On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 29 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: Summer camps are for getting kids outdoors, but more frequent heat waves force changes. Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids across U.S. and Africa. Looking for the Fountain of Youth? Try the gym and weight-resistance training. IRS delays in resolving identity theft ...
Jun 29, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 164
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted June 28 at 7 a.m. CT: ATLANTA (AP) — A raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden repeatedly sought to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election. But Biden’s uneven performance crystallized the concerns of many Americans that at, age 81, he is too old to serve as president. It sparked a fresh round of calls for the Democrat to step aside. Russia’s Defense Ministry says officials have been ordered to prepare a respon...
Jun 28, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 163
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted June 27 at 7:45 a.m. CT: Both President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump hope to jolt a campaign that many voters are just beginning to watch. Thursday's debate in Atlanta offers unparalleled opportunities for both candidates to try to shape the political narrative. DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Children trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza’s tent camps for displaced families. People relieve t...
Jun 27, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 162
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted June 26 at 8 a.m. CT: YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has gone on trial in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The 32-year-old journalist appeared in the court with his head shaved and wearing a black-and-blue plaid shirt. CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a c...
Jun 26, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 161
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 25 at 8:15 a.m. CT: BANGKOK (AP) — A plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has landed in Thailand. He is on his way to enter a plea in a U.S. court that is expected to free him and resolve the legal case over the site's publication of classified documents. The chartered plane landed at a Bangkok airport Tuesday afternoon for refueling. Assange is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth. W...
Jun 25, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 160
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 24 at 8 a.m. CT: Millions of Americans sweated through yet another scorching day, while floodwaters forced evacuations in parts of the Midwest, including a town in Iowa whose own water-level gauge was submerged. One person was killed during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said. From the mid-Atlantic to Maine, across the Great Lakes region, and throughout the West to California, public officials cautioned residents about the dangers of excessi...
Jun 24, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 159
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 22 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: How Biden and Trump are taking very different approaches to preparing for next week's debate. The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims. The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process. IRS says 'vast maj...
Jun 22, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 158
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 21 at 7:45 a.m. CT: The heat wave that has moved across the nation this week is expected to continue through the weekend. The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has denied it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned the use of its software in the United States. The Moscow-based company, whose CEO is Russian, said in a statement that the Commerce Department's decision, announced Thursday, would not affect its ability to sell and promo...
Jun 21, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 157
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 20 at 7:30 a.m. CT: TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto is rumbling toward northeast Mexico as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead but also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought. ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Heavy rain and hail are falling around an evacuated village in New Mexico threatened by wildfires that have killed at least two people and damaged more than 1,400...
Jun 20, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 156
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 19 at 8 a.m. CT: TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A blast of heat and humidity in the Midwest and Northeast days before the official start of summer has put a wet blanket on outdoor activities from festivals to sports camps as officials urge people to take precautions. Cities that opened cooling centers this week advised that Wednesday’s Juneteenth holiday means some public libraries, senior centers and pools where residents could beat the heat will be clo...
Jun 19, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 155
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 18 at 7:30 a.m. CT: PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat alerts remain in effect for tens of millions of people in the United States as cities including Chicago break heat records. States in the Midwest started to bake Monday in the dangerous heat wave that was expected to stretch from Iowa to Maine into at least Friday. The mid-Atlantic and New England are likely to see highs in the 90s as the week progresses. Excessive humidity will make it feel even...
Jun 18, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 154
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 17 at 8:30 a.m. CT: The United States is bracing for chaotic weather this week, as the South is set to experience another heat wave following a short respite from searing temperatures earlier this month. The National Weather Service expects some areas to reach temperatures so high they’ll hit new daily records. And it’s not just the U.S. Across the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe and Asia, extreme temperatures are causing deadly heatstroke and ...
Jun 17, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 153
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 15 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: Credit card delinquencies are rising. Here's what to do if you're at risk. Alzheimer's drug that can slow disease gets backing from FDA advisers. Things to know about FDA warning on paralytic shellfish poisoning in Pacific Northwest. African elephants call each other by unique names, new study shows. A j...
Jun 15, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 152
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 14 at 8 a.m. CT: President Joe Biden vowed to continue supporting Ukraine, but Russian President Vladimir Putin is promising to order an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. An aide to Ukraine's president said there was nothing new in the proposals. WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has made a triumphant return to...
