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Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Shakira, The Weeknd to headline 2025 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The Weeknd and Shakira are heading to Central Park this fall \u2014 and they\u2019ll be taking the stage for a good cause.<\/p>\n Global Citizen has announced the star-studded lineup for its 2025 Global Citizen Festival, set for Saturday, Sept. 27 on the Great Lawn. The annual music-meets-activism event is returning to Manhattan with a mix of major artists.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a012 more subway stations to get accessibility upgrades, MTA says<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The MTA has added 12 more subway stations to its list of stops set to get elevators and other accessibility upgrades.<\/p>\n The 53rd Street\u00a0R train station, the 63rd Drive-Rego Park\u00a0M and R train station and the 190th Street\u00a0A train station are among the stations set to receive upgrades, the transit agency said today. See the full list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Changes coming to U.S. Open schedule, tennis center<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The U.S. Open returns to Queens in less than a month, with a few notable changes this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nicole Kankam,\u00a0the United States Tennis Association’s managing director of pro tennis marketing and entertainment,\u00a0joined \u201cMornings On 1\u201d\u00a0today to preview what\u2019s ahead for the Open.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Rep. Andrew Garbarino selected as new chair of House Homeland Security Committee<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino has been selected as the next chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.<\/p>\n The Long Island Republican\u2019s\u00a0ascension to the post comes after the former chairman, former Rep. Mark Green, of Tennessee, resigned from Congress suddenly over the weekend.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Ozzy Osbourne,\u00a0the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice \u2014 and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id \u2014 of heavy metal, died today, just weeks after\u00a0his farewell show.\u00a0He was 76.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time,\u201d a family statement said. In 2020, he revealed he had Parkinson\u2019s disease after suffering a fall.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in push to deregulate workplaces<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with disabilities to standards governing exposure to harmful substances.<\/p>\n If approved, the wide-ranging changes unveiled this month also would affect working conditions at constructions sites and in mines, and limit the government’s ability to penalize employers if workers are injured or killed while engaging in inherently risky activities such as movie stunts or animal training.<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0Justice Department wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The Department of Justice wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence, a senior official said today.<\/p>\n If Ghislaine Maxwell “has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche\u00a0said in a post on X, adding that President Donald Trump “has told us to release all credible evidence.” A lawyer for Maxwell confirmed there were discussions with the government.<\/p>\n In Case You Missed It<\/a> (Spectrum News NY1\/Roger Clark)<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Spectrum_News_Plus_PromoCard_4-11-2023.jpeg\")
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