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Today, exactly one hundred years since the architect Antoni Gaudí's death, Pope Leo XIV visited the iconic basilica to celebrate a Mass and inaugurate the tower which makes the church the tallest in the world. https://cnn.it/43o6QFN

US prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House along with her husband, as well as the attempted murders of a state senator and his wife. https://cnn.it/3Q9Zjr8

Building a televised sporting event accommodating more than 100,000 people without any existing arena infrastructure is a massive production. Doing so at the White House adds significant logistical complications. https://cnn.it/4v2xkZp

Taiwan’s military fired rockets in China’s direction from “shoot-and-scoot” mobile launchers on Wednesday in a demonstration of how it might try to repel a Chinese attack. https://cnn.it/49TPgwX

Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. https://cnn.it/4xiZ6Cu

The US has launched new airstrikes against multiple targets in Iran after President Trump said attacks would resume. https://cnn.it/3S0XiOu

Federal authorities have seized over a dozen websites they say were used by suspected Chinese agents to recruit former and current American officials with security clearances.

As the rate of sea level rise continues to increase and extreme weather becomes more frequent, experts say the systems that kept the Netherlands safe for decades will struggle to keep pace without significant upgrades. https://cnn.it/3Qi5UzA

Praearcturus gigas, an ancient scorpion, was roughly 1 meter — a little more than 3 feet — in length, scientists estimated in a study published in the journal Palaeontology. https://cnn.it/4uZgdHZ

Bill Gates testified behind closed doors on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The release of the Justice Department's files related to Jeffery Epstein have raised questions over the Microsoft founder's ties to the late convicted sex offender.

The Trump administration proposed a set of new federal regulations for prediction markets that appear to largely leave the booming industry intact. https://cnn.it/4e06o6H

A German Shepherd was rescued after drifting miles out to sea on an inflatable kayak in England.