On the version of Hot off the Wire posted May 24 at 7:15 a.m. CT:

AAA says nearly 44 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home this weekend, and about 38 million will go by vehicle. Severe weather will be a problem for some around the nation.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's army says the bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza. The news comes as the top United Nations court prepares to rule on whether Israel must halt its military operations and withdraw from the enclave. 

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is campaigning in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation Thursday, holding a rally in the South Bronx. He's hoping to woo minority voters by appearing in one of the most diverse and impoverished neighborhoods in the city where he grew up. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is announcing the formation of a new partnership to help provide internet access to 80% of Africa by 2030, up from 40% now. 

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden are due in court days before he's expected to stand trial on federal firearms charges in Delaware as his father’s reelection campaign unfolds. President Joe Biden's son is charged with lying about his drug use in 2018 on a form to buy a gun he kept for about 11 days. 

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—The Associated Press

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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.