Morning Updates: Pope swings to NYC; Bernie, Hillary plan visits to Boston
Good morning and happy Friday, Boston. Pope Francis gets a tour of New York City, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton schedule visits to the Hub, and the rest of the news you need to know today.
Concrete jungle with a papal twist: “Pope Francis, on his first visit to New York City, will use his position as the leader of a 2,000-year-old institution with 1.2 billion followers to push for global change even as he seeks to present himself as a simple man who is in touch with the crowds that will line the streets to cheer his every move. His tour of the city will take him from the ornate halls of the United Nations, where he is expected to urge the world’s leaders to act on behalf of the planet’s poor and neglected, to the streets of East Harlem, where he will offer a more personal pastoral touch.’’ (The New York Times)
The troubled history of Baby Bella’s accused killer: “With a faraway look in his hooded eyes and a little Pomeranian named Bailey cradled in his arms — to detect his seizures, he told people — [Michael] McCarthy moved slowly and spoke of conspiracies, the occult, and a demon with horns and a long lizard tail. … ‘He never shut up about demons,’ said Robert McMahon Jr., 28, who lived with McCarthy.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Boston will Feel the Bern: “Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is scheduled to spend the day in Massachusetts on Saturday, Oct. 3, according to his campaign website. … [T]he Vermont senator will hold another rally at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center at 6 p.m. to ‘discuss the major issues facing our country.’’’ (Boston.com)
And Hillary, too: “Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will visit Boston next week, planning to discuss substance-abuse issues with Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Attorney General Maura Healey, a Clinton campaign official said Thursday. Clinton will hold a Boston fundraiser the same day, according to a copy of the invitation.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Inside the mind of a rare lobsterwoman: “‘One thing I like about being a girl out here is that they can’t pay me less than a guy,’ Sadie Samuels shouted over the grinding sound of her lobster boat’s mechanical pulley as it hoisted a trap up from the bottom of the ocean. … ‘They just can’t,’ the 23-year-old continued at a normal volume. ‘There’s a price per pound, and fuel costs the same whether you’re a guy or a girl. Any other job, they’d pay what—73 cents to a man’s dollar, statistics say?’’’ (Boston.com)
Design v. accuracy on the MBTA: “Terrence Fradet, a data visualization expert for Fathom Information Design, created his own illustration of the MBTA that compares its real distance with a grid-like formation.’’ (Boston.com)
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A view for Sunday night: “For the first time in more than 30 years, a supermoon lunar eclipse will be visible in the night sky over Boston and around the globe, just as the Boston Calling Music Festival wraps up its fall installment.’’ (Boston magazine)
The Goodbye: Prep for Oktoberfest parties has begun.
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