Spain defeated Lionel Messi and Argentina 1-0 to claim its second World Cup title and first since 2010, with Ferran Torres scoring the decisive goal in the 106th minute.
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Spain dominated the matchup, ending with 65% possession and 20 shots. It was the continuation of a suffocating defensive effort, as the nation conceded only one goal the entire tournament. Defending champion Argentina, by comparison, had only two shots in the final match.
Argentina played the final minutes of regulation and extra time down a player after Enzo Fernández was sent off for receiving two yellow cards. Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez made 11 saves, a World Cup final record.
More World Cup:
- Third for the Three Lions: Bukayo Saka scored three goals to lead England to a 6-4 win over France for third place in the World Cup, while Mbappé surpassed Messi’s career tournament scoring record and took the lead in the Golden Boot race.
- World Cup XXIII? With hydration breaks, a halftime show and championship rings, the final looked very familiar to American viewers but different to the rest of the world.
- The global game: People from all over the world traveled to the U.S. not only to watch their favorite teams and players perform, but to engage in a cultural exchange with Americans. These are the best moments.
- The power of the game: How a soccer tournament in California is helping immigrants heal after ICE detention.
U.S. and Iran trade strikes after two U.S. service members killed in Jordan
Two U.S. service members were killed Friday while defending against an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan, and another service member is missing, U.S. Central Command said Saturday.
A third service member was killed in a separate incident in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.
CENTCOM said the two troops in Jordan were killed in action as U.S. and partner forces responded to the attack. Four other service members were medically evacuated. It did not specify where in Jordan the attack occurred or provide additional details about the circumstances.
The U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes Saturday and completed the eighth consecutive night of launching munitions against Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces believed to have targeted U.S. service members in Jordan on Friday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Sunday that it was investigating reports of an overnight attack on the construction site of Iran’s planned Darkhovin nuclear power plant.
Iran’s semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Telegram overnight that its own forces had launched “massive drone attacks” on key U.S. military sites in Kuwait, and that its attacks would impact U.S. military support operations in the Middle East.
Politics in brief
- South Carolina showdown: Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., launched his campaign to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on the November ballot, just one day after Trump backed Graham’s sister for the Republican nomination.
- Maine race takes shape: Former state Senate President Troy Jackson is racking up support to become Maine’s next Democratic Senate nominee, with one of his top opponents, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, ending her campaign.
Tate brothers arrested by U.S. authorities, face additional rape charges in the U.K.
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami, the U.S. Marshals Service said. The brothers face additional rape charges in the U.K. under ongoing cases and are now awaiting extradition, according to British authorities.
Andrew Tate, 39, faces seven additional counts of rape and multiple charges related to trafficking and illegal child images and pornography, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Tristan Tate, 38, faces two counts of rape and three related to trafficking, it said.
The charges cover alleged offenses from July 2010 to August 2017, the service said. Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Special Crime Division at the Crown Prosecution Service, said the agency received a new file of evidence from the Bedfordshire Police force.
Attorney Joseph D. McBride, who has been representing the pair in civil litigation, called the arrests an “egregious abuse” of authority by U.S. officials.
Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
After May Pollard was found dead on a late-January morning, a detective asked her parents a question: Had anyone wanted to hurt the 16-year-old?
“A lot of America,” her mother, Elyse, answered.
May had struggled and become increasingly withdrawn in the years since she came out as a transgender girl, until she ultimately died by suicide. She grew up in an era in which dozens of conservative states and the Trump administration were enacting laws targeting the trans community.
She had been aware of what was happening. May joined a lawsuit to challenge Idaho’s bathroom law. One of her favorite songs was about trans identity and oppression. And she wrote poetry about her mental health struggles.
Suicide cannot be attributed to any one factor. But May’s life and death provide a glimpse into the tremendous and tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people across America — especially kids.
Notable quote
There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole f—–g country. The whole f—–g administration, every single f—–g day.
Joseph Pollard, May POllard’s father
Joseph Pollard’s raw fury came from the years of pain he and Elyse watched May endure. She feared going to the bathroom at school, talked of hurting herself if she couldn’t start taking estrogen and hated how state laws made her feel different when she longed to fit in.
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- Ryan Fox of New Zealand survived a wild ride along the back nine of Royal Birkdale, making a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the British Open for his first major title.
- Hannah Rapp, a 26-year-old up-and-coming boxer, was killed Saturday after a driver struck her with his car while she was riding her bike in Brazos County, Texas.
- Britain’s Josh Kerr broke the men’s mile world record at the London Diamond League meet, eclipsing a mark set by Hicham El Guerrouj that had stood since 1999.
- One of Rhode Island’s “longest-wanted” fugitives was finally arrested after 21 years on the run, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
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