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Higher rates and affordability pressures are threatening to push the housing market into a decline, with prices in the two biggest cities already on the slide.

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Planet Fitness — Shares fell nearly 33% after the gym operator lowered its full-year earnings outlook. The company now sees its bottom line growing about 4% year on year. That’s down from a forecast that called for an expansion of 9% to 10%. Vital Farms — The egg producer’s stock dropped 20% on a surprise loss for the first quarter. Vital Farms lost 3 cents per share, excluding certain items. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a profit of 6 cents per share. The company also cut its full-year earnings outlook. Datadog…

Beirut, Lebanon – Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm the pro-Iran Shia movement Hezbollah by force are stoking internal tensions, analysts have told Al Jazeera.Israel is leaning on this division as a strategy to try to pit communities against one another, they say. The strategy is working, they add, pointing to a recent series of sectarian and political provocations.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“It’s not a byproduct [of the war]. They know very well what they’re doing,” Michael Young, a Lebanon expert at the Carnegie Middle East Center, told Al Jazeera. “When…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! We’ve now had three nights for the NBA Playoffs with two games each night. It has been a similar story in almost all of the nights. Monday, we saw the Knicks blow out the 76ers, and the Timberwolves barely beat the Spurs. Tuesday, the Pistons won a closer game over the Cavs, while the Thunder killed the Lakers. Last night, the Knicks barely escaped over the 76ers, and the Spurs blew out the Timberwolves. Will we have a repeat of a close game and blowout on the Thursday slate? Oklahoma City Thunder…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Washington city councilwoman said she would rather fly a pride flag than the American flag while questioning why a local park displays 27 versions of the U.S. flag, some of which she said represent parts of American history that are “not great.””To me, a pride flag is way more relatable than an American flag. I would not raise an American flag at my house because I wouldn’t. I wasn’t even born here. But I would raise a pride flag,” said Lynnwood council member Isabel Mata on Monday. “As the most diverse…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Investigators in California executed a search warrant at a home connected to the man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, according to officials.In a Facebook post, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said investigators executed a search warrant at a property on the 500 block of East Branch Street in Arroyo Grande on Wednesday, which is related to Smart’s disappearance and her convicted killer, Paul Flores. His mother, Susan Flores, occupies the home, according to public records and the “Your Own Backyard” podcast, which first broke news about the search.”The San Luis…

A 68-year-old man has been hospitalized following a house fire in Vaughan that broke out Thursday night, police said. York Regional Police said officers responded to a residential fire on Ellerby Square near Kipling Avenue and Highway 7 on May 6 at about 10:45 p.m. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. Vaughan fire arrived to the scene and noted a person was unaccounted for. Deputy fire Chief Grant Moffat told Global News that crews began searching for the individual and later removed one person…

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The US Treasury has sanctioned Iraq’s Deputy Oil Minister, Ali Maarij al-Bahadly, and leaders of pro-Iran militias, accusing them of helping Iran to sell oil in violation of US sanctions.“Like a rogue gang, the Iranian regime is pillaging resources that rightfully belong to the Iraqi people,” said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “Treasury will not stand idly by as Iran’s military exploits Iraqi oil to fund terrorism against the United States and our partners.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listNeither Iraq nor Iran has responded.Thursday’s sanctions also come as the US and Iran battle over control of the Strait…

A CBS News visual investigation is revealing new details of an alleged assassination attempt on President Trump at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.