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Driver accused of ramming into crowd; Venus Williams makes history

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  • On today's episode: Charges have been filed after a man is accused of intentially driving into a Los Angeles crowd; Donald Trump announces new trade deals; Israeli airstrikes kill 25 in Gaza; Venus Williams makes history playing singles; and a 250-year-old shipwreck has been discovered.
  • House ending session early as Republicans clash over Epstein vote.
  • Justice Department wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.
  • Hunter Biden accuses George Clooney of undermining his father in 2024 presidential election.
  • Trump rehashes years-old grievances on Russia investigation after new intelligence report.
  • Trump's Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces.
  • US says it's leaving UN cultural agency UNESCO again, only 2 years after rejoining.
  • US government employee banned from leaving China.
  • Thousands of Afghans face possible deportation after court refuses to extend their legal protection.
  • US organ donation system faces scrutiny and changes after reports of disturbing near-misses.
  • Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76.
  • Billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times says he will take the newspaper public in the coming year.
  • A look at megafires as an Oregon wildfire approaches the 100,000-acre mark.
  • US cruise ship passengers accused of smuggling drugs and detained in Bermuda.
  • NY State police say a 9-year-old girl reported missing by her father was drowned.
  • Video shows Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car.
  • Wall Street ticks up to another record as GM and others show how tariffs are impacting them.
  • Coca-Cola confirms a cane-sugar version of its trademark cola is coming to the US.
  • Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman to win a WTA Tour tennis match in 21 years, Rich Hill becomes the majors’ oldest player in record-tying fashion, Rafael Devers debuts at a new position for the Giants, Caitlin Clark misses another game for injury, and more. 
  • US Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports
  • Big Ten's Petitti: No support for SEC's at-large bid preference for College Football Playoff.
  • A front office member of Washington’s NFL team is publicly addressing President Trump’s demands for a name change.
  • One NFL star is speaking out about his contract while another is calling it a career ahead of the start of league training camps.
  • Heavy storms in northern Vietnam leave 1 dead, as Wipha weakens into a tropical depression.
  • Thousands gather to protest as Zelenskyy signs bill weakening anti-corruption agencies.
  • UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping point for ever lower costs.

    • —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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