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CNN  —  Pope Leo XIV is “deeply saddened” after three people were killed in a strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, he said in a Vatican telegram on Thursday. Calling the strike a “military attack,” the Vatican’s Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said: “In commending the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, the Holy Father prays for the consolation of those who grieve and for the recovery of the injured.” The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which has jurisdiction for Latin-rite Catholics in Gaza, said the Holy Family Church was struck by Israel on Thursday morning.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected late Thursday to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid as Republicans target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.The White House had described the package as a test case and said that if Congress went along, more would come. The House’s approval would mark the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such a rescissions request to Congress, and even then the results were more mixed. Unlike other presidents, Trump is getting…

A construction worker carries a sheet of OSB sheathing as he builds a roof on a residential homes in Irvine, California, U.S., March 28, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersThe nation’s homebuilders continue to see weakening demand from potential buyers concerned about the broader economy. As a result, they are cutting prices at the highest rate in three years, according to the monthly builder confidence survey from the National Association of Home Builders.Builder confidence in July rose 1 point to 33 on the NAHB index, a slight improvement. Still, anything below 50 is considered negative sentiment. The index stood at 41 last…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 1:45 PM ET, Wed July 16, 2025 While total air travel increased during the first six months of 2025, new data from Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) found that U.S.-based travel agency air ticket sales actually decreased one percent, totaling $52.3 billion from January through June. While sales were down, Americans took two percent more trips than they did during the first half of last year, with 152.7 million passengers taking to the skies. U.S. domestic travel increased two percent year over year, while international travel increased 3 percent.  Average ticket prices are down two percent during…

Several players of the popular first-person shooter Call of Duty complained last week that they were permanently banned from the game for using a well-known cheat. Video game streamer ItsHapa wrote on X last week that Call of Duty players using ArtificialAiming, a cheat provider of more than 19 years, were the targets of a “massive wave of permabans,” referring to bans that cannot be reversed, which prevents cheaters from creating new accounts. The streamer also posted a series of screenshots from the private forum where users of ArtificialAiming’s cheat, particularly the one for 2024’s Call of Duty: Black Ops…

CNN  —  The United Kingdom could become one of the first European countries to lower the voting age to 16 in all national elections, in what the government is calling a landmark effort to “future-proof” its democracy. If passed by the parliament, the proposed reforms, unveiled Thursday, would bring national votes in line with elections in Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands, where younger voters already cast ballots. “Young people deserve to have a stake and to have a say in the future of our democracy,” said Rushanara Ali, parliamentary under-secretary for local government in the House of Commons on…

Before the mayor of San Jose, California, arrives at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new business, his aides ask ChatGPT to help draft some talking points.“Elected officials do a tremendous amount of public speaking,” said Mayor Matt Mahan, whose recent itinerary has taken him from new restaurant and semiconductor startup openings to a festival of lowriding car culture. Other politicians might be skittish admitting a chatbot co-wrote their speech or that it helped draft a $5.6 billion budget for the new fiscal year, but Mahan is trying to lead by example, pushing a growing number of the nearly 7,000 government…

Classic rocker Steve Miller has canceled his U.S. tour because he said severe weather including extreme heat and unpredictable flooding poses a danger to his band, its fans and crew. The tour was set to kick off in August and run through early November, with nearly three dozen stops across the U.S. including cities in New York, Tennessee, Florida and California. “The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires make these risks for you our audience, the band and the crew unacceptable,” Miller, 81, said in a statement posted on the band’s social media accounts…

Netflix is due to report second-quarter earnings after the closing bell Thursday.The streaming service is no longer offering investors quarterly subscriber updates, but Wall Street will be keen to hear how recent price hikes and the platform’s growing advertising tier are faring — especially as businesses across all sectors grapple with consumers tightening their purse strings.Here’s what Wall Street expects for the company’s most recent quarter: Earnings per share: $7.08, according to LSEGRevenue: $11.07 billion, according to LSEGThese results would signify earnings growth of 45% year over year and a more than 15% jump in revenue compared to the prior-year period. Netflix posted…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 3:05 PM ET, Wed July 16, 2025 As the impact of President Trump’s new tariff policies start to take effect, consumer prices are ticking steadily back upward. Reports this week showed that in June, prices rose 2.7 percent from the same time one year ago, which marked the quickest price growth since February.The rising cost of living for Americans is having impacts far and wide, including within the travel industry. Consumers are increasingly shifting their travel plans and looking for ways to cut costs in order to still enjoy a getaway. A new survey just…