“I was in the room. Jaws dropped, heads shook in disbelief, this president and his enablers willfully put #NationalSecurity at risk to benefit his political campaign,” tweeted Rep. William Lacy Clay, a Missouri Democrat. “This wasn’t just a smoking gun, it was a smoking cannon. #AbuseOfPower #ExposeTheTruth.” Rep. Andy Levin, a Michigan Democrat, told reporters outside the hearing: “All I have to say is that in my 10 short months in Congress—it’s not even noon, right?...

The fossilized remains of the plant, described in Nature Ecology & Evolution, were discovered on the 1,000 million-year-old Nanfen Formation in the northern province of Liaoning, China, which shares a border with North Korea. At around a billion years old, it is believed to be one of the oldest examples of a multicellular chlorophyte—a group of green algae from the division Chlorophyta, which are thought to have played a key role in pre-Mesozoic (225 million years ago and older) ecosystems....

Kuhne, 80, began investing in his local club in 2015 when he purchased a 7.5 per cent stake for €18.75million, while he also bought the naming rights for their stadium, seeing the previous name – Volksparkstadion – return. Dortmund 4/9 to beat Hamburg It is estimated that the Kuhne + Nagel majority owner has invested about €60m in the club in total, helping ease their previous financial woes and secure player signings....

Tre’Davious White’s decision to opt in to the 2020 NFL season came down to Thursday’s 4 p.m. ET on Thursday to decide whether he will opt out of the 2020 NFL season due to COVID-19, but fans seem to think he has abandoned his team simply for considering the option. The fourth-year defensive back and 2019 All-Pro has yet to decide whether he’ll join the 60-plus players — including two on the Bills — who will opt out of the 2020 season....

The Bills announced Monday that they’ve sold more than 57,500 season tickets this offseason, the biggest number in the team’s 55-year history, surpassing the previous record set in 1992. Last year, the Bills sold 47,482. MORE: Expect heavy load for Shady | Tyrod Taylor in Buffalo to win starting QB job “First and foremost, it goes to our fans and it goes to our ownership, the Pegulas, who obviously provided stability for this franchise in western New York,” team president Russ Brandon said, via ESPN....

Buffalo announced its release of the 31-year-old defensive end Tuesday. Williams was set to be paid $19.9 million this season, his fifth year of a six-year contract. But after only five sacks in 15 games last season, the Bills decided the $12.9 million in freed cap space was a better fit to use on offensive tackle Cordy Glenn with the franchise tag. MORE: NFL fan misery index | Best, worst salary cap situations Williams, the No....

Buffalo enters Monday night with an 11-3 record, a half-game back of Pittsburgh but holding the tiebreaker. No matter what the Bills do in the season’s final two weeks, they’ve already clinched a playoff berth and the AFC East division title. Buffalo’s playoff seeding might not seem mightily important as long as the Bills are in the dance, but it could determine how favorable matchups are come January. Here’s a look at how the Bills’ playoff positioning can change depending on the results of the their Week 16 (at Patriots) and 17 (vs....

Buffalo entered 2020 tied for the 11th-best odds to win the Super Bowl in the preseason, according to Pro Football Reference. It was third in Super Bowl odds in the 2021 preseason. FanDuel Sportsbook currently lists the Bills as the team entering 2022 with the best odds to win the Super Bowl at +650. But the road to the Super Bowl won’t be getting any easier, even as the Bills continue to add talent....

The Vikings have agreed to trade Matt Cassel to the Bills, the teams announced Wednesday. Buffalo will also receive a sixth-round pick in this year’s draft in exchange for a 2015 fifth-round pick and a seventh-rounder in 2016, FOX Sports reported. IYER: Eagles win in McCoy trade | Examining best, worst salary caps | Mock Draft The trade will become official March 10 when the NFL’s league year begins with free agency....

