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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:36). High of 78 today in Worcester
+Noon: Want to see vibrant foliage in New England? Now's a great time! (3:08)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: D.N.A. cracked a Worcester cold case. The convicted killer wants out of prison
+Noon: Channel 5 Wake Up Call from N.E.A.D.S. Service Dogs in Princeton (:38)
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making your weekend plans
+Noon: New shows & movies to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on streaming: "Coyote vs. Acme," "The Uprising" and more
-11 clergy members identified in the Worcester Diocese abuse investigation
-Related: Worcester Diocese abuse survivors push for sweeping legal reforms
-Earlier: Attorney General's report names Worcester Diocese as survivors blast priest names being withheld (1:38). Article
-Earlier: State report finds more than 200 children abused in Worcester Diocese
-Earlier: Report says Worcester Diocese shelved investigations, misled public, shredded notes
-Earlier: What the bombshell report reveals about the Worcester Diocese: 7 takeaways
-Recycler to central, southeast Worcester: Clean up act on contaminants
-Public bathrooms in Worcester? City Council agrees they're needed
-Worcester man indicted after decades living as dead citizen
-Worcester Vice detectives arrest 2 in Mott Street gun and drug investigation
-Today! Worcester Black Excellence Awards Friday
-The purpose behind Worcester’s honoring Black Excellence Celebration
-Lottery open for 10 new, affordable Worcester condos
-You can rappel down the side of a 110-foot Worcester building for charity. Here's how
-Worcester library director Jason Homer leaving for Baltimore
-Radio Worcester (15:09): Worcester Irish Cultural Festival returns to Polar Park
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet visits Leominster restaurant (4:44)
-Getting chicken tenders at the restaurant that invented them (:59)
-ICYMI: 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
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Town celebrates 2 community awards
-Walking tour of Holden's Historic District Saturday
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn police seek video after dog killed by vehicle
-Man arrested after he was found inside R.V. at Davis Auto Repair in Leicester
-Photos: Truck seen removing Flock cameras at Grafton intersection following town deactivation
-Scoreboard coming to Grafton High School ballfield
-After car plows into Shrewsbury police headquarters, new road design planned for municipal campus
-Done deal? As M.W.R.A. looks to draw more from Quabbin, some feel powerless
-Healthy living event Saturday to bring music, wellness resources to Sturbridge Common
-Dexter Drumlin offers a dreamscape of seasonal colors
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
-Jazzed Up Duo Friday at the VUE, Saturday at Val’s
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: "Spamalot," 38 Special with Tim Charron, and more ...
-Broadway's Laura Benanti, Patrick Page bring shows to Boston (3:20)
-Decades by DeZyne to headline Pet Rock Festival
-Salem celebrating 400 years as Haunted Happenings kick off (2:16)
>OPINION: Greeting cards? Joe Fusco Jr.'s wife, Cyndi, has the winning hand
-Kyra Brissette and Andrew Zucker: State tests are leaving students unprepared for today’s information challenges
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:37): New reporting on Councilor Toomey's crash
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (59:33): The upcoming Worcester visit of Father Greg Boyle, S.J., founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a nurse practitioner for over 40 years
>SPORTS: Is Patriots quarterback Drake Maye dealing with shoulder injury?
