HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — More than 35,000 structures are being threatened by a wildfire in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles. The so-called Line Fire burned uncontrolled Sunday along the edge of the San Bernardino National Forest, about 65 miles east of LA. As of Sunday afternoon, the blaze had charred about 27 square miles of grass and chaparral. The cause is under investigation. 

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A grueling manhunt stretches into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people in Kentucky. Authorities are vowing to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remains high in a rural area where some schools canceled classes. Authorities have searched a rugged area of southeastern Kentucky since Saturday evening.

ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a student at the Georgia high school where a teen allegedly killed four people says information indicating staff were warned he was having a crisis shows the shooting could have been prevented. Rabecca Sayarath says administrators at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, didn't do enough to protect students.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have unveiled legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month. Their bill would fund the government into late March, when a new president and Congress would have final say on spending for the coming fiscal year. But Republicans are also adding a hot-button immigration issue to the measure by requiring states to obtain proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when someone registers to vote.

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” drummed up $110 million in its premiere weekend, becoming the second biggest September opening of all time. The sequel to the 1988 classic reunites Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder as they reprise their roles and welcomes newcomers Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci and Justin Theroux to the cast.

Boeing has a tentative agreement with its largest union on a new contract for factory workers that could avoid a threatened strike. The company and the International Association of Machinists said Sunday the agreement will raise pay 25% over four years. 

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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.