Enemkpali has since apologized to the “Jets organization, coaches, teammates and fans,” saying he and Smith let their frustration get the best of them. After passing a physical Thursday, making the Bills waiver claim official, the outside linebacker issued a statement without taking questions from the media. MORE: Tracking training camp injuries, both big and small | Who is IK? | Geno not done yet Enemkpali and Smith reportedly got into an argument over a $600 debt and things escalated after Smith appeared to be “smug” over Enemkpali’s demand that Smith pay what he owed....

The Minnesota Democrat told MSNBC on Sunday that the Biden administration’s “early signaling” that the $15 minimum wage was up for negotiation made it harder for progressives on Capitol Hill to pass it through the Senate. She also argued that the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill was one of the “most progressive” policies in decades as a result of pressure from the progressive caucus. Appearing on The Mehdi Hasan Show, Omar said: “We certainly understand that there was a failed strategy, not by the progressives in Congress, because we put [the $15 minimum wage] in the package, by the administration....

During a Sunday appearance on MSNBC, host Ali Velshi asked Omar on her thoughts about Manchin’s announcement. “I mean, we all knew that Senator Manchin couldn’t be trusted, the excuses that he just made, I think, are complete bulls***,” Omar said. “It is really disheartening to hear him say that he has been trying to get there for the people of West Virginia because thats a complete lie.” “The people of West Virginia would greatly benefit from their families having access to long-term elderly care and care for folks with disabilities, they would benefit from the expansion of the child tax credits, they will benefit from having access to pre-K,” she continued....

The boy was unharmed after the gorilla, named Harambe, dragged him through a shallow moat in the Gorilla World enclosure. Fearing for the boy’s life, zoo security considered the situation to be “life-threatening” and used live ammo to kill Harambe. Zoo officials said tranquilizers would have taken too long to be effective and could have further endangered the boy’s life. MORE: Every MLB team’s greatest draft regret Why is this relevant in sports?...

The Illini announced Tuesday that they will play at Connecticut on Sept. 7, 2019. The teams then will play in Champaign on Sept. 12, 2020. Illinois and Connecticut have never played each other in football. The home-and-home series is one of several Illinois has announced in recent months for the seasons ahead. Others include games against North Carolina, Virginia, South Florida and Kansas.

New Illinois athletics director Josh Whitman, during his first day on the job, dismissed Cubit on Saturday, the school announced. “I appreciate the leadership that Bill Cubit provided our football program during what has been, unquestionably, a very tumultuous time,” Whitman said. “He accepted the challenge on an interim basis under incredibly difficult and unusual circumstances, and he has continued to work diligently for the betterment of our student-athletes. Through his efforts, he has kept the program moving forward....

Nunn injured his left thumb — his shooting hand — early last week in a simple defensive exercise in which he reached to try to deflect the ball and jammed his thumb. MORE: Ranking college basketball’s best transfers A source close to the Illini told Sporting News he will miss as many as eight weeks. Nunn is a versatile guard out of Chicago who averaged 11.1 points and 3.5 rebounds for the Illini last season....

“This morning, my temperature clocked in at 99 degrees Fahrenheit, which is higher than normal for me. Because of the high temperature, my wife and I received a test this morning. While my test came back positive, my wife’s test came back negative,” Davis wrote in a statement released Wednesday. Davis said he tested members of his staff that he has worked with in-person over the last week and they’re all negative....

The Final 5 Campaign is an organization dedicated to closing down the remaining five youth prisons in Illinois. One of them, the Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles, Illinois is the main priority for the organization. This particular facility is 127 years old. Former outreach worker AnnMarie Brown described her experience working at the detention facility to WBBM-TV. “[Inmates are] behind fences and barbed wires,” Brown said. “They’re not animals....

Illness anxiety disorder is common, and may affect up to 10% of the general adult population. Understanding Illness Anxiety Disorder Hypochandriasis was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) in part because of the stigma attached to the words hypochondriasis and hypochondria. Upon hearing the word hypochondriac, there is often a false assumption that the person living with the condition is “faking it” and other harmful misconceptions that lead to the illness being dismissed or stigmatized....

