Morning Updates: Blood moon casts eerie glow; Sen. Warren embraces Black Lives Matter
Good morning, Boston. Cameras captured the eerie “blood moon’’ up in the sky, Elizabeth Warren embraced the Black Lives Matter movement, and the rest of the news you need to know today.
Supermoon + lunar eclipse = awesomeness: “Stargazers in the state tonight were treated to a rare celestial event: a full so-called supermoon combined with a lunar eclipse, which left the moon shrouded in an eerie red glow. The simultaneous event will not happen again until 2033, and has only happened five times since the beginning of the 20th century, with the last time taking place in 1982.’’ (The Boston Globe)
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Elizabeth Warren strongly praises Black Lives Matter: “In a Sunday speech on racial inequality, Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for broad policing reform … and likened the current Black Lives Matter movement to the civil rights movement that won black Americans the right to vote in the 1960s. … ‘This is the reality all of us must confront, as uncomfortable and ugly as that reality may be. It comes to us to once again affirm that black lives matter, that black citizens matter, that black families matter.’ (The Washington Post)
Newton native becomes stand-up comedian in China: “Jesse Appell launches his Chinese comedy routines with a nod to — what else — Boston accents. ‘As a kid I wondered where all the ‘r’s go,’ he tells camera-snapping audiences in fluent Mandarin. ‘Then I moved to Beijing, and I discovered they were here the whole time.’ Get it? Probably not. But in a city whose residents are known for the ‘r’ sounds in their speech, he earns an appreciative laugh.’’ (The Boston Globe)
The Patriots cruise to a win – and more: “The more dominant the Patriots look behind Brady, the less threatening the rest of their 2015 schedule seems. There is, quite simply, no other team quite on the same level as the New England Patriots, and the rest of the league knows it all too well.’’ (Boston.com)
Inside the gaming world of Settlers of Catan: “You know someone who settles. If you’ve never played Settlers of Catan yourself, then I guarantee at least one of your acquaintances, whether that person is a game enthusiast or not, sometimes sits at a table or computer to roll dice, build cities, and trade sheep for wood. Catan is having a moment in the mainstream.’’ (SB Nation)
Say it ain’t so, Marky Mark: “Speaking before Pope Francis on Saturday, New England Patriots fan and noted Tom Brady hugger, Mark Wahlberg, gave his blessing to another NFL team. The Dorchester native closed his introduction of former NFL running back and pastor Herb Lusk at a Philadelphia festival with, ‘Go Eagles.’’’ (Boston.com)
The Goodbye: Scenes from Boston Calling music festival.
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