May 04, 2024

A life of leisure for Derby winner Silver Charm, fraudsters are targeting small businesses and the USDA is testing beef for bird flu

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16 minutes

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 4 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:

For ex-Derby winner Silver Charm, it's a life of leisure and Old Friends at Kentucky retirement farm.

Fraudsters target small businesses with scams. Here are some to watch out for

Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health.

Utah cat with a fondness for cardboard takes surprise trip to California in an Amazon box.

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say.

America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways.

At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign.

News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds.

US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say.

Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages, panel says.

Pregnancy-related deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says.

The USDA is testing ground beef for bird flu. Experts are confident the meat supply is safe.

The botched FAFSA rollout leaves students in limbo. Some wonder if their college dreams will survive.

To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji.

Want to spend the night in a Paris museum or a house owned by Prince Airbnb plans to list them.

Five takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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May 04, 2024

A life of leisure for Derby winner Silver Charm, fraudsters are targeting small businesses and the USDA is testing beef for bird flu

Listen Later

16 minutes

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 4 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:

For ex-Derby winner Silver Charm, it's a life of leisure and Old Friends at Kentucky retirement farm.

Fraudsters target small businesses with scams. Here are some to watch out for

Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health.

Utah cat with a fondness for cardboard takes surprise trip to California in an Amazon box.

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say.

America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways.

At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign.

News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds.

US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say.

Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages, panel says.

Pregnancy-related deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says.

The USDA is testing ground beef for bird flu. Experts are confident the meat supply is safe.

The botched FAFSA rollout leaves students in limbo. Some wonder if their college dreams will survive.

To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji.

Want to spend the night in a Paris museum or a house owned by Prince Airbnb plans to list them.

Five takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

...more