“President Trump clearly stoke the flames of xenophobia against AAPI’s [Asian American Pacific Islanders] with his rhetoric,” Chu, who is also chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, told reporters on Wednesday. Chu continued by stating that Trump’s past derogatory references to COVID-19 created a stigma against Asian Americans and resulted in a rise in racially motivated attacks. “[Trump] used these terms ‘China virus,’ ‘Wuhan virus’ and even ‘kung flu....

The 27-year-old Baumgardner, a 2014 National Golden Gloves silver gold medalist, is on a quest to become an undisputed champion after her dominant win over Terri Harper in November. “2021 was definitely a breakthrough year for me,” said Baumgardner. “I had a great experience working with Matchroom to win the WBC and IBO world titles in the UK. Signing this deal with them puts me in a position to achieve my next goal of becoming undisputed at 130 pounds....

Milano, who is a board member of the progressive organization People for the American Way (PFAW), tweeted about her arrest Tuesday. PFAW later confirmed she was among the 25 individuals arrested when contacted by Newsweek. “I was just arrested for demanding the Biden Administration and the Senate use their mandate to protect voting rights,” Milano tweeted shortly before 3 p.m. local time. She added encouragement for followers to support her shared mission with PFAW to “tell the Senate and White House that voting rights shouldn’t depend on where you live....

Cannon, 42, whose sizable brood is with multiple women, previously welcomed a son with Scott, 29, in June 2021. Their baby, Zen, died in December from a brain tumor caused by hydrocephalus, an abnormal increase in fluid in the brain. Two weeks after confirming that she and Cannon would be expecting the arrival of their second child together in December, Scott took to Instagram on Monday to share a photo of herself proudly displaying her full-term baby bump....

When the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer first described this awful disease in 1906, it was mercifully rare. Most people died young enough to avoid it. But life expectancy has risen dramatically since then (from 47 years to 77 years in the United States), and the burden of Alzheimer’s has grown accordingly. Some 4 million Americans–one in five of those 75 to 84 and nearly half of those 85 and older–are now afflicted....

‘RAW’ thoughts Am I the only one who … … has mixed feelings about Matt Hardy apparently being “Broken” again? Don’t get me wrong: I think it’s absolutely delightful that the long-overdue debut of “Broken” Matt (or perhaps “Woken” Matt) on “RAW” appears imminent and a program with Bray Wyatt seems likely. The Broken Hardys in TNA were fun, original and highly entertaining, and it was disappointing that Matt and Jeff weren’t allowed to play the characters in WWE due to a legal dispute with Impact Wrestling/Anthem Sports and Entertainment....

Asked whether Cooper will be a full-go for Week 4, Jones said: “Yes, I feel very good about that,” adding, “I think we’re in good shape.” Cooper has been limited this week in practice and underwent a “precautionary” MRI exam Wednesday. Coach Jason Garrett told reporters Thursday that the receiver has been dealing with a “foot and ankle thing” from Sunday’s game against the Dolphins, though the MRI came back negative....

The Wrentham Police began investigating Jacob Guerrero, 23, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in August when a customer at the Wrentham Village Premium Outlets in Massachusetts called in about a man sneaking into a women’s bathroom. Guerrero allegedly donned a blonde wig, snuck into the restroom, and used a pen camera attached to a shoe to film girls between the ages of 12 and 15, Boston 25 News reported. “Pen cameras are easily concealed surveillance cameras that have the ability to record video and photos on Micro SD cards contained within the pen,” the department explained in a statement....

At this point, I almost just gave up and left the account open. Before long, I felt the tidal pull of convenience luring me back into regular shopping. This same logic characterizes other collective-action problems – such as climate change or political reform – that require mass participation. But if everyone embraced apathy, progress in these domains would be literally impossible, and we know that political, social, and environmental reform does happen....

