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>WEATHER: Rain possible, high of 57 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester shooting victim dies following Paine Street crash
-Bakeshop refurbishes Worcester location with "cozy" vibe, new design
-Q.C.C. graduates take bows at commencement ceremony
-Worcester’s Haitian-American community celebrates flag day with parade, music and unity. Video (1:25)
-Worcester bear found 35 miles away in Concord and Lincoln
-Worcester police to holds memorial for officers on Sunday
-Worcester Community Justice Support Center holds special recognition ceremony for clients
-MassBike spotlights biking to work in Worcester
-Veterans Inc. receives $356,000 in funding for suicide prevention initiatives
-Rutland café that offered viral potato breakfast sandwich closing for now
>DINING OUT: Long-vacant Worcester restaurant to become sports bar
>FAITH: Pentecost without words? Kindness can change lives
-ICYMI: Autopsy shows eating spicy chip killed Worcester high schooler Harris Wolobah (2:01). Article
-Crompton Collective owner to open new Canal District store
-Worcester police arrest man after bloody Union Station fight
-Worcester police seize 2 guns, arrest 2 while on patrol
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden town meeting to decide on spending plans
-See Why People Buy 30 Cars and Trucks at Lamoureux Ford (3:32)
-Avient Colorants fined $15,000 over P.F.A.S. contamination
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Paxton police ask for help finding missing girl
-Uxbridge schools have no budget after "erroneous" town meeting vote
-Abandoned dog ate plastic to survive, owner will face charges, Spencer police say
-Millbury Town Meeting rejects stormwater fees, approves B.V.T. roof borrowing
-Leominster to get federal help for flood cleanup
-Blackstone Valley Tech educator named Crumbl's Teacher of the Year
-Sterling Street Market is Saturday staple
-Sutton ConCon controversy rages on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Six Things to Do: Major Taylor doc, Danny Rebel and the KGB, birdwatching and more ...
-Cara Brindisi brings Ricky Duran, Sam James to Funky Murphy's 20th anniversary show
-100FM The Pike (4:46): The Pike Breakdown Lane for May 17th
-Greater Worcester Opera back for a little more "A Little Night Music"
-First Person: Traveling with a chronic illness leads to a new journey
-WCCA-TV's Connecting the Dots No. 146 (29:05)
-This Week in Worcester podcast (1:18:00): This Week in Cablegate
-WCCA-TV's Human Touch No. 85 (25:21): Gang Violence and Party Politics
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to woman who was Grand Organist for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
>SPORTS: Bruins' season ends in heartbreaking fashion
-Scottie Scheffler details jail experience: Sandwich, stretching and jokes
-Celtics schedule for Eastern Conference Finals
-Predicting when Drake Maye will make season debut for Patriots
-Red Sox lose to Cardinals, 10-6
-100FM The Pike (4:00): J.P. Ricciardi from The Brushback podcast gives Mike Hsu Red Sox update
-WooSox beat RailRiders, 9-8
-210 Sports' Friday 4: Penalties, spoilers, loudmouths and Jones Ltd.
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
>NATIONAL: Go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back
-Tragic: 12-year-old weighed just 50 pounds when she died from abuse
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read trial (20:22) — Jen McCabe testifies "hos long" search was made
-91-year-old man dies in I-495 rollover crash in Milford
-Woman survives car fire after brakes fail going 60 mph on New Hampshire highway
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria AMCAST (30:39): Summer film courses
-7 longtime Clark faculty members set to retire
-Worcester State employees recognized at service recognition and retirement celebration
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Spirit Airlines named most affordable. See flights they added at Logan
>BUSINESS: Jobless claims fall by 10,000 after hitting 9-month high last week
-Jack’s Abby C.E.O. details Wormtown purchase and the strength of the Be Hoppy brand
>HEALTH: Doctor on protecting maternal mental health (2:30)
-Mental health advice for graduation season (3:26)
>HOMES: New Luxury Living sites open at 2 locations in Worcester
>SHOPPING: The 44 best Memorial Day 2024 sales to shop this weekend
>FOOD: Capri Sun jugs hit store shelves. Company says customers asked for it
>TV/STREAMING: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: Chris Pine “Stunned” Warner Bros. chose to kill "Wonder Woman 3"
>CELEBRITY: Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92
>ANIMALS: Trembling dog finally lets someone hold him (1:00)
>HISTORY: Boat house at Elm Park
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Quintuplets graduate from same university together
-Meanwhile, in North Carolina, "monster" in toddler's wall turns out to be 50,000 bees
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:38). High of 32 today in Worcester
+1:00: Monster winter storm set to move across country. Boston meteorologists discuss latest forecast (12:38)
+4:00: How much did it snow in Central Mass.? See town-by-town totals
