While the eclipse will give skywatchers a chance to safely marvel at the rare phenomena, some scientists will use it as an opportunity to better understand the sun.
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Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
8 Aug. 2026
La Grange Park is in its 22nd year of participating and one of 156 Illinois towns to participate in the event, that grew from being a small neighborhood gathering in suburban Pennsylvania to a national phenomena.
Also in that notebook is the apparent good news about Nick Pivetta playing loss toss yesterday, an explanation for some lineup quirks last night and the transaction that created room for Ray on the roster.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2026
Now many of the quirks of modern life have made meeting organically in person less likely.
Or maybe, for once in their franchise history, the vagaries of postseason baseball will tilt in their favor.
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Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2026
That the actual, original Antifa formed in clandestine resistance to Nazi terror during the early 1930s appears lost amid the rhetorical vagaries of political propaganda.
But aside from our go-to sandwich classics, there’s some incredible new sandwich variations nationwide waiting to be experienced, and National Sandwich Month may be the most perfect time to go ahead and give one a taste.
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Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2026
By then, the plovers would have sex-distinct features such as variations in black bands on their foreheads, Lueck said.
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