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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:30). High of 81 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Police on West Boylston Street were investigating social media threat not connected to Worcester
+5:00: Ozzy Osbourne played 9 shows at Centrum and DCU Center
+5:00: Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:44): Charges against Haxhiaj, Polar Park development and a rogue lizard
+5:00: Did you lose an iPad?
+Noon: "Unapologetic" Worcester councilor makes defiant court appearance over I.C.E. confrontation
+Noon: Related: Worcester City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj speaks after pleading not guilty (2:01)
+Noon: Clinton woman sets home on fire over husband’s alleged infidelity
+Noon: 100 FM The Pike (5:19): Webster Deputy Chief Gordon Wentworth on the 5-foot lizard on the loose
-Earlier: Lizard on the loose captivates Webster, reptile hunters as search continues
+Noon: Celebrating 10 years of song, spirit at Summer Gospel Festival
+Noon: 400 performers getting ready for free India Day festival at DCU Center
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: Of acorns, oaks, and myth-busting
-"It's not enough": Dead fish, herbicides and communication issues all discussed at Indian Lake meeting
-Worcester councilor who protested I.C.E. agents due in court Wednesday
-Eversource, National Grid customers face rate hike next week
-Worcester ranked 10th best city for people with disabilities
-Worcester African Festival set to return to the Worcester Common
-City man allegedly threatened others following arrest after fatal shooting
-Worcester woman charged in Rutland for driving uninsured Audi with revoked registration
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for July
-Radio Worcester (19:07): Dr. Jessica Pepple brings bold vision for education, equity and safety in council campaign
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:40): Mill Street redesign sparks debate
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Epic Sandwiches (5:18)
-ICYMI: Worcester man wins $1 million on ticket bought at Brattle Stop
-61-year-old caught in vacant home break-in: W.P.D.
-Preservation Worcester's 2025 Most Endangered Structures — streetlamps to historic houses
-Bill Coleman, longtime Worcester civic activist, dies
-International market opening in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Yo-Yo Guy at Gale Free Library 2 to 3 today
-Long term employees make Lamoureux Ford special (3:50)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Crews respond to 3-vehicle crash on Route 20 in Shrewsbury
-Removal of chemicals, solar programs top Spencer-East Brookfield Building Committee’s agenda
-Homeless man permanently banned from LongHorn Steakhouse in Leominster after he was hauled out by police
-West Boylston police log July 14th to 20th
-Item photos: 2 local men succeed on Ninja course
-Bolton special election set for October 6th; papers available
-Sterling church raising money to repair clock, organ
-The Landmark's public safety logs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up Trio 6 to 9 Wednesday at 961 at Union Station
>SHOWTIME: Wesley and Somerhalder hold court at "Vampire Diaries" convention
-What's Up Worcester's A Minute with Meagan (9:28): Isabella Stein on building confidence through movement
-Ghost makes a defiant, riotous haunting with TD Garden concert
>OPINION: Janice Harvey: It's time for Worcester to clean up its act
-Jennifer Julien Gaskin: 603 days: Choosing myself after loss
-Laura McCarthy-Ha: Tips for easing the transition from home to preschool
-WCCA-TV's Perspectives No. 102 (28:34): Syed Aziz Ur Rahman, Part 2
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who was a veteran of the Korean War
>SPORTS: Patriots training camp battles: 4 positions to watch this summer
-Realistic expectations for Stefon Diggs with Patriots after A.C.L. injury
-Bravehearts duo sets tone as Team Smiles cruises in Futures League All-Star Game
-Johnny Damon gives advice to Shrewsbury Legion stars, is a hit at Futures League All-Star Game
-Red Sox lose to Phillies, 4-1
-Holy Cross (2:07): Get to know Coach Walsh
-WooSox beat St. Paul, 11-2
-Brown, Eddie's Super Plaza (Doherty) rally past Bella Marble & Granite (North) for Kingsway crown
>NATIONAL: D.O.J. wants to interview Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell
-1-on-1 with Congressman Jim McGovern (5:44)
>TRAGIC: 6-year-old boy fatally drops premature infant on head
>NEW ENGLAND: Investigators locate origin of deadly Fall River fire, cause undetermined (3:39)
-Grand juror in Karen Read case admits leaking information admits leaking information (1:34)
>COLLEGES: Nichols to host the Intergenerational Workforce Summit
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Does Minnesota really have 10,000 lakes?
