California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis announced the election would take place on September 14. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber paved the way for the date to be announced by certifying the recall petition on the same day, with 1,719,900 out of 2,161,349 signatures submitted determined to be valid. Kounalakis and Weber are both Democrats. “Although the window of time from which I could select a date was narrow, I believe we have chosen a fair and reasonable date for this election to take place,” Kounalakis said in a statement....

The British government announced on Friday it would move to outlaw conversion therapy, a U-turn from scrapping these plans only hours earlier. A December 2021 version of a 2015 memorandum of understanding signed by a number of U.K. health authorities—including NHS England and NHS Scotland—called the widely discredited practice “unethical and potentially harmful.” TikTok banned content promoting or supporting conversion therapy in February, among other measures aimed at eradicating “hateful ideologies” on its platform....

I first met Charles Bonanno in New York in the mid-1960s when he was a timid and often terrified adolescent living in a Mafia household where the sofas and floors were regularly occupied at night by snoring bodyguards whose outstretched legs Charles often tripped over in the morning on his way to school, once splitting open his head on a piece of furniture and leaving a trail of blood along the rug....

The Palestinian Authority (PA) said it had delivered 2,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to the densely populated coastal enclave. Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv reported the Israeli government allowed the PA to send the vaccines through the Beitunia crossing from the occupied West Bank’s Ramallah to the blockaded Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Islamist Palestinian militant group Hamas. Sputnik V is a two dose vaccine, meaning only 1,000 vaccines will be available to the Gaza Strip’s approximate population of 2 million....

The clip of almost two minutes shows the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Milley, defending studying the theory in order to understand race relations in the U.S. The edited C-SPAN clip, uploaded by Rantt Media, showed him addressing the topic of critical race theory directly. He said: “First of all, on the issue of critical race theory, et cetera. I’ll obviously have to get much smarter on whatever the theory is, but I do think it’s important actually for those of us in uniform to be open-minded and be widely read....

The French simply love it–pork sausages, pigs’ feet and ham. But when Mouhad Bourouis, 33, worked at a summer day camp for underprivileged children in the south of France a few years ago, charcuterie posed a problem. Out of 80 kids, 28 were Muslim and the halal restrictions on their diet, like kosher ones for Jewish children, meant they could eat no pork at all. “The first week I planned 28 meals with no pork, but it was just too expensive and too much of a hassle,” Bourouis recalls....

Newsweek: Why is it so difficult to get young people to vote? Malia Lazu, Democracy Action Project: I do not think you can blame the victims. People do not vote because they do not have trust in the system. Gideon Yago, MTV: I think that it just comes down to the fact that young people feel like they don’t have a stake in politics. Newsweek: Isn’t it cooler to be against something than for something?...

VIDEOTake a Fast Look Videocameras and other devices convert pictures of the real world into bits using something called a charge-coupled device, or CCD. It’s a nifty technology, but newer “cameras on a chip”–silicon chips with sensors and imaging electronics–use less power than CCDs and are lighter and cheaper. They’re getting better, too. Photobit, a leading developer, has a new version with resolution of more than a million pixels and a speed of 500 frames per second (movie cameras operate at about 25 fps)....

Haley, who left her post last December, expressed her view that her former boss speaks the truth and is fit to be president on NBC’s Today show on Tuesday. “I never had any concern on whether he could handle the job, ever,” Haley said. “In every instance that I dealt with him he was truthful, he listened, and he was great to work with.” Conway shared a story on Haley’s comments and tweeted: “This, and her assertion that Trump is fit for office, are shameless and atrocious....

Two days after the Democrat-led House approved two articles of impeachment against Trump—obstruction of Congress and abuse of power—Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited the president to deliver his annual SOTU remarks in early February. White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley confirmed that Trump accepted Pelosi’s offer. Following Trump’s impeachment, Pelosi also indicated that she will hold off from transmitting articles of impeachment to the Senate until Republicans agree to a fair trial....

