Highlights in The 016 Tuesday, August 31st

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

  In The News

  -Latest weather: Pick of the week, high in the mid-80s in Worcester

  +6:00: District 5 candidates engage with neighborhood groups ahead of Sept. 14 preliminary election

  +6:00: Burns Bridge over Lake Quinsigamond lit up in purple for Overdose Awareness Day

  +6:00: Worcester artist takes expansive view for Worcester Art Museum initiative

  +6:00: 300,000 Massachusetts workers face end of unemployment (1:38)

  +Noon: Body found in woods near Wachusett Reservoir, police say

  +Noon: Union files complaint in longest nurses strike in Mass. history

  +Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - August 31st

  +Noon: Ziggy Bombs to pop up at Wormtown Brewery this fall

  +Noon: Central Mass. Jazz Fest launches it's virtual "Main Event"

  +Noon: Patriots release Cam Newton, Mac Jones named starting QB (2:15)

  -St. Vincent patients, employee claim poor care at hospital during nurses' strike

  -Some Worcester students arrive nearly an hour late to school on Monday

  -21-year-old man arrested for Monday morning shooting on Millbury Street in Worcester

  -Worcester boxer sentenced to 40 months on federal gun charge

  -8 arrested, 5 dirt bikes seized, 3 guns recovered after operation targeting riders on railroad property, WPD says

  -Worcester police arrest one of state's most wanted fugitives

  -Costly police technology coming under increasing scrutiny 

  -Project New Hope's 7th annual motorcycle ride honors vets

  -Worcester's Caribbean American community celebrates culture with "Freedom" jamboree block party

  -This Week’s Roadwork in Worcester – Week of August 30th

  -Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Tuesday

  -Trans-Siberian Orchestra will plays 2 shows at the DCU Center in November

  -The Ghost Inside haunts with emotional return to Worcester's Palladium

  -Wachusett Wine & Spirits Whiskey Wednesday (40:33): Orgeat Syrup — What do I do with it?

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news

  -The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Gas leak forces evacuation of 10 homes in Shrewsbury

  -77-year-old man injured in Shrewsbury accident

  -Brand new Holden apartment complex sells for $61 million

  -Paxton police get new Harley

  -Town officials remember “Mr. Oxford”

  -Millbury board plans Executive Session to ward off "future problems"

  -Man struck, killed while changing tire on Route 2 in Leominster

  -Private well testing extended to Bolton and Berlin

  -Sports: Holy Cross AD Marcus Blossom leaving to take job at Creighton

  -Field hockey player Caitlin Little is the fall season's first Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week

  -St. John's football prepares for Catholic Conference play

  -Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales

  -Cars: Lots of great high line cars at Bertera like BMW and Infinity (5:00)

  -RV rentals and sales, including at Fuller RV in Boylston, are shaking up the travel industry

  -Business: Hundred wait in line for opening of Cookies cannabis store in Worcester

  -National: Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war

  -RFK’s oldest son condemns possible parole of Sirhan Sirhan

  -New England: Elderly man, 86, accused of shooting, killing 71-year-old wife in Taunton

  -Massachusetts named among least hardest-working states in U.S. in new study

  -FBI reports a 17% decrease in hate crimes in Massachusetts in 2020

  -Colleges: QCC and MWCC collaborate on new program partnerships

  -UMass Medical School researcher strives to unlock cure for devastating childhood bone disease

  -Animals: How has local wildlife adapted to frequent rainfall 

  -Homes: Look through 5 new properties for sale in Worcester 

  -History: St. Paul's Cathedral, Worcester 

  -Shopping: Toymakers say products will be more expensive and harder to find this holiday season 

  -Celebrity: Al Roker jokes about critics who say he’s too old to cover Ida 

  -TV/Streaming: New on HBO and HBO Max in September 

  -Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Vietnam veteran in Lynn getting full home renovation 

  -Meanwhile, in Georgia, man steals mortuary van, dead body rolls out 

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  Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  +6:00: UMass Medical School doctor who helped guide COVID-19 policy in Mass. dies unexpectedly

  +6:00: Related: UMass Medical School, UMass Memorial statement about Robert Finberg

  +6:00: Janice Harvey: For exhausted educators and health care workers, anti-vaxxers add insult to injury

  +6:00: Vaccine effectiveness against severe disease has not dropped much, CDC says

  +Noon: Variant found in South Africa could circumvent vaccine: report

  -Mass. to implement mask mandate for early education, after-school programs

  -Gov. Baker: About 2,000 schools will take part in COVID testing

  -Radio Worcester (8:21): Dr. Michael Hirsh talks back to school, vaccinations and Delta

  -100,000 more people could die by December, Dr. Fauci says. But it is still possible to turn it around

  -ICYMI: Vaccine benefits pregnant women and babies, UMass Medical School faculty say

  -Mass. health officials report 4,081 new cases, 10 additional deaths over the weekend

  -Half of businesses surveyed in Boston will require employees to be vaccinated

  -Americans are hesitant to rejoin the workforce even as pandemic jobless benefits expire, experts say

  -Do I need to wait between getting the vaccine and flu shot?