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In The News
-Latest weather: Rain and clouds give way to sun, high of 60 today in Worcester
+6:00: Grafton police seek leads on woman begging for "gas money"
+6:00: Worcesteria: Should Ed Augustus run for Lt. Governor?
+6:00: Holy Cross football to play at Polar Park on October 8th
+6:00: Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap
+Noon: TGIF! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 8th
+Noon: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
+Noon: Adoption Option: Meet Luna
+Noon: Officials expect grocery prices to rise through end of the year
+10:00: Crash involving 2 trucks snarls traffic on I-495 in Westborough
+10:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 8th
-Worcester pub facing violations for 19 counts of underage drinking during March trivia night
-Strip club, site of recent fatal shooting, appeals Worcester License Commission decision to state
-Police investigating bomb threat called into Worcester Islamic Center
-Worcester man arrested for highway carjacking, kidnapping
-14-year-old driver involved in rollover crash in Worcester
-Worcester woman hospitalized for 3 months with COVID now dealing with kidney failure (2:51). Article
-WPI names Global Project Center building for outgoing President Laurie Leshin
-HOMES: The 5 newest Worcester houses to hit the market
-2022-23 Broadway Series in Worcester (1:28): The Season You've Always Wished For
-BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Friday
-Five Things to Do: St Luke Passion, Eric Clapton tribute and more ....
-Runaways singer Cherie Currie to headline MusicCons in Boxborough
-"Not Broken": Michael Kane & the Morning Afters on rise with new album
-"508, a Show About Worcester" No. 377 (29:00): Losing a judge and gaining a city manager
-Radio Worcester (15:03): City Councilor George Russell talks City Manager, Community Preservation Act and strong mayor
-Boston Magazine on the battle for sex ed, including in Worcester
-"Polar Park poured some gasoline on the fire"
-90-day update on Worcester Fire Department reform
-MOVIES: Leicester native's "The Investigators" set for Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
-Tribute to a Worcester who worked for the CIA in Europe, taught elementary school in Worcester, became a professor and published a book in 2018
-ICYMI: Updated list of children missing from the Worcester area
-Worcester man continues to call on city for help cleaning up neighborhood
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Princeton family has ties to Ukraine
-Dudley dispensary blending cannabis and music to open in revitalized mill
-Auburn man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
-Auburn High Drama Club's production of "Newsies" opens tonight
-Site of $300 million Amazon distribution center in Charlton sells for $10 million
-Applications available for Holden Woman's Club 2022 scholarships
-What the candidates for Millbury School Committee have to say
-People from all towns welcome at Holden Rabies Clinic on Saturday
-SPORTS: Celtics lose to Milwaukee, 127-121
-Holy Cross finalizes football coaching staff
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sale
-WooSox lose to Jacksonville, 8-4
-CARS: Come see David at Bertera Nissan. He will make you happy! (3:50)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
-NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Ukrainian leaders predict more gruesome discoveries ahead
-Millions still waiting for last year's IRS tax refund
-Bird flu’s grisly question: how to kill millions of poultry
-NEW ENGLAND: 2 window washers rescued after getting stuck outside 42nd floor of Boston skyscraper (2:21)
-Man hits, shoots, kills nephew outside Mass. courthouse, DA says
-BUSINESS: WBJ's Movers & Shakers
-Worcester dispensary to launch cannabis delivery on April 11th
-Worcester life sciences industry outpacing available space, panel says
-COLLEGES: Holy Cross creates new Office of Parent and Family Engagement
-WPI announces members of search committee for new president
-FOOD: Dirty Dozen 2022: Produce with the most and least pesticides
-HEALTH: CPAP recall leaves many patients with difficult choice
-CELEBRITY: Kourtney Kardashian breaks silence on Las Vegas wedding with Travis Barker
-HISTORY: Washington Square in Worcester, early 20th century
-ANIMALS: Tiny kittens have been inseparable since they were born (3:12)
-GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 10-year-old saves family from burning home in Mississippi
-Meanwhile, in Florida, this horse became a weekly regular at Dunkin's
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Free vaccinations and boosters Saturday 11-5 at Worcester Public Library and 1-3 at First Congregational Church
-ICYMI: A new strain has been detected – Here's what doctors are saying about it
-Mass. reports 1,760 new cases, 7-day positivity rate jumps to 2.75%
-U.S. likely to see a surge in the fall, Dr. Fauci says
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:12). High of 37 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Driver hospitalized after car crashes into Dollar Tree store in Worcester (:20). Article
-Worcester apartment project on Shrewsbury Street faces parking concerns
-A year after scathing report on use of force, sex acts, Worcester police have new policies
-Worcester Public Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh retires
-TODAY! Guns to Gardens gun buyback
-Related: Radio Worcester (12:45): Dr. Michael Hirsch on Worcester’s “Guns to Gardens” program
-TODAY! The final Village Marketplace of 2025
-Worcester police officers honored at City Hall promotion ceremony
-Proposed development would bring 270 units, supermarket and a half-dozen other businesses to abandoned Shrewsbury factory site
-Dark Downeast Podcast (35:45): The murder of John E. Volungis Jr.
