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In The News
-Latest forecast: Quiet and dry, high of 33 today in Worcester
+6:00: 43-year-old man found dead outside Worcester elementary school
+6:00: Taste of Ukraine being served up at a Worcester bakery
+6:00: Former Spencer man caught with near-kilo of cocaine outside storage facility sentenced
+6:00: Radio Worcester (14:11): Robyn Kennedy on her run for State Senate
+6:00: 5 new Worcester homes for sale
+6:00: Poetry Town: "Elm Park in Winter"
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - March 3rd
+Noon: Burns Bridge will light up in blue and yellow in support of Ukraine
+Noon: Return to "Nightmare Alley" — The tumultuous life of Worcester starlet Helen Walker
+Noon: Holy Cross announces $11 million gift
+Noon: HC professor: Invasion has Kremlin battling for hearts and minds at home
-Special needs teen accused of attacking staffer at Worcester school facing charges
-Official discusses next steps after massive Lake Quinsigamond sewage spill
-Amazon store in Millbury, opened in December, to close
-Peabody home decor company expands into Worcester
-Worcester businesses gearing up for St. Patrick's parade
-Family of missing Worcester teen continues search
-Former Worcester firehouse is for sale
-Councilor Bergman proposes 24/7 pothole hotline for Worcester residents
-Rosen's Roundtable No. 468 (27:50): Dismantling Structural Racism
-Kennedy jumps into Worcester senate race — officially
-The Mayor’s Live Music List for Thursday
-Last Call with Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian, founder of JNP Coffee
-Copywrite rings in 20th anniversary of debut album at Electric Haze
-Five Things to Do: Don White, Zero 9:36 and more ...
-Business of Art Cohort helps artists learn to both create and profit
-Listen Up: Hellitosis offers wild, surprising new album
-First Person: Body art runs in the family
-Bishop McManus' Lenten message
-Tribute to legendary local high school basketball coach
-ICYMI: Some Worcester liquor stores ditching Russian vodka
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Delay at Holden traffic light may not be fixed until spring
-2nd Millbury firefighter facing child sexual assault charges
-Dozens of cars from Auburn join convoy to protest vax requirements
-New Grafton Flea Market owner "nervous, but excited"
-Northborough moving company expands into Auburn with $2.8 million purchase
-Oxford granted $2.8 million for industrial park infrastructure, 320 housing units
-Millbury residents appeal to selectmen for help with backyard flooding
-Paxton voters to set ballot March 7
-Sports: Patriots star says Chris Lindstrom role model for brother Alec
-Holy Cross women's basketball team clinches Patriot League regular season title
-Related: Holy Cross highlights (2:30)
-Worcester Bravehearts to bring back Worcester Tornadoes for one night
-NEW: Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Indoor golf simulator and bar to open at Worcester’s Trolley Yard
-Railers lose to Reading, 3-2, in shootout
-NEW: Cars: March to Bertera Nissan for great values! (7:57)
-Take a look at new 2022 Four Winds RV now in at Fuller RV in Boylston
-National/International: Russia batters Ukraine; both sides say ready for more talks
-Alabama man first convicted of seditious conspiracy
-Tragic: 12-year-old girl shot in Chicago while celebrating birthday, cops say
-New England: Plane makes emergency landing on I-91 in Greenfield (:22)
-Poultry owners warned dangerous avian flu found in Massachusetts’s wild birds
-Couple facing animal cruelty charges after 15 cats abandoned in cold during January blizzard
-Business: UMass to rezone Beaumont to address hospital bed shortage
-Spectrum Health Systems names 4 to C-suite in sweeping executive promotions
-Colleges: WPI researcher receives $441,228 grant
-TV/Streaming: "Wheel of Fortune" fans call latest blunder “the dumbest 2 minutes” in show’s history
-Animals: Duck flaps his wings when he sees his 153-pound best friend (3:08)
-Food: More Similac baby formula recalled as CDC investigation expands
-Health: The secret to stopping Alzheimer's is in your gut, scientists say
-Shopping: Fitbit recalls 1.7 million smartwatches after reports of burns from batteries
-History: Historical local photos connecting families to their past
-Homes: In California, abandoned home with no bedrooms sells for $2 million
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. trooper reunited with man he rescued from burning home
-Meanwhile, in Australia, live cow washes up on beach after being carried away by flood
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Here are the current mask policies at Worcester area colleges
-Free testing and vaccinations/boosters available 10-3 today in Downtown Worcester
-ICYMI: UMass Medical School finds that at-home antigen tests detect Omicron and Delta similarly
-Mass. reports 907 new cases, 35 additional deaths
-"It’s looking better": Experts say COVID transitioning to endemic
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:32). High of 65 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester police chief open to leaving civil service, but unions not so sure
+6:00: Victim of Leominster apartment complex stabbing identified
+Noon: Uxbridge schools report teacher to police after "physical contact"
+Noon: In new documentary, Cara Brindisi explores her music therapist career
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: American Antiquarian Society a "national treasure"
+Noon: Last Call: Thomas D'Agostino, author and paranormal researcher
-This is why some tap water is brown in Worcester
-Worcester's Union Station closing Wednesday for "Walking Dead" production
-Earlier: "Walking Dead" sequel series shoot brings zombies to Worcester (1:42). Article
-Worcester Glass Tower top floors reopen as event space
-Saint John's urged to address sexual abuse allegations made by former students
-Culinary students from Worcester Tech travel to France for break
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for April
-Here’s how much overtime pay Worcester police made in 2023
-City Council: David Clark Co. T.I.F. sent for review; Rental Registration Program examined
-Mother's Day in Worcester; How to show Mom how much you care
-Water, sewer rate increase in Worcester coming this summer
-Supreme Court to rule on city's homeless encampment ban. What will it mean for Worcester?
