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In The News
>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:38). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester bank robbery suspect in standoff behind Denholm Building; ground covered with cash
-Worcester seeks to redevelop D.P.W. properties off Shrewsbury Street
-Group that fights Worcester's overdose crisis hit with funding cut
-Second Out to Lunch of the season brings arts, music, business and more to the Common
-State authorizes tax abatement for daughter of fallen Worcester firefigher
-Elevated cocktail lounge The 1885 coming to Worcester’s Canal District
-TODAY! Latin American Festival will feature music, arts, food, and more on Worcester Common
-Related: Traffic advisory for Latin American Festival in Worcester
-TODAY! Worcester Hot Dog Safari Saturday
-TODAY! Worcester Branch Naacp Community Cookout Saturday
-TODAY! Pride Worcester 2023 kicks off Saturday with a pageant
-Farmers markets in Central Mass.
-7 years later, Vanessa Marcotte's memory lives on through foundation in her name
-Why Larry Shetler is running for Worcester District 1 City Council seat
-Watch the full city councilor at-large candidate forum
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for August
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for help finding 17-year-old girl
-2 children taken by their non-custodial mother in Worcester found safe in upstate New York
-How a pair of Facebook posts prompted an outcry and roiled a Worcester City Council race
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (40:28): Political fallout from “hateful and harmful” social media posts
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Document shredding at regional recycling center Saturday
-TODAY! Composting 8-2:30 Saturday
-Lamoureux Ford is your headquarters for the Ford F-150 (5:49)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Flash floods dump rain into the region
-Salvation Army thrift store in Spencer closes after nearly 30 years
-Sutton playground fund growing by thousands
-Benefit for Grafton fire victims August 26th
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, Dunkin cards and swag from North End Motor Sales
-Natural gas line clears way for 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse in Douglas
-Grafton Job Corps delivers a different kind of education
-Bolton and Lancaster officials move school questions forward
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Seven Things To Do: Pike Hair Fest, Pride Worcester Pageant, more ...
-Worcester Walks: The city's only flock of sheep say hello at Donker Farm
-Jazz at Sunset returns "All In" with Verve and beautiful melodies
-TODAY! Plastic City Comic Con brings comic conventions back to their roots
-First Person: The Library of Disposable Art — all in good "faith"
-Shaun Connolly: The Worcester Defense
-Ray Mariano: Clarence Thomas a disgrace to Supreme Court
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lifelong Worcester resident who married her childhood sweetheart
>SPORTS: Red Sox beat Yankees, 8-3
-TODAY! Pandemonium at the Palladium fight card Saturday night in Worcester
-100FM The Pike (5:54): Steven Sumpter on his bout at Pandemonium at the Palladium
-Why Ezekiel Elliott may fit better for the Patriots than Dalvin Cook
-The 210 Awards for the Worcester Bravehearts 2023 season
-WooSox beat RailRiders, 3-1
-Assumption football team looks to repeat as league champion (4:05)
-Webster's Anh-Dao Tran joins women's basketball staff at Dartmouth
>CARS: See the most economical EV at Bertera Nissan, the Nissan Leaf (6:01)
>NATIONAL: Hurricane Hilary could dump over a year’s worth of rain on parts of the Southwest
-British nurse guilty of murdering 7 babies, making her among U.K.’s worst child serial killers
-Tragic: Mass. woman, 21, dies after being pinned between 2 trucks in Maine
>NEW ENGLAND: Tornado confirmed in 4 Mass. towns (2:36)
-Vehicle's camera captures tornado crossing New England highway (1:34)
-93-year-old woman dies in apparent drowning off Castle Island
>COLLEGES: Clark climatologist: "There’s likely a climate change signal in everything we see"
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): A packing guide for fall travel
>BUSINESS: Affirmative action's removal from college admissions will impact corporate ladder
-Radio Worcester (8:53): Q.R. codes used in nationwide scams, B.B.B. warns
>HEALTH: Popular acid reflux medicine linked to higher risk of dementia: study
-Long COVID in U.S. adults is on the decline, but many still struggling with symptoms, studies show
>FOOD: Price Chopper/Market 32 issues voluntary recall of corner-to-corner pizzas
>SHOPPING: A second Prime Day is coming as Amazon announces Prime Big Deal Days
>HOMES: See 5 new houses on the market in Worcester
>TV/STREAMING: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand -- "No Hard Feelings," "Elemental," and more
>CELEBRITY: Michelle Pfeiffer, 65, shares makeup-free Instagram selfie: "You really don’t age"
>ANIMALS: Puppy abandoned on the road meets her new B.F.F. (:59)
>HISTORY: Today in History for August 19th (1:35)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Foster dog helps save family from boat fire
