The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led – for the first time – by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke before a crowd horrified many and prompted somber conversations about political violence.

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks. It is the 22nd strike the U.S. military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean that the Trump administration claimed were trafficking drugs.

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted Friday to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of liver illnesses. A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders is decrying the decision by the committee appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.