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Higher borrowing costs soaked up a bigger chunk of earnings for new homebuyers.

A Texas court has slashed a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million over falsely calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax.

Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated as he exited an aircraft at Manila International Airport.

The U.S. military says the Asia-based USS George Washington aircraft carrier is now operating in the Middle East. The ship is relieving the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln following reports of mental health challenges and supply shortages aboard while it was supporting the Iran war.

Postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill went on a deadly rampage at a post office in Edmond, Oklahoma, shooting 14 fellow workers to death before killing himself.

Iran’s elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddeq, was overthrown in a coup backed by the U.S. and U.K. that ultimately restored Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to power.

The breakdown meant the crew went without drinking water, meals, functioning toilets and air conditioning for four days.

He passed away Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family by his side.

A former neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others over a yearlong campaign of deception as she preyed on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns.

Judge Gregory Carro issued an order Monday canceling the Sept. 8 trial and giving the Manhattan District Attorney’s office until Oct. 9 to respond.