On Tuesday Santos filed an updated campaign finance report with the Federal Election Commission, in which Thomas Datwyler, an experienced campaign financial consultant, was listed as his new treasurer, with the filing signed with his name. However, speaking to ABC News Datwyler’s attorney, Derek Ross, said Santos had been informed Datwyler wouldn’t be taking the position on Monday. Ross said: “On Monday, we informed the Santos campaign that Mr. Datwyler would not be serving as treasurer....

Georgia broke its 41-year national championship drought by knocking off No. 1 Alabama, 33-18, in the title game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The game was a field goal festival in the first half, with Alabama taking a 9-6 lead into the half. Georgia scored the game’s first touchdown in the third quarter when running back Zamir White bolted in for a 1-yard run and a 13-9 lead....

Independent voters were closely divided between Ossoff and Perdue, but Democrats had a slight advantage among the group, according to a preliminary CNN exit poll. The poll was conducted for the National Elections poll, a group of media outlets including CNN, by Edison Research. Researchers gathered data by surveying 5,260 Georgia voters who cast ballots in person on election day or during early voting, along with conducting telephone interviews with some other early voters and those who cast mail-in ballots....

According to the Journal-Constitution, there was a complaint of Taylor physically assaulting his girlfriend at McWhorter Hall dormitory and police arrived at the scene at 4:45 a.m. Taylor “choked” the victim and “struck with a closed fist” according to evidence and witnesses. Taylor was one of four players arrested in March for double-cashing reimbursement checks. MORE: 10 all-time greatest Bulldogs | SN Top 25 | SEC icons At SEC Media Days last week, Georgia coach Mark Richt talked about bad player behavior....

Brian Seth Carmichael was charged on Monday with failing to report an accident with injury or death, according to the Houston County Sheriff’s Office. Kimberly Touchton, 22, was hit in the head by the tire after it came off a vehicle driving on a nearby overhead bridge in Houston County, Georgia, on Sunday night, AJC.com reported. “It snapped her neck. She probably didn’t even know what hit her, I think,” Houston County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Kent Bankston told the website....

Without suspended running back Todd Gurley, it’s more like “Grind-it-Out Football.” That was enough for No. 13 Georgia to beat No. 23 Missouri on the road 34-0 on Saturday. That is enough to win the SEC East. It might be enough to get to the College Football Playoff. MORE: Top 25 scores, updates | Heisman hopefuls gone bad | Winston’s “Harlem Shake?” It’s just not pretty. The Bulldogs still have three factors working in their favor right now: CHUBB, CHUBB, CHUBB: Consider Nick Chubb, tasked with replacing Gurley, totaled 46 yards on 16 touches in the first quarter alone....

Mississippi St. registered just 280 total yards and turned the ball over twice in its 31-3 loss at Georgia. Mississippi St. quarterback Nick Fitzgerald completed just 14 of his 29 pass attempts for 83 yards. He also added two interceptions. MORE: Bowl projections | Week 4 picks Meanwhile, Georgia freshman quarterback Jake Fromm attempted just 12 passes in the game. But he connected on nine of them for 201 yards and two touchdowns....

Photos posted in August by North Paulding High School sophomore Hannah Watters went viral as students were shown jammed together, unable to practice social distancing. Watters was temporarily suspended for using her phone to take the pictures during school hours. After the photos spread on social media, Watters reported receiving threats related to the photos such as “I know where this girl lives” and “We’re going to jump every girl named Hannah in the tenth grade....

The Bulldogs fluffed their lines against the Longhorns 12 months ago losing 27-21 and coach Kirby Smart is determined to avoid a repeat of last year’s scenario when his team takes on Baylor on New Year’s Day. “It’s a one-game season for us,” he said at his press conference last week. “It’s a new season, and it’s a one-game season.” Georgia has lost four consecutive postseason games and Smart has left no stone unturned in a bid to snap the losing streak....

Hummels was one of the players most vocal following Germany’s 1-0 defeat to Mexico in Group F last week – the Bayern Munich defender criticising the tactics used. There were also claims of squad disharmony as the world champions were left reeling and facing a must-win match against Sweden on Saturday. However, Hummels insists everything is fine after discussions within Joachim Low’s side. “The atmosphere is much better, we are getting back on track,” Hummels told reporters on Thursday....