On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 12 at 7:30 a.m. CT: SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The 2024 Olympics closed Sunday with an elaborate closing ceremony at the Stade de France just north of Paris. As the Olympics close in Paris, Los Angeles has now taken the torch. The city will become the third to host the games three times. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An official in the Kursk border region of Russia is urging residents to evacuate due to the “very tense situation” in the area, where Russian ...
Aug 12, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 194
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 10 at 6 a.m. CT: Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include: July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief. Extreme heat is impacting most Americans' electricity bills, AP-NORC poll finds. High schoolers' mental health shows small improvement in a US government survey. The Small Business Administration expands clean ...
Aug 10, 2024•11 min•Season 3Ep. 193
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 9 at 7:30 a.m. CT: PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump has recommitted to debating Vice President Kamala Harris after recently backing out. The Republican presidential nominee held a lengthy news conference Thursday in which he taunted his new rival, boasted of his crowd on Jan. 6, 2021, and lashed out at questions about the enthusiasm her campaign has been generating. As he addressed reporters at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate, ABC announced tha...
Aug 09, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 192
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 8 at 7:30 a.m. CT: VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities say both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida. They said Thursday that investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.” HUGER, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby has made a sec...
Aug 08, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 191
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 7 at 7:15 a.m. CT: Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, looking to strengthen the Democratic ticket in Midwestern states. She'll introduce Walz at a rally Tuesday evening in Philadelphia. Harris was the only candidate eligible to receive votes after no other candidate qualified by a deadline last week. She officially claimed the nomination Monday night when the DNC released final results. In other new...
Aug 07, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 190
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 6 at 7:30 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ coronation as the Democrats' standard-bearer for the 2024 presidential election is now official after the Democratic National Committee announced the formal results of the online voting by delegates on Monday night. It caps a tumultuous period for the party prompted by President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and his subsequent withdrawal from the race. HORSESHOE BEACH, F...
Aug 06, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 189
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 5 at 7:15 a.m. CT: TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Debby is expected to bring potential record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge to the Big Bend coast of Florida before it moves slowly across the northern part of the state and stalls over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina. The National Hurricane Center of Miami says Debby is located about 60 miles northwest of Cedar Key, Florida, with maximum sustain...
Aug 05, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 188
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 2 at 6 a.m. CT: Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include: Blood tests for Alzheimer's may be coming to your doctor's office. Here's what to know. A 'side hustle' can be a way to try out a new business idea before jumping in all the way. FACT FOCUS: Google autocomplete results around Trump lead to claims of election interference. Russia is relying on unwitting Americ...
Aug 02, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 187
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 1 at 6 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has set the stage for the central bank’s first rate cut in four years. Powell cited greater progress toward lower inflation as well as a cooler job market that no longer threatens to overheat the economy. Still, the Fed kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday at a 23-year high of 5.3%, despite calls from some economists and Democratic politicians to implement a cut Wednesd...
Aug 01, 2024•10 min•Season 3Ep. 186
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 31 at 7:45 a.m. CT: Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in Tehran. No one immediately claimed responsibility but suspicion immediately fell on Israel. It has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s swearing-in on Tuesday. Iran gave no details on ...
Jul 31, 2024•26 min•Season 3Ep. 185
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 30 at 8:15 a.m. CT: ATLANTA (AP) — Little more than a week ago, Georgia appeared to be slipping out of Democrats’ reach. President Joe Biden’s campaign was pledging to concentrate more on holding the “blue wall” states in the Midwest and suggesting they might be willing to forsake “Sun Belt” battlegrounds. But now that Biden has bowed out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris is the likely nominee, the Democrats say they have new hope for Ge...
Jul 30, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 184
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 29 at 7:45 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has unveiled a long-awaited proposal for changes to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Democratic president is calling on Congress to establish term limits and an ethics code for the court’s nine justices. Biden also is pressing lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment that would limit presidential immunity. The White House has detailed the contours of Biden’s court plan. But it appears to ha...
Jul 29, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 183
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted July 28 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: Too many pills: How to talk to your doctor about reviewing what’s needed. Taylor Swift's museum era is on full display at London's V&A. Spicy dispute over the origins of Flamin' Hot Cheetos winds up in court. Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed. As hurricane...
Jul 27, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 182
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 26 at 7:45 a.m. CT: PARIS (AP) — The French national rail company says high-speed lines have been hit arson attacks that heavily disrupted traffic on the day of the high-risk Olympics opening ceremony. Lines in the west, north and east of France were affected, the rail operator said. Government officials denounced the incidents hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which are happening around France, though there was no immediate ...
Jul 26, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 181
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 25 at 7:30 a.m. CT: President Joe Biden has delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country’s democracy. In an address Wednesday he laid out his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden insisted “the defense of democracy is more important than any title.” He did not directly call out former President Donald Trump, whom he has called an existential threat to democracy. “Nothing,...
Jul 25, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 180
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 24 at 7:45 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump’s campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day. At a closed-door meeting of House Republicans early Tuesday, National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Richard Hudso...
