July 20, 2024

Your health during extreme heat, a lunar discovery and an iconic casino closes

19 minutes

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted July 21 at 6 a.m. CT:

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

AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on a possible lifesaver for heat stroke.

Extreme heat and some medicines can be a risky combo. Here's what to know.

FDA OKs best-selling e-cigarette Vuse Alto, but only in tobacco flavor.

More than 6 in 10 U.S. adults support protecting access to IVF, AP-NORC poll finds.

Summer pause: Small business sales growth tapers in June as consumers take a breather on spending.

A Trump-owned company sells $299 sneakers with an image of his bloodied face after rally shooting.

JD Vance is a relative political unknown. He's been asked to help Donald Trump avenge his 2020 loss.

After crash that killed 6 teens, NTSB chief says people underestimate marijuana's impact on drivers.

Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers.

The race is on to keep a 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River.

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion.

Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to California.

He was orphaned in the Holocaust and never met any family. Now he has cousins, thanks to DNA tests.

The last cards have been dealt as the iconic Mirage closes its doors on the Las Vegas Strip.

Original first Gen Apple-1 computer from Steve Jobs' desk goes up for sale at Christie's.

Reviving Hollywood glamor of the silent movie era, experts piece together a century-old pipe organ.

Tons of dead fish cover major river in Brazil after alleged dumping of industrial waste.

NYC's beachside drone program is angering local shorebirds and worrying wildlife experts.

Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began.

Indonesia's massive metals build-out is felling the forest for batteries.

—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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