The Moon s shadow, or umbra, is pictured covering portions of the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick and the American state of Maine in this photograph from the International Space Station as it soared into the solar eclipse from 261 miles above. (all photos: NASA / ISS)
American football star turned actor O.J. Simpson has died at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer. Simpson became best known for what the U.S. media in 1995 called "the trial of the century," in which he was acquitted of the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.