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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
+2:00: Worcester Police respond to 5 incidents of gunshots Wednesday night
+2:00: The Mayor’s Live Streaming & Live Music List for Thursday, by Jay Berman
+2:00: WPI researchers awarded record $56 million during last fiscal year
+11:00: VIDEOS: Worcester Police ask for help in solving break-in, theft in downtown Worcester
+10:00: Polar Beverages goes nationwide in blockbuster deal with Keurig Dr Pepper
+8:30: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester, July 30
-4-alarm fire at cold storage warehouse in Worcester (:25). Gallery (16 photos)
-Worcester Police seek to ID suspect in restaurant break-in
-Worcester shooting suspect 'may have been acting in self-defense,' lawyer says
-Retirement housing plan for Worcester is scaled back
-Facebook Live leads to Southbridge man's arrest, gun charges
-Another outage coming to Worcester commuter rail line
-Radio Worcester (18:59): Worcester municipal broadband with Paul Matthews & Tom Quinn of the WRRB
-WCCA-TV 'Daily Breaking' (27:27): Lauren Monroe from Technocopia
-How an unassuming Worcester watering hole became a legendary punk rock club overnight
-March Of Dimes Central Massachusetts holding auction for NICU nurses
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Fallen tree caused wide electric outage Tuesday in Shrewsbury
-Cars: Bertera Nissan simplifies sales and service
-Bravehearts held to 3 hits in loss; home game at 6 tonight
-Homes (brought to you by Ross Mortgage): Why homes are being bought quickly during pandemic
-National: Fire, bridge collapse on Arizona after train derails
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Georgia inmates help save prison guard during heart attack
-Meanwhile, in China, video shows moment two people are swallowed by sidewalk
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+2:00: Worcester Public Schools medical forum (1:27:15)
+10:00: U.S. economy shrank at record-breaking 32.9% rate last quarter
+8:30: Worcester State University reports most cases among state's public colleges
-Medical experts confident in Worcester's back-to-school strategy
-Wachusett working on reopening plans
-Host of Spencer party denies it was designed to expose people to virus
-Shrewsbury St. restaurants open doors, patios during phase 3
-Worcester metro unemployment jumps to 15.8%, among nation's worst
-Burncoat Center for Arts regroups
-How to get a free coronavirus test in Worcester
-Worcester, UMass Memorial to provide free masks, hand sanitizer, testing on Monday
-Landlords to urge judge to overturn eviction ban
-Georgia man who spread COVID-19 to his family — killing his father — is now donating plasma to save lives
-As U.S. nears 150,000 deaths, group warns of hundreds of thousands more without action
-Worried about your financial health? Here's who can help
-How to get out of town while social distancing: 'Chronicle' visits Fuller RV in Boylston and speaks with Sheri Fuller (5:54)
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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:03). High of 62 today in Worcester
-Will it be a snowy winter? What the Old Farmer's Almanac predicts in Mass.
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Convicted Worcester bridge attacker Joshua Hubert sentenced to prison
+5:00: Related: Family details impact of Worcester bridge attack at Hubert sentencing
+5:00: Shrewsbury middle school teacher passes away unexpectedly
+5:00: Worcester calling? Joyner Lucas, Evelynroze, Carlos Odria and more get Boston Music Award nods
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: New movies on streaming: "The Strangers: Chapter 2," "Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie" and more
+Noon: Remembering when Leonard Cohen played Clark University in 1970
+Noon: Salem Torture Museum offers unsettling journey into a painful past
+Noon: Pianist Simone Dinnerstein is back in Worcester for BACHtoberfest
-Nonstop flights to Fort Myers set to return to Worcester Regional Airport
-Worcester cemetery hosts lantern-lit tours where actors bring the dead to life
-Related: The dead come back to life in this Worcester cemetery thanks to “Rural Remains” (:48)
-Worcester’s favorite neighborhood haunt is back Saturday
-NFL cornerback from Worcester Isaac Yiadom donates supplies to Chandler Elementary students
-Prosecutors recommend decades in prison for man convicted of Worcester bridge attack
-Facing financial challenges, Worcester colleges push back on endowment tax ballot question
-Worcester landlord adds 2 more multifamily properties to growing portfolio
-$38 million to preserve 73 affordable Worcester apartments
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:25): Calls for civilian oversight amid skepticism over implementation
>POLITICS: Worcester mayoral candidates disagree on civilian oversight board for police. Video (59:09)
-District council candidates debate key issues at Mechanics Hall. Video (2:04:55)
-Radio Worcester (23:24): Owura-Kwaku Sarkodieh launches mayoral bid with a vision for a “New Deal” in Worcester
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:55): City Council cell phone use becomes a campaign issue
>DINING OUT: Mercado Restaurant replacing Flying Rhino Cafe on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
-ICYMI: Extensive rehab planned for Plumley Village in Worcester
-Albert Carabba, held in Mississippi in case of missing Worcester woman, fights return to Mass.
