June 21, 2025

Smaller amusement parks hope for a strong summer

18 minutes

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

Smaller amusement parks hope for a strong summer under the shadow of tariffs

Toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court in long shot bid for quick decision

What to know about the COVID variant that may cause 'razor blade' sore throats

Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll shows

Could you eat this much ice cream after walking 1,100 miles Some Appalachian Trail hikers try

AP lifestyles reporter explains the origins, benefits of chair yoga and its surge in popularity

Long Island's last duck farm rebuilds after a flu outbreak forced the culling of its entire flock

Rebuilding one of the nation's oldest Black churches to begin at Juneteenth ceremony

Aflac finds suspicious activity on US network that may impact Social Security numbers, other data

Denmark tests unmanned robotic sailboat fleet with tensions high in the region

Food rations are halved in one of Africa's largest refugee camps after US aid cuts

On this week's AP Religion Roundup, Charleston church massacre survivors commemorate 10 years since the shooting, and reconstruction begins on a black church as old as the United States.

—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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