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Gerardo Martino’s side lack headline names but are preparing for the tournament hoping to pull out some shocks. The Swedes failed to reach Qatar, finishing runners-up in their group before heartbreak against Poland in the qualification playoff final. They have been on a poor run of form since but retain plenty of quality. Martino has one last chance to assess his players, and Sweden will be intent on disrupting his preparation....

Love him or hate him, America, he did it: Urban Meyer has built a sleek, sophisticated SEC team in the middle of the boring Big Ten. What better way to show off that fancy new Ohio State machine than doing what no one could imagine. Like winning the whole damn thing. “Before I left, I saw them,” Meyer said of his Ohio State team while speaking at last week’s College Football Playoff press conference in Orlando....

At a news conference on Saturday, Miami Beach officials declared a state of emergency and announced an 8 p.m. curfew. Mayor Dan Gelber said police officers were struggling to contain the number of spring breakers that have arrived in the city despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Hours later, videos posted on social media showed those spring breakers continue partying well after the curfew kicked in. “30 minutes after curfew Spring Break crowds thinning but Ocean Ave is still packed,” CBS 4 reporter Bobeth Yates wrote alongside a video posted on Twitter....

The changes will go into effect Wednesday, July 8 in an effort to ensure local hospitals have the capacity and staffing needed to treat COVID-19 patients, Gimenez said in a statement. As of July 6, 206,447 cases of the new coronavirus have been reported in Florida since the start of the health crisis. On Monday, the state recorded 6,336 new cases alone, according to the Florida Department of Health....

The Florida city has been handing out $250 gift card for the Publix supermarket to residents who are most in need. Some residents told reporters that they had slept overnight to help ensure they were able to collect theirs. The numbers of gift cards are limited, depending on each district’s need. One man, Pierre Casseos from the District 5 area, told CBS Miami that he had slept on an overturned milk crate on Friday night to avoid missing out....

Acevedo has come under fire twice in July for his interactions with Proud Boy members during recent protests in solidarity with Cuban demonstrators. The photo, which was provided to the Miami Herald by an unnamed photographer, shows Acevedo with his arm around Gabriel Garcia, a man who is currently facing two federal felony and four misdemeanor charges related to disorderly conduct and trespassing in the Capitol during the January 6 riots....

That’s even more the case when it’s your heritage. MORE: Smashing Pumpkins founder joins TNA | Adam Rose talks WWE rise | Chris Jericho on Tough Enough Take for example Mica (Tevita Fifita) — a new member of TNA Wrestling — who is following in the footsteps of his father Haku who performed for both WCW and the WWE. He hopes to be part of Friday’s live edition of Impact Wrestling airing on Destination America at 9 p....

Avenatti’s trial focuses on allegations that he stole money from advanced payments made to Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, related to her 2018 book Full Disclosure, the Associated Press reported. The charges allege Avenatti forged a letter to Daniels’ literary agent to direct the second and third payment of the four-series payments to his bank account. The total amount of those two payments was around $300,000 of the $800,000 Daniels was paid, according to the New York Daily News....

During an interview with MSNBC News, Bloomberg was asked what he thinks of the pushback Biden has been receiving on reopening schools, to which he responded by saying, “It’s time for Joe Biden to stand up and to say, the kids are the most important things and important players here. And the teachers just are going to have to suck it up and stand up and provide an education.”...

Bloomberg, a billionaire entrepreneur and former mayor of New York, launched his presidential campaign on November 24, 2019. This was more than eight months after Buttigieg announced his candidacy in April. However, as the results from Morning Consult indicated, Bloomberg’s support among surveyed Americans appears to have surpassed Buttigieg in most voter demographics. For instance, Bloomberg was the first choice of 12 percent of survey respondents who indicated they will probably vote in their state’s Democratic primary....

Flynn joined a slew of high profile Trump supporters in Washington D.C. for a series of “Stop the Steal” rallies to protest the results of the election, one day after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit by Texas aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden’s win in four battleground states. Billed by Trump and his allies as “the big one,” the failed suit was the latest in a string of defeats for the president’s campaign to reverse his defeat....

He said he has already signed with an agent, though he made no specific mention of any plans to enter the NBA Draft in his tweet. Frazier averaged 12.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game for the Gators this season. He shot nearly 42 percent from the floor and converted 38 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc. Because he’s slightly undersized at the wing position but a great 3-point shooter and athlete, Frazier’s future in professional basketball may be more well-suited to the overseas game....

It was a great moment for the legendary Yankees shortstop and a great moment for the game of baseball. MORE: ASG photos | Jeter praise | Trout prediction It was not, however, a great moment for CBS News, which butchered a tweet pointing viewers to its article about Jeter’s farewell. It’s an honest mistake. We’ve all made them. But this was a moment that everybody was watching. CBS News quickly deleted the tweet and apologized....

Of course, these Jordan’s aren’t any normal sneakers. No, these were game-worn Nike Airs from Michael Jordan’s rookie season with the Bulls. The shoes went up at auction recently and sold for more money than I’ll probably spend on every shoe purchase during my lifetime combined — a whopping $71,533 in total. MORE: MJ smoking stogies | Jordan needs to find shooting for Hornets | LeBron’s son thinks MJ is better...

Morse was en route to St. Louis, where the best-of-7 series starts Saturday night. Lineups will be announced before 10 a.m. Ken Rosenthal picks Cardinals in seven; find out why Morse looked good playing in the Arizona instructional league, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Friday. “Really encouraged with his at-bats down there,” Bochy said. “Once we see him and talk to him, all is fine. He is on the roster, then the first game he will be used off the bench....

Kevin Durant and DeAndre Jordan watched Phelps win gold in the 200 meter butterfly, then went bananas. MORE: Full medal count | Classic photos of Phelps That was seconds after Phelps, 31, won his Olympic-record 20th gold medal. He’s the oldest swimmer to win individual gold, and has now won that particular event three times. This one is bigger than the others; Phelps again beat South African rival Chad le Clos....

Obama said that “nothing is more important to our democracy than safeguarding our right to vote” while promoting the passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, on Thursday. The bill was approved in the House on Wednesday, albeit without the support of a single Republican. While urging the Senate to pass the bill, Obama denounced what she characterized as “infuriating” attempts by Republicans restrict voting access at the state level....

A new national poll from Morning Consult and Politico found 60 percent of registered voters in favor of Obama, compared with Trump’s 39 percent favorability rating, Biden’s 46 percent rating and Pence’s 38 percent rating. Obama is most favorable among Democrats and Black voters, who gave her a 91 and 87 percent rating, respectively. Trump and Biden are tied when it comes to who voters trust to handle the economy, jobs and national security....

That was then and this is now. Whitmer vaulted to national attention largely because of her bold, early actions to combat the coronavirus in hard-hit Michigan—the state has the fourth-largest number of COVID-19 cases in the country (29,263, as of April 16) after New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts and the third-highest death toll (2,093)—along with her public demands for more federal resources. But where those initial efforts met with wide approval from citizens and broad bipartisan support, her latest, toughest-in-the-nation social distancing restrictions have elicited a very different response....

On Wednesday, Henry Ford Hospital employees filed a lawsuit against Henry Ford Hospital in U.S. District Court. The filing comes ahead of the September 10 vaccine mandate deadline, which requires all health care works to be vaccinated or risk losing their jobs. The lawsuit claims that the vaccines only provide “limited immunity” and could be potentially harmful in the long run. The lawsuit also alleges that nearly 13,000 vaccinated people in the U....