On the version of Hot off the Wire posted July 9 at 7:15 a.m. CT:

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has tried to address questions about President Joe Biden's health. During a Monday news briefing, Jean-Pierre said the president has only seen a neurologist three times while in office, and those visits were in conjunction with his annual physicals. 

HOUSTON (AP) — Power has started to come back for some of the millions of homes and businesses left in the dark when Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Houston area. The weakened storm has moved east, spawning suspected tornadoes and causing more damage.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin's trial in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer is about to begin. Jury selection starts Tuesday in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the actor's trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter that could get him 18 months in prison. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds that a solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban and that a rising number appear to support access to abortions for any reason. The findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey highlight a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer.

In other news:

• Biden tells Hill Democrats he 'declines' to step aside and says it's time for party drama 'to end.'
• Republicans move at Trump's behest to change how they will oppose abortion.
• Americans are split over whether Trump should face prison in the hush money case, AP-NORC poll finds.
• Prosecutor tells New York City jury at bribery trial that Sen. Bob Menendez put power 'up for sale.'
• 3 Columbia University officials lose posts over texts that 'touched on ancient antisemitic tropes.'
• Opponents of Louisiana's Ten Commandments law want judge to block it before new school year starts.
• Karen Read’s defense team says jurors were unanimous on acquitting her of murder.
• Bloomberg Philanthropies gifting $1 billion to medical school, others at Johns Hopkins University.
• 'Bob's Burgers' actor pleads guilty to interfering with police during Capitol riot.
• Manhattan court hearing slated ahead of Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York.
• Paramount and Skydance merge, signaling end of a family reign in Hollywood and the rise of new power.
• Hatch recalls nearly 1 million power adapters sold with baby sound machines due to shock hazard.
• Officials in Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, report 4 suspected heat-related deaths.
• United Airlines flight loses wheel after takeoff from Los Angeles and lands safely in Denver.
• Violent holiday weekend sees mass shootings in Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky.
• UConn agrees to a contract with coach Dan Hurley, Keegan Bradley named Ryder Cup captain, Day 8 at Wimbledon, and the Cardinals are on a roll. Correspondent Chuck Freimund reports.
• Former MLB outfielder Raúl Mondesi sentenced to 6 years in jail in the Dominican Republic.

—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.