On today's episode:
- A federal vaccine advisory committee is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first shot found to prevent cancer.
- Lawmakers will hear from Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors.
- Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say.
- Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Cuellar in bribery and conspiracy case.
- Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first — and only — time.
- Air Force pilot safely ejects before F-16 fighter jet crashes in California desert.
- Federal agents launch immigration crackdown in New Orleans.
- Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say.
- Grand Canyon cancels overnight stays at South Rim lodges because of water-line breaks.
- D-Day veteran Charles Shay, who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies at 101 in France.
- UPS put profits over safety before plane crash that killed 14, lawyer alleges.
- Wall Street pulls near its all-time high.
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84.
- Doctor who sold ketamine to 'Friends' star Matthew Perry gets 2 12 years in prison.
- Spotify Wrapped 2025 is here and Bad Bunny has dethroned Taylor Swift as most-streamed artist.
- Milwaukee rallies past Detroit despite losing an NBA MVP to injury, a 50-point game powers Denver past Indiana, the NHL’s all-time goal leader adds two more as Capitals’ win streak grows, a young star quarterback remains in limbo, an All-Pro pass catcher is extended, and two Patriots' greats are Hall of Fame finalists.
- Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft selected as finalists for 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.
- The World Cup draw is usually a spectacle. This time, FIFA hopes bigger is better.
- ID of Thai agricultural worker's remains leaves 1 final hostage in Gaza as Israeli strikes kill 5 in Gaza.
- Massive power outage hits Cuba's western region after transmission line fails.
- Former EU foreign policy chief arrested in latest scandal to hit the bloc.
- Rescue teams racing after last week's flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
- Marine robotics firm will resume deep-sea search for MH370 plane that vanished a decade ago.
- A 1-year-old was among 159 killed in Hong Kong apartment fires. 30 others remain missing.
- Australia to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week with fines up to $33 million.
—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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