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Parts of the United States will experience a total solar eclipse today — when the moon crosses between the Earth and the sun, briefly blocking out the sun's light. It's the first time in 99 years that a total solar eclipse will travel the entire continental US from coast to coast. Only a 70-mile-wide streak of the country, which includes cities like Nashville, Tennessee and Kansas City, Missouri, will see the eclipse in its totality. Others will see only a partial eclipse. The eclipse will look different and start, peak, and end at different times depending on your location.A tool from the US Naval Observatory can calculate the best time (in Universal Time) to watch the eclipse in your town or city. Here are 5 major cities viewing times. Los Angeles, California: 9:05 a.m. PST; 10:21 a.m. PST, Houston, Texas: 11:46 a.m. CDT; 1:16 p.m. CDT, Chicago, Illinois: 11:54 a.m. CDT; 1:19 p.m. CDT, Nashville, Tennessee: 11:58 a.m. CDT; 1:27 p.m. CDT, New York, New York: 1:23 p.m. EST; 2:45 p.m. EST.
According to a report by Business Insider, six months after thousands of soldiers were deployed in Rio de Janeiro to take over police functions and increase operations in high-crime areas, homicides in Brazil's capital are up 5 percent over the same period in 2017. Reuters reports that between February and July, 738 people were killed in confrontations with police. 16 police officers were reportedly killed in that same time period.
REUTERS/Adrees Latif There will be a partial solar eclipse on August 11. The event will be most visible at the North Pole and in northern cities. While the eclipse will be a sight to behold, it won't be quite as stunning as the total eclipse that swept across the US last summer. During a solar eclipse, the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on our planet.
Business Insider has reported that the collision of guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain with a tanker near Singapore was the fourth accident involving ships from the US Navy's 7th fleet in less than a year. Two of the incidents — collisions involving the McCain and the USS Fitzgerald earlier this summer — have left a total of 17 sailors dead or missing, more than the 11 service members killed in Afghanistan so far this year.
Billy Joel may wear his heart on his sleeve in his songs, but Monday night he wore the Star of David to make a statement. Joel, whose parents are Jewish, wore the symbolic yellow stars on the front and back of his jacket while performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 'Piano Man' singer told Rolling Stone in June, "I've been to shows where people start haranguing the audience about what's going on politically and I'm thinking, 'You know, this isn't why I came here.
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