By ALANIS THAMES
Lionel Messi had two assists, including one in the final seconds of the match, to help lift Inter Miami over Atlas 2-1 in their Leagues Cup opener on Wednesday night.
It was Messi’s first game back since he and teammate Jordi Alba were suspended one match by Major League Soccer for skipping its All-Star game. He connected with Marcelo Weigandt for the winning score in the final minute of stoppage time.
Messi also assisted on Telasco Segovia’s goal that opened scoring in the 58th.
Rivaldo Lozano scored the equalizer for the Guadalajara club in the 82nd before Weigandt’s goal...
Months after a hit-and-run crash in Fort Lauderdale left one person dead and three others injured, a South Florida woman has been arrested on more than a dozen charges.
Beverly Slaughter, 25, of Opa-locka in Miami-Dade County, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a two-car crash near West Sunrise Boulevard and Northwest 24th Avenue in April, court records show.
Shortly after 1 a.m. on April 29, Slaughter was speeding in a 2021 Mercedes-Benz, S-Class sedan on West Sunrise Boulevard while approaching the intersection, a probable cause affidavit said. A 2021 Nissan Altima made a left...
A pilot from Delray Beach was one of two people aboard a small plane that hit a palm tree, then crashed into a moving car with five people inside near John Prince Park Campground in Lake Worth Beach on Monday.
The Orlican M8 Eagle took off from the nearby Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana shortly before 4:30 p.m., minutes before it crashed. After taking off, the plane made a turn to the north, experienced some sort of issue and started to fall from the sky, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report released Wednesday.
All seven people avoided any serious injury.
The...
According to Fannie Mae, 90% of buyers don’t actually know what credit score lenders are looking for, or they overestimate the minimum needed.Let that sink in. That means most homebuyers think they need better credit than they actually do – and maybe you’re one of them. And that could make you think buying a home is out of reach for you right now, even if that’s not necessarily true. So, let’s look at what the data really says about credit scores and homebuying.There’s No One Magic NumberThere’s no universal credit score you absolutely have to have when buying a home. And that means there’s...
General Daily Insight for July 30, 2025
Scabs must be left alone to heal. The wounded healer Chiron enters its retrograde period in fiery Aries today, tempting us to reopen old wounds and potentially create deeper ones after a period of healing. As loving Venus enters protective Cancer at 11:57 pm EDT, we’re reminded that people can’t ruin what they don’t know about. Only the most trusted and understanding people in our lives should be given the privilege of knowing our innermost selves. Don’t risk going backward by oversharing.
Aries
March 21 – April 19
Your nearest and dearest have an...
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
TOKYO (AP) — One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for Alaska, Hawaii and other coasts south toward New Zealand.
Tsunami warning sirens blared Tuesday in Honolulu and people moved to higher ground.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami measuring 40 centimeters (1.3 feet) was detected in Tokachi, on the southern coast of Hokkaido, the northernmost of the country’s main islands.
The Russian areas nearest the quake’s...
By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press
The University of California, Los Angeles, reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish students and a Jewish professor whose suit against the university argued it violated their civil rights by allowing pro-Palestinian protesters in 2024 to block their access to classes and other areas on campus.
The settlement comes nearly a year after a preliminary injunction was issued, marking the first time a U.S. judge had ruled against a university over their handling of on-campus demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza.
UCLA had argued that it had no legal...
Some HighlightsWith all the headlines circulating recently, you may be wondering what’s next for home prices? Here’s what the expert forecasts say.Home prices are still forecast to rise nationally this year, just at a much slower pace. But price trends are going to vary by area.To have a quick conversation about what’s happening in your local market, connect with a real estate agent.
General Daily Insight for July 29, 2025
Balance may be easy come, easy go today! With the easygoing Moon entering harmony-driven Libra today at 1:43 am EDT, balance seems as though it’s being restored. We might breathe a sigh of relief. However, a curveball is coming in the form of Luna disagreeing with stubborn Saturn, pulling us back into stressful situations we thought we had left behind. Another twist arrives as the Moon faces off with confusing Neptune as well, making it hard to know what’s true and what’s false. Tread carefully.
Aries
March 21 – April 19
Confusion about where you...
By KIMBERLY KINDY, Associated Press
Washington (AP) — A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of people enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program, fearing the information will be used to aid mass deportations.
The data demand comes as the Trump administration has sought to collect private information on mostly lower-income people who may be in the country illegally. It has already ordered the Internal Revenue Service and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...