What you should know about Donald Trump's conviction; Amazon gets FAA approval to expand drone deliveries

Hot Off The Wire

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 31 at 7:30 a.m. CT:

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts marks the end of his historic hush money trial but the fight over the case is far from over. Now comes the sentencing and the prospect of a prison sentence. A lengthy appellate process. And all the while, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee still has to deal with three more criminal cases and a campaign that could see him return to the White House. The Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records after more than nine hours of deliberations over two days. Trump angrily denounced the trial as a “disgrace,” telling reporters he's an “innocent man.”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 42 others. That's according to comments from the rebels Friday.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer was killed when he responded to a shooting call and was providing medical attention to a man who shot him in what authorities are calling an ambush.

In other news:

• Shares in Trump Media slump after former president convicted in hush money trial.
• President Joe Biden partially lifts ban on Ukraine using US arms in strikes on Russian territory, US officials say.
• Biden to make his first state visit to France after attending D-Day 80th commemorations next week.
• Supreme Court clears the way for the NRA’s free speech lawsuit against an ex-New York official.
• Chief Justice John Roberts rejects Senate Democrats' request to discuss Supreme Court ethics and Alito flag controversy.
• Mortgage rates snap three-week pullback, pushing average rate on a 30-year home loan back above 7%.
• US economic growth last quarter is revised down from 1.6% rate to 1.3%, but consumers kept spending.
• Amazon gets FAA approval allowing it to expand drone deliveries for online orders.
• Boeing tells federal regulators how it plans to fix aircraft safety and quality problems.
• From electric vehicles to deciding what to cook for dinner, John Podesta faces climate challenges.
• Bruhat Soma wins the National Spelling Bee after a slow night concludes with a sudden tiebreaker.
• Doomsday plot Idaho jury convicts Chad Daybell of killing wife and girlfriend's 2 children.
• Michigan reports another person working with cows got bird flu, the third US case this year.
• The Mavericks advance to the NBA Finals, another nail biter at Madison Square Garden in hockey, eight games in Major League Baseball and Hard Knocks has its team for the upcoming NFL season.
• 25 North Korea fires missile barrage toward its eastern waters days after failed satellite launch.

—The Associated Press

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