Highlights Sunday, February 20th

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

  In The News

  -Latest forecast: Mostly sunny, high in the 30s in Worcester

  -Overnight: 3 hospitalized after trains collide in Spencer

  -45-year sentence for man caught by mother of Worcester boy he sought to molest

  -Are glory days of DCU Center (Centrum) long gone?

  -Chamber: Expanding developer incentive programs will address Worcester's housing crisis

  -Radio Worcester (12:00): The Worcester Chamber Condo Report with David Sullivan

  -Worcester fighter Jamaine Ortiz improves to 15-0-1 with win in main event

  -Worcester Police PAAL Basketball league begins this week at St. Bernard's Church on Lincoln Street

  -ICYMI: Driver flees after hitting and killing man in wheelchair in Worcester, police say

  -Joint investigation leads to arrest of Worcester-area gun trafficker 

  -5 Great Ways to Spend Presidents Day Weekend in Worcester

  -The Mayor’s Live Music List for Sunday

  -Ray Mariano: Why should St. Vincent nurses believe Carolyn Jackson's empty promises?

  -Acknowledging racism in Worcester’s industrial past

  -Program marks decade of free music lessons for Worcester's inner-city youth 

  -Tribute to a man who spent a 44-year career at the post office

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news

  -The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn restaurant sold for $1.4 million to Asian cuisine restaurateur

  -A Shrewsbury business owner is using coffee to empower women in Burundi

  -Shrewsbury officials celebrate biotechnology readiness recognition

  -Charlton firefighter lucky to be alive after freak snowboarding accident

  -Millbury Public Library receives national humanities grant for $10,000

  -Princeton's Winter Carnival draws hearty souls 

  -Sports: Mass. Pirates ticket member “Meet & Greet” set for March 5th

  -Steelers hire Brian Flores

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

  -Bravehearts' mural will salute fans, local businesses ... and you can be on it

  -Bruins beat Ottawa, 3-2

  -Railers win in Utah, 6-2 

  -Cars: Great Savings All Month Long at Bertera Nissan! (6:05)

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

  -National: Police helicopter crashes into California water, killing officer

  -Helicopter crashes near Miami Beach swimmers (:21)

  -Tragic: 7-year-old girl fatally shot while in vehicle with mother and sister in Arizona 

  -New England: 4 injured as vehicle crashes into Five Guys in Massachusetts

  -Yesterday's big snow squall in a video (10:53)

  -New sea-level report predicts major consequences for state (5:30)

  -Business: Chamber Exchange newspaper February 2022

  -What to know about filing a income tax return if you own a business 

  -Colleges: New interdisciplinary building at Clark will be a hub for innovation and collaboration

  -Nationally recognized DEI in artificial intelligence program coming to WPI

  -TV/Streaming: New on Hulu in March

  -Movies: "Uncharted" and "Dog"  top box office on opening night 

  -Celebrity: Celebrity weddings of 2022: Stars who got married this year 

  -Food: FDA warns parents not to use 3 brands of powdered infant formula  

  -Shopping: The 15 best Presidents Day TV sales 

  -Health: Doctors seek to unravel the biology of a mysterious condition: stuttering 

  -Homes: The average home now costs over $1 million in more U.S. cities than ever 

  -Animals: Retriever loves being only child until this one comes along (3:08) 

  -History: Scenes from Worcester in March 1989 from GBH (1:49)

  -Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. field hockey players help local girl recover from stroke 

  -Meanwhile, in Australia, man stacks 6 M&M's, earns world record 

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  Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  -Worcester's vaccination rate increased just 9 percent during period of mask mandate 

  -ICYMI: Worcester's 7-day positive rate hits lowest since November

  -Worcester giving away college scholarship, other prizes in push to increase vaccination rate among kids

  -Study says COVID causes mental health issues, eating disorders

  -Could February Vacation lead to new surge in Mass.?

  -"We better be careful": Dr. Fauci warns against "prematurely" ending mask mandates

  -COVID hospitalizations average $4,000 in out-of-pocket costs per visit, research says