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Lionel Messi: The immigrant who never forgot his homeland | CNN
How Lionel Messi remained rooted in his Argentine heritage throughout a career that redefined global soccer and modern sports history.

Vance casts El-Sayed as ‘evil’ and tells him to ‘keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth’ | CNN Politics
Vice President JD Vance said in Michigan on Monday that “there’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very, evil,” arguing that the state’s Democratic Senate nominee is symptomatic of a growing trend in America of fighting “for one group at the expense of others.”

Freedom Fuel won praise from Trump for selling below market price gas. Now a supplier said it got gas it didn’t pay for | CNN Business
There’s a lawsuit alleging that the company that bought the fuel for Freedom Fuel Network did not pay for $4 million worth of gasoline it purchased from a supplier last month.

UK husband accused of drugging and sexually abusing his wife stands trial with 12 others | CNN
A husband accused of drugging and sexually abusing his wife for more than two decades will go on trial in Manchester, England on Tuesday, alongside a dozen other men accused of taking part in or helping to facilitate the abuse.

‘Grey Beard’: 91-year-old man becomes oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail | CNN
Dale Sanders says he thanks God and “trail angels” for helping him complete the famed thru-hike. The previous record holder was 83.

John Roberts often defers to Trump but not for the White House ballroom project | CNN Politics
“That construction is likely unlawful,” Roberts wrote in dissent with the court’s liberals as Trump’s ballroom moves ahead