-Worcester Guardian week in review: Legacy businesses, tax rate debate, winter prep
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:36): Worcester snowstorm response, police oversight & affordability
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (27:03): Tax rates, infrastructure challenges and a major coaching milestone
>DINING OUT: Table Hoppin': Bonchon, from owners of Gong cha, sees crowds, lines
-ICYMI: Couple arrested after 5-hour standoff in Worcester (1:37). Article
-Related: Worcester officers treated for hypothermia after standoff
-Water restored as crews continue work on Shore Drive in Worcester
-Winter homeless shelter to open at former Quality Inn near Lincoln Plaza
-Worcester woman wins Lucky for Life, takes lump sum of $390,000
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Phone-free school by 2026? The newest phone policy controversy
-Merry Christmas from Lamoureux Ford! (:47)
-Chief Tim Sherblom sworn in as head of Central Mass. Chiefs of Police Association
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Pedestrian struck and killed on Providence Road in Northbridge
-Police determine threat at Sterling school not legitimate
-West Boylston town administrator, hired after flag controversy, headed to Rutland
-TODAY! Santa visits Paxton Fire Department
-Apple store opens in Millbury
-Disabled veteran tax exemption available in Shrewsbury
-Kindled Planning hopes to "spark" more for customers
-The Item's calendar of events
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Assabet Valley Mastersingers, High Command and more ...
-"Sister's Christmas Catechism" coming to Worcester
-"Night Lights" named best holiday garden display in nation
-Anxious Taylor Swift was scared to continue Eras Tour after Vienna terror threat
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Extremist views of Worcester’s self-proclaimed moderates
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1399 (24:41): John Stanford, Executive Director, Incubate
-Unity Radio's The Susanity Life (59:28)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Professor Emerita at UMass Medical School
>SPORTS: What’s impressed Josh McDaniels the most about Drake Maye this season
-Jayson Tatum looks spry in latest workout videos amid injury recovery
-Holy Cross baseball, men's lacrosse announce schedules
-A banner day: St. Paul honors championship history of former high schools
>CARS: List of the most stolen cars in 2025 revealed
>NATIONAL: Terrifying gas explosion caught on doorbell cam (:49). Article
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-Tragic: 8 high school athletes injured during training run after car veers onto sidewalk in suspected D.U.I. crash
>NEW ENGLAND: Brian Walshe trial recap (21:57): After closing statements, the jury deliberates
-Driver shaken after alleged road rage shooting on I-495 (1:47)
>COLLEGES: WPI professor named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
-Assumption named peacebuilder and conflict-resolution expert Alice Nderitu Civic Friendship Fellow
-Late-night breakfast at Clark, in photos
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Where to go in Charlevoix, a French-Canadian snow globe
>BUSINESS: Lawmakers mull action on "dynamic" A.I.-powered pricing in wake of "shocking" Instacart report
-Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged role in Conn. murder-suicide
-Radio Worcester (7:03): Holiday spending budgeting and scam-proofing advice
-Former Worcester City Councilor candidate founds organization to address systemic oppressions
>HOMES: Foreclosures are soaring in the U.S.: study
>SHOPPING: Shoppers say ’tis the season for inflation, poll finds
>HEALTH: Tips to protect your sleep during the holidays (4:56)
-Under 7 hours of sleep shortens your life — 5 tricks to snooze faster
>TV/STREAMING: How to stream Taylor Swift docuseries, "The End of an Era," on Disney+
>MOVIES: New movies on streaming: "Die My Love," "Christy," and more
>CELEBRITY: Jason Bateman makes eyebrow-raising remark about sister Justine
-Judi Dench believes Harvey Weinstein has "done his time" for sexual assault, says she forgives him
>ANIMALS: Bear cub runs across frozen Hubbardston pond (:37)
>HISTORY: Then & Now: 187 Washington St., Worcester
>GOOD NEWS: Steve Hartman’s 10 most memorable stories over the years (29:41)
-Meanwhile, escaped horse visits New York's J.F.K. Airport
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