-Habitat For Humanity holds fourth annual clothing drive
-Meanwhile, in Holden, police to monitor courts for pickleball pirates
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for May
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for public's help finding missing 17-year-old
-Why a helicopter will be hovering above Worcester this month
-Wanted man bites Worcester officer's ear during arrest, police say
-Worcester Human Rights Commission calls for end to Civil Service
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden election features 3 contests, 2 questions
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Water use restriction May 1st to September 30th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Northbridge stabbing victim died defending younger brother, family says (1:43). Article
-20-year-old man fatally stabbed outside Leominster apartment complex (1:34). Article
-Attorney General sues septic company over waste dumped into Blackstone wetland
-Flynn, Wensky re-elected to Shrewsbury Select Board, School Committee
-Radio Worcester (10:11): Nick Lazzaro talks Millbury issues post-election win
-Override on Paxton's May 13th election
-Princeton prepared to delay annual meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up gig at 961 (Union Station) Wednesday canceled because of TV show production
>SHOWTIME: Worcester band Berm haunts on "some passable ghost" E.P.
-How to buy tickets for Lana Del Rey's concert at Fenway Park
-Capturing life with Clark prof and photographer Stephen DiRado
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1340 (24:52): Worcester Symphony Orchestra
>SHOPPING: You still haven't bought Mother's Day presents? Aren't you lucky WoMag has your gift guide
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 324 (29:06): Jay Givan
-Unity Radio (58:34): The Susanity Life
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 33 (27:52): Minneapolis for Safe Tech
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who spent 38 years at Wyman Gordon and was very active in the community
>SPORTS: Celtics clobber Cavaliers, 120-95, in Game 1
-Eliot Wolf the "overwhelming favorite" to be named Patriots’ top exec
-Red Sox lose to Braves, 4-2
-This week in Holy Cross Athletics
-Paying college athletes appears closer than ever. How could it work and what stands in the way?
-WooSox Rewind — Worcester takes 5 of 6 from Lehigh Valley
-WooSox fall to Buffalo, 7-5
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Some Hyundai, Kia owners finding themselves uninsurable
>NATIONAL: Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after 2 die
-Killer nurse sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars for deaths of 17 patients
-Tragic: Newborn twins diagnosed with rare condition denied treatment
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read trial: Defense calls lieutenant's credibility into question (20:22)
-9-year-old boy from Orange left on school bus after he fell asleep
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria celebrates students and faculty at the Academic Awards
-Annual Clark alumni awards to be presented during Reunion Weekend
-Obstacles, opportunities, optimism: The journey of women in science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Budget hotel vacancies top 50% as inflation-weary Americans cut back on travel
>BUSINESS: African Business Expo draws business leaders to Worcester
-LPL Research: Sell in May? Maybe not
-Radio Worcester (24:48): Worcester Emerging Workforce Forum Thursday
>HOMES: Homeowners say this clean energy industry has dirty secret
>HEALTH: Could A.I. help diagnose cancer with one drop of blood? (1:05)
-New survey shows more young people believe skin cancer myths (:57)
>FOOD: U.S. to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows
>TV/STREAMING: Tom Selleck says CBS should “come to their senses” and renew "Blue Bloods"
>MOVIES: Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, "Trap": Josh Hartnett is a serial killer
>CELEBRITY: Susan Buckner, who played spirited cheerleader Patty Simcox in "Grease," dies at 72
>ANIMALS: Mama leopard reunites with her baby (:52)
>HISTORY: B & M R.R. Bridge from Dam in Clinton
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Boston police officers bring cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to man who called 911
-Meanwhile, in Connecticut, 2 vultures found "too drunk to fly"
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