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  >WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:36). High of 78 today in Worcester

  >TOP OF THE NEWS

  +5:00: Worcester ranked 10th best city for people with disabilities

  +5:00: Worcester councilor who protested I.C.E. agents due in court Wednesday

  +5:00: Crews respond to 3-vehicle crash on Route 20 in Shrewsbury

  +5:00: Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76 years old (:36)

  +5:00: Related: Vintage clips of the controversial rock legend (3:26)
  
  

  +Noon: Worcester African Festival set to return to the Worcester Common

  +Noon: Wesley and Somerhalder hold court at "Vampire Diaries" convention

  +Noon: Janice Harvey: It's time for Worcester to clean up its act
  
  

  -Worcester man wins $1 million on ticket bought at Brattle Stop

  -61-year-old caught in vacant home break-in: W.P.D.

  -Preservation Worcester's 2025 Most Endangered Structures — streetlamps to historic houses

  -Bill Coleman, longtime Worcester civic activist, dies

  -International market opening in Worcester

  -What the cluck? City takes next step in chicken debate after months

  -"Don’t snitch": Trial opens for Worcester man accused of murder over backpack of marijuana

  -Statewide cell phone ban would upend Worcester schools' policy

  -Cuts will impact local libraries, student access to digital databases

  -See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester

  -Worcester County Wonders: 5 generations, 500 acres, 1 lasting commitment in Sutton

  -Faces of Worcester: Sonia Descormiers, banker

  -Radio Worcester's The Rundown (33:22): Council access and city-run grocery stores

  -Radio Worcester (21:56): City Manager defends Mill Street efforts, discusses supermarket expansion, ballpark development

  >DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): "Cheapskate" diner takes back tip after being "humiliated" by server — but is he in the right?

  -ICYMI: Retired Worcester firefighter Joseph Casello, a lawmaker in Florida, dies of heart attack

  -Is Worcester doing enough to promote tree planting? Some residents say no

  -$1.3 million to support people with disabilities in Worcester County

  -500-foot buffer zone for tobacco businesses in Worcester: change could be coming

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news
  
  

  >HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays 

  -Long term employees make Lamoureux Ford special (3:50)

  -Changing faces in Holden government 

  >THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Grafton Common traffic study update recommends slowing traffic

  -Voting is open for Champions of the Blackstone award

  -Multiple people injured when box truck crashes into job center in Devens (:45). Article

  -Suspect in Leominster bank robbery arrested in connection with shooting of C.B.P. officer (2:10). Article

  -Man arrested after posing as real estate business owner to access firm’s funds at Leominster Fidelity Bank

  -Spencer-East Brookfield School Building Committee gets update on bricks for memorial, storage trailer

  -Millbury Police Department welcomes Cody Bohanan as its newest officer

  -Grafton News goings on

  -Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
  
  

  >BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday

  -Jazzed Up Trio 6 to 9 Wednesday at 961 at Union Station

  >SHOWTIME: Dozens of people rescued from Southwick’s Zoo Skyfari ride (2:28)

  -Top 25 songs in Worcester on Shazam in the past week

  -Talking "Poetry Town" connections and the city's "strange gravity" at Museum of Worcester

  >OPINION: Worcesteria: Museum of Worcester panel gives glimpses of connections

  -Tom Marino: The solution to everything in Worcester: Corporate welfare

  -WCCA-TV's Senior Speak No. 931 (27:44): Raymond Mariano

  >OBITUARIES: Tribute to a career nurse at local nursing home
  
  

  >SPORTS: Marshall, Hambly make mark for Bravehearts in Futures League Home Run Derby

  -TODAY! Futures League All-Star Game at Polar Park, with Johnny Damon and 2004 World Series trophy, 7:30

  -Patriots Training Camp: Top storylines to follow (5:44)

  -These Patriots have the most at stake as training camp begins

  -Celtics' Jayson Tatum sheds boot as he rehabs from Achilles tear

  -Red Sox lose to Phillies, 3-2

  -Holy Cross (1:52):  Get to know Coach Alexander

  -Shrewsbury Post 397 on a roll heading into heart of summer baseball season
  
  

  >CARS: Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar among recalled vehicles

  >NATIONAL: Joe Rogan rips D.O.J.'s handling of Epstein files in scathing rant

  -Support for phone bans in school ticks up in the U.S., Pew study reveals

  >TRAGIC: Teen fatally sucked into meat grinder at factory for popular frozen burrito brand

  >NEW ENGLAND: Analysis of the public defender work stoppage (4:50)

  -What to know about the revamped service plazas planned coming to Mass. Pike

  >COLLEGES: WPI Student Stories, Episode 10 (13:39): John Kenney
  
  

  >TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Tourists slam popular European vacation spot for being overcrowded

  >BUSINESS: New operator of D’Errico’s location buys Worcester building for $1.2 million

  -LPL Financial Research: Midyear fixed income, currency, and commodity markets outlook: Higher for longer

  -Mass. unemployment rate held steady at 4.8% in June

  >HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers for Sunday, July 20th

  >SHOPPING: Let's go thrifting. Style meets sustainability in the booming fashion trend

  >HEALTH: Ending the mesothelioma diagnostic crisis for Mass. veterans

  -Weight loss drugs like Ozempic can raise low testosterone: new study

  -Obesity may make you age faster, new study says (:45)

  >FOOD: 25,000 pounds of chicken sausage recalled for plastic contamination
  
  

  >TV/STREAMING: Tom Bergeron on a possible D.W.T.S. return ahead of new shark show

  >MOVIES: "Devil Wears Prada 2" first look shared by Anne Hathaway

  >CELEBRITY: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Theo in "The Cosby Show," dies at 54

  >ANIMALS: Dog and cat siblings love paddleboarding together (2:23)

  >HISTORY: Then & Now: Do you know where this is?

  >GOOD NEWS: Neil Diamond surprises theatergoers with "Sweet Caroline" performance

  -Meanwhile, in Florida, bear trapped using doughnuts after a soak in hot tub

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