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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 50 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Closed Worcester Mediterranean restaurant expected to reopen by March
+6:00: 2 caught stealing copper from Worcester home in broad daylight (:24). Article
+6:00: Worcester residents want police monitored by civilian review board
+6:00: After law change, parole hearing slated for man who killed trooper in Auburn
+6:00: 'Sader Stories Podcast (25:27): Olympic hockey player Naemi Herzig
+Noon: Worcester council delays vote on tax break for developer that violated ordinance
+Noon: City Council raises concerns over speed humps, needle disposal sites
+Noon: Embattled Worcester hospital announces new interim C.E.O. on its website
+Noon: Central Mass. Jewish Film Festival offers wide appeal with 6 movies
+Noon: Songs of moving on, moving past by Young Man Winter, Caylin Costello
-2 Worcester teens face charges after leading police on chases in stolen cars, with video
-Worcester police seek new clues in woman's 2014 disappearance
-Husband charged with murder in wife’s shooting death in Leominster home
-Worcester man arrested for aggravated child rape released on personal recognizance
-To kickstart redevelopment, Worcester takes ownership of old R.M.V. site from state
-Worcester water main breaks expose aging system, city responds
-P.O.S.T. Commission clarifies role of local police oversight
-Worcester Public Library offers wide accessibility to its collections for patrons with varied abilities
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:53): Lawsuit against This Week in Worcester spurs press freedom debate
>DINING OUT: Central Mass. pizzeria reopens with explanation for abruptly closing
-ICYMI: Mannequins, images found in Princeton home of man in child sex abuse material case, sources say (1:12). Article
-Worcester police arrest man with ghost gun after moped crash
-Thieves stole gutters from Worcester house while owner was home
-Developer plans 48 housing units in former Shack's building in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Owner of Ten West Market ready to rebuild after business destroyed by fire
-A.G.: Holden, 11 other towns to face repercussions for noncompliance with M.B.T.A. housing law
-Lamoureux Ford welcomes Jeff Tripp from Sunnyside Motors (1:44)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Wake being held for fallen Uxbridge police officer (1:01). Article
-Man arrested after he was caught on video threatening brother with box cutter
-Route 12 in Westminster reopens hours after bad crash
-Man seen driving with phone in hand arrested after license comes back suspended
-First update on S.E.L.C.O.’s plans to construct a new headquarters
-Sterling officials interview fire chief finalists; vote planned Wednesday
-Sutton firefighter among graduating Firefighting Academy class
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: Planning winter entertainment in Worcester
-BTS announces world tour with 2 nights in Foxborough
-100 FM The Pike (5:26): Breakdown Lane
-New Faith in Film season set for Federated Church of Charlton
>OPINION: Worcesteria: Taken in by takeout, a culinary conundrum
-Richard Wexler: A better approach for state child care
-WCCA-TV's Perspectives No. 103 (28:41): Luma Samara & Karen Ross, Part 1
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who spent his career at Norton Company/Saint-Gobain
>SPORTS: Drake Maye leading Patriots by prioritizing communication over humiliation
-Ann Michael Maye goes Beyond Bakemas with Dave Portnoy (9:17)
-Bruins beat Red Wings, 3-0
-Holy Cross men's basketball (at home) and women's basketball (on the road) face Army
>NATIONAL: Grieving Iranian families search through bodies after massacre of protesters
-Husband charged in double homicide after affair with au pair on trial
-Tragic: Husband allegedly killed wife as kids called 911 begging
>NEW ENGLAND: State seizes Cape Cod homes for bridge replacement project (1:55)
-"Protecting himself, not the child": Dispute over charges in neighborhood crash (3:46)
>COLLEGES: WPI, city launch design partnership
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Amtrak just set another ridership record
>BUSINESS: U.S. inflation rose 2.7% in December
-LPL Financial Research: Earnings preview: Double-digit streak likely to continue
-Mass. biotech company lays off entire workforce as cash dwindles
>SHOPPING: Shop Joanna Gaines spring drop at Target: Hearth & Hand with Magnolia
>HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers
>HEALTH: State of denial: How insurance companies impact health care today
-Doctor reveals how body reacts to Dry January over 30 days
>FOOD: Wegmans adds facial recognition in some stores
>TV/STREAMING: NBC pulls "Law & Order: SVU" episode featuring Timothy Busfield
>MOVIES: "Beauty and the Beast" live-action spinoff movie "Gaston" in development at Disney
>CELEBRITY: Rihanna hints she's ready for baby No. 4 with A$AP Rocky
-Scott Adams, whose comic strip "Dilbert" ridiculed white-collar office life, dies at 68
>ANIMALS: Dumped "skeleton" dog makes shocking transformation (1:46)
>HISTORY: Vintage TV commercials from 1974 (18:46)
>GOOD NEWS: Lowe's employees go above and beyond to find beloved cat (2:45)
-Meanwhile, watch man cling to back of pickup truck on Mass. Pike (1:00)
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Man killed in Worcester crash
+5:00: Developer buys site of planned Worcester hotel for $1.4 million
+5:00: "Exactly what we need": Worcester parishioners discuss Pope Leo's first year
+5:00: Revolutionary Reading 6 to 7:30 tonight at The Village
+Noon: Listen Up: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker shine on new album, "Wave"
+Noon: National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester
+Noon: Worcester Walks: Water, woodlands and wonders at Wells State Park
-Hear a loud boom lately? It may be this
-Developers of Worcester housing projects file for bankruptcy
-Worcester City Manager reverses on green building code, says policy will continue
-Radio Worcester (23:26): Khrystian King opposes pause of Worcester stretch code
-"Devastating blow": What comes next after Community Healthlink closes?
