• On today's episode:
• Situation in US South grows more dire after days of ice, frigid temperatures and widespread outages.
• Icy highways leave drivers stuck in Mississippi as freezing US temperatures persist.
• Melania Trump's documentary premieres at the Kennedy Center ahead of global release.
• Tesla made smallest annual profit since the pandemic, plans to spend big on robotaxis and robots.
• Search warrant FBI served at elections office near Atlanta seeks records tied to the 2020 elections.
• US says aid will resume while Somali officials deny causing disruption leading to suspension.
• Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets.
• Man arrested in the attack on Ilhan Omar has a criminal history and made pro-Trump posts.
• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faces rising calls for her firing or impeachment.
• Melania Trump's documentary premieres at the Kennedy Center ahead of global release.
• Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be lowered.
• Nicaraguan man's death at troubled Texas detention camp was reported as a suicide, 911 records show.
• FBI executes search warrant at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta.
• Medicare proposes new transplant system rules that might spur use of less-than-perfect organs.
• Trump administration announces 15 new drugs for Medicare price negotiation program.
• DA seeks July trial in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case, with his federal trial slated for fall.
• Maine plane crash victims include event planner and corporate pilot.
• Dozens of protesters arrested at hotel in Manhattan during sit-in over immigration crackdown.
• US stocks hold near their all-time high while the dollar’s value stabilizes.
• Layoffs are piling up, heightening worker anxiety. Here are some of the biggest job cuts recently.
• LeBron James plays his possible last game in Cleveland, a Spurs star stuffs the stat sheet to beat an in-state rival, a record shooting night powers the top women’s college hoops team’s rout, the world No. 2 closes in on his third straight Australian Open title, a Super Bowl-bound quarterback is hurt and the latest NFL coaching hire.
• Patrick Reed is leaving LIV Golf. He can return to the PGA Tour in September.
• Vietnam and the EU upgrade ties as US tariffs reshape global trade.
• Starmer and Xi call for deeper UK-China ties as Trump shakes up global relations.
• Dutch government is ordered to protect residents on Caribbean island of Bonaire from climate change.
• A new report warns that combined war casualties in Russia's war on Ukraine could soon hit 2 million.
• British leader's trip to China is a balancing act between trade, national security and Trump.
• Putin is hosting Syria's interim leader for talks, with Russian military bases on the agenda.
• Israel marks the return of the final hostage's remains after more than 2 years of war and grief.

—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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