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Published April 10th, 2024, 12:15 pm
On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April 10 at 7:15 a.m. CT:
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza a mistake. In remarks aired late Tuesday, Biden ramped up his criticism of Israel, demanding a cease-fire so that more aid be sent to Gaza. That widened a rift between the two staunch allies that has worsened as the war has dragged on. Biden has been an outspoken supporter of Israel’s war against Hamas since the militant group launched a deadly assault on Oct. 7, but in recent weeks his administration has taken a more stern line with Israel. Palestinians in Gaza marked a muted start to the Eid al-Fitr holiday with visits to the grave of sons and daughters killed in the war.
PHOENIX (AP) — A near-total ban on abortions is set to take effect in Arizona. The state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Arizona can enforce its long-dormant law making abortion illegal in all cases except when a mother’s life is at stake. Enforcement won't take effect for at least two weeks. The ruling examined an 1864 law that predates Arizona’s statehood. It provides no exceptions for rape or incest. The state’s high court ruling reviewed a 2022 decision by the state Court of Appeals that said doctors couldn’t be charged for performing the procedure in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Opening statements are expected in the trial of an Idaho man charged with killing his wife and new girlfriend’s two youngest children, in an unusual case involving claims about zombies. Chad Daybell is charged with murder, insurance fraud and other counts in the deaths of Tammy Daybell, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and JJ’s big sister, Tylee Ryan. Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday.
LONDON (AP) — The University of Edinburgh says Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of a sub-atomic particle that came to be known as the Higgs boson, has died at 94. Higgs predicted the existence of the particle in 1964. But it would be almost 50 years before the its existence could be confirmed at a particle collider in Switzerland called the Large Hadron Collider. Higgs’ work helps scientists understand of the most fundamental riddles of the universe: how the Big Bang created something out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago. Higgs won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work, alongside Francois Englert of Belgium.
In other headlines:
- Norfolk Southern agrees to $600M settlement in fiery Ohio derailment. Locals fear it’s not enough.
- Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison.
- New WIC rules include more money for fruits and veggies. They also expand food choices.
- New EPA rule says 200 US chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer.
- GOP's Marjorie Taylor Greene delivers fresh threats of ousting Speaker Johnson in scathing rebuke.
- Appeals court rejects Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay April 15 hush money criminal trial.
- Six northern European nations sign a deal to protect North Sea infrastructure from hostile actors.
- Luke Combs leads the 2024 ACM Awards nominations, followed by Morgan Wallen and Megan Moroney.
- Paula Cole releases Lo, her first album of new songs in a decade.
- John Calipari departs Kentucky after 15 years, saying the program "needs to hear another voice."
- The Yankees become the first American League team to ten wins, the Orioles spoil the Red Sox home opener, Tyler Glasnow ties a career-best to help the Dodgers beat the Twins, Alex Ovechkin reaches another scoring milestone, the Hurricanes get a highlight-reel goal to knock off the Bruins, the Bucks hold the Celtics without a free throw, but lose their star in the process, and college basketball's leader in wins announces she is retiring.
—The Associated Press
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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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