Hot Off The Wire

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 29 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: Summer camps are for getting kids outdoors, but more frequent heat waves force changes. Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids across U.S. and Africa. Looking for the Fo...

On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted June 28 at 7 a.m. CT: ATLANTA (AP) — A raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden repeatedly sought to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election. But Biden’s uneven performance crystallized the concerns of many Americans that at, age 81, he is too old to serve as president. It sparked a fresh round of call...

On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted June 27 at 7:45 a.m. CT: Both President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump hope to jolt a campaign that many voters are just beginning to watch. Thursday's debate in Atlanta offers unparalleled opportunities for both candidates to try to shape the political narrative.  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Children trudge through water contaminat...

On the vers ion of Hot off the Wire posted June 26 at 8 a.m. CT: YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has gone on trial in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The 32-year-old journalist appeared in the court with his head shaved and wearing a black-and-blue plaid shirt.&nbs...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 25 at 8:15 a.m. CT: BANGKOK (AP) — A plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has landed in Thailand. He is on his way to enter a plea in a U.S. court that is expected to free him and resolve the legal case over the site's publication of classified documents. The chartered plane landed at a Bangkok airport Tuesday afternoon for refueling....

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 24 at 8 a.m. CT: Millions of Americans sweated through yet another scorching day, while floodwaters forced evacuations in parts of the Midwest, including a town in Iowa whose own water-level gauge was submerged. One person was killed during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said. From the mid-Atlantic to Maine, across the Great Lakes region, and...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 22 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: How Biden and Trump are taking very different approaches to preparing for next week's debate. The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims. The IRS wants to end...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 21 at 7:45 a.m. CT: The heat wave that has moved across the nation this week is expected to continue through the weekend. The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has denied it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned the use of its software in the United States. The Moscow-based company, whose CEO is Russian, said in a statement that th...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 20 at 7:30 a.m. CT: TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto is rumbling toward northeast Mexico as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead but also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought. ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Heavy rain and hail are falling around an evacuate...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 19 at 8 a.m. CT: TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A blast of heat and humidity in the Midwest and Northeast days before the official start of summer has put a wet blanket on outdoor activities from festivals to sports camps as officials urge people to take precautions. Cities that opened cooling centers this week advised that Wednesday’s Juneteen...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 18 at 7:30 a.m. CT: PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat alerts remain in effect for tens of millions of people in the United States as cities including Chicago break heat records. States in the Midwest started to bake Monday in the dangerous heat wave that was expected to stretch from Iowa to Maine into at least Friday. The mid-Atlantic and New En...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 17 at 8:30 a.m. CT: The United States is bracing for chaotic weather this week, as the South is set to experience another heat wave following a short respite from searing temperatures earlier this month. The National Weather Service expects some areas to reach temperatures so high they’ll hit new daily records. And it’s not just the...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted June 15 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: Credit card delinquencies are rising. Here's what to do if you're at risk. Alzheimer's drug that can slow disease gets backing from FDA advisers. Things to know about FDA warning on paralytic shellfish poi...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 14 at 8 a.m. CT: President Joe Biden vowed to continue supporting Ukraine, but Russian President Vladimir Putin is promising to order an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. An aide to Ukraine's president said th...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 13 at 7:30 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by Trump's bid to retake the White House. This is despite the federal charges against Tr...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 12 at 7:30 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday will likely make official what’s been clear for many weeks: With inflation sticking at a level well above their 2% target, they are downgrading their outlook for interest rate cuts. Primaries were held in South Carolina and Ohio on Tuesday. WILMINGTON, Del....

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 11 at 7:15 a.m. CT: BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi’s vice president and nine others have been killed in a plane crash, the country’s president said Tuesday. The wreckage of the military plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima was located in a mountainous area in the north of the country after a search that lasted more than...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 10 at 7 a.m. CT: BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy embraced his status as an outsider who came to Montana to start a business during the first debate in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate. Three-term Democrat Sen. Jon Tester declared Sheehy “part of the problem” amid a hous...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 8 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: Is intermittent fasting better than counting calories? Maybe not, but you might stick with it. CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they oversee. Many Americans still s...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 7 at 7:45 a.m. CT: PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden has for the first time publicly apologized to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make battlefield gains. Biden and Zelenskyy met Friday in France, where they attended ceremonies marking the 80th ann...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 6 at 7:45 a.m. CT: World War II veterans are joining heads of state and others on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the war. The assault began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normandy, followed by ar...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 5 at 7:45 a.m. CT: AUKAR, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese military said that its solidiers shot and captured a gunman who attacked the U.S. embassy near Beirut after a shootout that injured an embassy security guard. The attack took place Wednesday as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting betw...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 4 at 7:45 a.m. CT: WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. A jury of 12 and four alternates was seated Monday in Delaware. First lady Jill Biden attended the proceedings. So did Hunter Biden's sister Ashley. Hunter Biden is charged with three feloni...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 3 at 7:30 a.m. CT: WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection begins this week in Delaware in a federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after the collapse of a deal with prosecutors that would've avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election. Hunter Biden has been charged with lying on federal gun purch...

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April May 25 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: Will former President Donald Trump be sentenced to prison? Guilty Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes. Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led stat...