-4 Worcester officers among those honored by governor at Trooper Hanna awards
-Worcester's South High mourning sudden death of English, theater teacher
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Free the students!
-America's newest game show, filmed at Lamoureux Ford (1:40)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Northborough home that was site of fatal shooting sells for $1.65 million
-Fitchburg man convicted in 2013 murder after decade-long investigation
-West Boylston food pantry, with renewed mission, holding drive
-Blackstone Valley Technical Institute launches under Steele's leadership
-Pipe leak forces evacuation at McKay Elementary in Fitchburg
-Photos from the Clinton Area Chamber annual meeting
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
-The Item's calendar of events
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Things to do: Twins, winds, blues and boos ...
-Worcester Chorus ushers in the holidays with Handel and Britten
-Champion beatboxer NaPoM set to perform at Railers' halftime show
>OPINION: Shaun Connolly: 5 fraught & frightful costume ideas
-WCCA-TV's Intern Interviews No. 93 (8:52): Aldrich Astronomical Society Astrophotography exhibit
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a career social worker
>SPORTS: Drake Maye is playing like an MVP during his Year 2 leap (3:51)
-Study does deep dive on if refs are favoring Chiefs in biggest games
-Bruins lose to Las Vegas, 6-5
-Holy Cross women's hockey set for home series with Dartmouth
-Holy Cross star Naemi Herzig named to Swiss National Team for Lidl Hockey Games
-Holy Cross men’s ice hockey set to open league play at Mercyhurst
-Predicting the winner of every Week 7 High School football game in Central Mass.
-The Citgo sign in Boston is moving - but not far
>CARS: Nissan recalls 173,000 vehicles over fuel pump issue that could stall engine
>NATIONAL: Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages
-Teen accused of murdering 2 girls yet to be charged as an adult
-Tragic: Boy, 12, who dreamed of becoming a cop made honorary officer after suffering fatal heart attack
>NEW ENGLAND: School worker dies after being kicked by teen, D.A. says (1:27)
-Paving contractor on the lam after prison release (3:35)
-Under pressure to cut utility bills, new D.P.U. head speaks for first time (3:39)
>COLLEGES: Holy Cross Homecoming Weekend welcomes former Pentagon press secretary
-Fall Fest recap: A celebration of Anna Maria alumni, families and community
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): What is land snorkeling? (And where to try it)
-Gastronomic tourism as a new way to discover cities
>BUSINESS: Nestlé is cutting 16,000 jobs due partly to automation
-LPL Financial Research: Happy Anniversary Bull Market
-New survey finds most Americans struggling to make ends meet despite banks reporting bigger profits (1:33)
>HOMES: Will your utility bills go up this winter? (1:22)
>SHOPPING: Walmart partners with OpenAI for ChatGPT assisted shopping
>HEALTH: Obesity still high in U.S., but there's progress, new report finds
-Scanning for breast cancer can also detect heart disease, doctors say (2:05)
>FOOD: How to make the perfect empanada (3:55)
>TV/STREAMING: Watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" for free this weekend
>MOVIES: Jennifer Lopez turned down movie that landed actress an Oscar nomination
>CELEBRITY: KISS co-founder Ace Frehley dies at 74
-Daniel Day-Lewis rips into critics who think method acting is "a cult"
>ANIMALS: Tiki the rescue dog inspires support for other animals in need
>GOOD NEWS: An eighth grader has been crowned "America's Top Young Scientist"
-Meanwhile, in Florida, TikTokker who went viral for bragging about stealing from Target arrested again
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