August 02, 2024

Blood tests for Alzheimer's, managing a side hustle and Google's autocomplete results

13 minutes

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 Americans to spread election disinformation, US officials say.

Vance praises a key leader behind Project 2025, a conservative effort Trump has disavowed.

Income gap between Black and white US residents shrank between Gen Xers and millennials, study says.

Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools.

Israel has a long history of targeted killings. Here's a look at some of them.

US will buy flu shots for farmworkers in a bid to prevent bird flu from getting worse.

Inmate advocates describe suffocating heat in Texas prisons as they plea for air conditioning.

Infants' tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says.

California man defends his home as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West.

The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are at risk from warming waters.

Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It's come at a cost for Black people in the South.

—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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