The solar eclipse

Eyes on the sky: Getting a ‘safe look’ at today’s solar eclipse

For those viewing the celestial event outside the path of totality, special safety lenses are recommended to prevent eye damage.

Hopkinsville, KY -- 8/19/2017 - Doug Gallagher, of Cincinnati, (R) runs with a kite for his two year-old daughter, Joy, down Sun Street at a makeshift campground in Hopkinsville city nearest the point of greatest eclipse. Gallagher and his family are camped out with others to watch tomorrow's eclipse. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 21EclipseNashville Reporter: Nestor Ramos — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

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In Eclipseville, USA, it’s showtime

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.

The anatomy of a solar eclipse

Here’s a visual explainer of Monday’s rare astronomical event.

LAST WEEK TONIGHT

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.

Jerry Lewis was a zany puller of heartstrings

Lewis, known for his acting and his role with the long-running Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon, died Sunday. He was 91.

Lifted by its Mass. labs, chip maker AMD rebounds

For the first time in at least a decade, the Silicon Valley chip maker Advanced Micro Devices may be living up to its name.

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.

spotlight | part 1

Children of Catholic priests live with secrets and 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 little to help.

spotlight | part 2

A priest’s son takes his case directly to the Pope

He thought he was alone, being the child of a Catholic priest. He was wrong.

Among NASCAR fans, there’s a divide over Trump

Bristol, TN -- 8/18/2017 - Fans watch the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race Qualifying Race as the sun sets over Bristol Motor Speedway. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 21NASCAR Reporter: Annie Linskey — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

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.

THE FINE PRINT | CONSUMER ADVOCATE

Verizon cuts off elderly woman’s phone — on her birthday

The state needs better rules for determining if a utility customer is elderly.

'Free speech' rally in Boston

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.

The Big Picture

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.”

GOP’s Beth Lindstrom to launch challenge to Warren in 2018

The longtime Republican operative will formally launch her US Senate campaign later today.

Mom, children who were missing located in Falmouth hotel

Jessica Eisnor and her two children had not been seen since Friday.

Special reports

part 1

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.