House Democrats this week tucked language into a federal spending bill that would order the removal of Confederate statues from any public areas of the Capitol—including at least 11 statues that have represented their states for decades. The move follows public comments from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and other Democrats seeking to have the controversial memorials removed. Pelosi penned a letter to Congressional leaders on key building committees urging them to move forward with the effort, even though it’s traditionally been left up to states....

Louisville (1985-86): The Cardinals won 17 straight games after a loss at North Carolina State on Feb. 8. Louisville beat Memphis State in the Metro Conference tournament championship and beat Duke in the NCAA championship game. UNLV (1989-90): The Rebels lost at UC-Santa Barbara on Feb. 26 but ripped off 11 straight wins afterward. That included a win against Long Beach State in the Big West Tournament championship and a 30-point blowout against Duke in the NCAA final....

What does it all mean? I couldn’t tell you, so I turned to Daniel Roberts for a few answers, as well as a cryptocurrency primer. Dan, a former reporter for Fortune and Yahoo! Finance, is editor-in-chief of the cryptocurrency website Decrypt. Edited excerpts of our conversation: Q: Dan, first off tell me a little about Decrypt. Are you there for the retail investor? The corporate treasurer? Elon Musk? A: Decrypt was launched in 2018 amid what was called the “crypto winter....

Stephenson had taken a 3-pointer and been knocked down on the play. The Hornets guard through he was fouled, and as the cameras focused on New York coach Derek Fisher, Stephenson popped up and took the spotlight away from him. Now you have a Vine you can use for slide into your DM jokes. Source: @imbeccable

It was not immediately clear whether or not Elizabeth, who turns 96 in April, has taken a COVID test or what the result was. A source told Newsweek she met with her son Charles recently but is not displaying any symptoms. They said the situation will continue to be monitored. Both Elizabeth and Charles have been vaccinated against COVID. Charles, the 73-year-old Prince of Wales, has canceled a visit to Winchester scheduled for later today....

In eastern Congo, however, the problem is practically an epidemic. When a truce was declared in the war there in 2003, so many cases began showing up that Western medical experts at first called it impossible—especially when local doctors declared that most of the fistulas they were seeing were the consequence of rapes. “No one wanted to believe it at first,” says Lyn Lusi, manager of the HEAL Africa hospital (formerly called the Docs Hospital) in the eastern Congo city of Goma....

Around 10,000 people are killed yearly due to alcohol-related traffic incidents, which account for roughly one-third of traffic crash fatalities. The mandate is one of many in the $1 trillion infrastructure package aimed at improving auto safety amid growing road fatalities. The package was approved Friday and is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden soon. The legislation calls for monitoring systems to stop intoxicated drivers as early as 2026....

“Mark my words: I am going to raise at least a million dollars and I’m going to win so that the people have a real voice in Washington, D.C.,” Watkins told VICE News after announcing his run in October. Recent federal election filings show Watkins having raised only $32,942 in his bid for Arizona’s Second Congressional District, which includes parts of Tucson and a stretch of the Mexican border. The amount raised by Watkins trails his Republican primary opponents and the race’s two Democrats....

Himes appeared on CNN’s New Day program Monday morning to talk about the latest development when host Alisyn Camerota asked if Trump’s action was enough to “ramp up” the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. “Of course it does,” Himes responded. “Extorting a foreign leader for the purposes of getting that leader to do your political work, to try to find dirt on your opponent is extortion. It is using the assets of the United States of America and the public trust for your own, corrupt if you will, end—certainly political end....

State Senator Gary Winfield wrote on Facebook that everyone was “ok” following the incident. He later took to Twitter to explain that he believed a man passing his home was the intended target. “A couple of bullet holes in the house but we are fine,” Winfield’s Facebook post said. “I really appreciate all the concern. The younger kids didn’t really know what was happening so I let them think it was just us playing so we had to get down low....

