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JUST IN: Singer Connie Francis, best known for her 1962 hit “Pretty Little Baby” and the 1961 song “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool,” has died at the age of 87, her manager confirmed. https://lnkd.in/eFGhhiKV

The Holy Family Church, a Catholic church in Gaza, was damaged on Thursday and its priest was injured along with several others, the parish said. https://lnkd.in/e5NusAGX

The Senate narrowly approved a White House request to claw back $9 billion from the federal budget. The bill now returns to the House with a deadline for final passage by Friday. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e-T44Zwg

A fire overnight at a shopping mall in Iraq has killed dozens of people in the city of Kut, authorities said. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eQMZkyMw

Prince Harry followed in his late mother Princess Diana's footsteps on Wednesday by wearing a flak jacket and walking down a path in an active land mine field in Angola to raise awareness for a charity's work clearing explosives from old warzones. More: https://lnkd.in/eSyB8c8f

President Trump said in a post to his Truth Social platform that beverage giant Coca-Cola has agreed to use cane sugar in its iconic drink in the United States. In a brief statement on its website, Coca-Cola said Wednesday more details would be "shared soon." Read more: https://lnkd.in/eB67dBAc

Have tariffs begun to push up consumer prices? Here's what experts say. https://lnkd.in/e8-qUXwa

Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera has died, according to the New England Society for Psychic Research. Rivera was on the Devil on the Run Tour, traveling with a Raggedy Ann doll referred to as "Annabelle" that, according to the organization, is allegedly possessed by the evil spirit of a young girl named Annabelle. The tour, which ran from July 11 to 13 in Gettysburg, was billed as a "chance to meet one of the most haunted objects in the world — up close, in one of America's most haunted towns." According to the Pennsylvania State Police, a 54-year-old white male was found deceased by co-workers on July 13 in a hotel room in Gettysburg. The incident was ruled a natural death. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eqsKndvD

Nintendo has cast its top-billed stars for the upcoming live-action film, "The Legend of Zelda." https://lnkd.in/eDZh2bM6

The fire that claimed nine lives at an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, "was destined to kill 50-plus people," according to the local fire chief. "Unfortunately, nine were not able to be saved. But that number should have been four to five times that," Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said at a news conference on Wednesday, praising the "heroic" first responders' quick actions. Firefighters who rushed to the five-alarm blaze at the Gabriel House on Sunday night have described seeing faces in windows and "having to decide who they needed to rescue," Bacon said, overcome with emotion. Nine residents were killed and dozens were hurt at the Gabriel House, which was home to about 70 people. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e4E_ZGRC