■ June 25, 2021, 3:30 PM | Updated: June 28, 2021, 10:05 AM For 10 New Yorkers, Independence Day means freedom from the usual fare. By Kate Krader Photographs and Video by Melissa Hom for…

First, the U.S. government admitted it had been tracking UFOs for years. Then just weeks later, The New York Times posted a story indicating that watermelons have been found on Mars. The newspaper pulled it down…