December 06, 2025

In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on

28 minutes

Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include:

In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry.

Mass killings in 2025 hit lowest level since 2006.

Another line of attack White House sets up a hall of shame for news outlets.

Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on Mars.

Telescope in Chile captures stunning new picture of a cosmic butterfly.

A brown pelican 'feeding frenzy' is an encouraging sign for the often-struggling large seabirds.

Zohran Mamdani and the Louvre make the list of most mispronounced words of 2025.

The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution.

US vaccine advisers vote to end advice that all US babies get hepatitis B vaccine at birth.

FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport.

Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released.

Fed's preferred inflation gauge stayed elevated in September as spending weakened.

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion.

Cloudflare says service restored after outage that brought down sites including Zoom and LinkedIn.

Harnessing the power of AI to help revolutionize Olympic-level figure skating.

Derrick Henry expects a physical battle against rival Steelers in matchup for first place.

A crystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty is expected to sell for more than $26 million.

Asia’s deadly floods are no fluke. They’re a climate warning.

Long-lost Rubens painting depicting crucifixion sells for $2.7M.

French first lady Brigitte Macron visits an old friend in China A giant panda called Yuan Meng.

Trinidad and Tobago's steelpan is back in business as a new generation embraces its sound.

—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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