-Meanwhile, in Texas, hawk drops snake on woman, prompting both to attack her
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:41). High of 95 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Court docs reveal disturbing new details behind viral video involving ex-Southbridge McDonald’s manager (2:21). Article
-Cost to fix Worcester police station put at $20 million over 3 years
-Tiny home village for homeless seniors breaks ground in Worcester
-Emergency closes Worcester restaurant until Friday
-Railers owner buys Pulse Magazine, CM Pride Magazine
-Worcester State nursing program welcomes first group of Anna Maria nursing students
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Aislinn Doyle: Thursday's School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Worcester organizations get $425,000 for affordable housing efforts
-Back-to-back national honors spotlight Worcester Public Library’s evolving role
-Radio Worcester (23:08): Worcester City Manager Eric Batista discusses city’s first-ever $1 billion budget
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant makes Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Small Plates (5:56)
-ICYMI: Worcester police honor fallen officers, former chief Gary Gemme
-Assumption graduates 304 students at DCU Center
-Anna Maria College closing comes as disappointment for Molly Bish's family (2:17). Article
-Area woman admits forging 84 checks worth over $110,000
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden police holding second annual Cruiser Cup Golf Tournament June 12th
-Wachusett Echo: Internship and employment at the school bank
-Lamoureux Ford wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Tree crash leaves Southbridge home uninhabitable
-Westborough police continues to investigate shots fired on Research Drive
-Man with spiked-bat, drugs arrested in Leominster after 911 report of impaired driver
-Seeing double: Shrewsbury High School graduating class boasts 17 sets of twins
-Dudley candidates' night to be held June 8th
-Webster Town Meeting approves budget, drone bylaw, Pine View Liquors petition
-Shrewsbury teachers no longer need COVID vaccine
-Blackstone Valley Regional named distinguished school
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Radio Worcester (19:15): Greater Worcester Opera brings “1776” to Central Mass.
-WCCA-TV's Chris's Corner No. 23 (28:52): Meatball, Part 1
>OPINION: Ann Artuso: Depression in motherhood
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: Why Puerto Rico still doesn’t receive S.N.A.P. benefits
-WCCA-TV's Connecting the Dots No. No. 164 (29:35): The Museum of Worcester
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:08): Viral McDonald’s video, city budget hearings and public safety concerns
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former UMass Medical School professor and Physician of the Year
>SPORTS: Tom Brady takes dig at Bill Belichick during Georgetown commencement speech
-Jason Varitek's wife takes shot at Red Sox G.M. after coaching ouster
-Red Sox beat Royals, 3-1
-Bravehearts release 2026 season promotion schedule
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Holy Cross Varsity Club announces 2026 class in Athletic Hall of Fame
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 32
>CARS: Gas prices climbing— What frustrated drivers can expect next (4:12)
>NATIONAL: San Diego mosque shooting: 3 men killed, suspects found dead (1:37)
-American who was on doomed cruise reveals what it's like under 42-day hantavirus quarantine
-Tragic: Toddler crushed to death by antique dresser as she climbed it to reach a toy
>NEW ENGLAND: Pilot dies in small plane crash in Rhode Island (:52)
-Pipe bomb found in Mass. pond, police investigating (1:12)
-Video shows Good Samaritans rushing to pull 2 people from car following rollover on I-495
>COLLEGES: Worcester State Cheer scores at national championships
-Clark honors Worcester student, staff members for inclusion and equity work
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 10 top trending U.S. summer destinations
-The first thing you should do in a hotel room
>BUSINESS: Banks find ways to finance nonprofits, despite their lending and revenue challenges
-LPL Financial Research: Energy shock expected to hit prices harder than the economy
>HOMES: Homes are older than ever—but local permitting systems could slow down essential renovations
>HEALTH: Discussing ebola outbreak with infectious disease specialist (3:14)
-What no one tells you about egg freezing
>FOOD: Daily Dish: Oven-roasted turkey parmesan over spaghetti
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Jennifer Lopez movie on Netflix, "Office Romance" (2:42)
>MOVIES: Trailer for Steven Spielberg's new movie, "Disclosure Day" (2:38)
>CELEBRITY: Carrie Underwood rejected L.A. glamour to live on Tennessee farm
-William Daniels, 99, and wife Bonnie Bartlett, 96, detail "rules" of "open marriage"
>ANIMALS: Playful puppy from local shelter looking for active family (3:09)
>HISTORY: Inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist
>GOOD NEWS: School principal retires, but returns as a handyman (2:34)
-Meanwhile, Pope Leo does "6-7" hand motion at the Vatican
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