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US beats Mexico 2-0 on goals by Adams and Reyna, wins 3rd straight CONCACAF Nations League
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tyler Adams stood on the field cradling 2-month-old son Jax, a wide smile on his face. The 25-year-old midfielder had just scored the goal of his life, propelling the United States to a 2-0 win over Mexico on Sunday night and the Americans' third straight CONCACAF Nations...
Haji Wright scores twice in extra time, US beats Jamaica 3-1 to reach CONCACAF Nations League final
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Haji Wright was at an airport in England last weekend about to leave for Dubai during the international break when his phone rang. U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter asked him to replace injured Josh Sargent on the American roster. “My whole family’s here. My...
After layoff of nearly a year, Tyler Adams back with US and hopes to play vs Jamaica
American captain Tyler Adams thinks he can play at least 45 minutes when he returns to the U.S. national team for the first time since the 2022 World Cup for a CONCACAF Nations League semifinal against Jamaica on Thursday. Adams tore his right hamstring in training with Leeds last...
In ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ film, what's his faith? And why is marijuana deemed holy to the Rastafari?
NEW YORK (AP) — The biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” has been a box-office hit in the United States and several other countries. The film, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, is focused on the Rastafari legend’s story during the making of his 1977 album “Exodus” while leading up to a momentous...
Haiti's future is being planned on two tracks: traditional political power and gang power
Haiti’s future is being planned on two tracks — one involving traditional political power, the other focused on the power of gangs. After an intense session of international diplomacy in Jamaica, a group of Caribbean nations and the United States announced Tuesday that Haiti’s...
US pledges an additional $100M for a multinational force awaiting deployment to violence-hit Haiti
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force to Haiti following a meeting with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica to halt the country’s violent crisis. Blinken also announced another $33 million...
US midfielder Weston McKennie likely to miss national team games with dislocated shoulder
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Midfielder Weston McKennie will likely miss the CONCACAF Nations League finals at the Dallas Cowboys' stadium next month after dislocating his left shoulder. McKennie was injured while playing for Juventus on Sunday. He assisted on two goals for the first time...
Jamaican woman accused of throwing 5-month-old daughter from roof charged with murder
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 27-year-old woman has been charged with murder for allegedly throwing her 5-month-old daughter from a roof late last year, Jamaican police said Sunday. Authorities said in a statement that the woman was at home with some relatives and her partner in...
How Ziggy Marley helped bring the authenticity to ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
People had been coming to Ziggy Marley and his family for years with ideas about how to turn reggae icon Bob Marley’s life into a movie. But it never felt quite right, until a few years ago when they decided to be the instigators. “It was just a feeling,” Ziggy Marley said of...
Review: 'Bob Marley: One Love' doesn't stir
Bob Marley was born in 1945, the son of an 18-year-old mother and a much older white man who had nothing to do with his son. As a boy raised in poverty, he often slept on the cold ground. Five years after moving to Kingston’s Trench Town, he made his first record, at 17. Not 20 years later, he...
