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Dave Hyde: What must Messi do to succeed at Inter Miami — besides just show up?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Thirty minutes before Lionel Messi’s practice at Inter Miami, Apple TV had studio crews in two languages ready to broadcast live. A helicopter hovered above. And among the couple of hundred media members waiting a camera panned the field as a broadcaster said, “Where more history…

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

Kissinger meets China defense chief in pursuing closer ties

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu in Beijing on Tuesday, his first known visit to the capital city in four years.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

Movie review: With sublimely silly 'Barbie,' Gerwig takes aim at patriarchy

In Greta Gerwig’s hands, Barbie is a weapon. The director wields the iconic doll like a broadsword in “Barbie,” cleaving through culture with gleeful spirit and savage humor. In this existential exegesis on what it means to be a woman, and a human, Gerwig reflects our world back to us…

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

Judge: Oxford shooter's request to throw out life without parole is 'without merit'

The teenager who killed four students and injured six others and a teacher at Oxford High School in November 2021 will still have the possibility of being sentenced to life in prison without parole, despite his attorney's attempt to convince the judge otherwise.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

John Romano: Burn down the house? Sell the farm? Whatever it takes to get Ohtani

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s reckless. It’s foolish. It’s perilous.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

16 false Trump electors face felony charges in Michigan

LANSING, Mich. — Attorney General Dana Nessel is leveling felony charges against 16 Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Donald Trump won Michigan's 2020 presidential election, launching criminal cases against top political figures inside the state GOP.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

Texas A&M players confident they’ll save Jimbo Fisher’s job

NASHVILLE — The trio entered the expansive ballroom inside the Grand Hyatt Nashville all sporting designer shades and a confidence hardly befitting a team coming off a winter bereft of a bowl game.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

Pirates finalize contract with No. 1 overall pick Paul Skenes

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates officially signed No. 1 overall pick Paul Skenes on Tuesday, another step in a new era of Pittsburgh baseball a day after the debut of pitcher Quinn Priester and catcher Endy Rodriguez.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

Friends of lawyer detained in Venezuela rally at Capitol for his release, beg Biden to intercede

Like every tourist in a foreign country finds themselves at some point, Eyvin Hernandez was a little lost. The public defender from Los Angeles was traveling in the border town of Cucuta, Colombia, with a friend when they realized they needed directions. They were pointed to a dirt road that…

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia players emphasize ‘owning up to mistakes’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Georgia football coach Kirby Smart called a team meeting after the Bulldogs returned to campus following the Independence Day break. He shared that “a leader on the team who I won’t mention” stood up and gave an impassioned plea for his teammates to slow down on the…

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023