On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 15 at 7:15 a.m. CT: A dangerous Arctic blast will continue sweeping across the U.S. and prolong a bitter cold that has set record-low temperatures in parts of the country and threatens to further disrupt daily life, including an NFL playoff game and the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest in Iowa. JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea. The American mi...
Jan 15, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Welcome to the weekly bonus episode of Hot off the Wire, where we look back at some of the top headlines from the week in the world of sports and entertainment. I’m Terry Lipshetz, Managing Editor of the National Newsroom at Lee Enterprises and your host. Subscribe to Hot Off The Wire through Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss daily news updates. As always, be sure to check out our latest episode of Streamed & Screened , a podcast dedicated to movies and telev...
Jan 14, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 14
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 13 at 6 a.m. CT: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta says it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers’ accounts on Instagram and Facebook. That includes posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. The social media giant based in Menlo Park, California, said in a blog post Tuesday that while it already aims not to recommend such “age-inappropriate” material to teens, now it also won’t show it in their feeds, even if it is shared by an ac...
Jan 13, 2024•11 min•Season 3Ep. 13
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 12 at 7:30 a.m. CT: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have vowed fierce retaliation for American and British strikes against them, further raising the prospect of a wider conflict in a region already beset by Israel’s war in Gaza. The bombardment was launched in response to a recent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the vital Red Sea. The Houthis said Friday that the strikes killed at least five peop...
Jan 12, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 12
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 11 at 7:30 a.m. CT: Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faced off in the first one-on-one debate of the 2024 election cycle, while former President Donald Trump held a town hall at the same time. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who didn't qualify for the debate, dropped out of the race Wednesday in a late effort to blunt Trump's momentum heading into Iowa. Donald Trump is returning to court for closing arguments i...
Jan 11, 2024•12 min•Season 3Ep. 11
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 10 at 7:30 a.m. CT: CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A major storm has drenched the Northeast and slammed it with fierce winds, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. That's followed a bout of violent weather ranging from snowstorms to tornado reports in other areas of the country. Parts of Long Island in New York were inundated by coastal flooding on Wednesday. In New Jersey, roads were flooded and rivers were rising. The same weather system already brou...
Jan 10, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 10
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 9 at 8:30 a.m. CT: A sprawling storm has hit the South with strong thunderstorms and tornado warnings that blew roofs off homes and tossed about furniture in the Florida Panhandle and brought cities across the Midwest to a standstill with more than half of foot of snow. The National Weather Service says a storm with 55 mph winds and hail moved through the Florida Panhandle and into parts of Alabama and Georgia by sunrise Tuesday, along with at least...
Jan 09, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 9
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 8 at 7:15 a.m. CT: BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has killed an elite Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon. It's the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war even as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians. A Lebanese security official said Monday's strike on an SUV killed a commander in a secretive Hezbollah force that operates along the border. Hezbollah iden...
Jan 08, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Welcome to the weekly bonus episode of Hot off the Wire, where we look back at some of the top headlines from the week in the world of sports and entertainment. I’m Terry Lipshetz, Managing Editor of the National Newsroom at Lee Enterprises and your host. Subscribe to Hot Off The Wire through Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss daily news updates. As always, be sure to check out our latest episode of Streamed & Screened , a podcast dedicated to movies and telev...
Jan 07, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 7
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 6 at 6 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury has announced that the nation’s gross national debt has surpassed $34 trillion. The record high comes after Republican lawmakers and the White House agreed to temporarily lift the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt limit last year after the government ran up against its legal borrowing capacity and needed to implement “extraordinary measures” to avoid a default. That agreement lasts until January 2025. C...
Jan 06, 2024•12 min•Season 3Ep. 6
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 5 at 6 a.m. CT: PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old student with a shotgun and a handgun opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school, killing a sixth-grader and wounding five others. Thursday's shooting had students at Perry High School barricading themselves in offices, ducking into classrooms and fleeing. Authorities say one of the wounded was a school administrator and the suspect was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunsh...
Jan 05, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 5
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 4 at 7:30 a.m. CT: NEW YORK (AP) — A winter weather system moving through the U.S. is expected to wallop the East Coast this weekend with a mix of snow and freezing rain. But forecasters say it's too soon to say which areas will get snow and which will get rain and how much. The Pacific system is moving through Western and Southern states before moving up the East Coast this weekend. Major U.S. cities accustomed to white winters didn't receive much ...
Jan 04, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 4
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 3 at 7:15 a.m. CT: Former President Donald Trump is appealing a decision by Maine’s Democratic secretary of state that he cannot be on the ballot there because he violated a constitutional ban against people who “engaged in insurrection” holding office. The Republican presidential candidate’s appeal to Maine’s Superior Court came Tuesday, and he is expected to soon appeal a similar ruling by Colorado’s Supreme Court to the U.S. Supreme Court. An app...
Jan 03, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 3
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 2 at 6:45 a.m. CT: TOKYO (AP) — A plane has caught fire on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda airport after colliding with a Japanese coast guard aircraft, officials said. Local TV showed a large burst of fire erupt from the side of a Japan Airlines plane as it taxied on a runway. The area around the wing then caught fire. NHK TV reported that all occupants of the passenger plane, believed to total 379 people, got out safely. The coast guard said the pilo...
Jan 02, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 2
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Jan. 2 at 6 a.m. CT: NEW YORK (AP) — A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children. There was some hope that children in a government food program might be bucking a trend in obesity rates. Earlier research found rates had dropped a little for those children. But an update published Monday in the journal Pediatrics shows the rate up a bit to 2% by 2020. The increase echoes national data, which suggests ar...