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+4:00: Vehicle buried in Shrewsbury Police Department lobby (:16). Article
+4:00: Declared winter parking ban in Worcester lifted
+1:00: West Brookfield woman, 73, dies after struck in Ware Walmart parking lot
+1:00: Worcesteria: Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is a day of service
-City education advocate to address MLK Day Breakfast at Assumption
-Passing torch of MLK's legacy: Youth Breakfast held at Worcester State
-Related: When Martin Luther King Jr. preached in Worcester
-Related: MLK Jr. honored in Worcester, through the years (16 photos)
-A meal fit for royalty is coming to Worcester’s Mechanics Hall this month
-Worcester horror film festival moves to DCU Center for 2026
-Worcester foundation launches $125,000 grant program for community health
-UMass Medical School tapped by Department of Defense to test a better way of treating postpartum depression
-The community engine fueling Worcester County’s philanthropy
-Worcester city offices closed Monday, trash and recycling delayed
-Holiday reminders: What's open, closed on MLK Day
-Man steals $2,600 worth of goods from Shrewsbury store after posing as another person
>DINING OUT: Boston's first-ever Michelin star delivered to 311 Omakase (1:12)
-ICYMI: UMass Medical School Professor: New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases
-Worcester veterans services director out amid dispute over academic credentials
-Worcester man pleads guilty after nightclub gun report, foot chase through Worcester Common
-Professor reflects on service work with Ukrainian refugee students
-UMass Medical School student Jaein Jung launches Lantern Project to help refugee teens
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Rhubarb Pie Club Spotlight
-Lamoureux Ford welcomes Jeff Tripp from Sunnyside Motors (1:44)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Leominster project aims to prevent reprise of disastrous 2023 flood
-Sanitary line issue, topping off ceremony talked about by D.P.H.S. Building Committee
-Sterling Rail Trail entrance features new signage
-Sutton business pretties up porches with sustainable, locally made decor
-Introducing Grafton High's new gymnastic co-op
-Shrewsbury draft calendar keeps schools open on religious holidays
-Swim school to occupy former party store in White City
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Former Grafton resident pens first book
-Worcester Chamber Music Society presents "Shadow & Light" February 1st in Worcester
-100 FM The Pike (15:12): Virginia Madsen on her new movie filmed In Western Mass.
>OPINION: Robin Darling: What my laundry pile taught me about being a good mom
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (2:44:01)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:06): Defamation lawsuit sparks debate over press freedom in Worcester
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:53): Lawsuit against This Week in Worcester spurs press freedom debate
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to doctor from Shrwewsbury
>SPORTS: Patriots top Texans, 28-16, to reach AFC title game
-Patriots defense proves it’s elite with masterclass vs. Texans
-Patriots’ win over Texans a big "program victory" for Mike Vrabel
-Drake Maye embraces wife in snowy scene at Patriots game
-Left-hander Ranger Suárez and Boston Red Sox agree to $130 million, 5-year contract
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Goalie of the Year Watch List
-Railers lose to Maine, 4-3
>NATIONAL: Iran protests death toll reaches over 3,000, rights group says
-High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21
-Tragic: Beloved pastry chef, 71, killed in freak accident with bread-mixing machine
>NEW ENGLAND: Driver suffers traumatic injuries in fiery Cape Cod crash (:27)
-Skiers rescued from deep snow in White Mountains
>COLLEGES: Assumption Fall Dean’s List
-Clark Career Exploration Week to feature sustainability panels, pop-up
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): American Airlines to offer new AAdvantage Rewards, free wifi in centennial year
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Here's how A.I. data centers affect the electrical grid
-You’re probably using this every day at the office, and it’s teeming with bacteria
>SHOPPING: Best portable chargers to keep your devices powered anywhere
>HOMES: Here's a winter checklist to save money and keep your house warm (1:56)
>HEALTH: Discussing the new A.I. health app
-New F.D.A. warning: possible seizure risk after flu vaccine in young kids (2:22)
>FOOD: Viral supermarket chicken hack sparks debate
>TV/STREAMING: One of the world's best climbers attempts to scale Taipei 101 live on Netflix (1:01)
>MOVIES: Trailer for Nate Bargatze movie, "The Breadwinner" (2:39)
>CELEBRITY: Melissa Leo gripes winning an Oscar was terrible for her career
-Timothy Busfield’s attorneys say an investigation undermines state’s child sex abuse charges
>ANIMALS: Dumped mama and 7 babies rescued from abandoned house (1:54)
>HISTORY: 107 years ago: The Great Molasses Flood, Boston's strangest disaster
>GOOD NEWS: 9-year-old boy honored fire department after saving family from fire
-Meanwhile, in St. Louis, multiple mystery monkeys on the move
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