A team of international researchers convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) visited China earlier this year and determined the most likely possibility is that COVID-19 originated naturally. Beijing uses the report, which didn’t draw a definitive conclusion, as an exoneration of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but the rest of the world isn’t letting the lab off the hook so easily and has pushed China to be more transparent in future studies....

The networks called the Tar Heel State for the senator from Illinois at 7:33 p.m. local time–a mere three minutes after polls closed. No actual returns necessary–just exit polls showing that about 91 percent of the state’s African American voters had backed Obama, who also benefited from a surge of first-time voters. (They represented 18 percent of the day’s turnout and favored him by a vast 68-26 percent.) The only problem?...

The president on Sunday would not confirm he would accept the outcome, prompting a backlash from Democratic lawmakers. What might happen should Trump dispute the results is unclear, with suggestions he would need allies to support him in any action he would wish to take in that instance. Dana R. Fisher, author of the book American Resistance and a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, told Newsweek she expects a push back from Trump over the outcome would spark demonstrations....

“I’ve had a conversation with the speaker and I’m very confident that she will take decisive action next week,” Omar said during a Sunday appearance on CNN’s State of the Union. Late last month, Boebert was accused of Islamophobia after a video showed her describing a supposed encounter with Omar in an elevator. “You know, we’re leaving the Capitol and we’re going back to my office and we get an elevator and I see a Capitol police officer running to the elevator....

In a letter to Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Omar and 23 other members of Congress praised Biden’s “commitment to addressing racial injustice and systemic inequity” through an executive order signed in January, which prevented the Department of Justice from renewing federal contracts with private prisons. However, the group sought to push the administration towards severing contractual ties with ICE, the DHS agency that oversees immigration-related criminal activity....

“We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity,” she tweeted with a video of her question to Blinken. “We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban.” In response, a number of her Democratic colleagues released a statement condemning Omar and suggesting she was giving “cover to terrorist groups.” Omar reacted by accusing her colleagues of using Islamophobic tropes, and later clarified that she did not mean to equate Hamas and the Taliban with the U....

Reid made the controversial remarks during a discussion with Newsweek Editor-at-Large Naveed Jamali on the Monday night edition of her show The ReidOut. Omar, her fellow Muslim congresswoman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and others accused Reid of Islamophobia the following day, based on a clip showing her asking Jamali whether the media uses a double standard in describing Muslims becoming “radicalized” as extremists while allegedly similar behavior by Trump and his allies is not described the same way....

The iliac crest has a rich supply of bone marrow, making it an ideal source for bone marrow transplants. Playing contact sports can cause injuries to the iliac crest. These are known as “hip pointer” injuries. Anatomy Structure The iliac crest forms a thick, curved bony border on the edge of the ilium. It is concave in front, rounding inward, and convex in back, rounding outward. The front tip of the iliac crest is called the anterior superior iliac spine; the back tip is known as the posterior superior iliac spine....

MORE: Photos from Cavs’ victory parade | Watch: Cavs’ LeBron vs Heat’s LeBron Shumpert could have offered up a cheesy response like, “Curry is one of the best in the game right now and it’s hard to defend a guy like that. But at the end of the day, if you give a 110 percent, you can do anything you put your mind to.” Instead, he went for the cutthroat response....

Chauvin is the former police officer accused of murdering Black Minneapolis resident George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Lawyers in Chauvin’s trial began making their closing arguments on Monday. A verdict will soon follow. As such, Walz declared a state of emergency for Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties. The order will allow law enforcement officers from Ohio and Nebraska to aid the counties. The out-of-state officers will report to Minnesota State Patrol....

Jaw misalignment Eating pain Orthodontic problems Sleep disorders Some people might remember when in 1983 the comedian and actress Carol Burnett underwent jaw surgery to correct her visibly recessed chin, which she considered problematic. Retrognathia Symptoms Retrognathia is when the lower jaw (mandible) is set back from the upper jaw (maxilla). It doesn’t necessarily mean that the mandible is small, just that it appears recessed when the face is viewed in profile....

