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Long Island’s Independence Day could bring dangerous ocean rip currents and storms during prime firework-viewing hours, meteorologists said. A National Weather Service coastal hazard message warned that “Life threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone” Nassau beaches from noon through the evening. “Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of…

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — After June temperatures started reaching into the high 90s Fahrenheit, Alexandra Mistekevic’s two-bedroom apartment in Nashville, Tennessee became so sweltering that the air conditioning unit was only able to cool the shared living and kitchen areas. Her 8-year-old son couldn’t even sleep or play in his bedroom, it was so hot. “My…

A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: RETAIL RECEIPTS The Commerce Department on Tuesday reports retail sales data for May. Analysts expect that retail sales rose 0.3% last month after stagnating in April. Shopping by consumers accounts for nearly 70% of the U.S. economy and retail sales…

The 1975’s Matty Healy and model Gabbriette Bechtel are engaged, accordingly to Healy’s mother, the English actor Denise Welch. Welch, a regular panelist on the ITV talk show “Loose Women,” confirmed the news Wednesday on the U.K. program. “I’ve obviously known for a few weeks that Matty got engaged,” she said, “And I woke up…

IDLIB, Syria — For more than a decade, a steady flow of Syrians have crossed the border from their war-torn country into Lebanon. But anti-refugee sentiment is rising there, and in the past two months, hundreds of Syrian refugees have gone the other way. They’re taking a smugglers’ route home across remote mountainous terrain, on…

WILMINGTON, Del. — The Latest on Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial (all times local): Jurors will resume deliberations Tuesday in the criminal case against Hunter Biden over a gun he bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction. Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Monday afternoon…

CAIRO — A court run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday sentenced 44 people to death, including a businessman working with aid groups, on spying charges, a defense lawyer said. The 44 were among 49 people who were detained by the Iran-backed rebels and accused of “collaborating with the enemy,” a reference to the Saudi-led…

WASHINGTON — The First Congressional District Democratic primary will be between two millionaires who have extensive investments in stocks, real estate and savings, according to their financial disclosure statements filed with the U.S. House Clerk. John Avlon, 51, an author and former television journalist, reported Tuesday that he held assets valued at between $975,000 and $2.5…

LISLE, Ill. — It was late morning when The Morton Arboretum’s Senior Horticulturist Kate Myroup arrived at the Children’s Garden with a special guest: a rare, blue-eyed female Magicicada cassini cicada, spotted earlier in the day by a visitor. A lucky few saw the cicada Friday at the arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, before its release…

CANNES, France — Start your engines. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” rolls into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, returning George Miller’s dystopia-on-wheels to the Croisette promenade and launching one of the most anticipated movies of the summer. The latest “Mad Max” film, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a young Furiosa, is premiering in Cannes almost…