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☆ Lionel Messi produces virtuoso MLS performance with two goals and assist in Inter Miami’s 3-1 victory over Nashville SC
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Lionel Messi once again produced a virtuoso performance for Inter Miami, scoring two goals and providing the assist for Sergio Busquet’s strike in his club’s 3-1 victory over Nashville SC. Since joining Inter Miami last July, Messi has lit up the MLS and on Saturday he became the first player in the league to make multiple goal contributions in five of a season’s first six games. Inter Miami earned a 3-1 victory over Nashville SC. “I’m very happy (to get the assist from Messi),” Busquet told reporters, per ESPN, after scoring his first goal for Miami. We need to keep working to keep meeting our objectives.”And the Argentine superstar confirmed Inter Miami’s win in the 80th minute when he coolly converted a penalty to give his team a 3-1 lead that Nashville could not overturn.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquet’s, Messi, Franco, Elliot Panicco, Luis Suárez, Doug Murray, Suárez, “, ” Busquet Organizations: CNN, Inter Miami, Nashville SC, MLS, Eastern Conference, Chase Field, Nashville, Miami, Miami . Inter Miami, Messi, ESPN, Inter Miami’s Locations: Barcelona, Miami, Argentine

☆ Fact check: Biden twice repeats his false ‘Joey, baby’ story about a deceased Amtrak conductor
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Biden has publicly told the story at least 11 times as president, including twice on Monday at a rail-funding announcement in Delaware. Biden said in both recitations that when he was vice president, an article was published about how he had flown 1.2 million miles. In the speech, he specified that the milestone was 1.2 million miles traveled on Air Force planes as vice president. “I don’t [want to] hear any more about Air Force stuff,” Biden recalled Negri as saying. Negri’s stepdaughter, Olga Betz, told CNN in 2021 that Negri and Biden were indeed friends.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Angelo, –, ” –, “ Joey, Angelo Negri, ”, ” Biden, Negri, Negri’s, Olga Betz, Negri “, Karine Jean, Pierre, “ Organizations: Washington CNN, Amtrak, CNN, Air Force, Secret Service, White House Locations: Washington, Delaware, Boston, Milwaukee

☆ Fact check: Biden tells three false personal anecdotes in economic speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden made three false claims about his own past in a Tuesday speech in Milwaukee. But he also peppered in three false personal anecdotes, including two that have previously been debunked, continuing his habit of inaccurate ad-libbing about his biography. In addition, Biden repeated one false and previously debunked political boast. Nonetheless, Biden has been telling a false story about his late friend for more than two years. “And, by the way, my Grandpop Biden, who died very young – he was – died in the hospital I was born in six days before I was there, I mean before I was born,” Biden said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Angelo Negri, Negri, “ Ang, “, ‘ Joey, ” Biden, ‘, ’, Ang, Negri’s, Olga Betz, Negri “, Karine Jean, Pierre, ”, –, Joseph Harry Biden, Ambrose Joseph Finnegan, Biden “, Donald Trump’s Organizations: Washington CNN, Amtrak, CNN, Air Force, White House, Pittsburgh –, Biden, ” Locations: Milwaukee, Washington, Delaware, Newark, ’, Baltimore , Maryland, Scranton , Pennsylvania, Scranton, Pittsburgh, ‘, Bridges, America

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