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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:31). High of 73 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Attorney General's report names Worcester diocese as survivors blast priest names being withheld (1:38). Article
+6:00: Related: Report says Worcester Diocese shelved investigations, misled public, shredded notes (pictured)
+6:00: Experts say muted body cams during Toomey crash response raise questions
+Noon: Mass. Attorney General releases clergy abuse report about 3 Dioceses, including Worcester
+Noon: Season's greetings a childhood memory as cheery Pleasant Market owners retire
+Noon: Worcester home prices rise as sales, inventory fall in August
+Noon: New Jersey man arrested in Shrewsbury on multiple sexual assault charges involving minor
+Noon: Shrewsbury police seize cocaine from erratic vehicle
+Noon: Last call: Craig Mortley channels social justice work into advocacy at Y.W.C.A.
-911 call, witness account raise more questions about car crash involving Worcester City Councilor Kate Toomey
-Earlier: Newly released Worcester police report provides details on councilor's crash
-Internal probe details missteps by police in UMass Medical School officer crash
-Life sentence for 2021 murder of Erica Lara at Hotel Vernon
-Worcester announces new campaign against racism after student-athletes targeted (2:10). Article
-Prosecutors raise questions about self-defense claim in woman's murder trial
-Earlier: Leominster woman argues drunken boyfriend choked her before fatal shooting
-New Indian grocer replacing Stop & Shop on Route 9 in Shrewsbury
-Popular fried chicken chain debuts in Worcester
-Worcester council weighs police staffing, out-of-service fire hydrants
-2 Worcester County firms part of $40 million life sciences awards
-Lawmakers urge Amazon to address "serious concerns" about drone delivery in and around Worcester (2:15). Article
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for September
-Radio Worcester (20:23): Sean Rose heads to Worcester Public Schools as Stacey Forrest prepares to lead Thrive
>DINING OUT: Central Mass. restaurant grabs top spot in ranking of places to get a ribeye in Mass.
-The Rodizio experience at Alma Gaucha (4:37)
-ICYMI: Bus teeters over Blackstone River after Northbridge crash (1:18). Article
-New holiday market coming to Worcester
-In Worcester, Georgia Sen. Rev. Warnock says nation lacks moral will to help poor
-Report: UMass Memorial posts loss as Tenet, Heywood turn profits
-Occupants escape burning vehicle after crash on I-290
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Walking tour of Holden's Historic District Saturday
-October Among Friends senior newsletter
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn weighs new stop signs after West Street crash increase
-2-car crash on I-84 in Sturbridge results in serious injuries, traffic diverted
-11-year-old Fitchburg boys grows nearly 2,000 pound pumpkin (:35)
-Dudley voters reject public safety override, school debt exclusion
-Dudley voters sink $11.2 million school capital plan despite Charlton approval
-Shrewsbury Trails’ 5K Trail Race & Kids’ Fun Run on Saturday
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up Duo Friday at the VUE, Saturday at Val’s
>SHOWTIME: Horror, humor, haunted memories: Get ready for Silver Scream Con V
-Violinist Rhett Price marries hip-hop with oil paintings on new album
-Professor James Maurelle exhibits sculptures made with materials found on Clark campus
-Sultana brings American history to life through song in Webster
>OPINION: Sarah Connell Sanders: Smile, it's gala season in Worcester, with Harvey Ball and more
-Shaun Connolly: What to do when you’re guilty and you know it
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (47:17): Shantelle Campbell, city of Worcester
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester lawyer noted for her pro bono legal efforts
>SPORTS: Former Braveheart Ben Rice (2 HRs, 6 RBIs) helps sink Red Sox, 9-0
-Can Sonny Gray extend the Wild Card Series
-Bruins beat Rangers in season opener, 3-0
-What's wrong with Drake Maye and how can Patriots fix it? (7:29)
-When Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen's marriage finally broke
-Patriot League basketball virtual Media Day Monday
>NATIONAL: Lurid new details in alleged Cornell gang rape exposed by D.A.
