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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:10). High of 48 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester grandmother killed in double shooting remembered for her loving heart (pictured)
+6:00 Related: Worcester man killed in double shooting enjoyed taking his kids to the zoo (pictured)
+6:00: Five years later: Worcester artists and promoters talk about COVID's impact on the arts
+6:00: Kris Delmhorst explores death, the seasons and the lockdown on "Summer’s Growing Old"
+6:00: Bravehearts go local in 2025
+6:00: Holy Cross donors raise $1.24 million for Crusader Athletics during Power of Purple Giving Day
+Noon: Main Street bar in Worcester to close on Friday
+Noon: Fresh food & community at the Market on Brussels
+Noon: Last Call: Angel Marie Shelton, owner, Nataiwi Products and Ms Angel Cakez
-Police ID mother, son shot to death in Worcester apartment complex
-Related: Worcester double murder suspect in court, held without bail (1:02)
-Related: Court documents: Suspects in Worcester double murder left scene carrying large bags
-Earlier: 3 arrests in in November double killing at Worcester apartment
-OVERNIGHT: Massive house fire in Spencer (:16)
-Judge dismisses charges against Assumption students tied to "To Catch a Predator" plot
-Desi Bar & Grill finds a niche for itself on Chandler Street
-Haxhiaj urges emergency plan as homelessness surge looms
-Brew Woo event at DCU Center canceled
-Worcester health board pushes vaccinations, dismissing R.F.K. Jr. stance
-Video: Returning National Guard soldier from East Brookfield surprises his children at school
-City of Worcester's Women in Government (2:58): Jordan Vachon, Junior Sanitary Engineer, D.P.W. & P.
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:50): Should Worcester’s colleges pay city proposed endowment tax
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): What do Paul Revere, hearth cooking and garlic mustard have in common? A Holy Cross grad
-ICYMI: 4 life sentences for woman in Worcester fire that killed 4 (:29). Article
-FedEx to lay off 78 employees at West Boylston facility
-Worcester 123-unit senior housing complex to open this summer
-"Great comeback": Ground Round in Shrewsbury taking reservations leading up to Grand Opening
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Ukelele Group 6 p.m. Wednesday at Gale Free Library
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Autism research program helping local family
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Heavy fire consumes building in Shirley (:11)
-Fire tears through residence in Orange, killing 5 pets and injuring firefighter
-Wachusett Regional 50th reunion
-As budget progresses, questions arise about potential Shrewsbury High School expansion
-Shrewsbury Police Department holds Touch-a-Truck
-Maggie gets a "clap off" to retirement
-WHEAT director concerned about food bank cuts
-Millbury First Congregational Flea Market and Craft Fair May 10th
-Nashoba tests the waters at Reefscape championship
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: New musical to make Worcester debut at Clark
-Melody Maker concert celebrates Mowesby single
-Worcester actor John Morello debuts his performance "The Waste Land"
-In "Much Ado" role, Abuzar Farrukh looks beyond being a "plain-dealing villain"
>OPINION: Worcesteria: Legacy of Civilian Conservation Corps visible in Upton
-Jeff Raymond: A treatise on municipal lands; or How do you solve a problem like a fire station?
-Kate Hayes: Connect with your kids this spring — Meaningful activities & conversations
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1375 (25:19): District 3 City Council candidate Robert Pezzella
-Unity Radio's L.A.B.O. News (58:03): Gabriela A. Mendez Zamora, Arepasteles; Patricia Castillo, Dave's Car Center
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former owner of the Franklin Manor restaurant
>SPORTS: Celtics beat Knicks, 119-117, in overtime
-Bruins beat Devils, 7-2
-Red Sox lose to Blue Jays, 6-1
-Jarren Duran hopes sharing his story will help those struggling with mental health to "ask for help"
-'Sader Stories: Sally Zinsner, women's lacrosse
-WooSox postponed, single admission doubleheader Wednesday
>NATIONAL: Virginia shooting leaves at least 3 dead, 3 injured
-I.R.S. commissioner quits after D.H.S. deal to share tax data on illegal immigrants
>TRAGIC: Roof collapses at a Dominican Republic nightclub, killing at least 98
>NEW ENGLAND: "Who is Karen Read?" How all the publicity factors into retrial (11:55)
-Doctor charged with wife's murder testifies at trial (2:15)
>COLLEGES: Celebrating Arab American Heritage Month at WPI
-2 alumni share how Assumption led them to success in Finance
-ClarkHack challenges students to use A.I. to build campus solutions
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 10 of the most beautiful places to visit in Japan
>BUSINESS: Mass. business confidence falls to lowest point in 5 years
-LPL Financial Research: Tariff turmoil — Where do we go from here?
-General Motors, Nissan to boost production at U.S. plants due to tariffs
>SHOPPING: U.S. consumers stockpile goods ahead of new tariffs
>HOMES: Go Wild this Spring! Central Mass. a great place for foraging
>HEALTH: Do we need fluoride in local water systems (3:24)
-Excessive social media use can worsen existing depression in youth, study finds (:51)
-Breakthrough brain implant enables speech for stroke survivors
>FOOD: Can you ignore food expiration dates?
>TV/STREAMING: Sneak peek of "The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox" (1:55)
>MOVIES: "Mission: Impossible 8" official trailer: Tom Cruise hangs off airplane
>CELEBRITY: Elton John ends decades-long Madonna feud with a 2-word plea
>ANIMALS: Dire wolf pups revived from extinction (Video)
>HISTORY: Lincoln Square and courthouse, circa 1908
>GOOD NEWS: Man helping mom move furniture finds long-lost lottery ticket worth $50,000
-Meanwhile, in new Hampshire, barred owl rescued after flying into casino
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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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