Vatican NewsAs he had announced in recent days during his meeting with journalists at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo has made a final appeal to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, urging it not to proceed with the consecration of four new bishops without a pontifical mandate, scheduled to take place in Écône, Switzerland, on the morning of 1 July.“With...

What Happened? Shares of telecommunications giant Verizon VZ fell 5.3% in the afternoon session after it was officially removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. VZ was replaced by Alphabet ending a decades-long membership.Also, in a regulatory filing, Verizon disclosed an estimated $700–800 million second-quarter loss from reclassifying assets as held-for-sale in its new 50/50 international joint venture with BT...

Morning Rundown: Supreme Court to rule on major cases, record heat wave approaches, and the primary races to watch in Colorado news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s aggressive effort to reshape the federal government in his own image received a boost from the Supreme Court on Monday as the conservative majority granted him...

Iran InternationalIntermittent US-Iran escalations are giving Iran's anti-US hardliners fresh ammunition, strengthening their case against diplomacy and putting the country's pro-negotiation camp under growing pressure.The latest exchange of strikes has allowed opponents of the Tehran-Washington memorandum of understanding (MoU) to argue that even a limited agreement cannot prevent conflict or deliver the economic relief promised to ordinary Iranians.A majority of...