Raffensperger spoke with CBS This Morning to discuss Georgia’s statewide ballot recount, which will be conducted by hand. Official sources have yet to declare a winner in the presidential race in the state, although President-elect Joe Biden led President Donald Trump by about 14,000 votes as of Thursday afternoon. Though several media outlets called the national race for Biden on November 7, Trump has yet to concede. “We do have ongoing investigations,” Raffensperger said when asked about allegations of voter fraud in Georgia....

Far from being Jim Crow 2.0, or “Jim Crow on steroids,” as Joe Biden has framed it, the law is a ho-hum, vanilla piece of legislation which, as I said on my radio show when it was signed, was only a five out of 10 on the conservative scorecard—at best. I’m pleased to hear other conservatives, including Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist and President Donald Trump, now sounding the same note....

Latino voters often are not top of mind in the January special elections that will decide which party controls the Senate, and go a long way toward deciding how much President-elect Joe Biden will be able to implement his agenda after his election win last month. But with 270,000 registered voters, 185,000 of whom voted in November, the bloc is large enough to influence the runoff elections between Senator David Purdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff, and Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler and Reverend Raphael Warnock....

For a while it seemed as if Georgia would run away with it after taking a 19-0 lead at halftime, punctuated by two Rodrigo Blankenship field goals and Jake Fromm passing touchdowns to George Pickens and Matt Landers. The Georgia defense was similarly dominant, limiting the Bears to a measly 97 yards of total offense in the first half. MORE: College football bowl schedule Baylor, to its credit, refused to go down without a fight, scoring 14 third-quarter points behind quarterback Charlier Brewer, including a 12-yard pass to receiver Denzel Mims and a 1-yard touchdown run....

The woman, first identified as 71-year-old Jewel Pounds Billings by the Macon-based television station WMAZ-TV, was found on August 14 inside her unit at Magnolia Manor. Mark Todd, the facility’s president and CEO, confirmed the deceased woman’s identity and age with Newsweek. Magnolia Manor’s Macon facility offers independent living villas and apartments, independent supportive units and assisted living apartments. The facility is identified on its website as a “faith-based, tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization affiliated by covenant with the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church” with a history dating back to the late 1950s....

Trish Wilcher, who lives in Augusta, found the snakes underneath her bed after spotting one of them on the floor. She told Georgia news outlet WJBF she thought the snake was “a piece of fuzz on the floor” at first, but then noticed it moved. She said: “And then a second later another piece moved and I went to my husband, ‘we have snakes!’” Wilcher’s husband Max used a grabber tool to place the snakes in a linen bag....

Rivera, a New Yorker who has lived in Ohio since 2017, on Wednesday tweeted that he was “pondering” a run to replace Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, who recently announced that he does not intend to seek a third term. “Pondering running for retiring @senrobportman seat in United States Senate. #GoBuckeyes,” Rivera tweeted. “#Geraldo4Ohio,” he later added. “From the Great River to the Great Lake, I’ll fight for you....

The world champions have returned to the scene of their 2017 Confederations Cup triumph amid sweltering conditions in Sochi but are facing the heat on and off the pitch ahead of Saturday’s crucial showdown with Sweden. A 1-0 defeat to Mexico has put Germany under pressure and sparked reports of cliques in the team following the country’s underwhelming Group F opener. The topic of disharmony was inevitably raised during Wednesday’s news conference after training and Muller dismissed the claims....

The German-born Nigerian has represented Germany youth sides but has yet to make his debut for the senior team which makes him eligible to play for the three-time African champions. The defender who rose from the youth team of Hertha Berlin has made 14 appearances across all competitions this season for the Bundesliga outfit. However, the 20-year-old has preferred to pledge his international future to the reigning world champions, much to the displeasure of the German tactician - looking to fortify his defence ahead of the big summer in Russia....

Klopp is currently in the role but has recently seen the former England midfielder offered a chance to cut his coaching teeth in the club’s youth ranks. However, it is Gerrard’s long-term goal to progress to the top job at Anfield, where he made such a profound impression as a player. ‘Liverpool want buys like Coutinho’ Speaking to Kicker, Klopp said: “I asked him directly: ‘What would you like?’ He said he wanted to be manager....

Davis knocked Santa Cruz out cold with a brutal left uppercut at the Alamodome in San Antonio, where the unbeaten American produced one of the KOs of the year. Referee Rafael Ramos immediately waved off the fight as Santa Cruz was left motionless on the canvas. Davis lived up to his billing as the “Tank” in his statement win. “First, I want to say, I’m a pay-per-view star. Second, I ain’t dodging nobody,” Davis, who improved to 24-0 with 23 knockouts, said....

The fight takes place in Davis’ backyard in Washington, D.C., in the Capital One Arena. Garcia has won ten of his 16 wins via knockout. His last knockout win was in July 2021 against Miguel Moreno Gonzalez. Garcia is known for playing spoiler, beating Chris Colbert in February to halt the young Colbert’s momentum. Davis isn’t taking Garcia lightly. In fact, Davis may look to play it safe to prepare for another challenge in another Garcia....

JUNE 1992 Abdul Rahman Yasin, born in Bloomington, Ind., in 1960, gets a U.S. passport by filing a “lost/theft” statement at the American Embassy in Jordan. SEPTEMBER 1992 Ramzi Ahmed Yousef arrives at Kennedy airport in New York, traveling on an Iraqi passport. His companion on the flight, Ahmad Ajaj, is arrested with a fake Swedish passport. Bomb-making videos and manuals are found in Ajaj’s luggage. Yousef applies for political asylum and is immediately released....

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Big weekend, big matches While WWE has the weekend off from pay-per-view events for either brand, several other promotions have big events with some major ramifications. New Japan Pro Wrestling is making its U.S. debut with a pair of shows on Saturday and Sunday in Long Beach, Calif. Both will air live on its streaming service NewJapanWorld.com with Saturday’s show also broadcasting live on AXS TV. MORE: Moose ready to team with NFL star DeAngelo Williams...

MORE: Worst chokes in the Masters | Hole-by-hole look at Augusta National Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus posted a video to Facebook showing what it’s like rolling up to the Masters as arguably the greatest competitor in the club’s history. The first checkpoint includes a jovial conversation about barbecue, the next features a lengthy apology from a security guard who doesn’t immediately recognize the 76-year old and at the final stop shows a sheriff telling Nicklaus he can go wherever he likes....

But if it were an online bookstore, from a privacy standpoint, I’d be hosed. Going on silently, invisibly behind the scenes, is something called online profiling. It’s a technology used by many of your favorite online destinations as well as the companies who place banner advertisements there. As you click your way through a Web site, a powerful software program running on a massive computer is watching and taking meticulous notes....

One man was injured and two more were trapped in the wreckage after the dramatic incident on Thursday, which was captured in videos shared on social media. Local police were called at around 11 a.m. to the container yard of Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, at Pier 70 of the Port of Kaohsiung, according to Taiwan’s TVBS. Taiwan English News reported that the crane was struck after the Durban, a 86,679-gross-tonnage container ship hired by Orient Overseas Container Line that was attempting to dock at a nearby pier, sideswiped Yang Ming’s 32,720-gross-tonnage ship Yongyang, which was docked at Pier 70....