Highlights in The 016 Thursday, December 9th

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  In The News

  -Latest weather: Slick roads, high of 35 today in Worcester

  +5:30: Worcester reports rise in homeless residents in 2021

  +5:30: Kit Hughes introduced as Holy Cross Director of Athletics

  +5:30: Bravehearts' mascot Jake the Lion to rappel down building in Worcester for charity

  +5:30: Iconic Strand Theatre in Clinton will permanently close

  +5:30: Worcesteria: Another year losing the Boston Music Awards!

  +5:30: Data breaches across Central Mass. raise concern over cyberthreats

  +5:30: U.S. jobless claims fall to 52-year low

  +12:30: Worcester woman, 48, dead after Grove Street crash

  +12:30: Worcester remembers fallen Firefighter Christopher Roy on 3-year anniversary of his death

  +12:30: Partly filmed in Worcester, Netflix’ releases "Don’t Look Up" Thursday, will stream Christmas Eve

  +12:30: Backers of Park Ave. gas station withdraw ZBA permit application

  +12:30: 5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester - December 9th

  +12:30: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Thursday

  +12:30: What should have been on the Worcester Monopoly board

  +12:30: Rep. Jim McGovern has cancerous cells removed (:32)

  +12:30: Radio Worcester (12:51): Worcester Regional Airport gets back to business, with Airport Director Andy Davis

  +12:30: NEW: Wachusett Wine & Spirits podcast (55:38): Whiskey Wednesday with special guest John Ellsessar

  -"I'm hurting": Brothers shot, killed outside Worcester bar, family says (1:41). Article

  -More coverage: Channel 4 (1:45); MassLive; Spectrum News 1; T&G; This Week in Worcester; Channel 10; Channel 7

  -Worcester Vice Squad recovers assault weapon during Canal District arrest of suspected fentanyl trafficker

  -Shrewsbury mother strangled her 12-year-old daughter, hanged herself, DA says 

  -Head-on crash in Worcester sends 3 to hospital

  -Millbury fire captain facing more than a dozen sexual assault charges

  -Fallen Worcester firefighter Jon Davies Sr. remembered 10 years later

  -Animals: Worcester homeowner gives up 23 chickens, 7 ducks and 8 rabbits to MSPCA (:27)

  -Last Call with Dan Dudley, dog handler consultant

  -Wachusett Wine & Spirits Podcast (37:59): The best whiskies in the world

  -Lorraine Laurie: Santa comes early to Green Island

  -Worcester Tercentennial invites businesses to celebrate 300th anniversary

  -Pair of streets in Canal District to be changed to one-way

  -New Worcester School Committee with 6 districts, 2 at-large seats, mayor

  -Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (15:07): Tax rate & School Committee districts

  -Massachusetts the most generous state on GoFundMe in 2021 

  -Tribute to a professor who taught at WPI for 33 years

  -ICYMI: Worcester man charged with 7th OUI after police K-9 chase through Oxford woods (:24). Article

  -216-unit apartment building planned for Worcester would be among largest buildings outside downtown

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news

  -The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Oxford restaurant's used cooking oil stolen, 2 arrested, police say

  -Former Holden mill to become 28 units of housing

  -Shrewsbury car dealership to develop new 15-acre facility on Route 9

  -Shrewsbury residents provide feedback on proposed Beal project

  -Raccoon attacks Lancaster woman putting up Christmas lights (2:01). Article

  -GWLT helps Boylston hold on to 18 acres of conservation land 

  -Sports: Benton Whitley reflects on Holy Cross career

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

  -Celtics lose to Clippers; Bruins lose in Vancouver

  -Railers school Maine in 7-6 OT win

  -Cars: Happy Holidays from Bertera Nissan (2:04)

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

  -Business: Local Catholic radio stations sold

  -Worcester-area unemployment rate improves

  -Colleges: UMass Medical School student trustee focused on diversity, equity and inclusion

  -Holy Cross English professor talks ethnic cultures and diversity in comic books with Marvel 

  -Health: Westborough firm’s breakthrough ACL-healing technology is commercially available

  -National: Father, son arrested in wildfire that threatened Lake Tahoe

  -Fewer Americans quit their jobs in October

  -New England: Man who filmed trooper sleeping in cruiser on I-290 was pulled over moments later by State Police

  -UNH student from Mass. died of accidental drowning, autopsy shows

  -Tragic: Mother walking with 6-year-old son struck, killed by vehicle 

  -TV/Streaming: Mayim Bialik, Ken Jennings will continue to host "Jeopardy!" for rest of season 

  -Movies: The 2nd trailer for "The Matrix Resurrections" (2:50) 

  -Celebrity: Nick Cannon mourns loss of his youngest child to a brain tumor 

  -Shopping/Deals: Nike to stop selling sneakers at one of America's largest shoe chains

  -Food: The latest supply chain issue could impact your breakfast

  -Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Calif. students raise thousands for custodian's new truck 

  -Meanwhile, in New York, family tops its own Guinness record with 687,000 Christmas lights 

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  Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  +12:30: Most parents still have concerns about safety of vaccines for children, survey finds

  +12:30: How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?

  -Mass. vaccine numbers show millions opting out of 3rd shot

  -Doctors: Plenty of time to get booster shot before holidays

  -In Gardner, families claim anti-vaccine protesters harassed children outside middle school clinic (1:48). Article

  -Amid surge, UMass Memorial CEO says there aren’t enough beds to meet the current demand

  -ICYMI: Massachusetts gearing up to boost testing capacity

  -Concerns about flu surge on top of COVID surge have doctors braced for busy season

  -Do COVID tests actually detect the Omicron variant?