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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:40). High of 80 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Overnight: Car goes over wall on Route 20, falls about 25 feet, lands on roof in woods
-Wrong-way driver killed in fiery I-290 crash identified (:30)
-1 killed in motorcycle crash on Central Mass. highway
-Anna Maria College files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
-Gunshots on Main Street in Worcester investigated
-What's the story with the metal barriers that recently popped up in Worcester?
-Will Worcester drop parking requirements for new developments? Councilors seek a middle path
-Worcester grandfamily housing development advances with $765,000 purchase
-3-decker houses were invented in Worcester
-Mass. built almost 35,000 homes in 2025, new data shows
-Report pitches $84 million for Worcester, Fitchburg, Franklin train lines
-Worcester woman named Commonwealth Heroine
-2 men worked for 20 years to create Shrewsbury’s favorite garden
-Local access TV at risk? Stations push to change funding model (3:08)
-Worcester Guardian Week in Review
>FAITH: Bishop announces clergy transfers
>DINING OUT: TODAY! Shrewsbury Street restaurant to host cars & cocktails show noon to 4
-Airport Seafood & Grille ready for takeoff in Southbridge
-ICYMI: Environmental groups launch boycott of Polar Beverages
-New lead detective hopes to solve Molly Bish case, as murder hits 26 years
-Worcester parents demand money for books rather than iPads in schools
-Worcester outpatient rehab center opens on Elm Street
-2 from Worcester charged among 15 in federal benefit fraud sweep
-Local family loses mother, daughter less than 2 weeks apart
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden Bandstand Concert Series 6 to 8 Sunday
-Lamoureux Ford wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
-July Among Friends senior newsletter
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Fitchburg firefighters respond to porch fire at Summer Street residence
-Suspicious unattended bag prompts police response in downtown Fitchburg
-Leominster man arrested for exposing himself to teens, then assaulting one of them at McDonald’s
-Rutland disables social media comments amid tension, staff cuts
-Oxford man charged after multi-agency gun investigation
-Holland woman faces drug charge after expired-sticker stop reveals suspected fentanyl, heroin residue
-Southbridge's Lemire Road Race enters 77th year with a new home and new traditions
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to do: Blues with JC Smith, Colonail Charlton, Out to Lunch ...
-Pulse Magazine Weekend Guide (:25)
-ValleyCAST names Nikki Erskine as new director
>OPINION: Ray Mariano: Rooting for success on Iran nuclear deal
-Laurel: Happy Fourth of July
-Unity Radio's Q.C.C. State of Mind (53:22): Commonwealth Honors Program
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:13): Housing, rent control and Worcester's future
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to woman who emigrated to Worcester in 1982 and built a successful cleaning business
>SPORTS: NFL play caller rankings: Josh McDaniels climbing after stellar 2025
-The massive Jaylen Brown price Celtics are asking for in trade
-Red Sox beat Yankees, 4-1
-$1 hot dog night at the Bravehearts Thursday
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox fall to Toledo, 15-6
>NATIONAL: 4 die in Kentucky flooding after extensive rainfall
-Plane crashes into Beijing skyscraper; pilot killed, 13 injured
-Tragic: Mother accused of abandoning children for over a month, sending meals via Uber Eats
>NEW ENGLAND: At least 11 injured after duck boat overturns at entrance to Charles River (2:35). Article
-Mass. Senate says energy bill would save consumers $14 billion
-Radio Worcester (19:32): G.O.P. candidate Mike Minogue says state needs a new direction
>COLLEGES: Clark joins affordable education network
-Fitchburg State's complete Spring Dean’s & President’s lists
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Why some planes are better for jet lag
-Why your passport photo could get rejected
>BUSINESS: Westborough Amazon plant builds robots to help fill orders
-Bank provides $39 million bridge loan for Worcester 55-plus community
-Rethinking succession: Balancing valuation, readiness and your legacy
>HEALTH: Dermatologist: Use this kind of sunscreen this summer (:59)
>FOOD: McDonald's serving apple pie for America's 250th birthday
>TV/STREAMING: Lisa Kudrow divulges staggering amount "Friends" cast still makes on residuals
>MOVIES: Trailer for "Practical Magic 2" with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (2:42)
>CELEBRITY: "All My Children" star Paul Avery and wife killed in house fire
-Kate Gosselin "spiraling" ahead of estranged son Collin's bombshell memoir
>ANIMALS: Tiny puppy was too cold to move, then her tail started wagging (6:02)
>HISTORY: Piece of original gate at Lizzie Borden House uncovered (:37)
>GOOD NEWS: Nurse who went above and beyond gets heartfelt send-off (2:55)
-Meanwhile, Uber Lost & Found Index includes breast milk, ankle monitor
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In The News
>WEATHER: Heat wave coming. Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:37). High of 92 today in Worcester
+6:00: With heat wave coming, Worcester cooling centers to open, Out to Lunch canceled, early trash pickup
+6:00: 100 FM The Pike (8:45): Vic from JV Mechanical on checking A.C. going into heat wave
-Worcester could see some of its hottest weather ever this week
-Channel 5's Cindy Fitzgibbon passes EyeOpener weather baton to Kelly Ann Cicalese (4:24)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Man says he was assaulted with glass bottle in Downtown Worcester
+6:00: Worcester investor buys 72-unit apartment complex for $15 million
+Noon: UMass Memorial sounds alarm amid surge in serious e-bike crashes
+Noon: Motorcyclist who died on Route 146 crash is identified
+Noon: Glowmanny drops new album, "Is He Still With Us"
+Noon: Linda Blair, Juliette Lewis and more set for Silver Scream Con V
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: A forest trip for a 4-year-old and her mom
-State Trooper killed in motorcycle crash in Grafton (1:33). Article
-Related: Lawmakers to meet to examine intersection where off-duty State Trooper was killed in crash (3:00)
-Vehicle crashes into Italian restaurant in Worcester
-Dozens more creditors enter Worcester pastor’s bankruptcy case
-Worcester pools, beaches open for summer Tuesday
-Central Mass. family says they are owed part of Anna Maria College now up for sale
-Saint Vincent Hospital selects new C.E.O.
