Preview: The Academy Award-winning filmmaker opens up about fatherhood, filmmaking, and his new career as a novelist, with his adaptation of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Source

Eating and drinking places hired frantically as coronavirus restrictions eased, while education added a quarter-million jobs. Source

Elsa is the farthest east a hurricane has formed this early in the year in the tropical Atlantic since 1933, says hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach. Source

The agreement signals the BSA’s acknowledgment that the gulf between attorneys representing abuse victims and those representing the BSA’s insurers is too broad to be resolved. Source

The Boy Scouts of America reached an $850 million agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex abuse in the organization’s bankruptcy case. If completed this could be among the largest settlement plans over sexual abuse in the country’s history, but critics say the deal doesn’t go far enough. Mola Lenghi reports. Source

Since the ship’s 1985 discovery, the forward mast has collapsed, the crow’s nest has vanished and the poop deck has folded under itself. Source

Mark Frerichs was kidnapped more than a year ago, and as American troops pack up to leave Afghanistan, his family want Mr. Biden to make sure he’s not left behind, too. Source

The death at Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park highlights the dangers of the towering bluffs at the popular Missouri attraction, officials say. Source

In a rare example of partisan unity, Republicans, Democrats and independents agree. Source

Most will also watch a fireworks display, though not necessarily in person. Source