If you thought you were down…

A goal. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) Here’s an opinion: the Caps played badly on Monday night and have a bad playoff history and being behind two games to one is bad, and fans are in a bad mood, and there are many bad trends, and if Washington loses in the first round, that would be bad. Really bad. But the Capitals haven’t lost the series yet. What they’ve done instead is opened up the negative floodgates of Concerned Speculation and unleashed the raging torrents of Playoff Narrative, things which are now gushing all over computer screens and running freely over radio waves and coursing in heavy currents across your eyeballs, and that might be as bad as the two losses themselves….
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General election: What you need to…

The UK looks set to have a general election on 8 June. Here’s what you need to know.What has happened?The UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she wants to hold a general election on 8 June – three years earlier than scheduled.What is a general election?A general election is how the British public decides who they want to represent them in Parliament, and ultimately run the country. Everyone who is eligible – and registered – gets to vote for one candidate to represent their local area – which is known in Parliament as a constituency.The candidates standing for election are usually drawn from political parties, but can also stand as independents. The person with the most votes in…
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Apple cider vinegar uses: What the…

But how much of its popularity is based on hype? Could you be wasting your time or — even worse — harming your health?Here are 10 of the top ways people are using apple cider vinegar and what the science says.What’s the most popular use for apple cider vinegar? If a simple internet search is any measure, it involves diabetes.Dietitian Carol Johnston has been studying the effects of the main component of any vinegar, acetic acid, on diabetic blood glucose levels since 2004. She’s conducted 10 small randomly controlled studies and published six papers on the subject. Her studies indicate vinegar can help lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes; in those who are prediabetic, also called insulin-resistant;…
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‘What the heck is going on?’

Goldman Sachs’ stunning first-quarter profit disappointment immediately set off some serious head-scratching on Wall Street. The fifth-largest bank by assets in the U.S. reported earnings that missed on both top-line revenue and bottom-line profits, a rarity for a bank that historically has beaten Wall Street earnings targets 9 out of 10 times. Time will tell if the first three months of 2017 were a one-off miss or a sign of a more fundamental decline in the bank’s operations. But for now, the letdown was palpable and set off a wave of investor worry, particularly because Goldman’s competitors posted almost universally strong earnings. The bank’s shares tumbled more than 3 percent at the market open and were down 4.5 percent at…
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Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks April 22…

The time of the year to watch the skies for the Lyrid meteor shower has come. It meteor shower on a low key note on April 16 and will last until April 25. For the 2017 edition, the peak will happen on the night of April 22 and the morning of April 23 and theoretically it will be through April 24. The dazzling spectacle of shooting stars playing out in the night sky is an enthralling delight stargazers look forward to every April. Skywatchers may get to see at least 20 meteors in an hour during peak hours. Those in the Northern Hemisphere, especially Europe, will see the light show vividly. Watching away from light pollution and when the sky is…
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UK snap election: What does it…

Here’s the rundown.British governments generally last for five years, and the Conservative Party’s administration — then led by May’s predecessor David Cameron — was elected in 2015. The next election was not due to take place until May 2020.Why is it happening?May, who took over when Cameron resigned in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, wants to seek a stronger mandate in Brexit talks. The UK government formally served divorce papers on the European Union last month, signaling the beginning of the end of a relationship that endured for 44 years.But her party only has a slim majority in Parliament, and opposition parties have attempted to throw rocks in her path towards Brexit. She also faces…
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Bruins Can’t Afford Another Sleepy Start…

BOSTON — Catch-up hockey is losing hockey, and the Boston Bruins have played a lot of catch-up hockey in their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Ottawa Senators. The Bruins got off to a bad start in Game 1 but were able to overcome it with a two-goal third period for a 2-1 win. Game 2 started much better, as the B’s jumped out to a 3-1 lead, although they ultimately lost 4-3 in overtime. Another poor start plagued Boston on Monday night in Game 3, as Ottawa went up 2-0 after the first period and 3-0 just 3:42 into the second frame. “It was definitely a terrible start on our part,” Bruins center Patrice Bergeron said. “That can’t happen…
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Goldman Sachs earnings are coming —…

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Goldman Sachs reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday that missed on both the top and bottom line as trading revenue disappointed, sending shares sharply lower in premarket trade. EPS of $5.15 a share vs. $5.31 a share expected by Thomson Reuters analysts’ consensus. Revenue of $8.026 billion vs. $8.446 billion expected by Thomson Reuters analysts’ consensus. Net revenues from bond, currency and commodities trading was little changed from the same period last year at $1.69 billion. Equities trading revenue fell 6 percent year-over-year. Heading into Tuesday’s report, Goldman had topped Wall Street’s earnings estimates 90 percent of the time when reporting quarterly results over…
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The night Clinton said what she…

Steven Ginsberg is the senior politics editor for The Washington Post. Around 7:45 on election night, when Hillary Clinton and her aides still thought they were headed to the White House, troubling news emerged from Florida. Steve Schale, the best vote-counter the Democrats had in the state, told campaign officials they were going to lose the biggest battleground in the country. Yes, Clinton was doing well in some places, but Donald Trump’s numbers in Republican areas were inconceivably big. “You’re going to come up short,” Schale said, stunning aides in Brooklyn who were, until that moment, comfortably cradled in the security of their own faulty analytics. The call with Schale marks the beginning of a riveting account of the final,…
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What can we expect to hear…

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Sashi Brown and Andrew Berry are expected to meet the media Wednesday. What should we expect to hear? Nothing particularly revealing for sure, given the draft is approaching and NFL teams pride themselves on making the CIA look transparent. But that doesn’t mean these kinds of press conferences can’t be predictable. That’s why my nomination for the most likely used phrase is — as always seems to be the case in Berea — “it’s a process.” The Browns stripped the roster to its bones in 2016, a year that was spent in “asset accumulation.” If that’s another common term used this week it had better be to announce the end of asset accumulation and the beginning of…
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