It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The GOP’s grand plan had Steele winning the Senate race in Maryland, making good on the party’s promise to increase its appeal among black voters. Mehlman has headed that effort, reaching out to black evangelicals in 2004 and apologizing to the NAACP in 2005 for past Republican race-baiting. But despite the endorsement of several local black politicians, who broke ranks to vote for him, Steele lost by 10 points....

The Ghanaian registered a brace - his 10th goal in 12 league starts this season - as the Claret and Blue Army claimed all three points at Villa Park. In his 15th Championship game of the campaign, Adomah broke the deadlock nine minutes to half-time to put Steve Bruce’s outfit in the driving seat. The 29-year-old took advantage of defensive lapse between Dominic Iorfa and Grant Ward to slot in the opener....

With 70 percent of the precincts reporting for the GOP, Trump has gained 698,825 votes, compared with 552,253 for Biden, with 63 percent of precincts reporting for the Democrats, according to NBC News data. Trump also received more votes than all of the Democratic candidates combined, including Senator Bernie Sanders, who received over 67,000 votes, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, who received nearly 12,000, as well as candidates who dropped out of the race months ago....

David Petraeus is perfectly cast in that role. He rose to fame not by his achievements but by his success in selling them as achievements. He’s first of all a great communicator. When he was the commander in Mosul, in northern Iraq, at a time when the city was relatively quiet compared to Baghdad and central Iraq, he managed to persuade a host of journalists that Mosul demonstrated that he knew how to do it—unlike the idiot generals down in Baghdad....

Japanese in general are growing uneasy about nuclear power. In a poll released last February, 90 percent of the respondents said they were “anxious” about safety issues. But such concerns have done little to slow Japan’s commitment to nuclear technology. Japan has 51 nuclear plants that generate 36.8 percent of the country’s electricity. And with Japan’s energy needs on the rise, says Hajime Furuya, deputy director for nuclear energy at Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry, “nuclear power will continue to play a role in Japan’s overall energy policy....

The hard truth for the Pac-12 is it will likely offer a one-loss conference champion, without a single quality nonconference victory, for the Playoff committee to consider at the end of the regular season. And that is a best-case scenario. MORE: Takeaways from Notre Dame-Stanford Stanford’s 38-17 loss to Notre Dame was only the latest example of that. Washington, tabbed the Pac-12 favorite to make the Playoff before the season, opened with a 21-16 loss to Auburn on the biggest stage of college football’s opening weekend....

Barrett is reportedly one of President Donald Trump’s top picks to replace Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week. At the time the interview originally aired, Scalia’s death had caused a stir in Congress as senators debated whether it was appropriate to confirm the late justice’s replacement in an election year during which the country was operating under a divided government, with President Barack Obama leading the executive branch and Republicans controlling the Senate under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell....

This masterful balancing act shows how difficult atoms can be. But dealing with them is becoming a top priority in research labs. The reason is simple: as machines get smaller, the parts are smaller still, and they’re getting hard to handle. Computer chips (a kind of electrical machine) already contain wires that are only a few atoms wide. And if scientists ever figure out how to make a quantum computer, which would use atoms or molecules as computing elements, they’re going to need a way to assemble it....

If carried out as planned, Hall will have been the fourth person in Tennessee to choose death via the electric chair since 2018, an option that has grown increasingly popular among the state’s death row inmates. The last person to be executed by electrocution prior to Hall was Stephen Michael West, in August. Like Hall, West also requested the chair as an alternative to lethal injection. The state sentenced West to death for the fatal stabbings of a mother and her 15-year-old daughter....

JAPAN From the controversial “New History Textbook” written by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform: “This Tokyo Tribunal acknowledged that Japanese forces killed numbers of Chinese civilians when they occupied Nanking during the Japan-China War (the Nanking Incident) in 1937. Many questions have been asked, and there are various opinions about what actually happened there. A dispute continues to this day.” From a textbook published by Shimizu Shoin, currently in use:...