Jul 24, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 179
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 23 at 7:45 a.m. CT: Vice President Kamala Harris has had a busy 24 hours. Since President Joe Biden stepped down from the presidential race and endorsed his VP, she has secured the delegates she’ll need to earn the party’s nomination and raised more than $81 million, a record for any political party this cycle. She will visit Milwaukee Tuesday. Delta Air Lines is struggling for a fourth straight day to recover from the tech outage, even as other ai...
Jul 23, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 178
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 22 at 7:30 a.m. CT: President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris is being thrust into the most scrutinizing of spotlights, suddenly the leading candidate to succeed Biden as the presumptive Democratic presidential...
Jul 22, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 177
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted July 21 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: AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on a possible lifesaver for heat stroke. Extreme heat and some medicines can be a risky combo. Here's what to know. FDA OKs best-selling e-cigarette Vuse Alto, but only in tobacco flavor. More than 6 in 10 U.S. adults support protecting access to IVF, AP-NORC poll fi...
Jul 20, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 176
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 19 at 8:15 a.m. CT: FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said Friday that the issue believed to be behind the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack. MILWAUKEE (...
Jul 19, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 175
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 18 at 7:15 a.m. CT: MILWAUKEE (AP) — Donald Trump will take the stage at the Republican National Convention to accept the nomination of a party that has been remade in his image. Thursday's speech will be Trump's first since he was cut off mid-sentence by a flurry of gunfire in an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. MILWAUKEE (AP) — JD Vance used his Wednesday night address to the Republican National Convention to share th...
Jul 18, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 174
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 17 at 7:45 a.m. CT: MILWAUKEE (AP) — The third day of the Republican National Convention kicks off, with Republicans shifting the focus to issues of national security and foreign policy as the party seeks to draw a stark contrast from Democrats’ handling of the ongoing crises in Europe and the Middle East. This comes as Republicans spent Tuesday highlighting what they say is Democrats’ failure to secure the U.S. borders from illegal immigration. TE...
Jul 17, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 173
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 16 at 8:15 a.m. CT: MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican presidential ticket came together when Donald Trump named JD Vance as his running mate. In turning to the 39-year-old Ohio senator, the Republican nominee injected new energy into a campaign that has centered in recent weeks on questions of age following President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance. The Republican National Convention opened Monday less than 48 hours after Trump was the subj...
Jul 16, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 172
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 14 at 11:00 p.m. CT: BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is calling for unity and resilience after an attempt on his life added fresh uncertainty to a tumultuous presidential campaign. His opponent, President Joe Biden, implored Americans to “cool it down” in the final stretch of the closely contested race and to “resolve our differences at the ballot box." A full day after the attack, the gunman’s motive was still a mystery, and inves...
Jul 15, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 171
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted July 13 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: Air travel is getting worse. That's what passengers are telling the government. Political ads on social media rife with misinformation and scams, new research finds. Target will stop accepting personal checks next week. Are the days of the payment method numbered? The U.S. will pay Moderna $176 million t...
Jul 13, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 170
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 12 at 7:45 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used his closely watched anticipated news conference Thursday to deliver a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies, and batted away questions about his ability to serve another four years. Biden says: “I’m not in this for my legacy. I’m in this to complete the job I started.” He made one notable flub when he bobbled a reference to Vice President Kamala Harris. But for an hour h...
Jul 12, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 169
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 11 at 7:30 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s imperiled reelection campaign is hitting new trouble. Rather than urging him to stay in, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday “it’s up to the president to decide” if he should. Celebrity donor George Clooney said he should not run, and Democratic senators expressed fresh fear about his ability to beat Republican Donald Trump. Late Wednesday, Vermont Sen. Peter Welch called on ...
Jul 11, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 168
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 10 at 7:45 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — The mood on Capitol Hill has turned grim as Democrats wrestled over President Joe Biden’s reelection. A seventh House Democrat has said publicly that Biden should drop out. It was an extraordinary question before Democrats on Capitol Hill as they met privately Tuesday behind closed doors. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the world must not wait for November to drive back Russia’s o...
Jul 10, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 167
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 9 at 7:15 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has tried to address questions about President Joe Biden's health. During a Monday news briefing, Jean-Pierre said the president has only seen a neurologist three times while in office, and those visits were in conjunction with his annual physicals. HOUSTON (AP) — Power has started to come back for some of the millions of homes and businesses left in the dark when H...
Jul 09, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 166
On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted July 8 at 7:15 a.m. CT: MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) — The National Weather Service says Beryl has made landfall on the middle Texas coast near Matagorda with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds. The storm’s center hit land as a Category 1 hurricane around 4 a.m. Monday about 85 miles southwest of Houston with top sustained winds of 80 mph while moving north at 12 mph. WASHINGTON (AP) — Deeply torn over President Joe Biden’s candidacy, Democratic lawmaker...
Jul 08, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 165
