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This message comes from Subaru. The new Forester Hybrid uses advanced Subaru Hybrid electric technology, giving you a total range of up to 581 miles per tank. The new Subaru Forester Hybrid. Love goes the extra mile. Discover more at Subaru.com slash Forester Hybrid. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Herbst. Today is Memorial Day, when the country remembers the sacrifices of America's service personnel who gave their lives protecting this country.

President Trump today visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C., remembering the fallen. This morning we pay tribute to their immortal deeds. We share in the sorrow of their beloved families. And as one nation, we give thanks for the ultimate gift they have so selflessly given to all of us. He also used the occasion to criticize his predecessor, former President Biden, and take credit

for bringing the Summer Olympics and the World Cup to the U.S. while also touting his plans for a large military parade in D.C. next month, a celebration of both the Army's 250th anniversary and his 79th birthday. In northwest England, police say four children are among dozens of people injured after a minivan plowed into a crowd as thousands of soccer fans celebrated the Premier League's championship in Liverpool. A man in his 50s has been arrested. And Piers Vardemain-Alcácer reports, police say they're not treating the incident as terrorism.

Local police say it started out as a joyous day in the city of Liverpool, where hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets for Liverpool Football Club's victory parade. But as the parade came to an end, they received reports of a car hitting pedestrians in the city. More than two dozen people were taken to hospital with injuries. Police say they have arrested a 53-year-old British man, who they believe to be the driver of the vehicle. They say they believe it to be an isolated incident and are not looking for anyone else. Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR News, London. Israeli airstrikes Monday across Gaza killed more than 60 people, 31 of them in a school shelter, trapping families inside classrooms that then caught fire. Emperaz Anas Baba went to the site of the attack where 18 of those killed were children. Emperaz Aya Batraoui brings us his reporting.

A young girl cries for her mother. She was killed in the blaze of an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City. The school's classrooms had been turned into shelters for families seeking safety from Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza. Israel's military says it struck key terrorists using the school as cover. It did not respond to NPR's request for more information. At a nearby hospital, Khadija Kialla is left with her three-year-old orphaned niece to raise.

The girl's mother was killed in the airstrike. She tells NPR's Anas Baba, we don't want food or the borders to open. We just want to rest. Kill us in one go so we aren't forced to mourn someone new every month. NPR's Aya Batraoui reporting. This is NPR News. Saturday Night Live is capping its 50th season with a new exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. For Member Station WKSU, Kabir Bhatia has more. Live from New York, it's Saturday night!

For 50 years, SNL has mixed comedy with cutting-edge music. Now visitors to the new exhibit can watch every single musical performance in the show's history at the Rock Hall. About 150 inductees have appeared on SNL. But you won't just see Paul Simon, Prince, Taylor Swift or Bruno Mars. The exhibit also includes props and costumes from musical sketches like Mor Cowbell, Wayne's World and the Blues Brothers. The show's longtime music coordinator, the late Hal Wilner, originally suggested the exhibit as a way to get the clips to the public since they're often tied

up with copyright clearances and can't be streamed. For NPR News, I'm Kabir Bhatia in Cleveland. J.D. O'Connor, NPR News, I'm Kabir Bhatia in Cleveland. J.D. O'Connor, NPR News, Elon Musk's SpaceX is getting ready to do another test launch of its massive Starship rocket as early as tomorrow. He's hoping that the rocket will one day take people to Mars, but first it has to get to space. At least two test flights exploded minutes after launching, with debris raining down on the Caribbean. This time, SpaceX says it solved the problem, linked to one of the spacecraft's engines. The FAA has cleared

SpaceX to launch Starship as many as 25 times a year from Texas and expanded the hazard zone in the event that another spacecraft explodes during launch. That's to reduce the chance of civilian aircraft crossing the path beneath the rocket. I'm Janene Herbst, NPR News in Washington. This message comes from WISE, the app for doing things and other currencies. With WISE, you can send, spend, or receive money across borders, all at a fair exchange rate. No markups or hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit WISE.com. T's and C's apply.