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  >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

  -West Boylston police log
  
  

  >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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