Jan 01, 2024•12 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Welcome to a special year-end bonus episode of Hot Off The Wire. I’m Terry Lipshetz, managing editor of the national newsroom at Lee Enterprises and your host. During this final week of the year, the program will be taking a short break but it will return with another bonus episode on Jan. 1 before resuming regular production on Jan. 2. In the meantime, we’ve been collecting special reports from The Associated Press that look back at select topics from the past year. We’ll be covering dysfunctio...
Dec 25, 2023•19 min•Season 2Ep. 361
Welcome to the weekly bonus episode of Hot off the Wire, where we look back at some of the top headlines from the week in the world of sports and entertainment. I’m Terry Lipshetz, Managing Editor of the National Newsroom at Lee Enterprises and your host. Subscribe to Hot Off The Wire through Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss daily news updates. As always, be sure to check out our latest episode of Streamed & Screened , a podcast dedicated to movies and telev...
Dec 24, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 360
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 22 at 6 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — As children around the world eagerly await Santa’s arrival on Christmas, the military is ready to track him and see if he’s using any new technology. The North American Aerospace Defense Command keeps a close watch on Santa and his sleigh from the moment he leaves the North Pole. And it once again will share all those details so everyone can follow along as Santa travels the globe beginning Christmas Eve. NORAD is ...
Dec 23, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 359
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 22 at 6:15 a.m. CT: For most Americans dreaming of a white Christmas, this year’s prospects aren’t good. Although parts of the Rockies and Midwest already have snow or could get a fresh dusting by Monday, other parts of the country that are normally coated in white by this time of year are still sporting their drab, late-fall look. Among the areas more accustomed to snowy Decembers is the Northeast, where a powerful storm blew in this week and dumpe...
Dec 22, 2023•11 min•Season 2Ep. 358
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 21 at 6:45 a.m. CT: Holiday travel is expected to hit its peak right around now. Airlines are confident they can handle the crowds, but it could come down to the weather. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says the government will be holding the airlines accountable to operate smoothly and treat passengers well if there are disruptions. Auto club AAA forecasts that 115 million people in the U.S. will go 50 miles or more from home between Saturd...
Dec 21, 2023•12 min•Season 2Ep. 357
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 20 at 6:45 a.m. CT: DENVER (AP) — A divided Colorado Supreme Court is removing former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, saying in a historic ruling that he is ineligible to be president after his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The ruling Tuesday marks the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate. Trump's campaign spokesman called it a ...
Dec 20, 2023•11 min•Season 2Ep. 356
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 19 at 7 a.m. CT: BEIJING (AP) — Chinese media say at least 126 people have been killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in the country’s northwest. The official People's Daily says 113 died in the province of Gansu and another 14 in neighboring Qinghai province. The quake struck just before midnight on Monday. More than 700 people have been injured. Emergency workers are searching for the missing in collapsed buildings and at least one landslide. Peopl...
Dec 19, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 355
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 18 at 6:30 a.m. CT: GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — A late-year storm has unleashed heavy rain and gusty winds as it barrels up the East Coast. The storm has flooded streets, forced water rescues and caused the cancellation of holiday celebrations. In the waterfront community of Georgetown, South Carolina, authorities say dozens of rescues occurred after motorists were stranded by floodwaters. The town is situated between Charleston and Myrtle Beach. Media ...
Dec 18, 2023•11 min•Season 2Ep. 354
Welcome to the weekly bonus episode of Hot off the Wire, where we look back at some of the top headlines from the week in the world of sports and entertainment. I’m Terry Lipshetz, Managing Editor of the National Newsroom at Lee Enterprises and your host. Subscribe to Hot Off The Wire through Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss daily news updates. As always, be sure to check out our latest episode of Streamed & Screened , a podcast dedicated to movies and telev...
Dec 17, 2023•16 min•Season 2Ep. 354
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 9 at 6 a.m. CT: Airports and highways are expected to be busier this Christmas season than they were a year ago. Auto club AAA predicted Monday that 115 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home over the 10 days starting right before Christmas. That's about 2% more than last year, but not quite as many as 2019, the last holiday season before the pandemic. Most of those people will travel by car, and they'll enjoy slightly lower gasol...
Dec 16, 2023•8 min•Season 2Ep. 353
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 15 at 6:45 a.m. CT: LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has won his phone hacking lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the first of his several lawsuits against the tabloids to go to trial. Justice Timothy Fancourt in the High Court found on Friday that phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at Mirror Group Newspapers over many years. He says private investigators were used substantially and...
Dec 15, 2023•12 min•Season 2Ep. 352
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 14 at 7 a.m. CT: The House has authorized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Every Republican rallied behind the politically charged process despite lingering concerns among some in the party that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the president. The Kentucky congressman who's leading House Republicans' impeachment investigation of President Joe Biden has focused on the Biden family’s use of shell companies...
Dec 14, 2023•12 min•Season 2Ep. 351
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 13 at 6:45 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is pushing toward a vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden formally. This comes as Republicans rally behind the charged process despite lingering concerns among some in the party that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the president. House Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team have been facing growing pressure to show progress in what has b...
Dec 13, 2023•12 min•Season 2Ep. 350
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 12 at 7 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning that “when the free world hesitates, that’s when dictatorships celebrate.” He is also issuing a personal plea for Congress to break its deadlock and approve continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Zelenskyy spoke Monday at the National Defense University in Washington. President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $61.4 billion for wartime funding f...
Dec 12, 2023•9 min•Season 2Ep. 349
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 11 at 7 a.m. CT: NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he's decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial. In a social media post Sunday, the former president said he “very successfully & conclusively” testified last month and saw no need to appear again. Trump had been expected to return to the witness stand Monday as the last big defense witness in the case, which threatens his real estate empire and cuts to the he...
Dec 11, 2023•11 min•Season 2Ep. 348
