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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:39). High of 83 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+1:00: Surveillance videos: Worcester police looking for driver who ran down man on a scooter
+Noon: Worcester changes Highland Street closure direction
+Noon: Worcester Housing Authority building demo’d; major redevelopment project progresses
+Noon: Want free tickets to the Bravehearts' final regular-season games?
+Noon: Worcester African Festival returns for second year of celebration
+Noon: Worcester Walks: Grafton's Gummere Woods great for a peaceful hike
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: Dragonflies and tears at Newport Folk Festival
+Noon: Last Call: Fadi Yousef, poet
-Worcester police looking for missing 17-year-old
-Stop and Shop, Big Y delis in Mass. closed again by recall linked to listeria outbreak (1:06)
-Stephen Nedoroscik waited his whole life for 1 pommel horse routine — and he nailed it
-Related: Stephen Nedoroscik's girlfriend swoons over Olympics win
-Related: Full coverage of Stephen Nedoroscik, from Worcester to Paris
-Earlier: Worcester's Stephen Nedoroscik helps U.S. to first gymnastics medal since 2008
-Earlier: Watch Stephen's CLUTCH pommel horse routine (:59)
-Man charged with W.R.T.A. bus terminal shooting ordered held without bail
-Real estate firm expands Worcester portfolio, purchases Mill Street apartment complex for $10.2 million
-Worcester warehouse sold to cabinet company owner for $600,000
-Worcester incubator provides roadmap for establishing Central Mass. as a global biomanufacturing leader
-Worcester advocates join rally against Mass. shelter limits; Healey firm
-City of Worcester (:38): Trash Talk | Why can't I put plastic bags in recycling bin?
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant among Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Brunch Restaurants (5:44)
-ICYMI: 13-year-old pedestrian struck by car on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester (:55). Article
-Third person arrested in Worcester shooting that killed 17-year-old
-2 teens steal moped from 2 kids at gunpoint in Worcester, police say
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Screening of Hallmark Christmas movie filmed partly at Seven Saws
-TODAY! Island music concert Wednesday
-See Why People Buy 30 Cars and Trucks at Lamoureux Ford (3:32)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Friend: Disabled victim of Webster fire a longtime chef in area
-PHOTOS: Shrewsbury mourns death of canine officer Hunter
-Leominster man upset over high stakes basketball bet arrested at Motel 6
-Ayer officials to address hospital closing concerns (1:56)
-New par-3 golf course in Northbridge can be good for the game
-Shrewsbury Select Board update (:35)
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: Call for art for Color the City festival
-Listen Up: Songwriter Jake McKelvie offers fresh "New Kind of Hat"
-100FM The Pike (10:23): Dweezil Zappa on the time he baffled Eddie Van Halen
-Kommunity Block Party to feature crafters, nonprofits and poetry
-Janice Harvey: G.O.P. is paying for not properly vetting V.P. nom
-WCCA-TV's Intern Interviews No. 58 (29:30): Deb Shear
-Unity Radio (59:30): Unity in the Community
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former owner of Moynihan's Pub on Main Street in Worcester
>SPORTS: Simone Biles breaks Olympic medal record for U.S. gymnasts
-U.S. uses 94-yard buzzer-beater to score rugby bronze in massive upset over Australia
-Young Patriots pass-rusher pops in Matthew Judon’s absence
-NFL Hall of Fame weekend and preseason Week 1 schedule, TV and announcer
-Red Sox lose to Seattle, 10-6
-Bravehearts beat Vermont, 9-5. Next home game: 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 2nd. Los Bravos Night No. 2
-WooSox beat Buffalo, 11-6
-Holy Cross star Jordan Fuller named to Walter Payton Award watch list
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has your next car, truck or S.U.V.! (:42)
>NATIONAL: U.S. violent crime rates in 2024 return to pre-COVID levels
-Suspect arrested for shooting of 7-month-old baby
-Tragic: Hero dad killed trying to save twin toddlers from oncoming train
>NEW ENGLAND: Missing Lynn teenager found dead after dayslong search (1:47)
-Flash floods wash away roads in Vermont (:22)
>COLLEGES: Q.C.C. adds female officers to its police department
-Assumption names Marisa Gregg chief marketing and communications officer
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 fascinating European castles you've never heard of
>BUSINESS: LPL Research: Key Themes for the macroeconomic landscape in the second half of 2024
-The rise of E.S.G. investing and its implications for corporations
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, July 21st to 27th
>HEALTH: Can this home test help prevent colon cancer deaths?
-New Parkinson’s drug shows "life-changing" transformation
>FOOD: Weight-loss drugs eat into grocery basket
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Jeff Goldblum show on Netflix (1:46)
>MOVIES: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez's "Unstoppable" headed to film festival amid divorce rumors
>CELEBRITY: "General Hospital" alum Haley Pullos gets probation after D.U.I.
