Man drives van into Liverpool soccer fans; big TV audience for Indy 500

• On today's episode: A man drove a minivan into a crowd of fans celebrating after Liverpool's Premier League Championship; there was an explosion at a chemical plant in China; several escaped Louisiana inmates have been captured; King Charles will speak in Canada; and the Indianapolis 500 had its biggest TV audience in 17 years.
• Trump honors fallen soldiers at Arlington, calling them 'America's best and bravest.'
• EU trade negotiator says calls with US officials were 'good' after Trump extends tariff deadline.
• Trump says he'll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July.
• White House slashing staff in major overhaul of National Security Council, officials say.
• Chief Justice agrees to pause court orders requiring DOGE to turn over records about its operation.
• Former US Rep. Charles Rangel of New York dies at 94.
• Duck Dynasty patriarch and conservative cultural icon Phil Robertson dies.
• Susan Brownmiller, author of the landmark book on sexual assault, ‘Against Our Will,’ dies at 90.
• Man with US and German citizenship charged with attempted attack on US embassy in Tel Aviv.
• A federal judge orders the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan deported to Mexico to the US.
• At least 11 hurt in South Carolina beach town shooting.
• A crypto investor is charged with kidnapping and torturing a man in an NYC apartment for weeks.
• Trump approves FEMA disaster relief for 8 states.
• 'Lilo & Stitch' teams with Tom Cruise and 'Mission Impossible' for a monster Memorial Day weekend.
• Cannes awards its Palme d'Or trophy to Iranian revenge drama 'It Was Just an Accident.'
• Billy Joel cancels touring after being diagnosed with a brain disorder.
• Kim Kardashian's robbers found guilty in Paris but won't face prison time.
• An MVP performance puts Oklahoma City on the brink of returning to the NBA Finals, the Hurricanes keep their season alive and end a double-digit losing streak in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, more leadoff heroics for Shohei Ohtani in baseball and the WNBA’s top star is out with an injury.
• France's National Assembly to vote on long-debated bill legalizing end-of-life options.
• German court convicts 4 ex-Volkswagen managers of fraud in emissions scandal.
• Southeast Asian nations want to discuss tariffs with Trump as a unified bloc, Malaysia PM says.
• On-duty navigator was allegedly asleep when cargo ship ran aground in Norway and nearly hit a house.
• Haitians with HIV defy stigma as they publicly denounce USAID cuts and dwindling medication.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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