On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 15 at 7:15 a.m. CT: WINCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — Police in Ohio confirmed two deaths resulting from a fierce storm system that unleashed suspected twisters and damaged homes and businesses in parts of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Chief Deputy Joe Kopus of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio has confirmed the fatalities and says there likely will be more fatalities discovered following the Thursday storm, noting there was heavy damage in area commun...
Mar 15, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 75
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 14 at 7:15 a.m. CT: ST. LOUIS (AP) — Massive chunks of hail has pelted parts of Kansas and Missouri and brought traffic to a standstill along Interstate 70. Meteorologists issued thunderstorm warnings and tornado watches Wednesday into Thursday. Alex Sosnowski of AccuWeather said some were calling it “gorilla hail” because of its potential to be so big. Descriptions of hail ranged from the size of golf balls and apples, to softballs and baseballs. ...
Mar 14, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 74
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 13 at 7:45 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched their parties' presidential nominations with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want. The outcome of contests Tuesday in Georgia, Mississippi, Washington state and Hawaii was never in doubt. Neither Biden, a Democrat, nor Trump, a Republican, faced major oppositi...
Mar 13, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 73
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 12 at 7:45 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden repeatedly told a special counsel he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice presidency but was at times fuzzy about dates and the paper trail for sensitive documents. That's from a transcript of Biden’s interviews with special counsel Robert Hur that The Associated Press has reviewed before they were turned over to Congress by the Department of Justice. Hur is se...
Mar 12, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 72
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 11 at 8:15 a.m. CT: LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowed best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan. The most closely watched contest of the Academy Awards went to Emma Stone, who won best best actress for her performance as Bella Baxter in “Poor Things.” Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy have won their fi...
Mar 11, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 71
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...
Mar 10, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 70
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 9 at 7:45 a.m. CT: LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — The military says a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas has crashed, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent. Another soldier on board has been injured. The UH-72 Lakota helicopter was assigned to the federal government’s border security mission when it went down near Rio Grande City. The crash happened mid-afternoon Friday while the helicopter was conducting aviati...
Mar 09, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 69
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 8 at 6:15 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad. Biden repeatedly delivered broadsides at “my predecessor” without ever mentioning Trump by name. The scrappy tone from Biden was a sharp break from his ofte...
Mar 08, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 68
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 7 at 7:45 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to use his State of the Union address to promote his vision for a second term to a dispirited electorate who questions whether he’s up to the job and to warn that GOP front-runner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative. Biden’s third such address from the House rostrum on Thursday will be something of an on-the-job interview, as the nation’s oldest president tries to quell voter...
Mar 07, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 67
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 6 at 7:15 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, have dominated coast-to-coast contests on Super Tuesday. Biden and Trump have all but cemented a November rematch. The former president’s last major rival, Nikki Haley, made plans shortly afterward to leave the Republican race. Their victories from coast to coast, including the delegate-rich states of California and Texas, left little doubt about the traject...
Mar 06, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 66
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 5 at 7 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump are poised to have the biggest day of the primary campaign move them to the brink of winning their party’s presidential nominations and set up a historic rematch that many voters would rather not endure. Super Tuesday elections are being held in 16 states and one territory. Hundreds of delegates are at stake, the biggest haul for either party on a single day. In a dra...
Mar 05, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 65
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 4 at 7:15 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump could learn Monday whether the Supreme Court will let him appear on this year’s ballot as he tries to close in on the Republican presidential nomination. The justices are expected to decide at least one case Monday, with signs pointing to resolution of the case from Colorado that threatens to kick Trump off some state ballots because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss...
Mar 04, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 64
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...
Mar 03, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 63
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 2 at 6 a.m. CT: Each Saturday Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include: The U.S. is bracing for complex, fast-moving threats to elections this year, FBI director warns. Climate change cost U.S. ski industry billions, study says, and future depends on emissions. Flu shots are doing OK vs. virus, U.S. numbers indicate. About as many abortions are happening in the U.S. monthly ...
Mar 02, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 62
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 1 at 6:15 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has passed another short-term spending measure that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22. The extension averts a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise have kicked in at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The short-term extension is the fourth in recent months. Lawmak...
Mar 01, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 61
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 29 at 7:15 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have announced a tentative agreement to prevent a government shutdown, for now. Wednesday's deal comes days before an end-of-the-week deadline that risked shuttering some federal operations. Under the plan, Congress would temporarily extend funding for one set of federal agencies through March 8 and for another through March 22. In the meantime, Congress will try to draft and pass packages ...
