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Der Demokrat Doug Jones hat überraschend die Nachwahl für einen Senatssitz im seit Jahrzehnten von Republikanern beherrschten US-Staat Alabama gewonnen. Der Menschenrechtsanwalt Jones lag am späten Dienstagabend (Ortszeit) nach Auszählung von mehr als 90 Prozent der Urnen um mehrere Tausend Stimmen vor seinem republikanischen Kontrahenten Roy Moore.

Newly signed Angels star Shohei Ohtani has suffered a first-degree sprain of his right ulnar collateral ligament, according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports.

With 100 percent of precincts in Alabama reporting and Democrat Doug Jones ahead by nearly 21,000 votes, Republican Roy Moore told his supporters to keep the faith, because "when the vote is this close, it's not over."

Ed Lee wasn’t born in San Francisco, but that didn’t matter to the large Chinese community that adopted him as a native son. “He was one of us,” Norman Fong, director of the Chinatown Community Development Center, said Tuesday. “One of our guys made it to mayor.” Lee became known in the Chinatown community in the 1970s as the civil rights lawyer who pushed residents of the Ping Yuen public housing complex to speak up and fight to improve conditions. He became a perennial... Читать дальше...

GOP Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore refused to concede on Tuesday night and insisted more votes could still swing the race and save him from a stunning defeat to an underdog Democrat. “When the vote is this close, that it’s not over,” he told supporters in Montgomery at his campaign rally shortly after Democrat Doug...

Fox News' Brit Hume claimed on the eve of Doug Jones’ (D) historic election result in Alabama that he is already a lame duck Senator.

Oil prices jumped to their highest in more than two years yesterday after the shutdown of a North Sea pipeline knocked out significant supply from an already tightening market. World stocks took a break from a three-day rally. Brent crude futures, the global benchmark for oil prices, rose above $65 a barrel – their highest since mid-2015 – after Britain’s Forties pipeline was shut due to cracks as a cold snap sweeps the country. The Forties pipeline is important for the global oil market because... Читать дальше...

The London Chess Classic is over, but it wasn't - and isn't - the only show in town. Literally: there was also the concurrent British K.O. Championship. (Rules here, results and games here.) That came down to a match between Luke McShane and David Howell (as reported earlier) that combined both classical (40/90', the rest/30', with 30" increment per move) and rapid games (15' + 10"). The four classical games were a success story for the Black pieces. Howell drew the first game with White, which... Читать дальше...

Andrei Vasilevskiy makes 32 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the St. Louis Blues 3-0.

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• The last time Alabama voted for a Democratic senator was in 1992.
• That senator, Richard Shelby, became a Republican two years later.
• Shelby is still a Republican senator for Alabama, and did not vote for Roy Moore, who lost the special election there on Tuesday night.

Before Doug Jones' election victory on Tuesday night, the last Democratic senator elected in Alabama was Richard Shelby, in 1992. Shelby was initially a Democrat... Читать дальше...

In Congress (Al Franken, John Conyers), entertainment (Harvey Weinstein, Ben Affleck) and the establishment media (Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose), women are stepping up with charges of sexual harassment, and in some cases powerful men are stepping down. As this unfolds, one key abuser has managed to avoid both the outcry and the scrutiny he deserves.  

The women, nine in all, who came forward to say that Senate candidate Roy Moore sought romantic relationships with them when they were teenagers had everything to lose.

Held annually since 1998, Teatru Unplugged brings together a mixture of new, upcoming and established bands and artists under one roof. This year’s edition being held this week will feature seven musical acts: Pete & Papps with Gianni and Renzo Spiteri, Duo Khkkanja, Gillian Zammit and Rosetta Debattista, Pink Floyd Tribute Band, Cheryl Balzan and Narrow Lane fronted by Kurt Calleja. Teatru Unplugged 20 is being hosted by Trudy Kerr and Joseph Bonello. Teatru Unplugged is being held at Sir Temi Zammit Hall... Читать дальше...

Editor's note: Below are the video and transcript of remarks given by J. Christian Adams at the David Horowitz Freedom Center's 2017 Restoration Weekend. The event was held Nov. 16th-19th at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.

MANCHESTER - Jose Mourinho has dismissed claims his Manchester United players were in the wrong during the chaotic post-match confrontation that overshadowed Sunday's Manchester derby at Old Trafford.

The Trump administration has decided to withdraw from participation in the United Nations Global Compact on Migration, representing another significant departure from the global governance policies of the Obama administration. In September 2016, during the waning days of the Obama administration, the United States had joined with the other member states of the UN to adopt a “non-binding “political declaration, the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants. They agreed to undertake negotiations... Читать дальше...

George Clooney and Amal Clooney were well-meaning parents handing out headphones to their fellow passengers to apologize for having their 6-month-old twins on board.

Sirens blared and thousands of doves were released as Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a sombre ceremony in Nanjing marking 80 years since the wartime massacre in the city by Japanese troops.

Frankfurt (dpa) - The eurozone should forge ahead with far-reaching political reforms in the face of the challenges facing the 19-member currency bloc, former European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet told dpa. "The euro area ... needs to improve the equivalent of its executive branch as well as its legislative branch," said the 74-year-old Trichet, who stepped down from the ECB presidency in 2011 after eight years in the post. "We need a minister of finance of the euro area," the former... Читать дальше...

I had the opportunity to visit my native city, Cospicua, and saw the magnificent theological, poetical, romantic painting of the Immaculate Conception by Peter Paul Caruana, born in Valletta in 1794. Caruana studied in Rome under well-known professor Tommaso Minardi  in 1821. Minardi led the St Luke Academy that was situated at Palazzo Dori Pamphili, in Piazza Venezia.  Caruana at the age of 35 years, painted the titular painting of the Immaculate Conception. There in Rome, at this academy probably... Читать дальше...

Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center.