News Wrap: Former officer convicted in final criminal case in death of George Floyd

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• Amna Nawaz:

  In the day's other headlines: Law enforcement agencies across Texas spent a fourth day hunting for a gunman who killed five neighbors near Houston on Friday.

  Search teams have said they have yet to find a trace of the suspect or clues to his whereabouts. More than 250 officers, including U.S. Marshals, are part of that manhunt.

  The final criminal case and the death of George Floyd ended in a conviction today. A Minnesota judge found former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter. In May of 2020, Thao held back bystanders while fellow officers restrained Floyd, despite his pleas that he could not breathe. Thao had already been convicted of violating Floyd's federal civil rights.

  A section of Interstate 55 and Central Illinois was closed again late today as a precaution a day after a dust storm touched off deadly pile-ups. Six people died and at least 37 were injured. More than 70 vehicles were caught up in Monday's fiery crashes about 75 miles north of St. Louis. Police said today that some of the burned and mangled bodies are still unidentified.

• Brendan Kelly, Director, Illinois State Police:

  We are working with — again, with our special agents to help identify them and use — use the techniques that we have when we are investigating criminal investigations to be able to link the information we have to surviving family members.

• Amna Nawaz:

  Officials say that the wind blew up blinding dust clouds from newly plowed fields near the highway. Crews worked through the nights to clear away the wreckage and the dirt.

  The Israeli military has launched airstrikes over Gaza tonight, answering a new barrage of Palestinian rockets. The violence erupted after Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan died in Israeli custody. He'd been on a hunger strike for nearly three months. News of his death triggered a volley of 26 rockets from militants in Gaza. In the West Bank, Palestinians demonstrated and clashed with Israeli soldiers in the streets.

  The exodus from Sudan intensified today with long lines at ports and border crossings, as rival factions kept fighting. U.N. officials said more than 100,000 people have already fled the country, with more than 330,000 displaced within Sudan.

  In the north, thousands were on buses and trucks bound for neighboring Egypt. Many said they have battled scorching heat and gone days without food.

• Aisha Ibrahim Dawood, Former Khartoum Resident (through translator):

  When we left Khartoum nearly a week ago. It was very difficult, because there were 28 of us. And the young boys don't have visas, but we kept them.

  We left under heavy fighting during clashes and artillery. It was a real suffering.

• Amna Nawaz:

  The two warring parties agreed today to a new seven-day cease-fire starting on Thursday. Previous truce attempts have failed to stop the fighting.

  Back in this country, more than 11,000 movie and TV writers walked off the job. Picket lines quickly went up in New York in the Writers Guild's first strike in 15 years. Members are demanding higher pay from the rise of streaming services. Several late-night talk shows said they will start airing reruns immediately.

  This year's Tony Award nominations are out, highlighting the best of Broadway. The musical "Some Like It Hot" based on the 1959 movie led all productions with 13 nods overall. Three other shows received nine nominations apiece. The Tony Award ceremony will be held on June 11.

  And on Wall Street today, smaller and midsized bank stocks slumped again amid worries about their health and about the broader economy. Leading indices were down 1 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 367 points to close at 33684. The Nasdaq fell 132 points. The S&P 500 dropped to 48.

  And a passing of note. Canadian-singer songwriter Gordon Lightfoot died Monday in Toronto. He emerged from the city's folk scene in the mid-1960s and earned five Grammy nominations with a string of hits in the 1970s. Here he is performing "If You Could Read My Mind" on the BBC in 1972.

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• Amna Nawaz:

  Gordon Lightfoot was 84 years old.

  Still to come on the "NewsHour": communities along the Mississippi River struggle to handle the highest floodwaters in decades; the U.S. surgeon general warns of the health risks associated with loneliness; a new initiative aims to boost graduation rates at historically Black colleges; plus much more.