Despite having long resisted calls from progressive lawmakers to launch impeachment proceedings, Pelosi on Tuesday announced that the House will begin a formal impeachment inquiry of Trump. The Democratic leader’s mind appears to have changed on the matter after the emergence of the whistleblower scandal and Trump’s flubbed attempts at defending himself. “Today I’m announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry,” Pelosi said in a scathing statement in Washington, D....

The woman, Stephanie Baker, 31, of Shallotte, North Carolina, delivered twins on January 27. She continued to battle the virus until she passed away three days later, her mother, Debbie Baker, said in an interview with Newsweek. Prior to Stephanie’s death, one of her newborn infants had passed away. Stephanie’s doctors performed an emergency Caesarean section because her babies were showing stress from a lack of oxygen. She got to hold her son, Sylas, before he died....

This time it involves Gerald Green, whose agent stepped out to defend his client on Wednesday after coach Jeff Hornacek criticized Green’s defense in the news media. MORE: Morris twins accused of assaulting mentor | Green still throwing down insane dunks “It’s completely unfair to misrepresent Gerald and his game like this," Kevin Bradbury of BDA Sports told Sporting News. “You’re talking about a player that wants to win at any cost and is a tremendous locker guy and teammate....

The Manchester City striker travelled to Amsterdam on Thursday on his day off to attend a concert by Colombian singer Maluma but hit the headlines when he was involved in a taxi crash. Man City 9/1 to win Champions League Aguero sustained a rib injury that will keep him out of the Premier League meeting with Chelsea on Saturday, and Keown has slammed the 29-year-old’s actions. “As a professional player, you need to prioritise football,” he told the Daily Mail....

Aguero, who has scored five goals in as many games for City in the Premier League so far this season, had an eventful international break, missing a penalty for Argentina in a World Cup qualifying defeat to Paraguay and suffering a calf issue that has seen him left out of the starting XI by Guardiola. Meanwhile, Sterling and De Bruyne, who missed the latest international fixtures due to injury, are selected from the start....

A survey released Thursday by YouGov and The Economist showed 56 percent of U.S. adults “somewhat” or “strongly” approve of the commission. Just 29 percent of those polled said they oppose the panel. The findings come as Senate Republicans are expected to block advancement of the bill creating the commission. Democrats will need the support of at least 10 Republicans in Thursday’s procedural vote to move the legislation forward....

Democrats, given control of Congress because of Iraq, vowed to raise the minimum wage. Nimble and graceful Barack Obama became the Democrats’ Fred Astaire, adored because of, well, perhaps the way he wears his hat, the way he sips his tea. And the way he isn’t Hillary. This year’s civil-rights outrage was “soaring” and “record” gasoline prices, a violation of Americans’ inalienable right to pay for a gallon no more than they paid 25 years ago....

The former CSKA Moscow forward is yet to play a game for the Foxes in the Premier League this campaign after featuring in 21 league games in his debut season in England. Musa was an unused substitute in Michael Appleton’s side Carabao Cup win over Leeds United after making his maiden appearance for Leicester City U23s in their victory over Chelsea U23s in September. With Nigeria’s qualification for next year’s World Cup in Russia, the former Schalke 04 and Nice attacker thinks the Nigeria international needs a move to secure his regular playing time irrespective of the tier....

He made 21 league apperances during the 2016-17 season of which only seven where starts, scoring two goals, while for the ongoing campaign he made no top-flight appearance and was named on the bench just once, in the Foxes’ 2-1 defeat at Liverpool in December. Instead, he was thrown into the reserves team, making six apperances, scoring once and creating three assists. His only first-team appearance came in the EFL Cup second round tie against Sheffield United where he played the entire 90 minutes and scored the last goal in a 4-1 victory....

If quitting “cold turkey” is far too extreme for your taste, take a look at some of the most popular stop smoking aides on the market today: In smoking cessation, acupuncture uses hair-thin needles that are gently placed into certain points of the ears which remain in place for about 20 minutes. Commonly used for pain relief, it is thought to also help people quit smoking. How to Quit Smoking Naturally

The company said anyone who is “affiliated with hate groups” has no place using their service having been made aware of a booking by an apparent self-described Proud Boys member. Airbnb was alerted to a booking made by Ronald Gaudier by the We Will Be Ruthless Twitter account, which shared a screenshot of Gaudier writing on encrypted messaging service Telegram describing how he will be attending the march on Saturday in order to stop the “f*****g pinkos” from “taking down the country....

Pogba leads United to emotional Europa League triumph After a nervy opening for the Amsterdammers, Paul Pogba’s strike all but sealed the ending of their exciting campaign just 18 minutes in. In awe of their opponents, Ajax just could not settle at the Friends Arena. Theirs was the youngest ever starting XI in the final of a European competition and they also boasted the youngest ever finalist playing at centre-back, and at times it seemed like boys against men....

This week, Akon (legal name Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam) clapped back at his social media haters who started poking fun at his hairline. The haters came for the 2000s music legend after he revealed on The Bootleg Kev Podcast earlier this month that he’d paid $7,500 for a hair transplant in Turkey. But Akon seems to be taking it all in stride. “Yo this Akon hairline challenge is the funniest shit I’ve ever scene,” the star wrote on Tuesday, adding 16 laugh emojis....

The statement comes in reply to UAE national team coach, Mahdi Ali, who commented that the venue for UAE’s World Cup 2018 qualifier against Japan on March 23rd was moved to Al Ain FC’s Hazza Bin Zayed stadium because of the condition of Al Jazira’s ground. The statement was: “Al Jazira went through the details of the press conference of UAE’s coach Mahdi Ali talking about the venue change for UAE’s match against Japan....

The carefully planned Riyadh attacks had all the hallmarks of a Qaeda operation. After months of relative silence, the terrorist network seemed to be sending a gruesome message to the United States, and the world: though stripped of many top leaders, the organization was anything but dead. As if to quell any remaining doubts about the network’s potency, on Friday night the terrorists struck again, this time in crowded Casa-blanca....

“A jury of 11 whites and one Black, in the Deep South, stood up in the courtroom and said that Black lives do matter,” Sharpton said at a press conference. Leading the group in prayer, Sharpton said “[God] came in the state of Georgia—a state known for segregation, a state known for Jim Crow—and you turned it around. You took a young, unarmed boy…and you put his name in history....

“Let’s be crystal clear about this issue,” Ivey said. “The new cases of COVID are because of unvaccinated folks. Almost 100% of the new hospitalizations are with unvaccinated folks. And the deaths are certainly occurring with the unvaccinated folks. These folks are choosing a horrible lifestyle of self-inflicted pain.” The governor was in Birmingham speaking at the opening of tech company Landing’s new headquarters. Alabama has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country—with only 33....

The document reviewed by Newsweek outlines “criteria for mechanical ventilator triage,” in the event of a “mass-causality respiratory emergency,” like the ongoing pandemic. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declared the continued spread of COVID-19 a state public health emergency on March 13. The document contains different tiers or operations for hospitals and medical facilities to follow in the event that the state’s governor declares a public health emergency. According to the tiers, hospitals could restrict mechanical ventilator access for those suffering from a wide range of medical conditions....