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Horoscope: Monday, June 29

You stop second-guessing your direction and start trusting inner guidance. Aries (March 21-April 19) Glowing in you: gratitude. It’s often mistaken for a pleasant feeling, when it is actually a powerful way of directing attention. What you appreciate becomes more abundant. Especially sweet: a friendship that has stood the test of time. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Glowing in you: hope. Not wishful thinking, but a practical belief that tomorrow can be better than today. You keep moving forward. Especially sweet: encouragement from someone who not only believes you can do it but will ...

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Nation California Military searches for missing Marine SAN DIEGO — Officials say multiple agencies are searching for a U.S. Marine who went missing during a training exercise off the coast of southern California. The Navy says crews began searching for the Marine early Thursday morning, shortly after midnight. The Marine was reported missing from the USS Anchorage during integrated training between the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. 117 dead dogs found at ‘no-kill’ shelter FORTUNA — Authorities say the remains of at least ...

Israeli strikes, shelling in Gaza kill at least 4 Palestinians

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old girl, local health officials said. The first strike targeted a group of people in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing two and wounding another, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Another Israeli strike in southern Gaza killed a man, according to health officials at Nasser hospital. And the 13-year-old girl, Eileen al-Farra, was killed by shrapnel from Israeli tank shelling in southern Gaza, according to Nasser hospital. The ...

Extreme heat breaks Europe’s records

BERLIN — France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country’s public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens. Temperature records were toppled in several countries on the weekend, wildfires were sparked in Germany and Berlin police used water cannons to cool down the crowds. Meanwhile, the heat wave slowly moved toward eastern parts of the continent. Germany marked a new record for the ...

Rescue teams scramble to locate quake survivors

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira. The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings. Thousands more have been reported missing. Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, ...

Drones strike Russia oil refinery

Ukraine kept up its heavy drone assault on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south, as President Vladimir Putin acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that the country was facing a “certain deficit” of fuel and vowed to strengthen protection of oil facilities and boost fuel output. Ukraine has markedly stepped up its long-range attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities in recent months, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for its invasion — now in its fifth year — and make Russians feel the consequences. “Our ‘long-range sanctions’ ...