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Sales of existing homes fell more than 2% in July, as rising mortgage rates kept many would-be buyers and sellers on the sidelines.

Shamsia Alizada, the daughter of a coal miner, has received the highest test score in Afghanistan's university admissions exam. She will attend medical school.

You can trace 4,000 years of economic growth through the history of light. The ways we got from a candle, made from of animal fat, to the LED lights we have today tell a lot about our modern economy.

The jazz musician said he "changed music five or six times." Well, did he really? We check the claim with Sean Jones of the Berklee College of Music, digging into Miles' archives with ears wide open.

Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, about 90 minutes after he started.

It was six months ago that a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. That deadly event stunned the nation, led to Donald Trump's second impeachment and spurred a massive federal probe.

Darrell Anderson became the first male flight attendant for Frontier Airlines in the 1970s, a time when the role was predominantly female. He talks about the experience with a former colleague.

Also: Saudi Arabia's controversial Crown Prince meets President Trump today; Congress must pass a spending bill or the government faces a partial shutdown; and the last male Northern white rhino dies.

Also: More volcanic fissures develop on Hawaii's big island; Italy lurches toward fresh elections; and an interim memorial opens today in Orlando for Pulse nightclub victims and survivors.

Also: Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone is the new NSA chief; the Taliban declare the start to their spring military offensive; and the remains of an 8 million year old elephant turn up in Macedonia.