The video, which can be viewed here, has been watched 721,400 times on Twitter, racking up almost 4,000 retweets and over 7,000 likes in the process. Found in southeastern Australia, lyrebirds are known for their mimicking abilities. The ground-dwelling birds, whose bodies are similar to those of chickens, are named after the shape of the males’ large tail feathers, reported Britannica. When searching for a mate, male lyrebirds will “display” in a forest clearing, showing off his feathers, singing complex songs, and mimicking the sounds of other creatures....

This article will cover what kinds of rashes are caused by birth control, risk factors, other birth control side effects, and treatment. Why Does Birth Control Cause Rashes? You may have a reaction to hormonal birth control in the form of an itchy rash, or an allergic reaction, caused by hormones in these medications, such as estrogen and progestin, or a combination of both. In the case of spermicides or condoms, it can be the chemical or latex, respectively, that can cause skin issues....

George Poinar Jr. from Oregon State University and Diane Nelson of East Tennessee State University discovered several hundred individuals in amber which was found in the Dominican Republic, according to a study published in the journal Invertebrate Biology. The pair described the animals as “mold pigs” due to the fact that they bear a resemblance to true pigs and consumed mold. In scientific terms, they have been described as Sialomorpha dominicana....

Joé Jeffers, Jr., of the Fort Belvoir Garrison, posted about the encounter to his social media accounts on Monday. He, along with some colleagues all wearing their fatigues, can be seen wrapping up a meal when an enraged customer approaches the table. “Just so you know, I came back in to give [the waitress] the rest of the cash from my wallet because you guys are such s***bags,” she announces....

Their study, published in the journal Nature, has found evidence of positive selection for specific variants of certain genes by comparing the frequency of these variants in populations before and after the 14th-century pandemic. However, such rapid natural selection may have come at a great cost. The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. It began to spread through Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in 1346 and killed up to 30 to 50 percent of the population at the time....

Check out Newsweek’s coverage of all Black Friday deals here. Flights Qatar Airways is offering flight savings of up to $300 on business class fares and up to $150 on economy class fares, using the promo code FLYDAY when booking on its website. The offer is valid for bookings through December 1 and for travel between January 11 and May 19, 2020 (blackout dates and other terms and conditions may apply)....

Winston wasn’t going to slow down on his way there — then he was asked what he thought about the status of African-American quarterbacks in the NFL today. The moment wasn’t lost on Winston, the first pick in last year’s draft. Nor was the presence of another black quarterback, Cam Newton, in the upcoming Super Bowl. The Buccaneers quarterback could look around and see, too, four young black signal-callers in Hawaii (including the Bills’ Tyrod Taylor)....

In “Reflections in Black,” currently at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, curator Deborah Willis tells this story better than it has ever been told before–or shown: the majority of the 300 images in this first-ever retrospective of black photography have never been exhibited. And although she has written widely before on African-American photography, here she lays out everything she knows. Combining the work of professionals and amateurs, documentarians and deconstructionists, she gives us what amounts to an extraordinary family album of the black American experience (for a touring schedule, see box....

I believe that because I watched Chauvin put his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd struggled and life slowly left Floyd’s body. I don’t believe Chauvin will be convicted of any of the charges he faces. Not of second-degree unintentional murder. Not of third-degree murder. Not of second-degree manslaughter. “Not guilty” and “not guilty” and “not guilty” is what I fully expect to hear the jury foreperson repeat a few weeks from now at the end of the trial....

The flight crew had the 16 and 17-year-olds, who are players on a youth basketball team, taken off the plane at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona. It was due to fly to Stockton, south of Sacramento. Police escorted the teenagers off the aircraft and two other players who were traveling in the same group left the plane voluntarily. The group’s mentor reportedly accused staff of racial profiling while the teenagers said they were only asked once to fix their masks—which they say they did—before an attendant ordered them to be removed from the plane....

“He was surrounded by his loving family whom he fiercely loved,” the Mikita family said in a statement released through the Blackhawks. “Details of planned services will be released when they become available. We respectfully ask for privacy at this time.” NHL.com’s Dave Stubbs reported Mikita was suffering from a “lengthy illness” at the time of his death. He had been diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia, the Mikita family revealed in 2015....