According to the Associated Press, prisoners in Mississippi have been offered a bag of “Famous Amos cookies” as an incentive to be inoculated for the virus. Similarly, 51-year-old Michael McCoy, an inmate at the Autry State Prison in Georgia told the Associated Press that they were offered a “warden’s pack” which includes items such as cookies, chips and candy, if they received a COVID-19 vaccine. “Instead of with confidence and trust, you’re going to bribe them with cookies and chips?...

The 2020 election is likely to come down to a handful of states and Trump’s campaign already has indicated they’ll request a recount in Wisconsin. Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania have yet to be called, but the candidates are within a point of each other in all three and, if it remains that close, either side could push for a recount if it is the difference between their candidate becoming president or not....

The complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) condemns a series of three advertisements by the Georgia congresswoman in September and October promoting Walker’s candidacy. The grievance states that the ads amounted to approximately $3,000 of value in “excessive and unreported in-kind [non-monetary] contributions.” Despite being non-monetary, in-kind contributions do count toward the contributor’s total election limit. “Because the advertisements expressly advocate for Herschel Walker’s candidacy, to the extent they were coordinated with Walker or his campaign, they constitute in-kind contributions to the Walker campaign,” the complaint continued, calling Greene’s actions a “blatant disregard of [FEC] rules and federal law....

Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr has requested that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) investigate how Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson and Waycross District Attorney George Barnhill dealt with the shooting of Arbery, in a case that has attracted worldwide outcry. Arbery, 25, was killed while jogging in a neighborhood just outside Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23. Gregory McMichael, 64, and his 34-year-old son Travis, who pursued Arbery in a pickup-up truck before shooting him three times, have been charged with murder after a video of the incident emerged....

Geoff Duncan has been and outspoken critic of Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election, and says he believes Trump could have won if he’d run on his record rather than airing grievances. Duncan says that Trump’s behavior after the election made him glad the former president had lost. “Looking back, perhaps his flaws and consequent loss were our saving grace,” Duncan writes. “We discovered that all the policy wins in the world couldn’t compensate for other shortcomings....

But that's exactly what happened. Georgia announced on Saturday that junior wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell injured his left leg during a practice on Tuesday and will be out for the rest of the spring. Mitchell missed last season after tearing his right ACL in the opener against Clemson. The good news this time around is that, according Georgia director of sports medicine Ron Courson, Mitchell is expected to have a full recovery by August, when the Bulldogs begin preseason drills....

The crucial elections will decide control of the U.S. Senate. High-profile politicians are expected to stump in Georgia on behalf of their party’s candidates before the election. President Donald Trump is slated to appear at a campaign event in Valdosta, Georgia on Monday for incumbent Republican Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. On the same day, President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to appear in Atlanta at a rally for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock....

“Just had heartfelt phone call w friend @realDonaldTrump who said he’s a ‘realist’ who’ll do the ‘right thing,’” Rivera tweeted on Friday. “But he wants to see ‘what states do in terms of certification [sic] (etc)’ He sounded committed to fighting for every vote & if he loses, talking more about all he’s accomplished.” Rivera knows Trump from The Celebrity Apprentice. The journalist appeared on the series in 2015 and was the runner-up to winner Leeza Gibbons....

Berlin police said on Twitter that after bottles were thrown at emergency services by demonstrators, pepper spray was used and some protesters had to be prevented from climbing a barrier. “There are some people out there today on the streets of this city who say it isn’t serious and there’s almost nothing going on,” German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, according to AP. “Yes, something is going on: 80,000 people in this country have died, and you can’t talk past or overlook that....

The raids were conducted in the German state of Saxony, as authorities investigate six members of the online group of 103 members that used the online messaging service Telegram to communicate their frustrations with the government’s COVID restrictions, including a discussion of plans to kill Saxony’s state governor Michael Kretschmer. Five men and one woman, all German citizens ages 32 to 64, are at the center of the investigation that led to the raids of five locations in Dresden, Saxony’s capital, and one in nearby Heidenau, according to Saxony state criminal police office spokesman Tom Bernhardt....

The variant’s rapid spread has allowed it to become the dominant strain in Germany, according to the center. Of all new infections in Germany documented by the end of June, 59 percent were caused by the Delta variant, the report said. Germany’s vaccine offerings include Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, while others are in clinical trials, according to the COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker. Currently, 39.9 percent, or about 33....

A hat-trick from Atletico Madrid playmaker Saul Niguez propelled La Roja past five-time winners Italy without fuss in the semi-final to set up the decider against Stefan Kuntz’s side. A new golden generation for Spain Germany booked their place in the final thanks to a 4-3 penalty shootout victory over perennial rivals England, with goalkeeper Julian Pollersbeck saving two spot-kicks after the game finished 2-2 in normal time. TV CHANNEL & LIVE STREAM In the UK, the match will be available to watch live on television on Sky Sports 1 and by stream via Sky Go....

The Gabon international scored a hat-trick against Benfica on Wednesday to send Dortmund into the last eight of the Champions League, and both Gerrard and Gary Lineker were impressed with what he had to offer. Klopp rules out Liverpool move for Hart Aubameyang has been linked with a move away from the Bundesliga, with Real Madrid heavily touted as a possible landing spot, but Lineker and Gerrard both think that he would be the perfect fit at Anfield....

Cole held up a sign that read “Yankee Fan Today Tomorrow Forever” which was the same sign he was seen holding during the 2001 World Series between the Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Before Cole signed his recent nine-year $324 million deal with the Yankees, he was drafted by the team and was public regarding his fandom. According to NJ.com, Cole lived in California during his childhood but grew up a Yankee fan, and his parents allowed him to travel across the country to go watch the World Series game, when he was photographed....

It has become tradition for everyone to let their predictions of who will make the playoffs, and who won’t, be heard on the internet. Whether it’s because we feel obligated to keep up with the others or because we want to be able look back months later and judge how good we are at prognosticating, we all do it. MORE FROM THE NATION: Canucks | Leafs | Oilers | Daily Faceoff...

The Blaugrana followed up their excellent start to the league campaign with an emphatic 3-0 win over Juventus in the Champions League this week. U2.5 goals - boosted to 3/1 with dabblebet They return to domestic action having scored 12 goals and conceded none in their four games since the Supercopa de Espana defeat to Real Madrid. TV CHANNEL & LIVE STREAM In the UK, the match will not be available to watch live on television or by stream as it falls within the 3pm-5pm blackout period on Saturdays....

Clash of Champions lineup Fresh off the SmackDown brand’s first exclusive event two weeks ago, now it’s time for the first “Raw” one with the Clash of Champions on Sunday. It’s been a mixed bag when it comes to the actual storylines building up the matches. Still, it’s a strong lineup headlined by Kevin Owens against Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship. Maybe the biggest question is whether or not Triple H will again show up to possibly lend a helping hand — again — to Owens....

Dream on. Such a scenario may sound good, but making it happen requires an ultrahigh-speed Internet connection that few people have. As more and more people hook up to the World Wide Web from home, frustration over limitations on “bandwidth,” or line capacity, is mounting. Most people use 14,000-baud modems hooked to their phone lines. That’s fine for sending and retrieving plain text like electronic mail. But doing the same with graphics and sound at that speed is agonizingly slow....