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Visitors to Kissing Rock Monday evening, searching for the ‘Winter Star.’ (Credit: Eleanor P. Labrozzi) Some Islanders went out around dusk Monday — the shortest day, the Winter Solstice — to see the rare event of the “Christmas Star” that comes around every 20 years or so. The “star” is actually two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, which come close together and beam brightly as one to the human eye. This year’s Christmas Star is an even rarer event, since i...

Added new Island Obelisk building. New farm features Added ostrich as a farm animal. The immovable dressers found in Farmhands’ cabins have been removed. Added home renovations, which let you further expand and adjust the farmhouse after it’s fully upgraded. Beds are now normal furniture you can pick up, move around, and replace. You can even have a house with no bed, but your spouse might have something to say about that. Once unlocked, the greenhouse can now be moved at Robin’s shop. Th...

The start of the summer olympic games. mike tarico of nbc sports is there tonight with some of the team usa athletes to watch. >> reporter: she was the break out star team usa in rio. >> this has been her destiny. >> reporter: and heading into tokyo, gymnast simone biles is as dominant as ever. she could nab the record for the most gold medals ever won by an american female athlete. so could swimmer katie ledecky, looking to build on her incredible run in rio. >> katie ledecka smashes her own wo...

Winter star watches and wornings into portions of northern -- warnings into portions of northern california. a foot, up to two feet. particularly in northern california, but this system does eventually spread across the mountains. this is the next big system were going to be paying attention to the next couple of days, eric. eric: thanks so much. laura: that does it for us. were going to be back at 4 p.m. eastern with more news. eric: stay right there, "the journal editorial report" is next, and...