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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:11). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Train platform at Union Station closed until May 23rd
+6:00: Singer Roger Salloom comes back to Worcester for show at WCUW
+6:00: Radio Worcester Roundtable (1:26:46): Search for Worcester’s next school superintendent
+Noon: Crumbling stairwell to be replaced at Federal Plaza Garage in Worcester
+Noon: Transportation advocates call for Worcester to adopt bus rapid transit service
+Noon: Veteran rockers hit Palladium for the Chaos & Carnage music festival
-Worcester police looking for missing 16-year-old
-Worcester landlord says he's latest victim of "professional tenants"
-Child bending over to tie shoes struck by pickup in Southbridge parking lot
-Dates announced for 12th annual Worcester Caribbean American Carnival, third annual Kiddies Cultural Festival
-Nominations for Worcester Business Journal's 40 Under Forty awards due Friday
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Worcester proposal to tap college endowments ignites debate
-Joe Cocker, who has many Worcester ties, to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
-Children with disabilities introduced to golf at Northbridge course
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for April
-Radio Worcester (23:21): City Manager Batista addresses D.O.J. report, federal funding and town-gown relations
-Radio Worcester (20:21): Mayor Joe Petty announces re-election bid
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): New in the Woo: An authentic Brazilian steakhouse experience
-ICYMI: Following opening of $220 million tower, UMass Memorial E.R. wait times are dropping
-The real story behind Greendale Mall and Amazon’s arrival
-How a student project led by Holy Cross professor and local architect helped tackle food insecurity in Worcester
-As rising health costs hit Hispanic communities hardest, Central Mass. leaders addressing inequities through cultural competency
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Lamoureux Ford offers huge discounts! (2:53)
-A century of life and changes
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury man recalls meeting Pope Francis in Vatican City
-May 1st Town Meeting in Spencer to vote on appropriations for override, capital items
-Drunken man arrested for disorderly conduct after blocking traffic outside liquor store
-Sterling Street Market opens May 10th
-School Yahd benefits from Wachusett Chamber grant
-Clinton faces huge bump in insurance costs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Trio 6 to 9 Wednesday at 961 at Union Station
>SHOWTIME: 100 FM The Pike (6:01): The Breakdown Lane
-An '80s flashback as Debbie Gibson takes XLO crowd down memory lane
-Gallery: Debbie Gibson performs at 26th annual Awesome '80s Prom
-Worcester Chorus sings works by Handel and Charpentier
>OPINION: Worcesteria: Silent salute at Elm Park to Worcester's Civil War role
-Lauren Cilley: Finding local mom friends
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 461 (27:27): League of Women Voters
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (58:16): Keith, a k a KFingers, producer/music engineer for IVOC at South High School
-Green Worcester Summit (39:18): Stormwater & green infrastructure plan
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local World War II veteran
>SPORTS: Patriots depth chart updated with draft picks, free agent signings
-More on Bill Belichick's cringe-worthy interview: Girlfriend stormed off interview set, report claims
-Holy Cross star Jimmy King named to 2025 Brooks Wallace Award Watch List
-WooSox star Marcelo Mayer named Player of the Week
-210 Sports: Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 29
-Revolution stun Charlotte, 1-0
>NATIONAL: Administration defends deportation of U.S. citizen children
-U.S.S. Truman aircraft carrier loses $56 million fighter jet after it rolls off ship into Red Sea
>TRAGIC: Twin brothers drown while fishing at lake
>NEW ENGLAND: Child dies after being hit by Boston school bus (5:16)
-Karen Read trial | Battles over experts, phone data as Supreme Court says no (20:39)
>COLLEGES: Nichols holds third annual R.E.A.L. Symposium
-Now entering the (Woo)Tank: WPI student entrepreneurs
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 structures where architecture and nature collide
>BUSINESS: Meta allows Facebook, Instagram A.I. to engage in sex talk with kids: report
-LPL Financial Research: Softer tone on China is encouraging, but some caution still advised
-Katie Najjar: 10 Things I know about ... Building a thriving team culture
>SHOPPING: Our favorite products from Good Housekeeping's Beauty Awards
>HEALTH: Whooping cough cases are rising again in the U.S.
-Misinformation about measles vaccine spreading fast (3:16)
>FOOD: Walmart shoppers stunned to discover elaborate new anti-theft measure on meats
>TV/STREAMING: Frankie Muniz shares first look at "Malcolm in the Middle" reunion with Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek
>MOVIES: "I Know What You Did Last Summer" sequel trailer stars Hewitt, Prinze
>CELEBRITY: Heartbreaking love notes found scattered around Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s home
>ANIMALS: 43-pound cat goes on inspirational weight loss journey (6:25)
>HISTORY: Who was Deborah Sampson and why is she so important to our history?
-Meanwhile, in Nevada, wild video shows speedboat flying into the air at 200 mph
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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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