-Questions surround counterterror probe into U.S. air base after suspects were freed on bail
-Former "American Idol" contestant convicted of murdering his wife
-Tragic: Mom stabs her 2 kids over 50 times in unhinged attack that leaves 1 facing amputation
>NEW ENGLAND: Reddington’s apparent reversal stuns in Lindsay Clancy hearing (2:00)
-Lindsay Clancy case (22:17): What we learned at the first hearing since the trial
-Boston Globe's viral lesbian bar article sparks film adaptation buzz: report
-Poll shows voters on track to retain legal cannabis and 2024 gun law
>COLLEGES: New Secretary of Education praises Worcester State’s role in the region
-WPI faculty led by Crystal Brown publish paper on a framework for teaching with and about A.I.
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Top 10 world’s best economy class airlines for 2026: report
-The 1 request to make as soon as you arrive at a hotel
>BUSINESS: Nvidia launches A.I. safety tool for rogue agents
-OpenAI pulls plug on "untrustworthy" new A.I. model as tech doomerism mounts: report
-LPL Financial Research: Stock market’s wall of worry gets taller
-Instagram’s new $3.99 "Plus" subscription slammed as a "new low"
>HOMES: Mass. heating oil nears $6. Relief ahead?
>HEALTH: How soon to stop caffeine before bed is earlier than you think
-Shingles vaccine may lower heart disease risk, researchers say (2:25)
>FOOD: The Local Life: Nutrition by Mia (2:31)
>TV/STREAMING: ABC weighs major shakeup at "GMA" after ratings loss to "Today": sources
-Taylor Hanson eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars" during "Yacht Rock Night"
>MOVIES: Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz seen for the first time on "The Mummy 4" set
>CELEBRITY: Matthew McConaughey name-dropped Jennifer Lopez to get out of "major mess" in Mexico
-Kenan Thompson reveals which movie almost made him quit acting
>ANIMALS: Owners wanted their 6-year-old dog put down after replacing him (2:52)
>HISTORY: Bay State House in Worcester, 1908
>GOOD NEWS: Father-son duo works together at Southborough Police Department
-Meanwhile, Idaho man, 3-year-old daughter team up to break hula hoop world record
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-Line cooks, servers and bartenders, Shrewsbury St. restaurant
-Full-time police officer, town of Leicester
-Interns at Unity Radio
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:39). High of 75 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Worcester Vice detectives arrest 2 in Mott Street gun and drug investigation
+Noon: Man arrested after he was found inside R.V. at Davis Auto Repair in Leicester
+Noon: Done deal? As M.W.R.A. looks to draw more from Quabbin, some feel powerless
+Noon: Dexter Drumlin offers a dreamscape of seasonal colors
+Noon: Things to Do: "Spamalot," 38 Special with Tim Charron, and more ...
+Noon: Feature: Silver Scream Con 5
+Noon: Decades by DeZyne to headline Pet Rock Festival
-Attorney General's report names Worcester Diocese as survivors blast priest names being withheld (1:38). Article
-Related: State report finds more than 200 children abused in Worcester Diocese
-Related: Report says Worcester Diocese shelved investigations, misled public, shredded notes
-Related: What the bombshell report reveals about the Worcester Diocese: 7 takeaways
-Experts say muted body cams during response to City Councilor Kate Toomey's crash raise questions
-Earlier: 911 call, witness account raise more questions about car crash involving Councilor Toomey
-Earlier: Newly released Worcester police report provides details on councilor's crash
-Season's greetings a childhood memory as cheery Pleasant Market owners retire
-Worcester home prices rise as sales, inventory fall in August
-WPI researcher seeks clues to problems in tiny hearts
-Radio Worcester (29:04): From Girls Club alumna to Board Chair: Pam Daly’s Girls Inc. journey
-Foundation awards new scholarships
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for September
-Last call: Craig Mortley channels social justice work into advocacy at Y.W.C.A.
>DINING OUT: Getting chicken tenders at the restaurant that invented them (:59)
-Central Mass. restaurant grabs top spot in ranking of places to get a ribeye in Mass.