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Worcester spent $10 million on winter storms, nearly doubling budget
-What is next for Anna Maria campus? Future of the site is up in the air
-Worcester School Committee wants review of maintenance at Foley Stadium
-Walmart stores in Mass. face remodeling. Is Worcester's one of them?
-Traffic stop in Worcester leads to gun charges for 50-year-old man
-Worcester man sentenced to 6 years for possessing loaded, stolen gun after prior conviction
-Worcester County Wonders: The legends of Lancaster's Blood Forest
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: The best prime rib in Mass. can be found at this charming local historic restaurant
-ICYMI: JetBlue flights from Worcester "absolutely full" during April vacation
-City Manager: Worcester police able to assist I.C.E. on criminal cases
-3 cars found on the bottom of Green Hill Pond
-Shuttered Worcester eatery gets new life
-Coffee shop to open in high-profile Canal District development
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): 122 Diner teases "exciting announcement"
-Longtime customer praises Lamoureux Ford (3:29)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Person shot near Fitchburg State University
-Gardner man faces federal charges of fentanyl distribution
-Traveler Restaurant owners retire after 33+ years, closing one chapter along I-84
-Leominster man arrested after police find stored images showing sexual abuse of toddlers
-Webster man arrested for throwing trash can at girlfriend who upset him while he had a headache
-Southbridge fire budget, lieutenant promotion process head to Town Council
-Brookfield business faces lengthy process to sell prepackaged food
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Vue on Friday
>SHOWTIME: Worcester State prof Siri Colom part of Peabody Award-winning team for podcast
-Internationally acclaimed guitarist returns to Southbridge
-Mariah Carey has surprising reaction to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Worcester council holds fewest meetings in 20 years in 2025
-Shaun Connolly: In Florida nobody's canceled
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor’s Forum No. 61 (28:29): Letter Carriers’ Food Drive (Second Saturday in May)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (23:18): City Council reverses course
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:43): Chickens banned, housing struggles continue
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lifelong Worcester resident who passed away at age 104
>SPORTS: Patriots’ draft class draws mostly solid reviews
-Updated Patriots depth chart with 2026 draft picks
-Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 5-0
-Former Holy Cross basketball standout and assistant coach RJ Evans named AIC coach
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Tailgating OK for Boston’s World Cup soccer games after all
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 29
-WPI softball coach battles cancer, leads team to success
>NATIONAL: King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in U.S.
-Man charged with attempted assassination in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
-Tragic: Ohio girl, 2, suffocated to death in "freak accident" after Hyundai S.U.V. seat folds down on her
>NEW ENGLAND: Mother accused of killing 2 children confessed: Records reveal (2:00)
-The real stakes in the fight over a 1% income tax cut
-Radio Worcester (15:41): Seth Moulton frames Senate race as “future of the Democratic Party”
>COLLEGES: Assumption honors and C.T.E.Q. students take spring break trip abroad
-Holy Cross names R.F. Kuang, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to faculty roles
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Previewing Cape Cod's summer rental season (2:17). Article
>BUSINESS: Anna Maria College to lay off 150, close next month
-LPL Financial Research: American industrial renaissance: Fact or fiction?
-Anthropic's "Claude Mythos" model sparks fears of A.I. doomsday, wave of devastating hacks
>HOMES: Mass. hardware store shares tips on helping your lawn (3:40)
>HEALTH: Doctor explains powerful new street drug cychlorphine (2:42)
-C.D.C. warns of drug-resistant salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry
>FOOD: Mass. beverage company offers taste of Cape Cod in a can (1:51). Article
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Pop Culture Jeopardy!" coming to Netflix (1:23)
>MOVIES: Sally Field refused this iconic role, reveals it was never her "cup of tea"
>CELEBRITY: Nicole Kidman hospitalized after filming pro-wrestling scene
-Rob Reiner's son described parents’ deaths as "living nightmare"
>ANIMALS: Obese Golden Retriever does infinite zoomies now (3:15)
>HISTORY: Worcester County Wonders: Setting the Revolution record straight
>GOOD NEWS: Oncology nurse gives her liver to save her father after harrowing diagnosis
-Meanwhile, Florida teen seen joyriding on lawn mower inside Target store
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