Jun 14, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 151
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 13 at 7:30 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by Trump's bid to retake the White House. This is despite the federal charges against Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and his recent guilty verdict in an unrelated hush money ...
Jun 13, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 150
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 12 at 7:30 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday will likely make official what’s been clear for many weeks: With inflation sticking at a level well above their 2% target, they are downgrading their outlook for interest rate cuts. Primaries were held in South Carolina and Ohio on Tuesday. WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s legal woes are not over after his conviction on three felony firearms charges in a trial t...
Jun 12, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 149
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 11 at 7:15 a.m. CT: BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi’s vice president and nine others have been killed in a plane crash, the country’s president said Tuesday. The wreckage of the military plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima was located in a mountainous area in the north of the country after a search that lasted more than a day. There were no survivors of the crash, Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera said. WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors...
Jun 11, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 148
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 10 at 7 a.m. CT: BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy embraced his status as an outsider who came to Montana to start a business during the first debate in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate. Three-term Democrat Sen. Jon Tester declared Sheehy “part of the problem” amid a housing shortage and rising property taxes. BRUSSELS (AP) — Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the Europe...
Jun 10, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 147
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 8 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: Is intermittent fasting better than counting calories? Maybe not, but you might stick with it. CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they oversee. Many Americans still shying away from EVs despite Biden push, AP-NORCEPIC poll finds. "Home Alone" house being sold. Swing...
Jun 08, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 146
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 7 at 7:45 a.m. CT: PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden has for the first time publicly apologized to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make battlefield gains. Biden and Zelenskyy met Friday in France, where they attended ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. RENO, Nev. (AP) — The first heat wave of the year is expected to maintain ...
Jun 07, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 145
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 6 at 7:45 a.m. CT: World War II veterans are joining heads of state and others on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the war. The assault began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normandy, followed by around 1,200 aircraft that carried airborne troops. DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian healt...
Jun 06, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 144
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 5 at 7:45 a.m. CT: AUKAR, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese military said that its solidiers shot and captured a gunman who attacked the U.S. embassy near Beirut after a shootout that injured an embassy security guard. The attack took place Wednesday as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced thousands along the border. PARIS (AP) — U.S. Pre...
Jun 05, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 143
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 4 at 7:45 a.m. CT: WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. A jury of 12 and four alternates was seated Monday in Delaware. First lady Jill Biden attended the proceedings. So did Hunter Biden's sister Ashley. Hunter Biden is charged with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addictio...
Jun 04, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 142
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 3 at 7:30 a.m. CT: WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection begins this week in Delaware in a federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after the collapse of a deal with prosecutors that would've avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election. Hunter Biden has been charged with lying on federal gun purchase forms when he said he wasn’t a drug addict. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s projected election winner Claudia Sh...
Jun 03, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 141
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 25 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: Will former President Donald Trump be sentenced to prison?Guilty Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes. Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work. Most AAPI adults think history of racism should be taught in scho...
Jun 01, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 140
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...
May 31, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 139
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 30 at 7:30 a.m. CT: HOUSTON (AP) — Residents across Texas are recovering again from storms that ripped off roofs in Dallas and flooded roads in Houston. Up to 1 million homes and businesses were without power during the severe weather Tuesday. One electric utility said Wednesday that some outages could linger into the weekend. A 16-year-old construction worker was killed when a house being built near Houston collapsed. NEW YORK (AP) — Jury deli...
May 30, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 138
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 29 at 7:45 a.m. CT: NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial are expected to begin deliberations after receiving instructions from the judge on the law and the factors they may consider as they strive to reach a verdict in the first criminal case against a former American president. HOUSTON (AP) — Weather-weary Texas has been hammered again by powerful storms bearing forceful winds that left one person dead, collapsed ...
May 29, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 137
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 28 at 7:30 a.m. CT: NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial are set to deliver closing arguments. Each side wants to score final points with the jury Tuesday before it starts deliberating the fate of the first former American president charged with felony crimes. The arguments are expected to last the entire day. A possible tornado that damaged homes and a school in Pennsylvania is the latest ...
May 28, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 136
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 25 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: Average US vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer. Bike shops boomed early in the pandemic. It’s been a bumpy ride for most ever since. Small business owners are more undecided about the election than the general public. All that 'checkout charity' adds up...
May 25, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 135
