News for May 8, 2025

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said the UK should do everything it can to rebuild trade ties with the European Union after the new US deal.

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert F. Prevost, has a recorded U.S. voting history that includes the 2024 general election and primaries for both major parties.

A federal panel ruled that Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act by drawing congressional lines that weakened Black ভোটing power and ordered the state to keep using a court-approved map.

Trump is set to announce a plan that would tie some U.S. Medicare drug payments to the lowest prices paid in other wealthy countries, aiming to cut prescription costs.

Catholic Americans in Rome and New York celebrated the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope, while also reacting with surprise and mixed hopes for the Roman Catholic Church.

Carvana posted record first-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations, helped by strong used-car demand and higher sales.

Chris Pelkey’s family used AI to create a video of him giving a victim impact statement at the sentencing of the man who killed him in an Arizona road rage case.

Wisconsin police arrested Jeffrey Rupnow, the father of a teen who carried out a school shooting, and charged him with felony counts tied to the gun used in the attack.

Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, making him the first American pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history.

Putin used Moscow’s Victory Day events to show Russia’s power and wider support while U.S.-Russia ties showed signs of easing under Trump.

A mistrial was declared in the case of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr, who was on trial for fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya during a 2022 traffic stop.

A new study says climate change has made wildfire smoke deadlier in the U.S., causing thousands of deaths and huge economic losses.