Top 8 today

Top eight stories for today including the British government unveiled legislation that would override key parts of the post-Brexit trade treaty it signed with the EU; Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he will run for a congressional seat; Wall Street suffered its eighth straight losing week, and more.

National

Primed to overrule Roe, Supreme Court leaves public opinion behind

Reflection of public opinion has never been a consistent theme of the Supreme Court across more than two centuries of its existence, but the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade has many braced for a diversion with no precedent.

Jacqueline von Edelberg holds a sign with other abortion rights demonstrators on May 14, 2022. (AP photo/Matt Marton, File)

Barely recovering after Wednesday’s rout, markets suffer eighth losing week

It has been eight weeks since the last winning week on Wall Street, with investors this time hammered by horrible earnings reports from leading retailers.

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on May 19, 2022. (Seth Wenig/AP)

Hate crime initiatives launched in US after back-to-back racist shootings

Less than a week after mass shootings targeting the Black and Taiwanese communities, the Justice Department unveiled a plan Friday to combat hate crimes.

People march to the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Regional

Former NYC Mayor de Blasio sets sights on Congress

A year after ending his second term as New York City mayor with deep damage to his popularity, Bill de Blasio announced Friday that he will run for a congressional seat in a newly redrawn district in Brooklyn.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to reporters on Aug. 19, 2020, after visiting New Bridges Elementary School in Brooklyn to observe pandemic-related safety procedures. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, FIle)

Foreclosure wave sweeping US crests in Chicago

A report by real estate data aggregator ATTOM has bestowed Chicago with a dubious honor. Amid a national surge in residential foreclosure rates, Chicagoans are currently losing their homes in greater numbers than in any other metro area in the country.

Housing activists erect a sign in front of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's house in Swampscott, Mass., in October 2020, ahead of the initial scheduled end to a moratorium that protects certain renters from eviction. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

International

Divisions deepen over Northern Ireland as UK moves to change trade rules

The British government has unveiled fresh legislation that would override key parts of the post-Brexit trade treaty it signed with the European Union just over two years ago, in a bold move that has provoked the ire of European leaders.

Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson pauses as he speaks to the media at the Parliament Buildings in Belfast on May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

Fighting in Donbas intensifies, war raises specter of famine, global unrest

After 86 days of bloodshed in Ukraine and the start of what many see as a new Cold War, the world is veering dangerously toward serious food shortages and wild price spikes caused by the war.

A man searches for metal scraps in a shelled neighborhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Denmark and Greenland: Time to debate colonial history

This spring, Danish state channel DR is running a documentary series on Greenland and Denmark's shared history “for good and bad."

Hunting and fishing is an important part of Greenlandic culture. (Photo by Mads Pihl/Visit Greenland)

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