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Lionel Messi is the latest star to join MLS. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) Lionel Messi made his Inter Miami debut on Friday in the League Cup against Mexico’s Cruz Azul. He waited until the last moment to make an impact. Inter Miami cruised to a 2-1 home win after Messi converted a 94th-minute free kick to break a 1-1 tie, a perfect start to a tenure that MLS hopes will bring unprecedented attention to the burgeoning league. Messi had entered as a substitute in the 54th minute alongside his long-time teammate Ricardo Busquets. The FC Barcelona legend officially signed…

State and local officials in Washington are investigating a deadly outbreak of Listeria infections. Five patients had been identified to date. All five required hospitalization and three have died, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. All of the patients are or were in their 60s or 70s and all had weakened immune systems, according to the health department, which is working with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and Thurston County Public Health and Social Services. The Tacoma News reports that “genetic fingerprinting (whole genome sequencing) results indicate that these patients likely have the same source of infection….

He has an amendment to the lawsuit against former County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and the Metropolitan Transit System come to light this week. Fletcher’s accuser now claims in her lawsuit that MTS offered $10,000 late compensation, and included a section saying she could not disparage Fletcher or MTS. (MTS as at the time was the employer of the accuser and Fletcher was the chairman of the board.) It could be an even bigger deal than before for the public agency. If this is true, it could imply that MTS knew about the relationship between Fletcher and the employee even earlier…

CNN — John Lauro, the latest addition to former President Donald Trump’s legal team, told Fox News on Friday that there is no reason for the former president to appear before a federal grand jury investigating the fallout from the 2020 election, adding that Trump “did absolutely nothing wrong.” Earlier this week, Trump said he received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith informing him that he is the target of the investigation and inviting him to appear before a grand jury. CNN previously reported that Trump’s team believed they had until Thursday to respond. The grand jury did not…

Vice President Kamala Harris faced a wave of criticism on Friday after her speech in Jacksonville, Florida, denouncing what she said was the state’s new history curriculum that taught students that US slaves actually “profited from slavery.” “Yesterday in the state of Florida they decided that high school students will be taught that slaves benefited from slavery. They are insulting us in an attempt to gaslight us, and we will not stand for it,” Harris said, referring to the new curriculum approved Wednesday by the Florida Department of Education that includes the history of slavery in the US. The new…

Many local residents say they want laws to be implemented to mitigate climate change and its resulting extreme weather events, but some dismiss the science as a hoax. Last July 4 marked the hottest day on Earth since 1979, when temperatures began to be officially recorded, and many scientists have warned that this is a sign of climate change. Climate change refers to long-term changes in weather patterns, and while it may be due to natural causes, most scientists, international organizations and governments agree that this most recent change is the result of the burning of fossil fuels, which produce…

An Alabama Senate committee discusses a proposal to draw new congressional district lines Thursday in Montgomery, Alabama. Kim Chandler/AP hide caption toggle subtitle Kim Chandler/AP An Alabama Senate committee discusses a proposal to draw new congressional district lines Thursday in Montgomery, Ala. Kim Chandler/AP MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama lawmakers on Friday refused to create a second majority-black congressional district, a move that could defy a recent U.S. Supreme Court order to give minority voters more voice in elections and trigger a new battle over the state’s political map. The legislation now goes to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, who is…