Highlights in The 016 Monday, October 18th

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  Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today

  In The News

  -Latest weather: Seasonably cool, high of 55 today in Worcester

  +6:00: Worcester police arrest man with warrants after pursuit

  +6:00: Amazon looking to hire thousands of seasonal workers in Massachusetts

  +6:00: Ryan Reynolds taking break from acting after filming movie in Worcester, Boston

  +Noon: Colin Powell, military leader and first Black U.S. secretary of state, dies

  +Noon: 5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester - October 18th

  +Noon: This Week’s Roadwork In Worcester – Week of October 18th

  -18-year-old shot multiple times in Worcester

  -More than 5,000 drawn to Polar Park for UMass Cancer Walk and Run

  -Related: Oxford rallies around 11-year-old battling cancer

  -St. Vincent unveils "last, best and final" offer to nurses (1:14)

  -New South High Community School holds series of ceremonies

  -Worcester Public Schools world language department growing to fit students' needs

  -Former Westborough man who secretly recorded roommates having sex ordered to pay $22,500 to couple who filed lawsuit against him 

  -French restaurateur feeds souls, not stomachs, at Worcester creperie

  -Joe D'Angelo's Sunday Moment

  -ICYMI: Whitney Houston movie filming at Worcester Airport

  -Downtown Worcester apartment building sells for $3.4 million 

  -Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): Spirits from Mass. distillery now available at Wachusett Wine & Spirits

  -The Mayor’s Live Music List for Monday

  -Mechanics Hall presents Music of Leonardo Ciampa (1:46:55)

  -Worcester's fall leaf collection will start on Monday, November 1st 

  -WCCA-TV's "Worcester Election Countdown" No. 22 (24:32): Meet Kate Toomey, incumbent candidate for City Council At-Large

  -Rosen's Roundtable #455 (24:40): District or All at Large School Committee

  -Tribute to Worcester man given key to city for diligently maintaining the Quinsigamond Village War Memorial

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news

  -The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Do not use Lake Waushacum in Sterling

  -Channel 5 visits Clinton artisan whose jewelry is available from Alaska to the Virgin Islands (2:02)

  -Next Open House at Saint John's on Tuesday, Nov. 9 (:30)

  -Brazen daylight breaking and entering in vehicle in Paxton

  -3 Central Mass. towns rank among 100 safest communities in U.S. 

  -Sports: Patriots lose OT heart-breaker to Cowboys 

  -Enter to win a Patriots hoodie, courtesy of North End Motor Sales

  -Eduardo Rodriguez to start tonight's Game 3 of ALCS for Red Sox

  -Worcester Railers drop preseason finale

  -Cars: Bertera Nissan in Auburn has a wide selection of new and preowned vehicles for you (5:38)

  -Take a look at new 2022 Four Winds RV now in at Fuller RV in Boylston

  -Business: U.S. hasn't seen worker anger like this in decades

  -Colleges: Clark community members honored for work on DEI initiative

  -National: 3 dead, including suspect, after man cuts throat of Arkansas officer

  -New England: Missing boater's body found in Mass. river (1:42)

  -Wrong-way drunk driver crashes into several cars on I-91, police say

  -Search underway for woman missing in the Berkshires

  -Tragic: Alabama teen playing on iPad shot in "senseless murder" 

  -Animals: Giant dog is obsessed with his tiny human sister (3:17) 

  -TV/Streaming: "America's Got Talent: Extreme" on hold after stunt goes horribly wrong

  -Movies: "Halloween Kills" carves out $50.4 million at box office 

  -Celebrity: Tony Bennett has set a Guinness World Record 

  -Food: Stop & Shop has launched a new online express delivery service 

  -Shopping/Deals: Walmart+ members get first dibs on Black Friday deals, which will start in early November

  -History: "The New First Baptist Church" in Worcester, 1910 

  -Homes: 5 new homes for sale in Worcester 

  -Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Player with autism gets moment of gridiron glory in Clinton 

  -Meanwhile, in Ukraine, real-life Rapunzel hasn't cut her 65-inch hair in 30 years

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  Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  +6:00: Radio Worcester (8:11): Worcester Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh gives us a mid-October update

  +6:00: Dr. Fauci says FDA panel concluded J&J shot should've been 2 doses

  -Protesters rally against mandated vaccinations outside UMass Memorial

  -Mass. hospitals see upwards of 90% of caregivers immunized as threats of job loss loom

  -State employees now face firing if not vaccinated

  -ICYMI: Researchers in Worcester examine why COVID can cause "brain fog" in even some vaccinated people for months

  -CDC releases new guidelines on masks and vaccines this holiday season

  -Nursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID burnout

  -"I wish that I'd got the shot": Dad of 4 who died of COVID days after his wife succumbed to it