Right-wing media figures mocked Worcester, Massachusetts, for voting to become a sanctuary city for transgender people while simultaneously denying attacks on transgender rights—even as they defended those very attacks.

On Thursday at 1:36 p.m. an updated high wind warning was issued by the National Weather Service valid from 7 p.m. until Friday 7 p.m. for Northern Worcester and Southern Worcester as well as Franklin,

DOGE is canceling federal leases across the country and the movement has hit central Massachusetts, which has seen seven commercial leases cut down.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration and the Mass. Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) unveiled a new statewide economic development plan last month that highlights Worcester’s — and the

Parts of the state north of the Massachusetts Turnpike are expected to see light snow tonight, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service's Boston office. The system is slated to pass over the northwestern part of Massachusetts, including Worcester, overnight Friday into Saturday morning, according to the forecast.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has terminated 17 commercial lease spaces in Massachusetts that were used as offices for several federal agencies, according to DOGE’s website. The commission’s website lists the canceled leases of the spaces,