-Jayson Tatum ready to lead new-look Celtics in aftermath of Jaylen Brown trade
-Holy Cross women's hockey team ties Assumption, wins shootout. Postgame interview (1:35)
-Holy Cross men’s hockey set to open season with home series against Maine
-100 FM The Pike (9:03): Coach Bill Riga on the upcoming season and Cross City Classic
-Holy Cross men's hockey season preview
-Sader Stories Podcast (22:58): Men's hockey season preview
-"Don't carry the weight": Assumption golfer opens up about mental health
>CARS: Auto insurer sending refunds to thousands of customers (2:41)
>NATIONAL: Christa Pike survives 2 lethal injection doses (:36)
-Who qualifies for $500 A.C.A. refund check? Payments start going out
-Gen Z and millennials turn to gambling and A.I. to tackle debt
-Tragic: Woman diagnosed with rare form of leukemia after being prescribed antibiotics for tonsillitis
>NEW ENGLAND: Woman sitting on bench outside Boston hospital killed by car (1:40)
-Poll: Voter support for auditing legislature holding steady
-Other states sue Massachusetts over abortion shield laws
>COLLEGES: At Worcester State, balance on the court, in the classroom and beyond
-WPI researcher Robert Krueger coauthors report on data sovereignty in Latin America
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): How hotels are engineering our emotions
-This North American city is an underrated bagel capital
>BUSINESS: Prescott Street office building sells for $16 million
-LPL Financial Research: Stock market’s wall of worry gets taller
-Local credit union names third C.E.O. this year
-Developer proposes 2 70,000-square-foot warehouses for underutilized Westborough office complex
>SHOPPING: New in the Woo: The Little Vintage Studio
>HOMES: 3 easy ways to eliminate kitchen clutter, stop overspending
>HEALTH: H.P.V. vaccine linked to sharp drop in cervical cancer death (3:02)
-Consuming sugar early in life linked to higher risk of anxiety (3:26)
>FOOD: Lobster roll debate over controversial ingredient divides New England
-30% of Americans eat fewer fresh vegetables after "explosive diarrhea" virus outbreak: poll
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Love is Blind: Boston" on Netflix (1:56)
-"Survivor" alum Rick Devens wins "Big Brother 28"
>MOVIES: Holy Cross professor: "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" winks and blows a blood‑soaked kiss at horror films of queer past
>CELEBRITY: Rob Lowe names his best on-screen kiss
-Dennis Haskins, "Saved by the Bell" principal, dies at 75
>ANIMALS: Terrified kitten dodging traffic makes an incredible turnaround (1:44)
>HISTORY: Monticello D.N.A. evidence points to Thomas Jefferson and Hemings
>GOOD NEWS: Joe Jonas surprises child waiting for transplant at Boston hospital (:44). Article
-Meanwhile, professional stuntman performs 47-second handstand while on fire
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:24). High of 68 today in Worcester
-Want to see vibrant foliage in New England? Now's a great time! (3:08)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester police amended body camera policy after City Councilor Kate Toomey's crash
-Earlier: Experts say muted body cams during response to Toomey's crash raise questions
-Earlier: 911 call, witness account raise more questions about car crash involving Toomey
-Sister of slain Worcester woman wants her remembered as more than a victim
-Earlier: Life sentence for 2021 murder of Erica Lara at Hotel Vernon
-D.N.A. cracked a Worcester cold case. The convicted killer wants out of prison
-Worcester man used Home Depot truck in theft of cooking oil from restaurants: Cops
-Worcester man arrested for trafficking oxycodone, cocaine possession after Shrewsbury traffic stop
-Renovated Beaver Brook dog park angers residents over stones, debris
-Pink building on Chandler Street finally comes down
-Channel 5 Wake Up Call from N.E.A.D.S. Service Dogs in Princeton (:38)
-Lottery open for 10 new, affordable Worcester condos
-25 years on, Jill Bilodeau’s legacy continues to shape local healthcare landscape
-Tastes of Armenia at Worcester Fall Festival this weekend
-Radio Worcester (15:09): Worcester Irish Cultural Festival returns to Polar Park
-Goddard School of Science & Tech's Know Your School Night (2:03)
-Worcester Guardian Week in Review
>DINING OUT: Spilling the Tea for October
-Phantom Gourmet visits Leominster restaurant (4:44)
-ICYMI: 11 clergy members identified in the Worcester Diocese abuse investigation
-Related: Worcester Diocese abuse survivors push for sweeping legal reforms
-Earlier: Report says Worcester Diocese shelved investigations, misled public, shredded notes
-Recycler to central, southeast Worcester: Clean up act on contaminants
-Auburn police seek video after dog killed by vehicle
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Today! Walking tour of Holden's Historic District Saturday
-Town celebrates 2 community awards
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Florida woman arrested after bomb and death threats prompt lockdown at Leominster Hospital
-Webster man charged after police say he stole, smashed cellphones
-Harrington Hospital paving enters Phase 4 this weekend
-Openings on Shrewsbury boards and commissions
-New mural celebrates Uxbridge’s upcoming 300th anniversary
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
-Jazzed Up Duo Saturday at Val's
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: "Spamalot," 38 Special with Tim Charron, and more ...