>HISTORY: Former State Mutual Building, 1945
>ANIMALS: Cat shows up exactly when his foster mom needs him (3:30)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Couple $200,000 richer after plucking "losing" lottery ticket back out of trash
-Meanwhile, in Connecticut, black bear and cub destroy car's interior (:33)
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-Multiple positions at Shrewsbury Street restaurant
-Servers at Shrewsbury Street restaurant
-Servers and bartenders at Holden restaurant
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:38). High of 90 today in Worcester
-Worcester climate summary for May
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: UMass Memorial woes: Hiring freeze, operating loss, looming strike threat
+6:00: Worcester city councilor charged with assaulting police after I.C.E. arrest
+6:00: Councilor Etel Haxhiaj's response
+6:00: Burncoat High awards diplomas at DCU Center ceremony
+6:00: Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:56): Natale Consenza settlement, I.C.E. arrest protests, Clark layoffs
+6:00: Bill Ballou on baseball
+Noon: Worcester-shot "Walking Dead" scenes may all have all been shown
+Noon: Teseracte Players do "Time Warp" again at "Rocky Horror" in Worcester
+Noon: Listen Up: Role Model, Megan Thee Stallion and sizzle summer playlists
+Noon: Last Call: P.E. James, musician
-Clark University to lay off up to 30% of faculty, significantly restructure degree tracks amid financial strain
-Worcester, Cosenza reach settlement on $8 million jury award in evidence manipulation case
-Suspect in April 2024 Worcester killing, on the run for more than a year, held without bail
-3 men arrested in connection with University Park shooting in Worcester
-Worcester street renamed for boy who died in "One Chip Challenge" (2:04). Article
-Related: Video of ceremony (21:07)
-National burger chain opening first New England location in Worcester
-Central Mass. man now facing manslaughter charge in connection with brother’s shooting death
-Out to Lunch and Movies on the Common set for summer fun downtown
-Hidden waterfall flows back to life at Cascades Park in Worcester thanks to heavy spring rainfall (1:49)
-Grafton Job Corps searching for shelter for 30 homeless students
-Gerald Creamer Center Graduation (1:01:52)
-Aislinn Doyle: June 5th School Committee Meetings agenda preview
-This dog was found on Willard Ave. in Worcester
-DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): The last 24-hour diner: A Worcester staple stands alone
-ICYMI: UMass Memorial, 1,000 workers have a week to avoid strike
-Grand jury hearing evidence in death of Worcester state police trainee
-Worcester eatery seized by state because of unpaid taxes
-Worcester activist critical of city manager faces 1-year city hall ban
-Worcester father of 4-month-old deported after I.C.E. "violated his rights," attorney says
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Part of Doyle Road to be closed Wednesday
-Lamoureux Ford offers huge discounts! (2:53)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): West Boylston override OK'd; Raj, Ashwell win for Select Board
-Governor Healey visits new Amazon fulfillment center in Charlton
-Pending Select Board vote, Shrewsbury trash bags may cost more this July
-Westborough-based hydropower firm to update its century-old facilities
-Webster man sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking
-Playground improvements are part of Grafton's long-term plan
-Blackstone Valley Tech competitors earn 46 SkillsUSA Medals
-City to Saddle Farm Trot 5K is June 21st
-The Item's public safety logs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up Trio 6 to 9 Wednesday at 961 at Union Station
>SHOWTIME: Screen Time: Short film "Solus" wins big at Top Shorts Film Festival
-Sarah Connell Sanders: 3 days of "momfluencing" at Boston Calling
>OPINION: Jennifer Julien Gaskin: The art of making people uncomfortable
-Peter B-G Weller: Proposed state ed bill borders on digital surveillance
-Unity Radio's The Susanity Life (56:35): Bonnie Hope Dellerose, Renew Body Sequence
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a lifetime member of Hadassah who was married for 76 years
>SPORTS: Stefon Diggs "got the message" from Mike Vrabel after boat incident
-Red Sox lose to Angels, 4-3
-Bravehearts fall to Nashua, 4-3. Next home game: 6:30 Friday. Get tickets here
-Holy Cross announces "WooCru" as official student section name
-How Baylor Scheierman can earn larger Celtics role in second season
-Sox prospect Roman Anthony responds to backlash over Worcester laundry cart video
-WooSox beat Rochester, 6-5
-Mara leads Saint Paul back to Division 1 quarterfinals
>NATIONAL: Ukraine strikes Crimean Bridge with underwater explosives
>TRAGIC: 3 young sisters killed while visiting homeless dad, hunt is on for father
>NEW ENGLAND: Father found dead, search ongoing for missing daughter in Maine (:49). Article
-Milford student detained by I.C.E. awaiting upcoming court hearing in "terrible conditions" (3:43)
-Lawyer says Milford student in I.C.E. custody is here legally (:50). Article
-Karen Read trial (25:46): No mistrial over dog D.N.A., officer says evidence changed
>COLLEGES: Holy Cross grad Jango Janigian wants to take you on an adventure
-Decline of international students at Mass. universities having negative impact, expert says
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 tips every cruiser should follow
>BUSINESS: GBH layoffs to impact 45 employees
-LPL Financial Research: Tariffs and market volatility likely to stick
-101: Staying strong through workforce reductions
>HOMES: Heat pump demand is reaching new heights as customers seek government incentives before they disappear
>SHOPPING: Temu's daily U.S. users cut in half following end of tariff loophole
>HEALTH: How to beat the heat for better sleep
-How yoga can help improve your mental wellbeing (3:41)
>FOOD: Popeyes launches surprise new menu item to compete with McDonald’s
>TV/STREAMING: "The Four Seasons" renewed for Season 2 at Netflix
>MOVIES: 10 hot movies to see this summer
>CELEBRITY: Emmy winner Valerie Mahaffey dies at 71
>ANIMALS: Tiniest puppy grows up to be HUGE (2:44)
>GOOD NEWS: 120-mile kayak trip benefits athletes with disabilities
-Meanwhile, in Florida, loose kangaroo caught on video hopping down road
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+Multiple positions, Nancy Chang Restaurant
+Police officers, town of Leicester
-Worcester Area Director (part-time), Matthew 25
-Part-time bartender, Patsie Dugan's
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