August 23, 2025

Tourism down in Vegas, Black Cowboy joy and Pope Leo's style

23 minutes

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

Las Vegas tourism is down. Some blame Trump's tariffs and immigration crackdown.

NFL will emphasize sportsmanship and crack down on violent and sexually suggestive gestures.

How to watch the 2025 US Open on TV, betting odds, the schedule, seedings and more to know.

Here's what to know about summer colds and the COVID-19 variant called stratus.

Black Cowboy joy is spread by 'Boots on the Ground' viral line dance.

Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds.

Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain.

National Guard troops on DC streets for Trump's crackdown will start carrying guns.

Canada will match US tariff exemptions under USMCA trade pact, Prime Minister Carney says.

FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton.

Iran confers with European nations on its nuclear program as sanctions deadline nears.

Large Interpol cybercrime crackdown in Africa leads to the arrest of over 1,200 suspects.

Alaska man gifted $22,000 motorcycle by Russian government after viral interview.

A flight delay, a jazz band and a viral moment: How Dave Koz and fellow musicians lifted spirits.

A massive mountain park in Vermont celebrates the bond between dogs and their humans.

Cambridge Dictionary adds 'skibidi' and 'tradwife' among 6,000 new words.

Library book returned after 82 years. Note says, 'Grandma won't be able to pay for it anymore'.

Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger.

How to protect yourself from Vibrio vulnificus, the bacteria found in some coastal waters.

Paris residents fight overtourism and ‘Disneyfication' of beloved Montmartre neighborhood.

A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half in Gaza, UN says.

Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick.

On this week's AP Religion Roundup, Conservative Christian leader James Dobson has died, and Pope Leo expresses his own style.

—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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