Over the years, we’ve seen countless characters wander into corrupt small towns and become entrapped by the locals. Usually, the mean face of these movies is the town sheriff. The best recent example: Don Johnson’s crooked lawman in 2024’s “Rebel Ridge.” But in Ben Wheatley’s “Normal,” the good guy drifting into town IS the sheriff. …
MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi is being sued by a Miami-based event promoter who says the soccer icon violated terms of a $7 million contract by missing an exhibition match last year. Vid Music Group filed the lawsuit for fraud and breach of contract against Messi and the Argentine Football Association in Miami-Dade circuit court …
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Two golf tournaments separated by one week and 150 miles (240 kilometers) could not be any more different. The Masters is the first major of the year, a high-stress test at Augusta National that requires full attention on just about every shot because of the razor-thin difference in the …
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup “for sure” despite its war with the United States. Speaking at CNBC’s Invest in America Forum, Infantino said it is important that Iran participates in the World Cup even though its participation has been in doubt since the U.S. and Israel …
Illinois lawmakers are fed up with the state Department of Corrections after another audit found it has ignored state spending rules and failed to fix many mistakes that have languished for years. The Legislative Audit Commission, a bipartisan commission of state lawmakers that reviews audits of state agencies, demanded answers from Corrections Director LaToya Hughes …
April 15 (Reuters) – Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has stepped up her criticism of the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court for increasingly deciding cases on an emergency basis without letting them play out in lower courts – a path the nation’s top judicial body has taken in multiple rulings favoring President Donald Trump. Jackson, one of …
Duran made the gesture as he returned to the dugout after a fifth-inning groundout in Boston’s 6-0 loss to Minnesota on Tuesday night at Target Field. “We were made aware of the situation late last night and are looking into it,” Twins senior vice president of communications and public affairs Dustin Morse said. “There’s no …
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The defending champion Las Vegas Aces completed the process Wednesday of bringing back their core group by re-signing four-time MVP A’ja Wilson. Terms were not released, per club policy, but ESPN reported it was a three-year, $5 million supermax contract that is the most lucrative in WNBA history. “A’ja is truly …
April 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it was introducing a new model of combat operations integrating drone warfare with infantry and pointed to successes it said had been achieved in retaking territory from Russian forces in the south of the country. “A new model of warfare is being introduced, drone-assault units …
By Nolan D. McCaskill and David Morgan WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he could not estimate the cost of the Iran war, as he defended President Donald Trump’s request for a massive $1.5 trillion annual military budget against bipartisan criticism from U.S. lawmakers who cited the …