Hot Off The Wire

Mar 08 2025 435 ep. 18 mins 18
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Hot Off The Wire is a collection of news, sports and entertainment reports. The program is produced by Lee Enterprises with audio provided by The Associated Press. 

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An Indian Country teen's death, unemployed federal workers and the penny's future

Mar 08 2025 22 mins  
Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include: San Carlos Apache teenager's death reverberates throughout Indian Country. Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing. The US penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. But for one sector of souvenir sellers, it's a l

Economic outlook remains cloudy; Big Apple vs. Hollywood NBA clash

Mar 07 2025 19 mins  
On today's episode: While a positive jobs report was expected, the nation's economic outlook remained uncertain due to looming tariffs; concerns over the future of NATO; the future of Ukraine in the European Union; a SpaceX rocket explodes after launch; Pope Francis continues to recover. Judge orders Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in USAID and State Dept. debts. Fed

Administration pauses intelligence sharing to Ukraine; sports highlights

Mar 06 2025 20 mins  
On today's episode: The Trump administration has paused the flow of intelligence to Ukraine; mayors of sanctuary cities speak with Congress; details of a deadly avalance in Alaska; and the latest on the Hamas-Israel ceasefire. Trump grants one-month exemption for US automakers from new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada. CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work

Trump vows to press ahead; LeBron James hits new milestone

Mar 05 2025 21 mins  
On today's episode: President Donald Trump has vowed to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in his address to Congress. Trump delivered an unyielding address Tuesday night to Congress and the nation. Democratic legislators registered their dissent with stone faces, placards cal

Trump to address Congress; Jimmy Johnson retires from NFL coverage

Mar 04 2025 20 mins  
On today's episode: President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress; Canada responds to new US tariffs; aid for Ukraine is on hold; smoke bombs go off inside of Serbia's parliamant; the census looks to remove gender indentity questions; the latest on a car ramming pedestrians in Germany; and the death of Australia's ultimate plasma donor. Trump says 25% tariffs on

'Anora' wins big at the Oscars; Trump to address Congress

Mar 03 2025 21 mins  
"Anora,” a strip-club Cinderalla story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood’s top prize. Also: Firefighters battle wildfires in the Carolinas; Pope Francis continues to recover; a fundraiser is held for figure skating; the Trump administrat

Small business uncertainty, a lunar launch and Ramadan

Mar 01 2025 13 mins  
Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include: Small business owners feel more uncertain about the future. The US Christian population has declined for years. A new survey shows that drop leveling off. Private company rockets toward the moon in the latest rush of lunar landing attempts. Philadelphia te

Trump, Zelensky to meet; Chiefs' Kelce plans to play next season

Feb 28 2025 22 mins  
In today's episode: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday; an update on Pope Francis; the death of Gene Hackman; the latest on federal aid; and an interview with Leonard Peltier. Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts. DOGE access to US intelligence secrets poses a national security threat,

Gene Hackman found dead; Egg prices could jump another 41%

Feb 27 2025 24 mins  
In today's episode: Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was found dead alongside his wife and dog; an Israeli official says the army won't pull out from a Gaza corridor; Andrew Tate is heading to the US; USAID workers have been given a day to clear out their workspaces; the Pentagon is banning transgender troops; a Ukraine-US agreement has been made; the EPA is reconsidering a climat

GOP House passes budget blueprint; consumer confidence plummets

Feb 26 2025 21 mins  
In today's episodes: With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Also: The latest on Pope Francis, a Hamas-Israel deal and a planetary parade.  Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE slash size of government. Higher e