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Heavy rain from Ophelia will also pose a risk of flash flooding from Virginia to New Jersey, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A bite-sized look at what else we’re hearing: This is the first of 12 wind turbines to be installed 35 miles off Montauk by developers Ørsted and Eversource. The turbines are being staged at State Pier in New London, Conn. Also, State Attorney General William Tong is off X.

You'll never suffer from writer's block as long as you've got a copy of Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots. Prolific pulp novelist William Wallace Cook turned his fiction production methods into a wacky manual for aspiring writers. Originally published in 1928, it has just been reissued.

Humans are still pumping enormous amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. That puts this decade's climate goals further out of reach.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is in Sri Lanka to discuss how to handle the quarter-million people displaced by that island nation's 25-year civil war. The government said more than 6,200 of its forces were killed and almost 30,000 wounded in the final three years of its war against the Tamil Tiger rebels, which ended last weekend.

For Groundhog Day in 2024, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, elating a massive crowd at Gobbler's Knob.

A bite-sized look at what else we’re hearing: Nassau Democrats seek clarification on a special deputies program recruiting registered gun owners. And another New Haven tenants union calls for action against Ocean Management.

From powwow and fundraisers to book clubs and festivals, here are some of the upcoming Indigenous events that Connecticut and Long Island residents can participate in this summer.

NPR will be reporting live from the convention in Chicago, including live updates online, live video each night.

A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: A heat advisory is in effect on Long Island and in Connecticut until Tuesday night, with temperatures expected to reach over 100 degrees. Former New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin is a speaker at the RNC. And Connecticut Republicans want to slow the cost of state pensions.