The asteroid, called 138971 (2001 CB21), is estimated to be up to 1.3 kilometers or 4,265 feet in diameter. Put another way, it is potentially four times as wide as the Eiffel Tower is tall. 2001 CB21 is due to pass by Earth on March 4 at about 3:00 a.m. ET, at which point it will be travelling at over 26,800 miles per hour. But there’s no need for concern—while the asteroid is classed as “potentially hazardous” by NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) it is not in any danger of hitting us in the foreseeable future....

The talk about dumping Bill Clinton has become a media-age parlor game: watch the story grow. Departing Sen. David Boren says the president should give ““serious consideration’’ to not seeking re-election. Democratic members of Congress complain privately to reporters that their own political survival in 1996 might be jeopardized by Clinton on the ticket. Armchair shrinks figure the president looks depressed on TV. Johnny Apple turns the buzz into a front-page story in The New York Times....

The summer of 2003, as I saw it, was a honeymoon period. The optimism for Iraq’s future still ran high (at least in some circles), and at the same time I could see questionable expressions on the faces of Iraq’s citizens as we patrolled past them. No one knew how it would all play out. Personally the fragile tensions that held together a shaky peace ended on November 12, when a suicide bomber destroyed the building in An Nasiriyah that at one time was my platoon’s headquarters....

Djokovic extended his recent dominance over Rafael Nadal by rallying for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory Sunday to win the Italian Open for the third time — then dedicated the title to his flood-hit native Serbia by carving a heart on the clay with his racket. "This heart on the court is for you," he told the fans in Italian during the victory celebration. "It's also a special dedication to my country, which is suffering a lot right now....

Allowing Hong Kongese to emigrate in large numbers to the U.S. would underscore the sharp differences between the CCP’s dictatorship and Western-style free democracies. It would inflict a blow to China’s reputation and score a moral victory for the U.S. And it would continue the great American tradition of welcoming to our free shores those fleeing from communist tyrannies in Hungary, Cuba and elsewhere. At its recent annual leadership meeting, the CCP introduced a plan to impose its national security laws upon Hong Kong....

One woman of 86, who said matter-of-factly last Christmas, her husband and her sisters and all her friends gone, “I’m ready.” Buried on Sept. 10, on the last everyday morning of the rest of our lives. Terrorists marked the end of an era, but for me an era had already ended when I realized she would never again tell me she liked my hair better the other way. Why were the pews filled with middle-aged women, their faces crumpled and wet as the tissues in their fists?...

times more than the Chinese. But the American binge is coming to an end. As the U.S. housing bubble bursts, the American consumer is likely to stumble. Without the “wealth effect” imparted by rising home prices, households will be exposed more directly to the longstand-ing pressures of stagnant real wages, record debt loads and negative saving rates. Cutbacks in discretionary spending are likely–hitting big-ticket items such as cars, furniture, appliances, travel and entertainment....

And more and more people are making that unfortunate discovery, it seems. Illegitimate use of OxyContin (a trade name for oxycodone), one of the drugs to which Rush Limbaugh was allegedly linked, has skyrocketed in recent years. At least 1.9 million Americans have admitted taking it illegitimately at least once, the Drug Enforcement Administration recently reported. “Right now it’s one of the most abused prescription drugs,” says one DEA official....

Egypt international Salah completed a big-money move to Anfield on Thursday, returning to the Premier League having endured an underwhelming spell with Chelsea. WATCH: Salah surprises Liverpool fans His time at Roma was much more impressive, yielding 34 goals in 83 appearances in all competitions, and Ince hailed some shrewd transfer dealing from Jurgen Klopp. “I think it’s a good bit of business,” the former Reds midfielder told Sky Sports....

But Padilla, who will be sworn in after the inauguration by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the senator he is replacing, also addressed the storming of the Capitol that left five people dead, and said two of his soon to be colleagues should be expelled for their roles in fanning the violence. Asked if he would like to see Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Josh Hawley removed from the Senate for their roles in opposing the results of a democratic election, which presaged the violence, Padilla said, “Of course,” while acknowledging the difficulty of asking him and his Democratic colleagues to work side by side with Republicans they feel endangered their lives....