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🌡️Hot, with highs in the 90s. Sunset is at 8:24 p.m.

We’re in for some hot days: highs in the 90s today and tomorrow, and possibly topping 100 Thursday and Friday. You might look at heatwaves as a nuisance, but they can be dangerous. We’ve previously shared tips for staying safe if you’re working outside and for keeping your cats and dogs cool. NPR has a handy chart showing the three main ways people can die during heatwaves: heart attacks, organ failure and kidney failure.

That said, there are plenty of ways to stay safe and make it to cooler days with your health and sanity intact. Don’t overexert yourself. Make sure you stay hydrated and wear light, loose-fitting clothing. You can also cover your windows with curtains, towels or cardboard wrapped in aluminium foil to keep the sun from baking your home. Check with your local library or community center — if it has working air conditioning, it can be a good place to spend the hottest hours of the day for free.

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Our meteorologist, Dave Epstein, also has some tips for finding moments to do the outdoor things you need to do this week: “Your best bet for outdoor activity is gonna be in the morning on Thursday, and then again early Friday,” he said. “It’s really not gonna cool off very much Thursday afternoon, even though the sun angle will be getting a lot lower after 6 or 7 or even 8 o’clock after the sun sets. It’s gonna stay pretty warm.” Diane Adame spoke with additional public health experts about staying cool.

Four Things to Know

1. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she still sees a path forward for a housing bill she co-sponsored with Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, after President Donald Trump said he will not sign it until Congress passes a bill requiring strict voter ID to vote. GBH’s Adam Reilly breaks down the housing bill here. 

“This is now a bill that has passed the Senate 85 [to] 5, okay? You just don’t get those in the United States Senate,” Warren said. There are three paths for it to become law, she said: Trump could decide to sign it; he could veto it, at which point Congress could override the veto; or, if he does neither, the bill would become law after 10 days of inaction.

2. Boston is adding inflation to how it calculates whether older homeowners are eligible for property tax exemptions. The idea is to keep older adults who previously qualified for those exemptions from losing them. Now the maximum annual income for people 65 and older will grow with inflation every year.

“Our older residents have given so much to this city,” City Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune said. “They have raised families, you all have raised families, built businesses and made our communities places of belonging. This is about keeping a promise to you.”

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3. Your World Cup wrap-up: Paraguay upset Germany last night in Foxborough, winning 4-3 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 game. “The goal by Paraguay at the beginning was really impressive, ultimately,” Germany supporter Alex Cooney, who watched the game at a bar in Somerville, told GBH’s Sam Turken. “As grumpy as I am, I have to give it to Paraguay, they’re great. I mean, they’ll be knocked out by France in the next round almost for sure.”

Meanwhile: Cape Verde fans said they were processing the news of a woman accusing team captain Ryan Mendes of rape. “I want to be very clear that I’m not trying to make excuses for Ryan Mendez. I think I would just say don’t let Ryan’s behavior besmirch the rest of the team’s success,” Derek Lombah of Roslindale said. Cape Verde is the smallest country to ever move to the World Cup’s knockout round.

4. AJ Dybantsa, the NBA’s No. 1 overall draft pick this year, came home this weekend to a packed gym at West Middle School in Brockton. He said he doesn’t want kids in his hometown to forget where they came from: the City of Champions, which produced boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler — and now Dybantsa.

“Just trying to be a role model, just trying to do the right thing,” said Dybantsa, 19, who will play for the Washington Wizards next season. “Just trying to make kids make the right decisions and do what they want to do in life.

Cold-stunned sea turtles return home after six months of rehab

It’s that time of year again: sea turtles that came to the New England Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy over the fall and winter, cold-stunned and in need of medical care, are being released back into the ocean. 

It’s a happy moment for the people who cared for these turtles, albeit bittersweet.

Kristen Luise, a senior animal care specialist at the aquarium, told CAI’s Amy Kolb Noyes that she spent hours tending a loggerhead turtle’s wounds — one she named Kermit — and felt a special bond with her.

“She came in with bad pneumonia,” Luise said. “But also, her skin, from the impact of cold stunning, she had really severe frostbite.”

The 12 turtles released last week are now making their own way in the Atlantic — with a new accessory: tags that let scientists track them. Kolb Noyes captured video of one turtle being released here. You, too, can follow them through the aquarium’s online Sea Turtle Tracker. The first turtle released last week, named Pretty Pretty Princess, is currently off the coast of Rhode Island. Chunk traveled from West Dennis to Chatham and back, and Westminster made a wide loop around Nantucket and reached Martha’s Vineyard. You can follow them here and see more from the day of their release here. 

Dig deeper: 

-Basking sharks feed in the ocean twilight zone, Woods Hole scientist says

-Inside the mind of horses, one of the most majestic animals on Earth

-Weekly birding report: (More than) one good tern and other June surprises