Reports emerged last week claiming McGregor is on the verge of agreeing a lucrative bout with retired former five-division world champion Mayweather. MORE: Mayweather rematch with Manny Pacquiao? | Hints of 50th Money bout McGregor, the UFC featherweight champion, was removed from the UFC 200 card after a disagreement over his promotional duties. But he fueled speculation by posting a picture altered to show himself looking Mayweather in the eyes along with the phrase: “MMA Vs Boxing....

The reasons for this likely PRI landslide can be boiled down to three. When the PRI is united and essentially happy with its candidate, the aparato, or machinery, steamrolls everything in its path. Everyone, from the president of the republic down to the last precinct captain or schoolteacher, and including state governors, cabinet ministers and bishops, military commanders, labor and peasant leaders, businessmen and local officials, gets down to work and does his job–flood the country with propaganda, raise money by the truckload, bring out the vote, find the missing votes wherever they may be–legally or not, ethically or not....

“Shooting in Copenhagen Denmark where guns are BANNED? Oooooh child I can’t wait for the Left to explain how that happened!” Florida GOP congressional candidate Lavern Spicer tweeted in response to the shooting. The Danish police said on Sunday afternoon that a 22-year-old Danish man was arrested in connection with the shooting at Field’s mall south of the city that left several people dead, Reuters reported, adding that authorities could not rule out calling the incident as an “act of terrorism....

The Blues have been linked with multiple names during the winter window with their prime target being Roma’s Edin Dzeko. Chelsea have also been targeting Emerson Palmieri as they look to add personnel at left-wing back. They are thought to have completed the Emerson deal but are waiting for the Dzeko situation to unfold. Conte had previously said that he wouldn’t allow players to leave unless he signed a replacement and Kenedy was formally announced as a Newcastle United player Tuesday with Emerson likely coming in for his spot....

Guardiola has won his first nine matches as City boss, while Chelsea has picked up just one point from the last six available in the Premier League and travels to Arsenal on Saturday. Both Premier League newcomers were expected to take time to transition into English management, but Guardiola has shown little sign that his methods will need to bed in. Chelsea, by contrast, has struggled for fluency in many of its matches under Conte’s stewardship....

Chelsea 6/10 to beat West Brom Luiz lost his place in the starting line-up to Andreas Christensen for the clash with second-placed United, with the defender not even making the bench as 17-year-old Ethan Ampadu was preferred. Without Luiz, the Blues went on to take all three points, as Alvaro Morata’s header sealed a 1-0 win. And, when asked about the defender after the game, Conte could not guarantee his continuity at Stamford Bridge....

The Blues reclaimed top spot with a 2-1 victory against Spurs, but they had to come from behind to win against a side that had previously been unbeaten in the league with goals from Pedro and Victor Moses cancelling out Christian Eriken’s opener. Pochettino: Spurs were the better team And despite a seventh consecutive league success, Conte used Tottenham’s display to support his argument that Chelsea should not be thinking about a sixth top-flight crown just yet....

The reigning Premier League champions were beaten by Marko Arnautovic’s early goal at London Stadium last weekend and sit 14 points adrift of runaway leaders Manchester City. After the loss to West Ham, Conte conceded Chelsea’s hopes of retaining their title were now over, yet he is nevertheless backing his players to respond positively at Huddersfield. “Against Newcastle we went 1-0 down and then we won 3-1. Against Atletico Madrid we were 1-0 down and then we drew and created chances to score....

Do Leicester need to sack Ranieri? Costa sat out last month’s 3-0 victory at Leicester City following a reported disagreement over a back injury, with talk of a move to the Chinese Super League’s Tianjin Quanjian gathering momentum. The issue appeared to have been resolved when Costa made a goalscoring return to the first-team fold and Conte declared the Spain international happy at Stamford Bridge. However, reports on Friday claimed Costa had agreed a £30million-a-year deal to leave Chelsea for China at the end of the season....