April 27, 2024

Cyberattacks are on the rise, planning for retirement and Chicago loses its 'rat hole'

14 minutes

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April 27 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:

Cyberattacks are on the rise, and that includes small businesses. Here's what to know.

Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They're banning the book ban.

More than 1 in 4 US adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire, an AARP study finds.

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month.

Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police.

Work starts on bullet train rail line from Sin City to the City of Angels.

Chicago's "rat hole" removed after city determines sidewalk with animal impression was damaged.

Cicadas are so noisy in a South Carolina county that residents are calling the police.

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson pledged $10M for Maui wildfire survivors. They gave much more.

UN report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza.

Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut.

US health officials warn of counterfeit Botox injections.

Andrew Tate's trial on charges of rape and human trafficking can start, a Romanian court rules.

European Space Agency adds 5 new astronauts in only fourth class since 1978. Over 20,000 applied.

—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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