Hot Off The Wire

Flooding cancels Wisconsin State Fair; Rose wins FedEx St. Jude in playoff

Listen Later
  • On today's episode: Flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair as severe storms knock out power and close roads; Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s Aceh province sentences two men to public caning over sexual acts; Russian President Vladimir Putin is not backing down from his demands when it comes to ending the war with Urkaine; the CDC shooter blamed the COVID vaccine for depression.
  • Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington.
  • European leaders rally behind Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin meeting.
  • Whitmer told Trump in private that Michigan auto jobs depend on a tariff change of course.
  • Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says.
  • Trump removes Billy Long as IRS commisioner less than 2 months after his confirmation.
  • Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station.
  • Nagasaki marks 80th A-bomb anniversary as survivors put hopes of nuclear ban in the hands of youth.
  • Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97.
  • Previous sexual assault convict whose killing of a nurse led to safety changes sentenced to 50 years.
  • The world’s 20th-ranked golfer rallies to claim the PGA Tour’s playoff opener, a three-time Cy Young winner eclipses another strikeout milestone, baseball’s top slugger goes deep again, an NFL player is back in the building after a scary injury and NASCAR’s star rookie secures a record victory.
  • New England Patriots unveil Tom Brady statue at team Hall of Fame.
  • Packers star Billy Howton, believed to have been the oldest living NFL player, dies at 95.
  • Boston Celtics sign coach Joe Mazzulla to a multi-year contract extension.
  • 3 elves are cycling from the German town of St. Nikolaus to Finland's Santa Claus Village.
  • Israeli strike kills Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif as toll on journalists in Gaza worsens.
  • Southwest France swelters under a heat wave as fire crews guard smoldering vineyards.
  • Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Albanese says.
  • Netanyahu defends planned military offensive in Gaza and lashes out at 'global campaign of lies'.
  • Explosion at Lebanese arms depot kills 6 army experts, wounds several others.
  • Police arrest demonstrators supporting the banned Palestine Action group in central London.
  • On this week's AP Religion Roundup Gullah Geechee elders work to preserve sacred songs passed down by enslaved ancestors.

    • —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.

    Theme music

    The News Tonight, used under license from Soundstripe. YouTube clearance: ZR2MOTROGI4XAHRX

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    Hot Off The WireBy Lee Enterprises
    • 3.9
    • 3.9
    • 3.9
    • 3.9
    • 3.9

    3.9

    8 ratings

    More shows like Hot Off The Wire

    View all
    Stuff You Should Know by iHeartPodcasts

    Stuff You Should Know

    78,592 Listeners

    Stuff You Missed in History Class by iHeartPodcasts

    Stuff You Missed in History Class

    23,816 Listeners

    Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

    Hidden Brain

    43,647 Listeners

    The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

    The NPR Politics Podcast

    25,840 Listeners

    Real Time with Bill Maher by HBO Podcasts

    Real Time with Bill Maher

    15,454 Listeners

    Marketplace by Marketplace

    Marketplace

    8,765 Listeners

    NPR News Now by NPR

    NPR News Now

    14,459 Listeners

    The Ben Shapiro Show by The Daily Wire

    The Ben Shapiro Show

    153,922 Listeners

    WSJ What’s News by The Wall Street Journal

    WSJ What’s News

    4,348 Listeners

    Up First from NPR by NPR

    Up First from NPR

    56,739 Listeners

    The Matt Walsh Show by The Daily Wire

    The Matt Walsh Show

    28,470 Listeners

    Post Reports by The Washington Post

    Post Reports

    5,451 Listeners

    The Journal. by The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios

    The Journal.

    6,069 Listeners

    Streamed & Screened: Movie and TV Reviews and Interviews by Lee Enterprises

    Streamed & Screened: Movie and TV Reviews and Interviews

    10 Listeners

    Late Edition: Crime Beat Chronicles by Lee Enterprises

    Late Edition: Crime Beat Chronicles

    48 Listeners

    PennyWise: Personal Finance & Travel Tips by Lee Enterprises

    PennyWise: Personal Finance & Travel Tips

    8 Listeners

    Morning Wire by The Daily Wire

    Morning Wire

    26,672 Listeners

    Behind the Headlines by Lee Enterprises

    Behind the Headlines

    4 Listeners

    Trump's Terms by NPR

    Trump's Terms

    412 Listeners

    Across the Sky by Lee Enterprises

    Across the Sky

    11 Listeners

    The Ethical Life by Scott Rada and Richard Kyte

    The Ethical Life

    25 Listeners