-ICYMI: Internal probe details missteps by police in UMass Medical School officer crash
-Life sentence for 2021 murder of Erica Lara at Hotel Vernon
-Worcester announces new campaign against racism after student-athletes targeted (2:10). Article
-Prosecutors raise questions about self-defense claim in woman's murder trial
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Walking tour of Holden's Historic District Saturday
-October Among Friends senior newsletter
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury police seize cocaine from erratic vehicle
-New Jersey man arrested in Shrewsbury on multiple sexual assault charges involving minor
-Fitchburg man pleads guilty to distributing child pornography
-Police: Suspect in string of Westborough summertime car break-ins arrested
-Uxbridge man charged with violating restraining order for cutting off wife’s access to home security cameras
-Auburn police seek vehicle after dog struck, killed on Stone Street
-Select Board: Westborough town manager "exceeding" job standards
-Oxford voters could decide whether to rename Board of Selectmen
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo Friday at the VUE, Saturday at Val’s
>SHOWTIME: What fans need to know for Zach Bryan's weekend Gillette shows
-New Smile Gallery celebrates Worcester icon that went around the world
-Booklovers Gourmet to feature Judy Murphy's "The Colors of Life" in October
-"What Does Hope Look Like?" exhibit comes to Jacob Edwards Library
>OPINION: Michael Moore: How state can thwart rogue A.I. cyberattacks
-Charlotte Pomerleau: My 5-year-old is obsessed with Michael Myers, and yeah, he’s seen the movie
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:37): New reporting on Councilor Toomey's crash
-WCCA-TV's Connecting the Dots No. 170 (27:44): Mass. Academy of Math and Science at WPI
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was very devoted to her faith and her Armenian culture
>SPORTS: Patriots coach Mike Vrabel responds to rumor of rift with Drake Maye
-Patriots Stock Watch: Maye wasn’t the only letdown in loss to Jaguars
-NFL Week 4 schedule, TV and announcers
-Red Sox season comes to an end in 9-2 loss to rival Yankees
-Holy Cross women's ice hockey to face Assumption Thursday
-Holy Cross men's basketball practice report (1:15): Colin Richey
>NATIONAL: Flight to Israel makes emergency landing after cockpit fight (1:45)
-Grim new details revealed in Cornell student's account of alleged gang rape
-Stop Insider Trading Act bill stopped in Senate
-Tragic: 78-year-old man killed by falling tree during nor’easter (:17)
>NEW ENGLAND: Will this shocking Mass. murder case finally go to trial? (2:30)
-Mass. moves to overhaul nursing home oversight. Here’s what could change
-New poll finds strong voter support for auditing the Legislature holding steady
>COLLEGES: How much does college cost now? What data shows
-Assumption launches exclusive Dow Jones Investing in Education partnership
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Disney ticket prices could surge in October: What to know
-Missed flights, bad weather and hotel woes rack up travel costs
>BUSINESS: W.B.J. Real estate forum: Developers see promise, hurdles in Central Mass. growth
-LPL Financial Research: Stock market’s wall of worry gets taller
-Chicago firm buys Boylston distribution site for $90 million
-UMass Memorial Health names new chief financial officer
>HOMES: Septic Smart Week Tip No. 6: Don't overload the commode
>HEALTH: F.D.A. elevates nationwide blood pressure medication recall to Class II
-Mass. vax rates help prevent measles outbreaks, gaps persist (3:19)
>FOOD: The 21 best cider doughnuts in Mass., ranked for 2026 (3:23)
-7-Eleven, Circle K fail government price-accuracy inspections: study
>TV/STREAMING: Does Peacock offer a free trial or student discount?
-Trailer for new Netflix series, "The New Stanford Prison Experiment" (2:10)
>MOVIES: Tom Cruise "Digger" movie reviews are brutally split
>CELEBRITY: Elliot Page not getting many offers after "The Odyssey" role
-Casey Affleck on Matt Damon, Chris Nolan, being a Hollywood outsider
>ANIMALS: Stubborn swan leads rescuers on chase for very important reason (1:59)
>HISTORY: What flying really cost in the 1950s and ’60s
>GOOD NEWS: Sister, 24, donates kidney, saves 22-year-old brother's life after rare diagnosis
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, bear crashes farmers' market to snack on baked goods (1:12)
Latest obituaries | | Wednesday's Highlights | | Today's horoscope | | Local Sports
Classifieds
>HELP WANTED
-Line cooks, servers and bartenders, Shrewsbury St. restaurant
-Full-time police officer, town of Leicester
-Interns at Unity Radio
See all Help Wanteds | | Job opening? Post it here for FREE today
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