Republican Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that she’s working on articles of impeachment, “because i’m so disgusted with Joe Biden.” Speaking on War Room Pandemic podcast with host Steve Bannon, Greene confirmed, “I have my team right now working on articles of impeachment.” “You know I’ve already filed one set of articles of impeachment. But his failure as a president is unspeakable,” she added. Florida Senator Rick Scott has also raised the prospect of Biden’s removal after the collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban....

They are the perfect team for this season, however, for this particular edition of the NCAA Tournament. There is no Derrick Rose or Anthony Davis or Jahlil Okafor in the freshman class to elevate his team toward title contention and kick everybody’s behind. NBA scouts ache when they consider the dearth of talent that will be available to them when they hold their annual player draft in June. MORE: Celebrate Sweet 16 with these photos | SN’s interactive bracket...

NEWSWEEK: What do you hope to achieve by meeting with U.S. politicians? Khan: Musharraf has convinced people here that he is the only one who can combat terrorism and protect Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. I’ve come to give the other side of the story. What do you expect to happen in the parliamentary elections on Feb. 18? Had the elections been held right after Benazir [Bhutto’s] assassination [on Dec. 27], her party would have swept everywhere....

The description of Dear Justice League from publisher DC Zoom offers a few examples: “Does Superman ever make mistakes?” “What was Wonder Woman’s eleventh birthday like?” “Does Aquaman smell like fish?” In this new middle-grade graphic novel, iconic heroes are asked questions both big and small, and when they are not busy saving the world, the Justice League even finds time to respond." In preview pages provided exclusively to Newsweek, Batman answers a letter from Danny Santiago, who’s starting at a new school....

Matt Kenseth had a shot at winning at Kansas last week, until he was spun out in the final laps by race winner Joey Logano. While Kenseth was upset with Logano after the race, two drivers were already mad at Kenseth before the spin. MORE: Halfway through the Chase, but so much more to come | Chase-clinching scenarios at Talladega The Sprint Cup teams of Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick were each upset with the way Kenseth braked in the restart zone after accelerating as the field came back to green....

This happened after Busch asked Kenseth’s team to do him a favor and choose the inside lane, which Kenseth declined. MORE: Winners & Losers: Final four set to win top NASCAR prize “He ain’t going to help you, you gotta do what you gotta do,” Busch’s No. 18 spotter Tony Hirschman said on the team’s radio. “This is it here, for all the marbles. The whole season is right here....

Where “Major League” was a complete film, with a very human love story accompanying the baseball, the sequel is plodding and contrived. Rick Vaughn’s love triangle as boring as it is clichéd — ooh, he’s picking between the corporate lady who’s pretty but bland and negatively impacts his game, and the kind-hearted teacher with whom he’s free to be himself. Roger Dorn buying the Indians, a year after he supposedly was set to reach free agency as a player, is preposterous, as is Rachel Phelps simply being able to buy the team back....

(1) President Trump works virtually nonstop. In a 2018 interview, Trump’s former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, said, “I’ve always been able to outwork anybody. President Trump is the exception to the rule.” Trump sleeps little, disdains vacations, works exhaustively to succeed and seems to possess boundless energy. He has little patience for the tame life—which is perhaps why he’s the first president in 170 years not to own a pet while in office....

In the end, the Impact didn’t need the former Chelsea forward to clinch a playoff spot, since New England’s 2-1 loss to Chicago guaranteed Montreal’s place in the postseason anyway, but the question of why Drogba’s name wasn’t on coach Mauro Biello’s 18-man roster for a game that could have had major playoff implications was what dominated the post-match conversation. The Impact’s initial explanation before the game was that the 38-year-old’s omission was due to him struggling with a back strain, but a report from local station RDS suggested that Drogba wasn’t actually injured but that there had been a rift between him and Biello in the lead up....