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MORE is refusing to concede the Alabama Senate special election, even after Democratic opponent Doug Jones’s victory was made official by the state. Moore issued a statement on Thursday reiterating his claims that voter fraud caused him to lose the election. "Election fraud experts across the country have agreed that this was a fraudulent election,” Moore said in his statement.

Alabama has officially certified Democrat Doug Jones's victory in the recent special Senate election, confirming that he'll be the first Democrat to represent the state in the Senate in decades. The certification, made by top Alabama officials Thursday afternoon, comes over the protests of Republican MORE, who lost to Jones by about 1.5 percentage points but claims that massive voter fraud tipped the scales. Alabama Gov.

Confusion is reigning in cities and suburbs with high property taxes as homeowners weigh prepaying their 2018 property taxes in order to avoid a bigger bill once the Trump cuts take effect. Taxpayers worried that they’ll lose out because of a new $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions, including property taxes, are scrambling to pay their 2018 property taxes in 2017 so that they can deduct the full amount before the tax changes go into effect. Elected officials in places such as New York and Washington, D.C., have been highlighting the prepayment option.

PHOENIX — Ambitious Republicans anxious for a shot at a U.S. Senate seat have begun quietly jockeying to be appointed as the successor to Sen. MORE (R), even as he battles an aggressive form of brain cancer. The lobbying campaigns, described to The Hill by half a dozen GOP strategists and aides, have angered many Republicans, who see any public chatter as disrespectful to a senator who has helped shape modern Arizona. Chief among those upset is the man who would make an appointment, Gov.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — Ethnic profiling is business as usual in the contemporary art market.

Rose Marie, who became a radio star as a toddler in the 1920s and a television star on the hit sitcom “The Dick Van Dyke Show” in the 1960s — and who continued performing into the 21st century — died on Thursday in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. She was 94. Her death was announced on her website and confirmed by her longtime publicist, B. Harlan Boll. Originally known as Baby Rose Marie, she is probably best remembered for her “Dick Van Dyke Show” role as Sally Rogers, one of three comedy writers — the others were Rob Petrie (Mr.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — They call each other meddlers, warmongers, religious hypocrites, zealots and sponsors of terrorism.

Sitting quietly for extended periods of time could be hurting your heart, according to a surprising new study. It finds that the more people sit, the greater the likelihood that they will show signs of injury to their heart muscles. We all have heard by now that sitting for hours on end is unhealthy, even if we also occasionally exercise.

Sitting quietly for extended periods of time could be hurting your heart, according to a surprising new study. It finds that the more people sit, the greater the likelihood that they will show signs of injury to their heart muscles. We all have heard by now that sitting for hours on end is unhealthy, even if we also occasionally exercise.