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Visa applicants may have to post bond; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied release

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  • On today's episode: The State Department may require some visa applicants to post a bond; Texas Democrats flee the state to prevent a vote on redistricting; California may redistrict in response to Texas; Russia issues a warning about its missiles; Palestinians are killed near a food distribution site;  India is dealing with flash floods; and a funeral home owner who sent families fake ashes pleads guilty to fraud.
  • Bondi moves forward on Justice Department investigation into origins of Trump-Russia probe.
  • The vast majority of US adults are stressed about grocery costs, an AP-NORC poll finds.
  • Stakes rise in the Russia-Ukraine war as Trump's deadline for the Kremlin approaches.
  • Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley announces 2026 Senate bid in Georgia.
  • Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is denied release on bond to await sentencing.
  • Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series 'WKRP in Cincinnati' has died.
  • Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator.
  • Crews struggle to contain massive California wildfire that's injured 3 people.
  • What is known about the search for a former US soldier suspected of killing 4 at a Montana bar.
  • 2 killed, 6 wounded in shooting at music festival after-party in downtown Los Angeles.
  • Arkansas man sentenced to life without parole for 2024 mass shooting at grocery store.
  • Third child dies nearly a week after a boat collision near Miami, Coast Guard says.
  • Driver attempting to set a record at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats dies after losing control.
  • Dow leaps 585 points as US stocks win back most of Friday's wipeout.
  • Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion.
  • The New York Post plans to launch a California newspaper.
  • Union deals finalized late last year in Las Vegas mark a major turning point
  • The Red Sox extend the majors’ longest winning streak, a two-time AL MVP nears a return, an All-NBA guard is extended, a Pro Bowl running back continues his holdout, Texas claims No. 1 in a college football poll, March Madness stays with a field of 68 and a 24-time Grand Slam winner withdraws ahead of the year’s final major. 
  • Eagles running back Saquon Barkley declines invitation to join Trump's sports council.
  • Stella Rimington, Britain's first female MI5 spy chief, dies at 90.
  • A shipwreck off Yemen has killed 56 migrants and left 132 missing, UN says in revised figures.
  • Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land.
  • Videos of emaciated Israeli hostages in Gaza increase pressure on Netanyahu for a ceasefire.

    • —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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