
News Wrap: Driver plows into crowd of people in Liverpool
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News Wrap: Driver plows into crowd of fans celebrating Liverpool FC championship
In our news wrap Monday, police arrested a British man after he drove into a crowd of fans in Liverpool as they celebrated their team's Premier League championship, health officials in Gaza say the latest round of Israeli airstrikes killed at least 52 people and President Trump says he's pardoning a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted of federal bribery charges.
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News Wrap: Driver plows into crowd of people in Liverpool
Clip: 5/26/2025 | 6m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Monday, police arrested a British man after he drove into a crowd of fans in Liverpool as they celebrated their team's Premier League championship, health officials in Gaza say the latest round of Israeli airstrikes killed at least 52 people and President Trump says he's pardoning a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted of federal bribery charges.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipLAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: We start the day's other headlines in the U.K. Police in Liverpool have arrested a 53-year-old British man after a car drove into a crowd of fans as they celebrated their team's Premier League championship victory.
Footage from the scene shows emergency crews tending to the wounded.
Police say 27 people are being treated in the hospital.
Officials do not believe it was an act of terrorism.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the scenes from the city appalling.
Tens of thousands of fans were celebrating Liverpool's record-tying 20th Premier League title.
The team issued a statement saying its thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by this serious incident.
Health officials in Gaza say the latest round of Israeli airstrikes killed at least 52 people overnight and into today; 36 of those deaths were reported in a single attack on a school turned shelter in Gaza City.
Israel says militants were operating from the building.
Meantime, the World Food Program says it has more aid trucks standing by to enter the territory.
And a U.S.-backed group that's tasked with taking over aid distribution says it's moving ahead with operations after its executive director resigned last night.
Supply started trickling in last week following an Israeli blockade that lasted nearly three months.
But so far, aid efforts have been slow to reach those in need.
ISSA MAAROUF, Displaced Gazan (through translator): They tell you that aid is coming in, but it doesn't reach us.
What can I tell you?
It's just a drop in the ocean.
It's not enough.
We only hear about it, but we don't see it.
LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Also today, groups of ultra-nationalist Israeli Jews paraded through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, at times chanting anti-Arab slogans.
It's part of an annual march that marks Israel's conquest of the eastern part of the city.
The march often leads to violence, and witnesses say clashes broke out in the afternoon.
Israeli police say they arrested a number of people.
European officials say there's a new impetus to restart trade talks with the United States after President Trump pushed back the start of tariffs on E.U.
imports.
U.S. markets are closed today, but European shares rose on the news.
Trump's 50 percent tariffs are now due to take effect July 9, rather than June 1, as he initially threatened on Friday.
The delay came after a call Trump had yesterday with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
Discussions were set to begin immediately, with talks planned between the E.U.
trade commissioner and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Separately, President Trump says he's considering taking $3 billion of grant money from Harvard and distributing it instead to trade schools across the country.
He made the threat in a social media posts early today, writing: "What a great investment that would be for the USA."
It's the latest escalation in the Trump administration's ongoing battle with the Ivy League school.
On Friday, a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's bid to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students.
The Trump administration is trying to force Harvard to provide information on foreign students at the school, which Harvard is refusing to do.
Also today, President Trump says he's pardoning a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted of federal bribery charges.
Scott Jenkins was the sheriff of Culpeper County in Northern Virginia.
In December, he was convicted of accepting more than $70,000 from local businessmen in exchange for positions within his department.
He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was set to report to jail tomorrow.
But in a social media post, Trump said he was unjustly treated, writing -- quote -- "This sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice and doesn't deserve to spend a single day in jail."
Authorities in South Carolina said today that 10 people were shot during a fight on a charter boat this weekend.
The shooting happened late last night in Little River, about 20 miles Northeast of Myrtle Beach.
Local police say no one has died, but some of the wounded are in critical but stable condition.
Detectives are trying to identify those responsible and say there is no larger threat to the local community.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
Commemorations have been taking place across the nation to mark the Memorial Day holiday.
President Trump led tributes to fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery this morning, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
He called them America's best and bravest and said we revere their incredible legacy.
Elsewhere, the day was marked with parades like this one in Brooklyn, New York.
Memorial Day was first to be established in the wake of the Civil War and was originally called Decoration Day.
In 1971, it officially became a national holiday and was redesignated as Memorial Day.
And a passing of note tonight.
Former New York Congressman Charles Rangel has died.
The Democrat from Harlem served on Capitol Hill for nearly half-a-century.
Over 23 congressional terms, he was a powerful force in American politics and a staunch advocate for liberal causes.
FMR.
REP. CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY): The government has responsibility to take care of people, but that's what makes Democrats different from you Republicans.
LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: In his distinctive raspy voice, Rangel rarely pulled punches in his often contentious debates with Republicans, including on this program.
Prior to his time in office, he served in the military, earning a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star during the Korean War.
After winning his seat in 1970, he went on to become a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the first African American to be chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee.
But he was forced to give up that position in 2010, when he was censured in the House for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean.
Speaking on the House floor, he told colleagues that history would be his ultimate judge.
FMR.
REP. CHARLES RANGEL: I know in my heart that I'm not going to be judged by this Congress, but I'm going to be judged by my life, my activities, my contributions to society.
LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: His family says Rangel died at a hospital in Harlem today.
Charlie Rangel was 94 years old.
Still to come on the "News Hour," Amy Walter and Jasmine Wright break down the latest political headlines; a new book on the Russian mercenary group that became so powerful, it threatened Putin; and on this Memorial Day, the life and legacy of a Japanese-American World War II veteran.
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