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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 64 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Bishop McManus honors Pope Francis' legacy in hours after his death
+6:00: Popular local restaurant changes hands
+6:00: 210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 28
+Noon: Armed robbery at Worcester 7-Eleven, suspect arrested
+Noon: Holy Cross experts on the papacy, the funeral and the conclave
+Noon: Mass at Worcester cathedral will honor Pope Francis
+Noon: Worcesteria: DCU Center brought $200 million in spending to Worcester
+Noon: Central Mass. coffee house opens new location — with new drive-thru
+Noon: Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
+Noon: Gardening Central Mass.: Tips for planting trees in gardens with care
-Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
-Related: What happens now?
-Related: Mass. theologians look back on life, legacy of Pope Francis (3:27)
-Related: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis
-Related: Pope Francis's memorable moments in photos
-Related: World leaders react to Pope Francis' death
-Earlier: Pope Francis delivers Easter blessing to thousands in St. Peter's Square (1:15)
-Worcester bakery shared details of record Easter Week
-The growing community gathering place off Worcester’s June Street
-Parents in despair as special needs school program closes in Worcester County
-Worcester’s Earth Day cleanups mark 35 years of community action
-Worcester Youth Council plots future at upcoming convention
-8 honored, over $200,000 raised during gala for Safe Homes Program for LGBTQIA+ Youth
-What Worcester's Reading: TidePool Bookshop
-Woo Science: It's not Worcester's "fault." Well, sort of. A quick look at quakes
-"I'm proud to say I'm from Worcester": Paul King enjoys his dream experience as NFL official
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Mare e Monti review
-ICYMI: Authorities remain quiet 6 weeks after "fatal officer-involved shooting" in Boylston
-Worcester’s record-setting free bus program takes another victory lap
-"No Kings!" message loud and clear at rally outside Worcester City Hall
-Promenade in PJs: Worcester Public Library to hold "anti-prom"
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Lamoureux Ford offers huge discounts! (2:53)
-Wachusett Echo: Departing Senior athletes embody "Student Athlete"
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Charlton woman charged after landlord reports theft, vandalism and psychedelic drug delivery
-Grocery construction firm purchases industrial building in Leominster for $3.75 million
-13,000 eggs! Shrewsbury children fill the baskets at "Eggstravaganza!"
-New owner Ken Uracius has big plans for Cohasse Country Club in Southbridge
-Tuesday Select Board meeting at Millbury High School Media Center
-2 contests on Clinton's election ballot
-Gordon Lankton scholarship applications due May 1st
-Grafton Historical to hold awards ceremony
-Luther Burbank announces honor roll
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Art at the Harold Stevens Gallery. hip-hop and more ...
-Worcester County Wonders: 1,525-year-old floor from Antioch calls Worcester Art Museum home
>OPINION: Anya Geist: A summer long-gone
-Worcester Business Journal Editor Brad Kane: People are scared
-WCCA-TV's What It's Worth No. 470 (28:38): Mauro DePasquale – WCCA-TV needs financial help
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (2:22:35)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester nurse who spent her career at Saint Vincent
>SPORTS: Celtics beat Magic, 103-86, in Game 1
-Red Sox lose to White Sox, 8-4
-Leominster nurse who's "had cancer about 8 times" is running Boston Marathon (2:55)
-UMass Memorial couple preparing for the marathon
-Running the marathon for the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund
-Boston Marathon course map and what to know about the route from Hopkinton to the finish line
-Marathon road closures, parking restrictions and M.B.T.A. changes on Patriots' Day
-WooSox beat Rochester, 7-0
>CARS: Toyota weighs making RAV4 SUV in the U.S. to avoid tariffs: report
>NATIONAL: Illinois plane crash leaves 4 people dead
-Swindlers forged deeds to steal homes for $10
>TRAGIC: Woman dies, another in critical condition after Paris cryotherapy session
>NEW ENGLAND: Shots fired at Harvard Square T station (1:57). Article
-Missing 4-year-old boy who fell into Merrimack River loves to run around, father says (2:12)
>COLLEGES: At Holy Cross, Manisha Sinha on The Fall of the Second American Republic (49:26)
-Pioneering Irish civic leaders to speak at Worcester State and be awarded honorary doctorates
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 foods and drinks you should avoid at the airport revealed
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Boeing jet returns to U.S. from China -- a victim of tariff war
>HEALTH: How discarded organs are used to save lives (2:27)
-Doctor on knowing the signs and symptoms of having a stroke (3:19)
-Surgeons at Boston's Mass. Eye and Ear "regrow" noses for those impacted by skin cancer (2:29)
>FOOD: You’re making pancakes all wrong — try these tricks to make the perfect breakfast
>TV/STREAMING: Peter Krause talks leaving "9-1-1" and Bobby’s heartbreaking death
>MOVIES: Cheech and Chong celebrate 420 with release of career-spanning documentary
>CELEBRITY: Colin Farrell on decision to put son James in long-term care facility
>ANIMALS: Hairless, starving dog becomes teddy bear 4 years later (2:09)
>HISTORY: "Paul Revere's Ride" poem isn't totally accurate (5:00)
-Meanwhile, in Tennessee, fugitive arrested after taunting police on social media to "locate him"
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:02). High of 73 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Bishop McManus honors Pope Francis' legacy in hours after his death
-Related: Pope Francis Easter speech — Read full text of his final address here
-Related: Holy Cross experts on the papacy, the funeral and the conclave
-Related: What happens now?
