Millions of Americans will find themselves in the path of a total eclipse of the sun on Monday. A rare earthquake shook New York City and the surrounding region Friday, with another aftershock that afternoon. Also, Monday’s darkening sky could possibly reveal the so-called “devil comet” that is making a once-in-71-years appearance in our corner of the solar system. In an earlier, more superstitious time, any one of these events would have been widely taken as a dark omen requiring serious... Read this story
