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Doug Jones, the underdog Democrat in deep-red Alabama, upset Republican Roy Moore in one of the strangest and most consequential Senate campaigns in recent U.S. history, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Much is made about the Nets’ frenetic pace and high-scoring offense. But it’s been their much-improved — and largely unsung — defense that’s helped them improve. And it was that defense that carried them to a 103-98 win over the Wizards on Tuesday in front of a crowd of 14,515 at Barclays Center. The Nets...

It’s a shocking upset that puts the Senate in play for 2018.

For the first time since 1992, a Democrat has won a US Senate election in Alabama.

It’s a stunning reversal in one of the reddest states in the union, made possible not so much by the strength of the Democratic candidate but by the astonishing weakness of the Republican nominee. A glib commentator might conclude that all the election shows is that a Democrat can win a federal election in Alabama if his opponent has been... Читать дальше...

The United Nations expects North Korea to “signal” willingness to prepare the negotiations on the settlement of the nuclear crisis, according to Jeffrey Feltman, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.

As a speaker, writer and ordained Baptist minister, Michael Eric Dyson is known for his passionate, pointed discussion of race in America. Exemplary of his style is his 2016 New York Times opinion piece “Death in Black and White,” written in the wake of the violent deaths of two black men, Alton B. Sterling and Philando Castile, and after an attack on police officers in Dallas. This essay provided the roots for his book “Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America,” released in January from St. Читать дальше...

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• Alabama voters elected Democrat Doug Jones, upsetting the Republican favorite, Roy Moore, to be the state's next US senator on Tuesday. 
• Jones' election is a significant — and improbable — blow to the GOP, which will now have just a one seat advantage in the Senate.  

Alabama voters elected Democrat Doug Jones as the state's next US senator on Tuesday in one of the most scandal-plagued political contests in recent memory.

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A historic victory in a deep-red state.

Doug Jones has won the Alabama special election, according to multiple news outlets, the first Democrat in the state elected to the US Senate in more than 20 years. He delivers the Democrats a coveted Senate seat, shaving the GOP majority to 51.

Jones defeated controversial Republican candidate Roy Moore. Moore, a former chief justice on the Alabama Supreme Court, has courted controversy throughout his career, but retained a loyal base of... Читать дальше...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama's special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. It was the first Democratic Senate victory in a quarter-century in Alabama, one of the reddest of red states, and proved anew that party loyalty is anything but sure in the age of Trump. It was... Читать дальше...

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• Text messages between two FBI agents assigned to the Russia investigation investigation reveal disparaging remarks to President Donald Trump.
• One message referred to Trump as an "idiot."
• The messages reportedly made other snide references to other political officials, including Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley.

Text messages between two FBI agents assigned to the ongoing investigation into Russia... Читать дальше...

Elon Musk was spotted at photographer Ellen von Unwerth’s unusual holiday bash at celebrity hot spot No Name in LA

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Yankees took advantage of the Padres wanting Bryan Mitchell’s live but erratic right arm to package third baseman Chase Headley and his $13 million salary in a deal Tuesday. The move, which brought back outfielder Jabari Blash, to send Mitchell and Headley to San Diego enables the Yankees to...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Tensions have started to build underneath the sounds of smooth jazz at Roy Moore’s election night party as updated results have Democrat Doug Jones closing in on Moore.

Mayor de Blasio wasn’t in the room to offer a Dunkin’ Don’t. Hizzoner said Tuesday he didn’t preapprove a city-funded program that gives criminal suspects $15 Dunkin’ Donuts gift cards for taking a survey about their courtroom experiences. “It may shock you that I was not in the meeting determining whether there should be Dunkin’...

A large swath of San Jose encompassing the North Willow Glen, Gregory Plaza and Gardner neighborhoods is now one step to securing historic status. The San Jose Historic Landmarks Commission unanimously voted to grant the Greater Gardner neighborhood historic status at their Dec. 6 meeting, after more than a decade of lobbying by residents. Within the neighborhood’s boundaries of Interstate 80, Highway 87, Willow Street and Bird Avenue stands more than a century’s worth of local architecture such... Читать дальше...

Holding the Winter Olympics in a little-known corner of South Korea was never an easy proposition, but a ban on Russia and the latent threat of nuclear war have left the hosts hoping that things can only get better.

Asim Krasniqi watches anxiously as the Adriatic Sea creeps ever closer to his beach bar in Albania, a country faced with an alarming pace of coastal erosion.

The world's newest island -- formed during a volcanic eruption in the remote Pacific four years ago -- may offer clues to how life potentially developed on Mars, NASA said Wednesday.

Nintendo has officially gotten its groove back. After a dismal few years where it was overshadowed by Microsoft and Sony, the pioneering Japanese video game company has struck gold with its Nintendo Switch, sales figures released Tuesday reveal. Nintendo, the creator of “Super Mario,” sold 10 million units of the hybrid console in its first...

Robert Clergerie, the maker of the luxury French shoes worn by Rihanna, Bella Hadid and Madonna, was never one to sit around kicking his heels.

A California investor on Tuesday lost a bid to lower support payments to his ex-wife after she claimed she needed $37,500 a month to pay rent to her new billionaire hubby for her teenage kids. “I have and always will pay for all my children’s needs in excess, I just don’t feel it’s right for...

A luxury Mexican resort is taking a strange approach in defending itself against a lawsuit claiming its negligence caused a California woman to be sexually assaulted in one of its pricey villas: It’s blaming the victim. The Esperanza Resort in Cabo San Lucas said in court papers the “conduct” of the California mother of two...

Leafs do not play good hockey, lose to the Flyers 4-2.

The Maple Leafs faced the Flyers tonight in Philadelphia, the second game of the year between these two teams. For the second game in a row, the Leafs were without Auston Matthews, while the Flyers lineup received a boost in both defense and general violence with the return of Radko Gudas from his ten-game suspension.

First Period

William Nylander carries it in off a nice move past Shayne Gostisbehere, starting off this... Читать дальше...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. political chief said Tuesday that senior North Korean officials told him during his visit last week "that it was important to prevent war" over the country's rapidly advancing nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Jeffrey Feltman told reporters after briefing the U.N. Security Council privately that "how we do that" was the topic of more than 15 hours of discussions he had with Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, Vice Minister Pak Myong Guk, and other officials. Feltman... Читать дальше...