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After spending last summer yachting on the Hudson (and charging for tickets), the sixth annual 4 Knots Music Festival returns home to the South Street Seaport on July 9 for a free afternoon of salty riffs. There are plenty of acts to prioritize on its best bill yet—a reinvented Guided by Voices, a germinated Car Seat Headrest—but Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad’s school-bus shout-alongs as Girlpool may play the sweetest over the East River Bikeway. “This life is pretty,” the duo says; Water Street revellers would agree. Читать дальше...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Chinese military activity near islands covered under the U.S.-Japan defense treaty resulted in a record number of Japanese fighter aircraft responses in recent months, Japan Defense Ministry officials say.

Guam military bases elevated their force protection conditions Friday “to raise awareness and vigilance” during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, a Naval Forces Marianas statement said.

Origami cranes that President Barack Obama folded and donated to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum during his history-making visit are being loaned to the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.

Voting assistance officers are using Independence Day celebrations to encourage U.S. military personnel stationed overseas to register to vote.

The city’s annual Uncle Sam Jam Independence Day celebration at Oak Lake Park is Sunday -- July 3.

The perfect convergence of shooting ability, quickness and a secret flick of his left thumb gave Trey Bardsley so many rainbows that ended in three-pointers.

The Longview City Council unanimously decided to demolish the central plaza this summer at R.A. Long Park after establishing plans to restore the plaza within two years.

The ultimate putrid irony of the series is the way it pretends to challenge viewers’ belief in the idea of America but then reinforcing those ideals

This film won the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance filmfest

In his debut film, director Simon Stone adapts his theatrical take of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, which features expert performances by impressive cast

OurKind of Traitor is a capable enough adaptation of the 2010 John le Carré novel with a bland hero

To justify its silly plot, this movie desperately needs the kind of light comic touch that made all those Indiana Jones stories about historic treasures and marauding Nazis amusing rather than stupid

With the BFG, Spielberg aims for the towering heights of E.T., but misses the heart and soul of Roald Dahl’s classic

This is a film Wes Anderson might have made were he raised by wolves and a copy of Cracked magazine

Travel+Leisure News Director Sara Clemence explains how Brexit’s impact could expand your travel options this year, making hotels and flights here in the U.S. less expensive.

Cole and Elizabeth Donelson explain why they decided to visit all 59 national parks in the US, how they did it, and how much it is costing them. Plus, what’s next when their adventure ends next month?

A private funeral service for former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt was held Thursday

Things are going to move fast in the first 24 hours, we will update everything here.

Governor Jerry Brown has signed another California budget essentially along the lines he proposed, once again thwarting the designs of some legislative Democrats for expansive new and renewed programs. Not that Brown hasn't had some expansive programs of his own, especially in education, health care, energy and the environment, and new infrastructure for a sustainable new economy.

"This solid budget makes responsible investments in California and sets aside billions of dollars to prepare for... Читать дальше...

Fremantle has convinced in-demand trailblazer Michelle Cowan to leave Melbourne in a gut-wrenching blow to the Demons who were planning a women's team around her in chief command.

ATLANTA — Pinch-hitter Brandon Snyder had two RBIs in a four-run sixth inning and the Atlanta Braves rallied for an 8-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night. Miami, which began the day a half-game ahead of two teams in the NL wild-card race, has allowed 25 runs in losing its last three games.

In view of growing threat to the annual Amarnath Yatra, the security agencies have deployed hi-tech drone cameras to monitor the base camp of Hindu pilgrims going to visit the holy Amarnath cave in Himalayas.

ATLANTA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Brandon Snyder had two RBIs in a four-run sixth inning and the Atlanta Braves rallied for an 8-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night.