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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:47). High of 52 today in Worcester
+6:00: When the nor'easter's heaviest rain arrives (3:23)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Nonprofit providing emergency assistance to families at former Worcester City Motel on Route 9
+6:00: Flags planted on veterans' graves ahead of Memorial Day (:49)
+6:00: $1 million scratch ticket sold at West Boylston Street gas station and market
+6:00: How Holy Cross baseball clinched its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2017
+Noon: Worcester schools candidate arrested at I.C.E. raid ruled ineligible to be on ballot
+Noon: Tess Lukey bringing Worcester roots, Wampanoag heritage to Boston Public Art Triennial
+Noon: Last Call: Dan Hawkins, owner, Man & Cat Candle Company
-"People in Worcester can't afford rents": Augustus challenged on housing crisis
-Assumption student to plead guilty to hacking, cyber extortion
-Worcester police arrests man with rifle, samurai sword after 9-hour standoff
-Earlier: Heavy police presence on Forestdale Road in Worcester
-Worcester City Hall adds security, ends garage parking
-Tractor-trailer gets stuck under Webster Street bridge (1:30). Article
-Trucker charged with stabbing another at Sturbridge truck stop
-Conan O'Brien said "greatest days" of his life spent at Worcester spot
-Albanian Festival offers 3 days of dance, music, heritage and food
-TODAY! City Manager Batista to deliver State of the City address Wednesday
-Worcester Public Schools (3:23): Curriculum maps for Spring 2025
-Radio Worcester (14:10): Councilor Moe Bergman: “Narrative of W.P.D. cooperating with I.C.E. is inaccurate and dangerous”
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Dining review: Scruffy Murphy's in Worcester
-ICYMI: 16-year-old arrested, 19-year-old wounded in stabbing outside Target
-Clark confers 468 undergraduate degrees to the Class of 2025
-Know a high school senior? Here's when they'll be getting a diploma
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden pushing against multi-family zoning requirement
-Lamoureux Ford offers huge discounts! (2:53)
-Students create Lids for Love
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): West Boylston voters turn out to OK budget; override election June 3rd
-Town meeting endorses exploring Shrewsbury High School expansion
-Worcester County Wonders: Asa Waters Mansion, the jewel of Millbury
-Barre to commemorate victims, survivors of 9/11 Memorial Day
-Shrewsbury Police Department April statistics
-Millbury police warn of scammers claiming to be with Millbury Redevelopment Authority
-Leominster Plaza featuring urgent care clinic sold for $7.2 million
-Clinton twins working "Against The Tide"
-Tahanto students score at French competition
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up Trio 6 to 9 Wednesday at 961 at Union Station
>SHOWTIME: Listen Up: Taija New and Berm deliver new music
-TODAY! Book club 6 to 7:30 at The Village
-South High Community School International Show (1:14:52)
>OPINION: Jean G. McMurray: Food aid cuts hurt the poor, help the rich
-Jillian Snyder: Pros & cons of being the preferred parent
-Worcester Public Schools (1:29): Doherty C.T.E. programs - Marketing, management and finance
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 55 (27:59): Gary Feltman & SafeTech4Schools
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who had "a long and courageous battle with ALS"
>SPORTS: LeBron James has interesting theory of why Celtics lost to Knicks
-Jordon Hudson has reportedly said she’s engaged to Bill Belichick
-Red Sox beat Mets, 2-0
-Have a group that wants to fundraise at the Bravehearts?
-Holy Cross Coaches Roadshow Boston (:57)
-WooSox beat Durham, 8-2
>NATIONAL: New Orleans jail employee accused of helping 10 inmates escape arrested
-From meme to movement: Is D.O.G.E. saving money?
>TRAGIC: Tragic climbing accident leaves 3 people dead at popular national park
>NEW ENGLAND: Seventh former staffer at Newton-Wellesley Hospital diagnosed with brain tumor (2:00). Article
-"If I were Karen Read, I would be worried sick," former judge says (21:37)
-Auditor flags "unlawful" no-bid deals in Mass. shelter program review
>COLLEGES: What are some of the most Googled questions about WPI? (1:44)
-Assumption Dr. Conway Campbell honored with Diamond Award
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The best flat, walkable U.S. cities for travelers with limited mobility
>BUSINESS: Google takes aim at ChatGPT, Meta with A.I. products, upgrades
-LPL Financial Research: Market update — Tariff pause boosts sentiment, Fed steady
-Radio Worcester (22:38): Craig Blais discusses Worcester’s Economic Development Coordinating Council
>SHOPPING: Memorial Day grill deals: Save big on Traeger smokers, Weber grills
>HOMES: Zillow Gone Wild featured F.D.R.’s former church on sale for $3.8 million
>HEALTH: World's first bladder transplant performed — here's how
-Doctor on parenting adult children who are home from college (3:01)
>FOOD: 15 foods that go by different names abroad
>TV/STREAMING: Peacock teases "The Office" spinoff "The Paper," sets premiere date
>MOVIES: Final trailer for new John Wick movie (1:30)
>CELEBRITY: George Wendt, who played Norm on "Cheers," dies at 76
>ANIMALS: Winning over the most "vicious" feral cat in the world (2:00)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? The short history of Putnam Lane includes a tie to a U.S. president
>GOOD NEWS: Family's goodbye to beloved dog becomes a lesson in letting go (3:05)
-Meanwhile, in Rockport, "ferocious" woodpecker damages 25 vehicles in town
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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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