• On today's episode: Flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair as severe storms knock out power and close roads; Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s Aceh province sentences two men to public caning over sexual acts; Russian President Vladimir Putin is not backing down from his demands when it comes to ending the war with Urkaine; the CDC shooter blamed the COVID vaccine for depression.
• Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington.
• European leaders rally behind Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin meeting.
• Whitmer told Trump in private that Michigan auto jobs depend on a tariff change of course.
• Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says.
• Trump removes Billy Long as IRS commisioner less than 2 months after his confirmation.
• Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station.
• Nagasaki marks 80th A-bomb anniversary as survivors put hopes of nuclear ban in the hands of youth.
• Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97.
• Previous sexual assault convict whose killing of a nurse led to safety changes sentenced to 50 years.
• The world’s 20th-ranked golfer rallies to claim the PGA Tour’s playoff opener, a three-time Cy Young winner eclipses another strikeout milestone, baseball’s top slugger goes deep again, an NFL player is back in the building after a scary injury and NASCAR’s star rookie secures a record victory.
• New England Patriots unveil Tom Brady statue at team Hall of Fame.
• Packers star Billy Howton, believed to have been the oldest living NFL player, dies at 95.
• Boston Celtics sign coach Joe Mazzulla to a multi-year contract extension.
• 3 elves are cycling from the German town of St. Nikolaus to Finland's Santa Claus Village.
• Israeli strike kills Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif as toll on journalists in Gaza worsens.
• Southwest France swelters under a heat wave as fire crews guard smoldering vineyards.
• Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Albanese says.
• Netanyahu defends planned military offensive in Gaza and lashes out at 'global campaign of lies'.
• Explosion at Lebanese arms depot kills 6 army experts, wounds several others.
• Police arrest demonstrators supporting the banned Palestine Action group in central London.
• On this week's AP Religion Roundup Gullah Geechee elders work to preserve sacred songs passed down by enslaved ancestors.

—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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