>BUSINESS: State approves health insurance premium hikes for 6 insurers, reject 2 others
-LPL Financial Research: Midyear fixed income, currency, and commodity markets outlook: Higher for longer
-Wage and hour compliance for Mass. businesses
>HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers for Sunday, July 20th
>SHOPPING: Swimming pools recalled for drowning risk after 9 deaths
>HEALTH: Common gut bacteria linked to stomach cancer (:47)
-New A.I. tool can detect "hidden" heart disease 77% of the time
-Here is the heartbreaking epidemic that’s killing 100 people an hour
>FOOD: Spoon or fork? Here's the proper way to eat ice cream (3:16)
>TV/STREAMING: 7 awesome single season Netflix series that you’ve probably never heard of
>MOVIES: "Wedding Crashers" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" at 20
>CELEBRITY: Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76 years old (:36)
-Related: Vintage clips of the controversial rock legend (3:26)
>ANIMALS: Wanted: new homes for cats, dogs during National Adoption Week
>HISTORY: Then & Now: 92 Piedmont St., Worcester
>GOOD NEWS: Man follows a dream, gut feeling to $1 million lottery prize
-Meanwhile, in London, "naughty tortoise' starts fire in apartment
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In The News
>WEATHER: Midweek rain looming, high in upper 70s today in Worcester (2:44). Article
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Chronic church noise complaints prompt Worcester to review enforcement, ordinance
+6:00: Central Mass. students fight to save closing low-income college prep program
+6:00: Summer Eats treats Worcester youth to free breakfast, lunch
+6:00: WooBall Weekly: Bravehearts back above .500 after 3-1 post-All-Star week
+6:00: Where to stream Shark Week for free
+Noon: 2 displaced after Worcester house fire
+Noon: Worcester Guardian seeks members for new Community Advisory Board
-How Central Mass. school districts are faring as tax overrides have tripled in 10 years
-Meet the freshman teachers starting out this fall in local schools
-Music with spirit fills air at Summer Gospel Fest on Worcester Common
-Worcester cyclists tackle steep hill in race to honor Major Taylor
-Remember Goose? Here’s what the famous runaway lizard has been up to
-Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
-This 56-foot Worcester castle was built to honor a U.S. Naval Academy founder
-National Grid bringing bill assistance events to Worcester County this summer
-Worcester schools grow pollinator gardens with state grant
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for July
>DINING OUT: Saloon 139 in Worcester offers Chinese food kicked up a notch
-308 Lakeside in East Brookfield has a new owner
-ICYMI: Overflow near Route 20 dumps 15,000 gallons of raw sewage near Lake Quinsigamond
-Worcester police warn of spike in Infiniti thefts
-Former Fallon headquarters to reopen as Altitude Worcester apartments in September
-Worcester hotel developer asks for 2-year extension to build 122-room hotel
-Retired Leicester police chief gives back by creating non-profit organization
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Mexicali reopens
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Russ Parker from Holden loves Lamoureux Ford (3:04)
-Fire Department offers free car seat checks to all Holden residents
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury Select Board member pushes for "wildlife corridor"
-Wagner Motors has been helping families get it right for decades
-3 arrested for returning to Leominster officer’s detail and threatening to “f—” his daughter over friend’s arrest
-After grant, increased accessibility at Silver Lake Beach waters
-Southbridge students to showcase Summer Arts Camp
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: WICN's 6th annual Newport Jazz Festival Bus Trip on Saturday
-Bret Michaels undergoes emergency surgery after performing 3 concerts in "intense" pain
-WCCA-TV's Chris's Corner No. 27 (27:39)
>OPINION: Rory Riley Topping: Too few U.S. reps, too many people to serve
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (37:57): I.C.E. shooting in Maine, claims on election integrity
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who passed away at 101
>SPORTS: Patriots defense owns the day and more takeaways from Day 2 (1:53)
-Robert Kraft, Patriots put historic offer on table for Christian Gonzalez
-AFC East training camp preview
-Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 6-1
-Gabriela Chiappetta of Holy Cross wins gold medal at World Lacrosse Women’s Championship
-Bravehearts beat Nashua, 14-10
-Bravehearts' 2027 ‘Hearts Club memberships are here
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox beat Jacksonville, 4-3
>NATIONAL: This year’s Ebola outbreak has spread faster than the worst on record
-Police arrest 1 and search for another after Seattle festival shooting that killed 3
-Pastor allegedly crashed at 104 mph while drunk — killing young daughter just months after her mom died
-Tragic: Influencer heard "screaming and crying" on 911 call before husband killed her after TikTok outed him as a pedophile
>NEW ENGLAND: Dive teams recover body after drowning at Milford quarry (2:00). Article
-Lindsay Clancy trial starts Monday, ex-husband may testify first
-Mass. senator fed up with lack of opioid settlement fund spending (2:58). Article
>COLLEGES: At Holy Cross, major in anything, succeed in business (2:35)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): U.S. Virgin Islands beach named best in the world
-7 things flight attendants would never do on a plane
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Alimony modification in Mass. | When can you change it?
>HOMES: ABCs of selling real estate held in trust
>HEALTH: Popular summer food linked to increased colorectal cancer risk (:33)
-Screen time can have dire effects on children's development: officials
>FOOD: Depression-era Little Debbie snack that built a family-run bakery still has Americans hooked
>TV/STREAMING: Inside Apple TV's new crime drama "Lucky" (2:16)
>MOVIES: "The Odyssey" earns $87 million in its second weekend
-Generations share their most anticipated movie of the summer in recent survey
>CELEBRITY: Ben and Casey Affleck’s mother dies at 83 (:20)
-Elisha Cuthbert reveals why she quit Hollywood for 4 years before "Every Year After" return
>ANIMALS: Woman rescues wasp who won't leave her hand for 24 hours (2:22)
>HISTORY: Mississippi highlights legacy as "birthplace of America's music"
>GOOD NEWS: 64-year-old father of 5 graduates as a nurse, studying alongside his son
-Meanwhile, in Peabody, quit dumping roosters on my property, farmer says (:49)
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+Job fair at Worcester Post Office August 18th
-Part-time dishwasher and line cook, Canal District bar & restaurant
-Police officers, Town of Shrewsbury
-Front of house manager, Holden restaurant
-Part-time hosts, West Boylston restaurant
-Servers, bartenders and line cooks, Worcester restaurant
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