Despite not being in the ?path of totality,? Greater Boston nevertheless paused for a moment of celestial wonderment on Monday.
When the eclipse started, City Hall Plaza looked like it does on any other Monday in August. Then, people began streaming out of nearby buildings.
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Dispatch from Eclipseville: Massive telescopes, magnificent weirdos The moon began its slow creep through the sky around noon on Monday, the final run-up to the 2 minutes, 40 seconds that Hopkinsville, Ky., has been anticipating for years.
Watch Bonnie Tyler performing ?Total Eclipse of the Heart? during the solar eclipse On Monday, some cruise passengers watched the solar eclipse as Bonnie Tyler sang her hit 1980s power ballad.
Did President Trump just stare directly at the solar eclipse without glasses? Photos of Trump staring up at the sun from a White House balcony circulated online, with many mocking him for not donning protective eyewear.
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There goes the sun: Photos of the solar eclipse For the first time since 1918, a total eclipse of the sun was viewable from coast-to-coast in a 70-mile wide path of the US for around two minutes.
Businesses fret over ability of Congress to avoid debt default There?s a chill in Washington thanks to potential financial and economic catastrophe looming sometime this fall.
There?s nothing like the smell of fresh bagels. Just ask Maggie and Jim Hobbs. They got married at a Roslindale bagel shop Saturday.
Want to get into your first-choice college? Better book a plane ticket As colleges try to winnow large application pools, many use a student?s interest in the school as an important factor in admissions.
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President Trump said eliminating restrictions on the US military will make a difference on the battlefield.
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Trump?s strategy may help in Afghanistan, but few expect ?outright victory? The new blueprint for the war is intended to give a badly needed boost to the campaign to push back the Taliban.
Trump talked about Afghanistan ? and he also discussed unity ?We cannot remain a force for peace in the world if we are not at peace with each other,? the president told the audience at Fort Myer, Va.
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Red Sox lose to Indians on walkoff error The Sox bullpen blew a late lead, and Brock Holt?s throwing error allowed the winning run to score in the ninth.
During the rallies in Boston on Saturday, Imani Williams stepped in and guided a Donald Trump supporter to safety. The Internet took note.
Two members of the Kennedy family were arrested early Sunday after police received several complaints of a loud party and fireworks, Barnstable police said.
Far-right student leaving BU for Ala. to be with ?more like-minded people? Nicholas Fuentes, 19, said he plans to continue his far-right-wing activism and sees Auburn University as a good place to do it.
Scholars are worried about obliterating public memory of the Jim Crow era, when most of the monuments were built.
Close call: A shark attacked a seal within feet of a Cape Cod beach Several sharks were spotted off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday, forcing beach closures in Orleans and Truro.
Eclipse photos taken from the ground are so two hours ago.
State environmental chief refunded Mass. for personal flight This questionable use of state resources and funds stayed below the public radar.
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Reuse projects tend to stand out among the city?s venerable structures, inspiring confusion and even disdain.
Johnson & Johnson to pay $417m in lawsuit linking baby powder to cancer A hospitalized woman had claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company?s baby powder causes ovarian cancer.
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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.
Alex Beam
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.
The message Monday was clear: Goodell has been good for business, and is here to stay through 2024.
Only 33 people from the more than 40,000 who showed up on the Common Saturday were arrested.
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.
Many in the crowd at a race said they feel more permission to be outspoken on issues once viewed as sensitive, like race.
As many as 10 million Americans suffer from the painful condition. A Cambridge company has a new treatment.
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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