For those viewing the celestial event outside the path of totality, special safety lenses are recommended to prevent eye damage.
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In New England, a partial eclipse will be visible, beginning just before 2 p.m.
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The long-awaited crowds are trickling into Hopkinsville, Ky., the closest city to what astronomers call the point of greatest eclipse.
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Weather will mostly cooperate Neither cirrus clouds nor smoke from Canadian wildfires will block out the sun enough to prevent viewing, but will make it a bit hazy.
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The science surrounding the solar eclipse A complete understanding of the sun?s magnetic field, including knowing how it is generated and its structure deep inside the sun, has not yet been mapped out.
Wareham man heads to Kentucky not for eclipse of sun by moon ? but for the vroom Dave Nilson of Wareham had long planned to go to Bowling Green. Not to see the eclipse, but to see the National Corvette Museum.
Who can save Jon Snow from himself? Jon?s plot in the most recent episode of ?Game of Thrones? was a bizarrely illogical maneuver.
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John Oliver on Boston: ?They only just got unracist yesterday? Oliver?s comment was a brief aside in an episode that focused on the Trump administration, yet it won?t endear him to local viewers.
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A Globe review finds the children are often denied love and support and pressured to keep the scandal secret. And the church has done little to help.
Suspect in Barcelona attack reportedly captured Police have not confirmed the capture, reported by La Vanguardia, but did say they were conducting an operation in the area.
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Plans for White House vaccine commission appear to have stalled Activist Robert Kennedy Jr. says that it has been months since he has talked with White House officials about chairing a commission.
Cheaper liquor licenses? Not so fast, restauranteurs say They argue allowing more establishments to sell alcohol could water down the value of their existing licenses.
Among NASCAR fans, there?s a divide over Trump Many in the crowd at a race said they feel more permission to be outspoken on issues once viewed as sensitive, like race.
10 sailors missing after Navy ship collision The damaged destroyer USS John S. McCain has now arrived in port in Singapore.
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Verizon cuts off elderly woman?s phone ? on her birthday The state needs better rules for determining if a utility customer is elderly.
Steve Bannon was set for a graceful exit from the White House. Then came Charlottesville. After Bannon made comments undercutting US policy toward North Korea, President Trump concluded he was too much of a liability.
The day after, everyone marvels at restraint shown Only 33 people from the more than 40,000 who showed up on the Common Saturday were arrested.
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Scenes from the rallies in Boston Thousands took to the streets and parks of Boston Saturday to make their voices heard.
Owner unhappy after police shoot runaway Littleton bull Terry Den Besten said he wanted the bull, found Sunday in Littleton, tranquilized when authorities came across it,? but this liberal state won?t allow it.?
Mom, children who were missing located in Falmouth hotel Jessica Eisnor and her two children had not been seen since Friday.
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Priests? children live with secrets, sorrow A Globe review finds the children are often denied love and support and pressured to keep the scandal secret. And the church has done absolutely nothing to help.
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If Lee goes, will Washington and Jefferson follow? Here is the dispiriting problem with President Trump?s disjointed rants: Sometimes he is right.
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What realtors and sellers are required to disclose to buyers ? and what they aren?t There are only two things state law requires a seller to tell you.
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Plans for White House vaccine commission appear to have stalled Robert Kennedy Jr. says that it has been months since he has talked with White House officials about chairing a commission.
This list skews toward players with more to give ? if some of the underperformers in this ranking improve, Boston will be better off.
They argue allowing more establishments to sell alcohol could water down the value of their existing licenses.
It's when Allston becomes a dropping ground for home items people no longer want.
The longtime Republican operative will formally launch her US Senate campaign later today.
The owner of a home-built submarine told investigators that a missing female Swedish journalist died onboard in an accident, and he buried her at sea.
For the first time in at least a decade, the Silicon Valley chip maker Advanced Micro Devices may be living up to its name.
The pop star?s Instagram, Twitter, Facebook page, and Tumblr have been all but obliterated. Why?
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Deep in Trump country, there was universal condemnation for white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
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