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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 (:34). High of 86 today in Worcester
+6:00: Central Mass. drought status ends thanks to summer rain
-August 2026 was the hottest on record: N.O.A.A.
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Pulse Magazine Weekend Guide (:22)
+6:00: Stephen DiRado’s Bell Pond photos are subject of N.Y.C. show, new book
+6:00: Worcester Arts Council opens grant application
+6:00: Gateway Players announce October dates for "The Outsider"
+Noon: A brief tour of Worcester's "Main Street USA"
+Noon: Worcester Pride returns downtown Saturday for one of city’s largest cultural celebrations
+Noon: Auburn Fire Department hoping its fire-damaged truck not beyond repair
+Noon: Things to Do: Armadi Tsayn, Infinite Alien, Chet Williamson and more
+Noon: Art in spirit: Clinton's Icon Museum and Study Center marks 20 years
+Noon: First Person: For Wayne-Daniel Berard, poetry requires a poet's work
-Renovated apartment building in Main South to welcome families in crisis
-Worcester faith leaders prepare for 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Worcester events mark 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Mount Washington 9/11 tribute to feature twin light beams visible from over 100 miles away
-Worcester market sells $50,000 lottery ticket
-Michael Jackson impersonator moonwalks, sings at City Council meeting (2:04)
-Worcester by gaslight: Gas lantern stroll a trek into history
-City View Discovery School awarded $2.73 million for heating system
-W.C.A.C. to offer eviction record sealing assistance
-WCCA-TV back on the air on cable channel 194
-Radio Worcester (21:36): Mayor Petty addresses racist mural incident, police oversight and A.L.P.R. policy
>DINING OUT: Big E Preview: All the new foods coming this fall (1:09)
-Table for Woo: Simple Man Saloon and Grill
-ICYMI: "Every day is 9/11": Loss endures after 25 years for 3 local families
-Tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames on I-84 in Sturbridge
-Miss Massachusetts returns to police work after Miss America pageant
-Artists painting Worcester mural targeted by racial slurs
-Earlier: Worcester NAACP condemns racist, sexist harassment directed at Wall of Women Artists
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Holden police introduce newest officer
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Webster man pleads guilty to illegally dealing 3D-printed guns
-Southbridge’s Wellsworth Hotel to be auctioned, as part of Norton bankruptcy
-Spencer selectmen appoint interim treasurer/collector
-Tackle the Stigma 5K at Shepherd Hill to support mental health awareness
-Meet Leo Waible, the 2026 Applefest Grand Marshal
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Trio at Uxlocale Friday and Val's on Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Jane & the Archivists pen "love letter to Worcester" on new album
-"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" actor Lauren Adams visits Clark for improv workshop, film screening
-Taylor Swift back at top of country radio chart for first time in 13 years
-Harmonica maestro Chet Williamson to play in FrontRoom at WCUW
>OPINION: Tom Marino: The police reform plan Worcester government refuses to produce
-Last Call: Aileen Lovejoy, substance use awareness advocate
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 343 (27:52): Jay Givan and Fred Nathan, 250th anniversary of America
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:31): Racism in Worcester, examining primary results
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former senior aide at Friendly House
>SPORTS: Drake Maye's interceptions cost Patriots in crushing season-opening loss
-A.J. Brown exits first game with Patriots in injury concern
-NFL Week 1 schedule, TV and announcers
-"It’s about finding a way to get better": Holy Cross aims to fix red zone woes
-Red Sox lose to Angels, 6-4
-WooSox beat Lehigh Valley, 8-3
>NATIONAL: Flock cameras are surveilling hundreds of public school campuses across the country
-New Apple C.E.O. unveils latest iPhone lineup, including a foldable model called Duo
-Tragic: Dad dies after suffering spinal injury on cruise while celebrating son’s wedding
>NEW ENGLAND: "Harsh" Lindsay Clancy prosecution backfired, instead proving she was good mom who "snapped": jurors
-Lindsay Clancy juror defends lone holdout, makes surprising admission about others on the panel
-Mass. D.O.T. scrapped overtime tracking tool years before suspected fraud (2:47)
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 43 (31:43): Journey to industrial engineering in themed entertainment
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): National Geographic names "most iconic New England town" (:20)
-How flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years
>BUSINESS: Worcester County spared the worst of state's employment drop
-LPL Financial Research: Signs point to a normalization, not a crisis
-North Worcester Business Association kicks off season September 16th
-What Canada's retaliatory tariffs mean for American consumers
>HOMES: People are taking advantage of the Mass. Save brand (1:52)
>SHOPPING: Consumer Reports: September is a good time to shop for appliances and outdoor equipment (1:53). Article
>HEALTH: Flu and COVID vaccines rolling out, but 1 shot is delayed
>FOOD: Beef prices hit record highs: How families can save money (2:19)
>TV/STREAMING: Norah O'Donnell returns to "CBS Mornings" after evening news stint
>MOVIES: When Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock first made magic: Flashback
>CELEBRITY: Cardi B wears her most daring backless suit and more star snaps
-Pamela Anderson was given 10 years to live after hepatitis C diagnosis
>ANIMALS: Stray Boxer follows hikers down mountain, chooses her person (11:13)
>HISTORY: Remembering Spag Borgatti’s passing, 30 years later
>GOOD NEWS: Man uses money from returned cans to win $500,000 lottery
-Meanwhile, in Italy, airport authorities find crocodile head in man’s luggage
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