The Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago. Talk show pioneer Phil Donahue died at 88. And coming to a sky near you: a super blue moon.
👋 😴 Olivia Rodrigo sleeps 13 hours a night when she's on tour. 📲 The 2024 Democratic National Convention begins Monday in Chicago with President Joe Biden speaking during the convention's opening night – not as the party’s presidential nominee, but as an outgoing president passing the torch to a potential successor and a new generation. 👉 Protest groups hope to use the Democratic National Convention to raise awareness of a host of issues from the Israel-Hamas war to LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive access and police reform.
👉 👉 📸 📺 Churning hundreds of miles from the continental U.S., Hurricane Ernesto has kept the nation's Atlantic coastline treacherous for several days as its expansive rip currents threaten to drag beachgoers out to sea – a hazard experts say is not that unusual.
Officials blamed Ernesto's rip currents for the deaths of at least three people in the Carolinas over the weekend. Dozens of others were rescued from rip currents while at least one home collapsed and was swallowed up by the large waves. "It can be a beautiful, sunny day – and sometimes the waves aren't even that bad – and rip currents can be strong enough to pull people out to sea," AccuWeather hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said.
🌀 🎥 " Talk show legend Phil Donahue, whose pioneering “The Phil Donahue Show” revolutionized TV with studio audience participation on topical social issues, has died, according to reports. He was 88. His death was confirmed Monday by People and the “Today” show.
Donahue, who was married to actress Marlo Thomas for more than 40 years, hosted more than 6,000 episodes of his talk show from 1967 to 1996. 📺 📸 Barring pesky clouds, skywatchers will have a spectacular view of a super blue moon when it rises in the evening sky tonight. The moon reaches peak fullness at 2:26 p.
m. EDT Monday, when it will be below the horizon in the United States. However, the moon will still look plenty full when it rises in the eastern sky Monday evening, and NASA says it will actually appear full for three days, through early Wednesday morning.
The “super” part of its title refers to the moon’s orbit, which brings it slightly closer to Earth this month, upping its size and brightness. The “blue” part means that this is the third of four full moons this season, an unusual occurrence. 🌝 🥪 🌕.