David Hancock, a spokesman for Rittenhouse, confirmed to Newsweek that the book, titled How to Defend America From the Woke Mob and published on November 30, has nothing to do with him. Instead, it appears that someone is seeking to exploit 18-year-old Rittenhouse’s status to fraudulently profit or to rabble-rouse—or both. At one point, the book states: “The AR-15…is ideal for confronting a violent woke mob.” No publisher was listed for the book, which was available as both an ebook for $5 and in paperback format for $12, suggesting it had been self-published....

The couple, Lucian Leonte, 37 and Maria Stricescu, 51, who worked at a distribution center in the village of Kegworth in the East Midlands region, were both sentenced to two years and seven months in prison at Leicester Crown Court on Friday. Stolen items worth nearly £50,000 (around $70,000) were found by police at the home shared by Stricescu and Leonte. The goods included laptops, iPads, mobile phones, headphones, perfume, clothing and beauty products....

Short videos were published online after Heard’s loss in the defamation trial against her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Heard owes Depp millions of dollars but interviews given by her and by her lawyer Elaine Bredehoft suggest that she will struggle to pay the full amount. Taking this into account, some have suggested online that it was orchestrated by Heard to be “papped” in TJ Maxx, which has a reputation for offering low prices, by TMZ....

Whitney Heard (also known as Whitney Henriquez) has been a vocal supporter of her sister through her legal battle against the Pirates of the Caribbean star who emerged victorious from their defamation trial earlier this year. “@MTV you’re disgusting and clearly desperate!” Henriquez wrote in her Instagram stories following the show. “I really hope that none of the people that made this call have daughters…” She also shared a graphic made by Heard supporters that read “I stand with Amber Heard,” along with the hashtag “#DVMAs....

The flies were found among a vast trove of prehistoric amber discovered in Australia and Tasmania, and detailed in Nature Scientific Reports. The paper describes some of the oldest plants and animals found in Australia and Zealandia that lived on the ancient supercontinents of Pangea and Gondwana between 230 and 40 million years ago. Fossilized tree resin—or amber—is more commonly found in the Northern Hemisphere in countries like Myanmar. It is scarcer in southern latitudes, making discoveries like those described in the paper more unusual....

For years, under the EU aegis, peace talks stagnated because they centered on an issue about which the two sides share no common ground: Kosovo’s independence. After a long, bitter conflict, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. Ever since, the chief goal of Serbian foreign policy has been to block Kosovo from joining international organizations and to block other states from recognizing Kosovo’s independence. Unsurprisingly, by starting with a non-starter, the talks never went anywhere....

The Newsweek/Statista ranking of maternity hospitals will be based on a national survey of medical professionals in the field such as Neonatal and Perinatal Medical doctors and OB-GYNs, as well as healthcare professionals in the field. If you work in the field of Maternity and/or Neonatal Care and would like to take part in the survey, please click on the button below: Vote here These rankings help guide Newsweek readers in making crucial decisions about care for themselves and their loved ones....

Newman was not around to witness the aftermath of this close encounter, but it undoubtedly would have embarrassed him profoundly. He does not like being treated like a movie star. He’s never, in fact, wanted to think of himself as a star, for to do so would provoke the guilt-inducing possibility that his success is built entirely on his spectacular looks. Thinking of himself as a character actor, he has done his damnedest to resist being a matinee idol....

Which words are lyrics, which are testimony? In a Manhattan courtroom testimony continues in the trial of young men accused of gang rape and other sadistic violence against the Central Park jogger in last April’s “wilding” episode. “We charged her and we got her on the ground. Everybody started hitting her and stuff, and she’s on the ground and everybody’s stomping and everything . . . I grabbed one arm, and this other kid grabbed one arm and we grabbed her legs and stuff....

But not even I know what book, exactly, is inside me. Until now, that is. Until Fay Weldon. Last week, Weldon announced that she would be sponsored by Bulgari, the jewelry maker, for larding her text with frequent references to the inarguable quality of Bulgari baubles in her next book, “The Bulgari Connection.” Many critics were shocked that Weldon would let something so crass as product placement cheapen something so noble as literature....