Last week the landlord’s lawyer, David Rosner, served an eviction notice on LTCM, seeking to oust the firm from its tony quarters at Osprey House in downtown Greenwich, Conn. Talk about comedowns. Last fall LTCM, a firm featuring “Masters of the Universe” traders and Nobel laureates, was playing high-stakes financial poker with 15 of the world’s biggest financial institutions in the offices of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Now the Masters of the Universe are being summoned to somewhat less august environs: housing court....

While inactivated vaccines have the same aims as live vaccines—namely to generate immunity, including antibodies that fight diseases—they may induce a less robust response and often require multiple doses and/or booster shots to achieve adequate protection. History Inactivated vaccines were first developed at the end of the 19th century. The practice of variolation (inoculating an uninfected person with pus from an infected person) was commonly used during the 18th century to prevent bacterial infections like smallpox, and it was also sometimes used for preventing diseases during outbreaks, such as typhoid, plague, and cholera....

Santos, a New York Republican whose election was seen as a rare victory in an otherwise underwhelming midterm for the GOP, has faced mounting scrutiny after The New York Times alleged he misled constituents about his past experience. The report found that he neither graduated from Baruch College nor worked at finance companies Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, despite previous claims. Santos on Monday confirmed to the New York Post that the Times’ reporting was correct, though he downplayed the scandal and insisted he would still be an effective legislator—sparking calls for him to step down from Democrats....

Once you understand what all of the keys do, try to create a visual layout of the keyboard in your mind that you can call upon when you’re typing. Many keyboards are equipped with time-saving keys that provide shortcuts for common commands or keystrokes. Be sure to read up on your keyboard’s shortcuts to help increase your speed. Check out our guide on using a computer keyboard for more information....

The infrared video showing smoke billowing from the doomed ship is rehashed footage from years earlier and is not the famed Moskva naval cruiser Ukrainian forces took credit for sinking, The Quint reported on Monday. While Ukraine and Russia continue to offer differing accounts for the ship’s damage, the debunked video is the latest example of misinformation that has clouded the conflict. Ukraine’s military last week proclaimed that it had successfully launched Neptune missiles at the Moskva, badly damaging the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and striking a major blow against the invading country’s military....

While winning a multi-team competition is always a boost for any side, the Blue Tigers will know they have their work cut out when the real test begins come September. The win against Mauritius and the draw with St. Kitts and Nevis will give Stephen Constantine plenty to think about when it comes to naming the squad for the upcoming qualifier. On Thursday, winger Jackichand Singh’s second international goal for India put the hosts ahead on Thursday before G’Vaune Amory equalized for the visitors late in the second half to share the spoils....

The four participants included in the Champions Cup are likely to be from an Asian, African and a North American country in addition to hosts India. With inputs from marketing partner FSDL, the Indian FA has studied the current National Team’s engagement and have formualted a strategic national calendar program. This shall ensure the senior team trains and plays more often through the year, with special attention to increase the number of games on home soil for the Blue Tigers....

The Mumbaikars’ relegation to the second tier of the domestic top tier has been confirmed following the Konkan side Churchill Brothers’ emphatic win over new entrant Chennai City FC. Derrick Pereira’s Red Machines thrashed V Soundararajan’s South Indian side in a 6-1 result, courtesy goals from Bektur Talgat (22’, 82’ 84’ and 90+3’) and Ansumana Kromah (67’) and Brandon Fernandes (90’). Michael Soosairaj scored for the Southerners in the 54th minute but it went in vain....

But the announcement of the investigation was not the most startling development from the press conference. Jurich, when asked how the university found out about its involvement in the book, said the athletic department was tipped off “when Indiana University’s top booster reached out to (an associate athletic director at Indiana) to identify some pictures.” MORE: 10 greatest Louisville players of all time Louisville spokesman Kenny Klein said it was one photo and that Indiana never provided it to Louisville, but Jurich said the school immediately reached out to the NCAA to report the allegations within the book, which has yet to be released to the public....

Confronted by Trump supporters on Capitol Hill Wednesday, the Republican senator from Indiana told those asking him to vote against the certification of the election: “My opinion doesn’t matter. You know what? When it comes to the law, our opinions don’t matter, the law matters.” Young told the president’s supporters that he also wanted to see Trump to serve a second term in the White House, but challenging the votes of Americans would go against the oath he took to uphold the Constitution....