May 03, 2024

Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for cease-fire talks; mortgage rates rise; Knicks, Pacers advance

21 minutes

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted May 3 at 6:45 a.m. CT:

BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas says it's sending a delegation to Egypt as soon as possible to continue talks in the latest sign of progress in the fragile cease-fire process. The group’s supreme leader Ismail Haniyeh said Thursday he had spoken to Egypt’s intelligence chief and Hamas negotiators would travel to Cairo "to complete the ongoing discussions with the aim of working forward for an agreement.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested nearly 2,200 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, sometimes using riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings.

Torrential rain is causing flooding in the Houston area. Officials on Thursday ordered some residents along a river to leave and are telling others they may wind up stranded.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says the major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed for days around the area where a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will return to court as his hush money trial enters its 11th day. Friday will cap a frenzied second week of witness testimony. Lawyer Keith Davidson concluded his testimony Thursday after more than six hours on the stand over two days.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says it's taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers. And the agency is more closely examining the returns of larger numbers of wealthy people and major companies.

In other news:

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Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions.

Body of 5th missing worker found more than a month after Baltimore bridge collapse, officials say.

Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners.

Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison.

Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages.

Average long-term US mortgage rate rises for again, reaching highest level more than five months.

Number of Americans applying for jobless claims remains historically low.

Artists from Universal Music Group are heading back to TikTok as new licensing deal reached.

Mary J. Blige enlists Taraji P. Henson, Marsai Martin and more for women's summit in New York.

Halle Berry shouts from the Capitol, 'I'm in menopause' as she seeks to end a stigma and win funding.

The Knicks and Pacers win their opening round series in six games, the Maple Leafs force a Game 7 without their star center Auston Matthews, Mike Yastrzemski homers in the ballpark his Hall of Fame grandfather called home for more than two decades, Tiger Woods will have a chance to win another major, and Kirby Smart cashes in. Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleads no contest to misdemeanor domestic battery charge.

Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse.

—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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