gain in 5 months with government firings set to boost numbers
-Microsoft ending Skype after 20 years as platform failed to keep up with Zoom, Slack
>HEALTH: How viral infections like the flu can affect pregnant women
-Mass. General Hospital doctor on "broken heart syndrome" (2:38)
>FOOD: Why are eggs hard to find, but there is plenty of chicken? (3:30)
>TV/STREAMING: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "A Complete Unknown," "Love Hurts," and more
-Oscars final predictions: Who will win, should win
>CELEBRITY: See which Mass. actors were nominated for Oscars this year
>ANIMALS: Velcro cat is obsessed with his dad (1:44)
>HISTORY: Abraham Lincoln owned a drum made in Mass.; do you know where it is? (1:31)
>GOOD NEWS: DraftKings player gambles 20 cents, wins $9.28 million
-Meanwhile, Florida Man Games return bigger, "weirder"
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 86 today in Worcester
-August 2026 was the hottest on record: N.O.A.A.
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: A brief tour of Worcester's "Main Street USA"
+Noon: Worcester Pride returns downtown Saturday for one of city’s largest cultural celebrations
+Noon: Auburn Fire Department hoping its fire-damaged truck not beyond repair
+Noon: Things to Do: Armadi Tsayn, Infinite Alien, Chet Williamson and more
+Noon: Art in spirit: Clinton's Icon Museum and Study Center marks 20 years
+Noon: First Person: For Wayne-Daniel Berard, poetry requires a poet's work
-Renovated apartment building in Main South to welcome families in crisis
-Worcester faith leaders prepare for 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Worcester events mark 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Mount Washington 9/11 tribute to feature twin light beams visible from over 100 miles away
-Worcester market sells $50,000 lottery ticket
-Michael Jackson impersonator moonwalks, sings at City Council meeting (2:04)
-Worcester by gaslight: Gas lantern stroll a trek into history
-City View Discovery School awarded $2.73 million for heating system
-W.C.A.C. to offer eviction record sealing assistance
-WCCA-TV back on the air on cable channel 194
-Radio Worcester (21:36): Mayor Petty addresses racist mural incident, police oversight and A.L.P.R. policy
>DINING OUT: Big E Preview: All the new foods coming this fall (1:09)
-Table for Woo: Simple Man Saloon and Grill
-ICYMI: "Every day is 9/11": Loss endures after 25 years for 3 local families
-Tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames on I-84 in Sturbridge
-Miss Massachusetts returns to police work after Miss America pageant
-Artists painting Worcester mural targeted by racial slurs
-Earlier: Worcester NAACP condemns racist, sexist harassment directed at Wall of Women Artists
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Holden police introduce newest officer
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Webster man pleads guilty to illegally dealing 3D-printed guns
-Southbridge’s Wellsworth Hotel to be auctioned, as part of Norton bankruptcy
-Spencer selectmen appoint interim treasurer/collector
-Tackle the Stigma 5K at Shepherd Hill to support mental health awareness
-Meet Leo Waible, the 2026 Applefest Grand Marshal
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Trio at Uxlocale Friday and Val's on Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Jane & the Archivists pen "love letter to Worcester" on new album
-"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" actor Lauren Adams visits Clark for improv workshop, film screening
-Taylor Swift back at top of country radio chart for first time in 13 years
-Harmonica maestro Chet Williamson to play in FrontRoom at WCUW
>OPINION: Tom Marino: The police reform plan Worcester government refuses to produce
-Last Call: Aileen Lovejoy, substance use awareness advocate
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 343 (27:52): Jay Givan and Fred Nathan, 250th anniversary of America
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:31): Racism in Worcester, examining primary results
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former senior aide at Friendly House
>SPORTS: Drake Maye's interceptions cost Patriots in crushing season-opening loss
-A.J. Brown exits first game with Patriots in injury concern
-NFL Week 1 schedule, TV and announcers
-"It’s about finding a way to get better": Holy Cross aims to fix red zone woes
-Red Sox lose to Angels, 6-4
-WooSox beat Lehigh Valley, 8-3
>NATIONAL: Flock cameras are surveilling hundreds of public school campuses across the country
-New Apple C.E.O. unveils latest iPhone lineup, including a foldable model called Duo
-Tragic: Dad dies after suffering spinal injury on cruise while celebrating son’s wedding
>NEW ENGLAND: "Harsh" Lindsay Clancy prosecution backfired, instead proving she was good mom who "snapped": jurors
-Lindsay Clancy juror defends lone holdout, makes surprising admission about others on the panel
-Mass. D.O.T. scrapped overtime tracking tool years before suspected fraud (2:47)
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 43 (31:43): Journey to industrial engineering in themed entertainment
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): National Geographic names "most iconic New England town" (:20)
-How flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years
>BUSINESS: Worcester County spared the worst of state's employment drop
-LPL Financial Research: Signs point to a normalization, not a crisis
-North Worcester Business Association kicks off season September 16th
-What Canada's retaliatory tariffs mean for American consumers
>HOMES: People are taking advantage of the Mass. Save brand (1:52)
>SHOPPING: Consumer Reports: September is a good time to shop for appliances and outdoor equipment (1:53). Article
>HEALTH: Flu and COVID vaccines rolling out, but 1 shot is delayed
>FOOD: Beef prices hit record highs: How families can save money (2:19)
>TV/STREAMING: Norah O'Donnell returns to "CBS Mornings" after evening news stint
>MOVIES: When Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock first made magic: Flashback
>CELEBRITY: Cardi B wears her most daring backless suit and more star snaps
-Pamela Anderson was given 10 years to live after hepatitis C diagnosis
>ANIMALS: Stray Boxer follows hikers down mountain, chooses her person (11:13)
>HISTORY: Remembering Spag Borgatti’s passing, 30 years later
>GOOD NEWS: Man uses money from returned cans to win $500,000 lottery
-Meanwhile, in Italy, airport authorities find crocodile head in man’s luggage
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