Dylan Azari News Today

Worcester State University on lockdown after unconfirmed shooting reports.

There are unconfirmed reports of a shooting outside a student accommodation block at the Massachusetts university.

Hip-hop took center stage again Saturday at the Worcester Common after a three-year hiatus with the return of the Beats and Barbecue hip-hop festival.

Much of the city’s most iconic institutions were missing from the Worcester Monopoly board: No bars, diners or restaurants. No Palladium or Hanover Theatre. No DCU Center. No Polar Park. No Worcester Art Museum.