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

• Why adults pursuing career growth or personal interests are the 'new majority' student.
• A Boston Celtics game-inspired friction test finally pinned down the sneaker squeak.
• Are expensive shampoos worth it? Here's what the experts have to say.
• As literacy rates lag, a pediatric hospital is screening for reading ability.
• The crisis The point For 'Bridgerton,' the word 'orgasm' wouldn't quite do.
• What Americans think about Trump's judgment on military force as Iran talks resume new AP-NORC poll.
• A new Gallup poll shows how Americans' sympathies have shifted in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• Trump says he is 'not happy' with the Iran nuclear talks but indicates he'll give them more time.
• NTSB chair slams House aviation bill as 'watered-down' after 67 deaths near Washington.
• UN nuclear watchdog says it's unable to verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment.
• Scouting America will alter its policies to maintain support from the US military, Pentagon says.
• Target to stop selling cereals with certified synthetic colors by end of May.
• Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI.
• Milan tram derails and slams into a building, killing one person.
• AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it.
• A bumper berry harvest has New Zealand's weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance.
• With only 3 women left, an Amazon tribe faced extinction. An unexpected birth now brings hope.
• Israel's top court allows aid groups to keep working in Gaza as Israeli strikes kill 5 there.
• Sweden intercepts suspected Russian drone during visit by French aircraft carrier.

—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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