-New experience at Burlington Mall is like being on a game show (3:19)
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam No. 1392 (10:54): Orville Peck, Coffeeshop, New Translations and more
>OPINION: William Smith: The biotech reckoning is here
-Annie O'Malley: Can you change careers without starting from scratch? A guide for moms
-Unity Radio's The SuSanity Life (56:56): Kimberly Goodney Adams, owner, Circle of Friends
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:37): New reporting on Councilor Toomey's crash
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime Worcester taxi driver
>SPORTS: New England Patriot Eli Raridon announces death of newborn son
-Christian Gonzalez, Christian Barmore both out for Patriots-Bills
-Greg Van Roten on Injured Reserve, Patriots’ offensive line depth at critical status
-100 FM The Pike (14:03): Fitzy's Friday Blitz: Drake Maye's last chance in Buffalo, euthanizing the Red Sox
-Holy Cross football takes on William & Mary
-Holy Cross men's hockey falls to Maine in season opener
-Former Holy Cross hoop star Kaitlyn Flanagan signs pro contract in Ireland
>NATIONAL: Officer let impaired driver go; driver kills 2: chief
-Boy, 4, shot and killed while sleeping in own home as 4 teens arrested
-Tragic: Mom allegedly murdered disabled 12-year-old daughter found dead with maggots in diaper
>NEW ENGLAND: Mass. man's $400,000 loss shows how A.I. powers romance scams
-Names to know ahead of Matthew Farwell's trial in death of Sandra Birchmore
-Massachusetts ballot question support by political party
>COLLEGES: Holy Cross Crusader of the Week
-Mass. student loan payments rank second-highest in U.S.
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): You may soon pay $50 just to step foot in this popular city
-This airline’s new headrests will replace your travel pillow
>BUSINESS: U.S. adds disappointing 29,000 jobs and unemployment ticks up to 4.2% in September
-LPL Financial Research: Stock market’s wall of worry gets taller
-Massachusetts sues E.P.A. over power plant pollution rollback
-Auditor DiZoglio’s Bureau of Special Investigations identifies over $10.6 million in new public benefits fraud
>HOMES: Neuroscientist warns common household item is a "public health emergency"
>HEALTH: Why is it so hard to find a therapist? (3:54). Article
-Mass. doctor breaks down measles and West Nile risks (3:25). Article
>FOOD: Local chef showcases favorite dishes made from fall crops (4:29)
-Dairy Queen unveils first-ever Halloween menu
>TV/STREAMING: New shows & movies to watch this weekend
-The best Halloween and horror movies to watch on Netflix
>MOVIES: New movies on streaming: "Coyote vs. Acme," "The Uprising" and more
>CELEBRITY: Child star Jonathan Lipnicki is unrecognizable in "Primetime" role
-Sean "Diddy" Combs living V.I.P. life behind bars with massages, alcohol, nude photos and cellphone: report
>ANIMALS: Trainer spends a year just trying to put a leash on this dog (2:45)
>HISTORY: Curb Your Patriotism with John Hancock - Video 9 (:34)
>GOOD NEWS: He’s 65 with a 100-year-old kidney, thanks to his mother’s lifesaving gift
-Meanwhile, in Germany, escaped sheep boards parked bus, goes through car wash
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-Line cooks, servers and bartenders, Shrewsbury St. restaurant
-Full-time police officer, town of Leicester
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