Feb 29, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 60
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 28 at 7:30 a.m. CT: A series of wildfires are sweeping across the Texas Panhandle, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing the brief shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility. Strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties as the largest blaze burned nearly 470 square miles. The fire tore through sparsely populated counties surrounded b...
Feb 28, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 59
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 27 at 7:30 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are marching toward their respective presidential nominations. But Michigan’s primary on Tuesday could reveal significant political perils for both of them. Trump faces a bloc of stubbornly persistent GOP voters who favor his lone remaining rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. Biden is confronting an energized movement of disillusioned voters upset with his handling of the war in...
Feb 27, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 58
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 26 at 7:30 a.m. CT: RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Israel is not complying with an order issued by the United Nations’ top court because it is failing to provide urgently needed aid to desperate people in the Gaza Strip. The rights group's accusation comes one month after a landmark ruling in The Hague ordered Israel to moderate its war. WASHINGTON (AP) — An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force was critically injured after sett...
Feb 26, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 57
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...
Feb 25, 2024•11 min•Season 3Ep. 56
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 24 at 6 a.m. CT: Each Saturday Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include: Many small business owners see 2024 as a "make or break" year, a survey shows. Casinos won $66.5B in 2023, their best year ever as gamblers showed no economic fear. Dandelions and shrubs to replace rubber, new grains and more. Are alternative crops realistic? Astronomers find what may be the universe's b...
Feb 24, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 55
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 23 at 7:15 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is in Ukraine to try to reassure President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials that Congress will deliver U.S. aid, even as a package that would provide $60 billion is stalled in the U.S. House. Schumer’s surprise trip comes as Zelenskyy has said that delays in aid from the U.S. and other Western countries are opening a door for Russian battlefield advances. The Senate pa...
Feb 23, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 54
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 22 at 7:15 a.m. CT: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” during a fundraiser for his reelection campaign Wednesday night. Biden also took aim at former President Donald Trump’s comments comparing himself to the Russian opposition leader who died last week in an Arctic prison. Biden is in California on a three-day swing to raise money for his reelection campaign. He has been warning voters wha...
Feb 22, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 53
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 21 at 7:15 a.m. CT: DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's state TV says an Israeli strike that hit a residential area in the country's capital of Damascus has killed two people. The TV reported that several missiles hit the western neighborhood of Kfar Sousseh on Wednesday morning. The pro-government Sham FM radio station said the strike hit a building near an Iranian-run school. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-contr...
Feb 21, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 52
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 20 at 7:15 a.m. CT: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Another wet winter storm is swamping California with heavy rainfall, flooding the runways at a regional airport and leading to several rescues on swollen rivers and creeks. The Santa Barbara airport closed Monday after nearly 10 inches of rain had fallen in the area by noon. In neighboring San Luis Obispo County, crews helped three people out of the rising Salinas River in the city of Paso Robles. Forecasters...
Feb 20, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 51
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 19 at 7:15 a.m. CT: INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Indianapolis has killed a woman and wounded five other victims. the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says officers responded to a report of a shooting at the restaurant on Lynhurst Drive around 12:30 a.m. Monday. Police found five victims with gunshot wounds who were transported to a hospital, including a woman who was in critical condition and died at the ...
Feb 19, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 50
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...
Feb 18, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 49
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 17 at 6 a.m. CT: CHICAGO (AP) — Abortion rights advocates are trying to get initiatives to protect reproductive health on the ballot in several states this year. And one major difference has emerged in their proposed language: whether to include mental health as an exception. A Missouri proposal would allow lawmakers to restrict abortions after a fetus is considered viable, except if an abortion “is needed to protect the life or physical or mental h...
Feb 17, 2024•10 min•Season 3Ep. 48
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 16 at 6:15 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with lying to authorities about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme between President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company. The claim is central to a Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress. Prosecutors say Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden ...
Feb 16, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 47
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Feb. 15 at 7:15 a.m. CT: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration has become the latest backdrop for a mass shooting as gunfire sent fans scrambling for cover and left 21 people wounded and one woman dead. At least eight children are among those who were shot. Wednesday’s shooting outside the city's historic Union Station happened despite the presence of more than 800 police officers on hand for the parade. Police say three ...
Feb 15, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 46
