Europe’s first total solar eclipse in decades swept across the continent today. It started over Iceland — where birds screamed as if it were dusk, while the air went cold and darkness fell — then moved south to Spain. Crowds chanted, “Now, now, now!” as the eclipse took its first nibble in Castrillo de la Reina. Follow our live coverage here.

Towns that are normally empty were suddenly swamped with tourists, who shelled out unthinkable sums to snag hotel rooms in the umbra, or inner part, of the lunar shadow. Along that path, where the sky was clear, the sun became a black disk ensconced in a hazy corona, surrounded by planets and stars. (The brief totality phase lasted, at most, just over two minutes.)

It was a party for scientists, too — it’s not every day they get to study the sun in this way. But some in remote Spain were reluctant to share the rare astronomical moment with “Eclipse-fest” revelers, set to bump electronic music till dawn.

Don’t head inside just yet: Summer’s strongest meteor shower peaks tonight, and just about anyone in the Northern Hemisphere can see it. Here’s how to watch.

A stunning primary-election upset

For months, polls indicated that Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, was running away with the Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin. Yet late last night, the moderate David Crowley — who had briefly dropped out of the race — narrowly defeated her.

Crowley’s surge may have been driven by a late swing in voter sentiment: Hong got a lot of bad press this past week as she backtracked from comments about hating Thanksgiving and abolishing the police. And Crowley was buoyed by an 11th-hour endorsement from the state’s popular governor, Tony Evers. (Pollsters also might have miscalculated the makeup of the electorate.)

ICE to equip agents with electrified gloves

The Trump administration is planning to spend up to $20 million to equip immigration agents with gloves that can deliver electric shocks.

The Department of Homeland Security described the gloves as a “de-escalation device,” but critics worry they could instead be used to intensify ICE’s already-aggressive enforcement tactics. Some former ICE officials have also questioned the idea of the gloves being used against people accused of violating immigration laws, which are mostly civil offenses.

A user manual for the gloves, manufactured by Compliant Technologies, says they are capable of inhibiting “the subject from performing coordinated muscle movement.”

In other immigration news:

Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner are buying the Lakers

The N.B.A.’s glamour team is changing hands. Again.

Just 14 months after agreeing to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers for a then-record $10 billion, Mark Walter is selling the team at a $12.5 billion valuation to Bob Iger, Disney’s former chief executive, and Joshua Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. Before Walter, the franchise was owned by Jerry Buss or his children for more than four decades.

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Nigel Farage, the British far-right politician, is running to keep his parliamentary seat against a novelty candidate, pictured above. What is the candidate’s name?

Sir Trashington II

Count Binface

Lord Rubbish

The Earl of Waste

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TIME TO UNWIND

A footpath fit for a king

In 1982, the writer Paul Theroux decided to travel the entire coast of Britain. It wasn’t so easy: Long stretches were forbidden to hikers, beaches and shorelines were wired off, and now and then, a tetchy resident would wave him away with a forbidding finger.

Forty-four years later, as a coronation gift to the new king, England has opened its entire coast: 2,689 miles of continuous trails, inaugurated by Charles III himself. It’s the longest organized coastal footpath in the world. Have a look — the vistas are just incredible.

‘Lanterns’ keeps it real

For months, fans hungry for intel on HBO’s new Green Lantern drama series had only a single production still to inspect. Many obsessed over the green ring peeking out from the actor Kyle Chandler’s middle finger. What hints might it hold?

Turns out, the show will be more like a buddy-cop drama than the usual comic-book adaptation. Our reporter interviewed some of the show’s writers at the historic Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, Calif., and at a set in the town of Piru, about 40 miles northwest. They said they wanted “Lanterns” to be firmly grounded on Earth — more “sweaty and grimy” than “glowing and green screen.”

It premieres this weekend.

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Bali’s evening shimmer

For generations, the soft glow of fireflies was part of the steady rhythm of nightfall in rural Bali. The insects were revered by locals, who believed them to be sacred messengers connected with generations past. But now they’re fading across the Indonesian island, driven away by climate change, aggressive land development and artificial light.