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Cruz, 31, officially left his House seat on Friday after announcing his resignation last week. In a statement, he apologized for “exercising poor judgment and acting inappropriately” at a New Year’s Eve party. “I deeply regret my conduct and that my actions made someone else uncomfortable. I’m upset with myself and embarrassed,” said Cruz, who didn’t elaborate on his actions. Sarah Rivin came forward with allegations about what occurred in her home on the evening of December 31....

Bank statements revealed thousands of dollars in expenses not connected to union activities under Jose Robert Lozano Jr., then-president of the Houston METRO Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 98, according to KHOU. Charges allegedly included $1,600 on Houston Rockets tickets, $1,994 on a Caribbean cruise, $224 on beach bars in Cozumel and Belize, and $769 in movie grill tabs in Houston. Lozano left the position in 2019 and was replaced by Robert Smith, who found that the union account had a negative balance, Smith told Newsweek....

The girl, whose identity has not been revealed by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, was reported missing on Monday. According to police, the girl met Larson, 40, via social media in October. Between October and December, police say Larson groomed the girl and convinced her to send him pornographic images of herself. Larson also allegedly coerced her into flying across the country to come to his home in Virginia. Larson flew to Fresno to meet up with the girl at her home, and convinced her to leave her house at about 2 a....

Both players have been involved with the organization for a number of years post-retirement; Ricci has been a development coach for the last 12 seasons and Nabokov a scout and goaltending development coach for the past five. MORE: DeBoer fifth NHL coach to be fired this season Also joining the staff is Roy Sommer, coach of the Sharks’ American Hockey League affiliate. Sommer is the AHL’s all-time leader in games coached and wins....

“This trial is going to have to take place in the Senate as a fair trial. It is presided over by the chief justice of the United States. This is a trial, it’s not a political game. The oath of loyalty is to the United States of America, not to Donald Trump. These senators, Democrats and Republicans, have an obligation to hear the facts, to hear witnesses, and make a decision,” said Painter....

The plane ticket cost seventy percent more than the regular fare because it had not been purchased three weeks in advance. The Wus didn’t hesitate; as long as Taotao could get out of China in time and safely, it was worth any price. They also bought round-trip tickets from Boston to San Francisco for themselves. Neither Pingping nor Nan could go back to China to fetch Taotao, who had been staying with Pingping’s parents for the past three years....

“The United States is a strong country, it has its own strategy, and we see the withdrawal of the American government today from this war in Afghanistan, which is incurring huge economic losses, as a means of confronting China, who are the enemy of all humanity and religions on the face of the Earth,” a spokesperson for the political office of the Turkestan Islamic Party, commonly known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), told Newsweek....

So will Warner Bros. The studio has generated $3.5 billion worldwide with this trio. Recasting Watson, or any of them, would be risky. “It would be a hard thing to change and it would be disrupting,” says producer David Heyman, who secured the rights to the “Potter” books from author J. K. Rowling years ago, and has been the franchise’s shepherd. “So yes, I would love them all to see it through to the end....

Federal immigration authorities have placed Ukrainian refugees in detention after they tried to enter the country to reach family or friends living in the United States, according to documents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that were obtained by Newsweek, as well as interviews with relatives and immigration attorneys. It’s not immediately clear how many Ukrainians fleeing the war have been detained under Title 42, a policy the Trump administration invoked at the start of the pandemic that effectively shut the border to asylum-seekers....

Kennedy is known for examining his conscience as well as the law books when he decides a difficult case. And justices caught in the middle of fierce ideological disputes sometimes agonize or brood over their opinions. But sitting with a NEWSWEEK reporter in his chambers overlooking the U.S. Capitol on the day after the court’s final decision of the 2006-07 term, Kennedy seemed cheerful, even enthusiastic, about his role. True, “the cases this year were more difficult than I thought they would be,” he said....

Regrettably, tears to the ACL are common, particularly in people with more rigorous occupations or those who play more physically demanding sports. Not only is this type of ligament injury extremely debilitating when it occurs, but it can also have long-lasting consequences. Individuals who tear their ACL are less likely to return to more demanding sports or activities and more likely to develop osteoarthritis in their knee. Fortunately, recent research has shown that exercise can help to decrease your risk of sustaining this type of tear....

Unfortunately, while the Rams looked bad last week and only led by one point in the fourth quarter, they escaped with a win thanks in part to a final-series interception. Meanwhile, one of our primary recommended contrarian picks to our subscribers, the 49ers, were upset thanks in part to bad turnover luck. Because of that outcome, we are now slightly down versus the public (30 percent to 37 percent in terms of survival rate) through four weeks, but there’s a lot of season left....

In “Alpha Dogs,” London Times editor James Harding investigates the slick and misleading nature of modern political campaigns, and points to a culprit: the Sawyer Miller Group. Founded in the 1970s, the firm pioneered the practice of packaging and selling politicians like consumer goods, and its acolytes have served as backroom strategists in every U.S. presidential contest from Nixon to today. Harding spoke with Newsweek’s Tony Dokoupil. Excerpts: You call this book an “archaeology of the present....

The new discovery of Abelisauridae, which some experts have said could have been up to 11 meters (36 feet) long and weighed up to 3 tons (6,613 pounds), adds yet another fearsome predator to the list of those known to have co-existed in the same region, with experts predicting they may have survived alongside each other by specializing in eating different prey. Ohio University said in a statement June 8: “The fossil of a still-unnamed species provides the first known record of the abelisaurid group of theropods from a middle Cretaceous-aged (approximately 98 million years old) rock unit known as the Bahariya Formation, which is exposed in the Bahariya Oasis of the Western Desert of Egypt....

The U.S. surpassed 12 million total cases Saturday after reporting steady rises in new infections over the past few weeks. It took the nation just 10 days to accumulate 1 million new infections between late October and early November, bringing it to more than 10 million total cases. It took six days after that to reach 11 million cases, and another six days to reach 12 million. The situation is expected to get worse over the next couple of months due to cooling temperatures that will make it difficult for people to socialize outside, the reappearance of winter respiratory diseases and the pull many Americans feel to gather with friends and family over the holidays....

The rare condition, which affects the spinal cord and can cause rapid-onset paralysis, has historically followed a pattern of a spike in cases every other year since the medical community started tracking it in 2014. In 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 223 cases—the highest amount on record. Given that 2020 is an even year, cases of AFM are already expected to be high, but in the midst of a pandemic and the upcoming flu and cold season, medical experts are warning parents to be extra cautious and alert during the fall months....

Donskoi, San Jose’s 24-year-old Finnish rookie, scored the Sharks’ first goal of the game, then, after they blew a 3-0 lead, scored again to put them up 4-3 over the Kings. The Game 5 score wound up 5-3, and the Sharks avoided another L.A. collapse. MORE: Best photos from Round 1 Brent Burns, your thoughts? A few things about that: As a childless adult who has spent some time around Brent Burns, I was 100 percent sure he slipped a joke past everyone....

A section of fans criticized the 29-year-old for conceding a late goal in the 1-1 draw against Golden Arrows last weekend, and Khune took offence to the attacks directed at him. However, he already regrets his actions, and has issued an apology to his fans in a statement.