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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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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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