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Worcester man charged with fentanyl trafficking after police pursuit ends with crash into bridge
-Worcester Public Schools eye fall public hearings as school realignment plans take shape
-Volunteers pull super-spreader invasive plants from Lake Quinsigamond
>FAITH: Journey to the priesthood: Deacon John P. Sullivan
>DINING OUT: Who's open and closed for the Fourth of July? Check Dining Out
-ICYMI: Juvenile hit by train on tracks near Polar Park, police say
-Judge orders Worcester activist jailed for up to 3 months after new charges
-Movie theater company looking for spots along Route 9 in Shrewsbury
-Rescuers free swan from fishing line in Worcester pond
-Car goes over wall on Route 20, falls about 25 feet, lands on roof in woods
-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 wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
-July Among Friends senior newsletter
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Lancaster man who died while hiking in N.H. remembered as "mountaineer"
-Leominster considers moratorium on data centers and battery storage
-Hitchcock Free Academy brings free Wednesday night concerts to Brimfield Town Common
-Athol town counsel says town will seek sanctions, demolition authority for Main Street property
-Clinton's Blaze reflects on road to becoming a national track star
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Ariana Grande reschedules 2 concerts at TD Garden in Boston (:19)
-Country music legend Alan Jackson plays his final show
-Today! Revolutionary Reading of George Jackson's "Excerpts from Letter to a Comrade"
-Last Call: Carmela Sklarz, author and educator
>OPINION: Worcesteria: On "The Vampire Lestate," learning how to say "Worcester"
-WCCA-TV's Hidden Treasures No. 131 (28:15): Summertime is the time to find treasures
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:13): Housing, rent control and Worcester's future
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who passed away at 101
>SPORTS: Red Sox beat Nationals, 6-3
-Bravehearts beat New Britain, 6-3
-Bravehearts’ America 250 edition jersey available for preorder
-$1 hot dog night at the Bravehearts Thursday
-WooBall Weekly: Bravehearts 5-1 week launches them to second in Futures League standings
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
>NATIONAL: U.S. and Iran agree to halt attacks, resume nuclear talks (1:35)
-Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots
-Here are the 4 key cases the Supreme Court will decide on its final day of term
-Tragic: Alligator kills woman swimming in Florida river
>NEW ENGLAND: 4 shot in Brockton after large crowd celebrates World Cup (1:50)
-Off-duty State Ttrooper off the job after allegedly punching another trooper at bar
-More Mass. beaches shut down to swimming after sewage breaks (1:54)
>COLLEGES: Why top employers keep coming back to WPI (:33)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Radio Worcester (15:32): Saint Vincent doctor shares practical travel health advice
-Universal Hollywood’s newest attraction features unique tribute to franchise’s dead star
>BUSINESS: Q.C.C. seeks employers for cybersecurity apprenticeship program
-LPL Financial Research: Has stock market exuberance become irrational?
-How "interest-free" medical credit cards are costing Americans billions
>HEALTH: WCCA-TV's Health Matters No. 251 (28:54): Doctors Without Doctors
>FOOD: U.S.D.A. blocked from excluding "junk foods" from S.N.A.P. benefits
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix true crime doc, "A toxic love story" (2:08)
>MOVIES: Hit ’90s movie franchise returns after 24 years, star confirms
>CELEBRITY: Lil Wayne engaged to woman in her 20s: report
-Gossip at Liza Minnelli's 80th birthday show includes Barbra Streisand tale
>ANIMALS: Delivery driver found tiny kitten all alone on her route (1:40)
>HISTORY: "Romper Room" was a television favorite for young children for over 40 years
>GOOD NEWS: Boy, 12, saved by older brother after shark attack on family vacation
-Meanwhile, Noah Kahan urges fans to use the bathroom after concertgoer poops on floor during show
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