-Joseph Petty to run for eighth term as Worcester mayor
-Popular local restaurant changes hands
-Armed robbery at Worcester 7-Eleven, suspect arrested
-W.P.D.'s report on ShotSpotter’s role in gun crime investigations
-Worcesteria: DCU Center brought $200 million in spending to Worcester
-Central Mass. coffee house opens new location — with new drive-thru
-Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
-Worcester Technical High School Earth Day Green Hill Park Cleanup (1:48)
-State parks department offering 68 free outdoor and educational programs for families during April vacation
-Radio Worcester (13:56): In Worcester, building trust is key to boosting vaccination rates
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Mare e Monti review
-ICYMI: Worcester bakery shares details of record Easter Week
-The growing community gathering place off Worcester’s June Street
-Parents in despair as special needs school program closes in Worcester County
-Worcester’s Earth Day cleanups mark 35 years of community action
-Worcester Youth Council plots future at upcoming convention
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TONIGHT! Public hearing on zoning bylaw amendment and map changes
-Lamoureux Ford offers huge discounts! (2:53)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Sterling & Maple bringing style to region
-Roommate dispute involving knife and hammer leads to arrest of woman in Webster
-Millbury High's Student Council earns prestigious Gold Council of Excellence Award
-Local family brings hope to Central Mass. with SPG15 Foundation Chapter
-Students feted by Nashoba School Committee
-Clinton library offers vacation week fun
-The Item's public safety logs
-The Landmark's public safety logs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: April vacation week activities in & around Central Mass.
-Worcester Art Museum, Seven Hills collaborate on exhibit for artists with disabilities
-Out & About: April springs growth and celebration
>OPINION: Renee Diaz: So, when is enough, enough?
-Mike Benedetti: It’s still legible, and it’s not racist — Notes towards a history of the City Seal of Worcester
-Ariana Becker: 4 tips for assertive conversations
-Manny Jae Media's InnerViews (43:31): Worcester Public Schools Superintendent Rachel Monárrez
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a 39-year-old father who succumbed to complications from A.L.S.
>SPORTS: Boston Marathon champions crowned, course record shattered (5:02)
-Former Wachusett star Colin Bennie places 18th at marathon
-Worcester native, PGA Tour champion Scott Stallings runs marathon to fight cancer (1:34)
-Worcester runners take on the Boston Marathon
-Red Sox beat White Sox, 4-2
-Father of former Braveheart Ben Rice tells how his son has embraced Yankee Way
-Holy Cross Athletics women's rowing alumni event: (1:48)
-210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 28
>CARS: Is it time to get rid of the yearly car inspection? (1:16). Article
>NATIONAL: Gmail users warned of "sophisticated" phishing attack
-Mom murdered beside 5-year-old son and boyfriend texted suspect's name as she lay dying: cops
>TRAGIC: 3 pit bulls fatally maul neighbor, man charged
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read's retrial: What to know for murder trial's opening statements (21:35)
-Massachusetts R.M.V. offers walk-in appointments statewide (:32)
>COLLEGES: Tour Messenger Hall at WPI (1:48)
-Assumption hosts 21st annual Duck Day
-Worcester State's Brotherhood and Sisterhood Leadership Conference empowers youth
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Study reveals longer-term impacts of jet lag (1:15)
>BUSINESS: U.S. tariffs may cost chip equipment makers more than $1 billion, industry estimates
-LPL Financial Research: Revising our S&P 500 target amid a storm of uncertainty
-Family wealth protection strategies
>SHOPPING: What Worcester's Reading: TidePool Bookshop
>HOMES: Gardening Central Mass.: Tips for planting trees in gardens with care
>HEALTH: How heartburn can cause cold-like symptoms (1:16)
-More than 3% of children may have autism, says C.D.C. report (:56)
-The pros and cons of new dating trend known as "floodlighting" (2:50)
>FOOD: How steakhouse chef Megan Vaughan looks for the right cuts of beef (5:25)
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for Season 2 of "Conan O'Brien Must Go" on Max (1:56)
>MOVIES: These popular movies were filmed in Mass. Some will surprise you
>CELEBRITY: Cate Blanchett says she plans on retiring soon
>ANIMALS: Premature kitten the size of apple is full of personality (2:21)
>HISTORY: Worcester was the birthplace and is still the home of Table Talk pies
>GOOD NEWS: A "rock" used as a doorstop for decades turns out to be worth €1 million
-Meanwhile, in Alaska, zoo's bears perform quality control for "bear-resistant" trash bins
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+Job fair Wednesday, Worcester dance and night club
-Summer helpers (5), Holden D.P.W.
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