Crowds began to gather and march on election night, voicing support for their candidate. As President Donald Trump tweeted throughout the week to “stop the count”—referring to ballots being counted after Election Day—his supporters on the streets and at polling places echoed that call. On the other side, Joe Biden’s supporters reiterated the importance of counting every vote. On Saturday, the wait was over, as all of the major news outlets announced that while the votes were not 100 percent counted, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would be the next president and vice president....

BAKER: I think in every culture, there is this millennial dream of some kind of sanctuary where the best of civilization on every level can be preserved. That’s what Shangri-La was. It was the “Valley of the Blue Moon,” a place where time no longer existed in the way we think of it, where we could live for hundreds of years. The concept of Shangri-La had an impact, whether consciously or unconsciously, on a whole generation....

The allegation, which Rove denies, quickly reverberated in Washington. Democrats in Congress now want to question Ata. They believe he can help buttress their theory that Rove played a key role in discussions that led to the firings of U.S. attorneys at the Justice Department in 2006. The House Judiciary Committee “intends to investigate the facts and circumstances alleged in this testimony,” panel chairman Rep. John Conyers of Michigan said in a statement to NEWSWEEK....

Anyone who’s seen the aquatic ballet of schooling fish knows that nature provides glorious examples of synchrony–the rhythmic interplay of parts that unconsciously combine in patterns to make up a greater whole. But advanced computing and sophisticated math have shown recently that sync also underlies some of the most complex and perplexing phenomena around–from fads and traffic to human consciousness. Sync is embedded in the rules of nature, rules we’ve never been able to figure out with crude calculation and observation alone–even though we’ve been surrounded by them all along....

Yet there was Mitch McConnell, at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in his home state of Kentucky, not just dampening expectations for Senate success, but casting aspersions on the Republican candidates who may become his colleagues. “I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,” McConnell told the audience. “Senate races are just different; they’re statewide.” He is correct about that, of course. While the House of Representatives looks like a sure flip, there is a series of key races that would have to fall fortuitously for the Senate to return to Republican control....

The doctor or technician administering it places a drop of the patient’s blood in a small vial of solution, along with a dipstick that develops a single dark line when submerged. If the blood sample harbors antibodies to HIV, the stick develops a second line as well, and the patient immediately gets counseling. OraQuick detects antibodies that may not appear until three months after a person contracts the virus, so it won’t pick up new infections....

In patients with IBM, inflammatory cells infiltrate the muscles of the body, especially in the hands, arms, legs, and feet. Once they accumulate, protein “bodies” discarded by the cells build up and cause the muscle to degrade, leading to progressive symptoms of weakness and wasting (atrophy). The presence of these damaging “inclusion bodies” in the muscles gives the condition its name. Symptoms The symptoms of IBM usually take time to develop, rather than coming on suddenly....

Lymphoma Risk In RA Patients Lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system (lymph nodes, spleen, and other organs of the immune system) that starts in white blood cells (leukocytes). The connection between an increased risk of lymphoma in rheumatoid arthritis patients concerns researchers, healthcare providers, and patients. Here’s what current research tells us: RA patients have twice the lymphoma risk as the general population. Still, the percentage of RA patients who develop lymphoma is low....

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found that more 43.5 percent of child care workers, or 560,000 people, would benefit from the minimum wage being bumped to $15 per hour in the next four years. Roughly 95 percent of the child care workers who would get a pay raise are women, and 36 percent are Black or Hispanic. Black and Hispanic child care workers would see their yearly income rise by $3,200 and $3,100, respectively....

The findings cap off a significant year for humanity’s scientific exploration of the Red Planet. This has included the discovery of ancient lakes, which were literally bursting with water, thousands of volcanic eruptions that shook the Red Planet in its youth, and dust storms that may have stripped the planet of its water. The Perseverance Rover: A Martian Rock Star On December 15, NASA revealed that the Perseverance Rover had discovered crystals within the rock of the South Séítah region of the crater it roams around that showed the rock formed when crystals grew and settled in a slowly cooling magma....

This April Bill Bradley add-a new introduction to his thoughtful 1970 basketball memoir, “Life on the Run.” Of the U.S. Senate, he writes: “It is an honor, but it is not a thrill. It is nothing at all like standing on the floor of the Garden as world champion, with your fists raised, with the chills coursing up and down your spine, with your face aching from smiling, secure in the knowledge that all the work for all the years was worth it, and that on this night and for this season you are the best in the world....

The Inequality Index by Morning Consult and Axios ticked upward to 6.5 percent in May, increasing from 5.7 percent in April. “Economic inequality increased in May as the impact of stimulus checks on households’ finances started to wear off faster than job growth could produce sustainable incomes for low- and middle-income adults,” a Morning Consult report analyzing the data explained. The inequality indicators for the month showed that 15 percent of those earning less than $50,000 annually lost income in the past week, as did 12 percent of those earning $50,000 to $100,000 and 11 percent of those earning $100,000 or more....

The Blue Tigers’ display of resilience brought Oman’s three-game winning run to a halt as both sides looked to get much-needed minutes under their belt before the big tournament that starts on January 5, 2018. Sunil Chhetri and Jeje Lalpekhlua started upfront with the support of Udanta Singh and Halicharan Narzary from the flanks. Pronay Halder and Anas Edathodika, who had been struggling with fitness, started the match in midfield and at centre-back respectively....

Kanha is one of the last strongholds of the Royal Bengal tiger, perhaps the world’s fiercest terrestrial predator—and its most beautiful. The chance to glimpse that signature orange and black coat attracts tens of thousands of tourists each year, who flock to this and India’s 27 other tiger reserves. Alarm calls can still be heard in the Kanha dawn, but many of India’s jungles have fallen disturbingly quiet. The government-run Wildlife Institute of India shocked the nation—and tiger lovers worldwide—in February when it released a rigorous scientific survey estimating India had just 1,411 tigers left, a decline of more than 60 percent in five years....

The popular pop-star’s ‘Purpose World Tour’ docks in Mumbai, where Bieber will belt out hits like ‘Baby’ and ‘Sorry’ at the D Y Patil stadium, in the Maharashtra capital’s suburb. However, this particular bit of news regarding the concert’s venue will have Indian football aficionados and analysts in a tiff. This is because the stadium in question has been finalized as a venue for the U17 World Cup scheduled to be held in October 2017....

Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan and East Bengal’s talks with the AIFF supremo regarding the course of the future of club football in India remained deadlocked, with the meeting producing no discernible solutions. “No final decisions have been taken today”, Patel told Goal after coming out of the meeting. The meeting was held in the national capital on the back of the Kuala Lumpur meeting with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on June 7th 2017....

A major private hospital, Max Hospital, tweeted on Thursday that it had one hour of oxygen left at one of its locations and was waiting for supplies since the morning. It also filed a petition on Tuesday in the Delhi High Court that it was running out of oxygen, putting 400 patients at risk of dying, according to the Associated Press. India set a global record in daily infections for the second straight day with 332,730, and it is second only to the U....

In a clip of the video obtained by India Today, the man is seen biting into the snake. Eventually, the snake is ripped in two, but the man continues to eat large chunks. The outlet said that in the video the man tells the camera that eating the snake is good for “keeping COVID-19 at bay.” The Times of India reports that the man was identified as a 50-year-old agricultural worker named Vadivelu....