On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 28 at 7:30 a.m. CT:

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial are set to deliver closing arguments. Each side wants to score final points with the jury Tuesday before it starts deliberating the fate of the first former American president charged with felony crimes. The arguments are expected to last the entire day.

A possible tornado that damaged homes and a school in Pennsylvania is the latest in a serious of powerful storms that first swept much of the U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend and caused at least 22 deaths. No injuries were reported in the Pennsylvania storms. But an emergency official says there was roof damage Monday night to a high school and about six homes in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania. The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky and were just north of a heat wave setting records from south Texas to Florida.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a “tragic mishap” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians. Local officials say at least 45 people were killed in Sunday's strike.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have closed a 2-mile stretch of a popular Southern California beach for the Memorial Day holiday after a shark bumped a surfer off his board the night before. Authorities announced the 24-hour closure at San Clemente after the surfer came out of the water and reported the shark’s aggressive behavior to lifeguards around 8 p.m. Sunday. 

BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received a second $1 billion promise of military aid in as many days during a whirlwind tour through the European Union. 

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster. 

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—The Associated Press

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