Wilshere has struggled to hold down a place in the Gunners’ starting lineup since returning from a loan at Bournemouth last season after fracturing his leg. Spurs 3/1 to keep clean sheet at Arsenal The England international is now fully fit and has been linked with a move away from the Emirates Stadium ahead of the expiry of his contract and the World Cup finals next summer. One of the supposedly interested clubs is Palace, who are managed by a known admirer of Wilshere’s in ex-Three Lions boss Hodgson....

The ebb and flow of grief can become overwhelming with waves of memories, particularly during Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other special days. Grief can also magnify the stress that is often already a part of the holidays. How can you begin to fill the emptiness you feel when it seems that everyone else is overflowing with joy? There are a few strategies that you can employ to help you get through this time....

These and other celebrity confessions were part of NEWSWEEK’s Oscar Roundtable on Saturday, which for the first time in its 10-year history was held before a live audience, at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. (The full report of the Roundtable will be in the Jan. 29 issue of NEWSWEEK, which hits newsstands Jan. 22 and will be available online the same day.) In a lively conversation both humorous and touching, the six stars—all of whom hope to make the cut when Academy Award nominations are announced Jan....

Yet to David Rossler, born Daniel Langa, it was so much more than that. David was just one when World War II began. Living in Brussels, like many others, his family suffered immeasurable cruelty as the persecution of the Jewish community began. David and his family moved several times during the war. Eventually his father and uncle would be arrested. They would later be murdered in the concentration camps....

PLAYERS Conventional Wisdom George Bush The “Education President”? But we didn’t know it was Mideast geography. Dick Gephardt Blasts Bush for ignoring domestic agenda. But CW is ignoring him. Dick Darman Old CW: Butchers budget deal. New CW: Outfoxes Dems on fairness issue. Al Simpson Kissed Saddam’s behind in April; covers his own by kicking Peter Arnett’s now. Univ. of Md. Officials bar U.S. flag displays as politically incorrect. How very educational....

The Home Run Derby will have a new format this year. HOME RUN DERBY: Who’s in? | Odds | All-time winners Instead of 10 outs in the first round, each contestant (five from each league) gets only seven outs. Then the derby slides into a bracket format, with the top first-round performer in each league getting a bye. After the league finals, the AL and NL champs will square off and the winner will be crowned Home Run Derby champ....

“Domestic terrorism has a broad and expansive impact on American citizens and our national climate,” McAleenan said. “These attacks not only end lives, they degrade our society and diminish the integrity of our national values.” McAleenan remarks came during the first public meeting of Homeland Security’s subcommittee on the prevention of targeted violence against the faith-based community, which was created earlier this year. The forum took place in Jackson, Mississippi and included comment from local law enforcement and religious leaders....

The ensuing standoff between the man, Derek Edward Peivandi, and police officer James Marte, which was filmed by bystander Emmanuel Alberio, occurred in a busy street outside of Margaret Pace Park. It ended when Marte used a Taser on Peivandi, 37, after Peivandi ran at him with an object in his right hand. The object was later revealed to be a pair of flip-flops, rather than a knife or a handgun....

According to a study published in the journal Science Advances, the finds further refute the “single species/single technology” idea of early Homo—the group of species which includes modern humans and several extinct relatives, such as H. erectus. In the fields of paleoanthropology and archaeology, stone tools are classified according to their complexity and the time period in which they were used. So-called Oldowan (or Mode I) tools date back to more than two-and-a-half million years ago and are primitive in nature—usually stones that have had just a handful of flakes chipped off....

In this age of ‘N Sync, the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears, teen mania is finally crossing over. Kids 12 and up have been spending an estimated $155 billion a year on music and clothes, so it was only a matter of time before hip-hop took the cue. Enter Lil’ Bow Wow and Lil’ Romeo, baby-faced rappers with urban flair, kid-friendly lyrics and an appeal to an audience that hasn’t had its own prepubescent idol since Michael Jackson....

“China cheats, it tries to screw things in its own favor, and if you ever point this out their ‘wolf warrior’ diplomats try to bully and hector you into submission,” Patten, who governed Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997, said in an interview with The Times of London. “It’s got to stop otherwise the world is going to be a much less safe place and liberal democracy around the world is going to be destabilized....

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the mandatory mass-testing exercise, which was announced in February, will no longer be required because experts believe resources don’t need to be dedicated to the program, according to the Associated Press. “The experts are of the opinion that it’s not appropriate for us to devote finite resources to the universal mass testing,” Lam said during a press conference. “The SAR government will continue to monitor the situation....

Below the radar, Hornets point guard Kemba Walker has had as good of a week as any guard has had this year, including Curry. MORE: NBA midseason awards | David Blatt deserved better Walker has been on fire as of late, scoring 113 points in his last three games (37.7 per game), including a 52-point outburst against the Jazz on Monday night. He scored 40 points Friday to lead the Hornets to a 120-116 overtime win on the road over the Magic....

The Hornets announced Thursday that the fourth-year guard suffered a torn labrum as a result of dislocating his right shoulder in Wednesday’s 117-95 win over the Pacers — just his seventh game back after missing the first 46 games of the season with the same injury suffered in the preseason. There is no timetable for Kidd-Gilchrist’s return. He will be re-evaluated after the All-Star break. MORE: Ranking the All-Stars | What does team think of ‘Crying Jordan’?...

General manager Rich Cho said the Hornets will await the outcome of an NBA-led investigation before deciding whether to reinstate Taylor. He offered no timetable for Taylor’s return to the team. Speaking at a media day news conference Monday, Cho said it was “appropriate” for the organization to act “decisively and swiftly” in banning Taylor from all team-related activities on Friday. “We take domestic violence as a very serious matter,” Cho said....

While NBPA union chief Michele Roberts offered to fight the punishment on his behalf, Taylor and his agent decided not to push against the league, Wojnarowski reported. Roberts and the union were eager to appeal the suspension, one she characterized as “excessive and without precedent” in a Thursday statement. MORE: NBPA prepared to appeal Taylor suspension | Michele Roberts ‘itching for a fight’ | Malice in the Palace Roberts did not want NBA commissioner Adam Silver to use this suspension as a means of setting new precedence going forward....

Having known about the film since her early teens, Forman was terrified to see it until, drawn in by intellectual curiosity, she gathered a group of friends to watch it. By the end, they were all cheering. “It was one of the first films I’d ever seen that showed a rape in natural lighting and from the victim’s perspective,” she says. “It’s not glamorized or sensationalized in any way. And it shows the woman getting revenge on the men who violated her, and she does it in a way that made me feel very empowered as a woman....

Originally released in theaters in 2019, Girl on the Third Floor follows Don Koch (CM Punk), a former lawyer who’s trying to remodel his new home just before his newborn baby arrives. With his pregnant wife, Liz (Trieste Kelly Dunn), away, Don strives to rebuild each room in their antique house. Unfortunately, the house is a real fixer-upper because of its decaying walls and—this should’ve been a red flag—oozing slime....