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>Latest weather: Heat peaks today, high will feel like 99 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-UPDATED: Teen dies, 4 others injured as stolen SUV behind "chaotic" 3-car crash on Main Street (:45). Article
+1:00: Motorcyclist killed in crash at Grafton and Sunderland intersection Saturday
-Bad 3-car crash with multiple injuries at Main and Chandler streets in Worcester
-State budget includes $500,000 for East Park Little League field improvements
-So many new people in Worcester, not enough housing
-Press Box hosting meat raffle to support backpack giveaway
-Stick your toes in the sand on Shrewsbury Street: Flying Rhino's annual beach party is this weekend
-Here are the 5 cheapest places to get gas in Worcester this weekend
-Ray Mariano: Some city councilors don’t return calls, help when called
-Don Landgren cartoon: Hot times in Worcester
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to area teacher, musician and restaurateur
-ICYMI: 2 missing Worcester teens may be together, police say; 3 others sought
-Fantastic drone video of Worcester created to celebrate city's 300th anniversary (1:59)
-Worcester Monopoly owners in bitter legal dispute with artist who painted Smiley Face mural
-New COVID cases, hospitalizations rise in Worcester week after warning of new subvariants
-Worcester's never-ending war on police transparency
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Several overcome by heat during Revolutionary War re-enactment in Stow
-Worcester health director stepping down for town manager role in Millbury
-Millbury receives hike in Chapter 70; funds for drone, activity bus
-Students help build a pollinator garden through WooServes program
-Cullinane makes history at Sterling Fire Department
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Toronto, 4-1
-For Worcester Braveheart Jack Goodman, being drafted by Texas Rangers a "really surreal moment"
-Errors cost Bravehearts in 13-10 loss
-Bravehearts next home game 5 Wednesday (YOU-Choose-the-Promotion Doubleheader)
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox lose to Syracuse, 7-3
-Ranking the Top 50 Boston Athletes of the Past 50 Years: No. 10 Through 1
-Breaking down Patriots' Madden NFL 23 ratings
-Petrovic has 6 saves for Revolution in 0-0 tie
>CARS: Bertera has the car for you (4:08)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL: 3 men charged following death of woman who allegedly was denied medical services
-Wildfire near Yosemite National Park explodes in size
-Tragic: Sinkhole forms in swimming pool, killing man in Israel
>NEW ENGLAND: A look at the Mass. ballot question that would create a "Millionaire's Tax"
-Juvenile charged with murder in death of 14-year-old Maine girl
>BUSINESS: ABCC increases number of Worcester package store licenses
-T-Mobile settles to pay $350 million to customers in data breach
>SHOPPING: New England-based Olympia Sports is closing its remaining 35 stores
>HEALTH: BA.5 is causing more COVID reinfections, data suggests, but they don't appear to be more frequent
-Experts still torn on whether you should swab your throat when taking COVID tests
-Free vaccinations/boosters Sunday: 11-7 at YMCA, 766 Main Street
>HISTORY: 1990 ad for former Commonwealth Hotel in Worcester
>HOMES: Housing market chills as mortgage rates, prices scare buyers
>TV/STREAMING: "The Walking Dead" scraps movie plans, announces Rick & Michonne limited series
>MOVIES: Jordan Peele's "Nope" rakes in over $19.5M on opening night
>CELEBRITY: Kid Rock cancels show, rowdy fans trash venue
>ANIMALS: Horse comes running when little boy calls her name (3:19)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Teen saves friend from drowning during church retreat
-Meanwhile, Subway offers free sandwiches for life for fans who get footlong tattoo
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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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