On today's episode:

• Heat’s Rozier and Trail Blazers' Billups charged in sports betting and Mafia-backed poker schemes.
• DC police detained man for protesting National Guard patrol with Darth Vader song, lawsuit says.
• White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show.
• Target is eliminating 1,800 corporate jobs as it looks to reclaim its lost luster.
• Alaska Airlines resumes operations after an IT outage grounded its flights for hours.
• Dinosaurs were thriving in North America before the mass-extinction asteroid strike, study suggests.
• Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanics since January, a new AP-NORC poll finds.
• Trump says he's ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads.
• Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling.
• Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor.
• US strikes two more alleged drug-carrying boats, this time in the Pacific Ocean.
• Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, high-profile cryptocurrency figure.
• Wall Street climbs to the cusp of records as oil prices jump.
• Average long-term US mortgage rate drops to 6.19%, lowest level in more than a year.
• The NBA’s MVP has a record performance in a Finals rematch, two former champs trade big scoring nights in San Francisco, an NBA coach and player are placed on leave after gambling arrests, a star quarterback shines on Thursday Night Football and a rookie faces a two-time Cy Young winner in the World Series opener.
• Lionel Messi and Inter Miami complete new contract. He'll remain with the club at least into 2026.
• Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country's airspace.
• Zelenskyy to meet European leaders in London for talks on military aid for Ukraine.
• Lebanese officials meet US general leading monitoring of Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire.
• Where the jewels stolen from the Louvre Museum might end up.
• Vance criticizes Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation, says the move was an 'insult'.
• British royals pray with pope in historic step for churches and welcome respite from Epstein scandal.
• China to focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and tech in new economic plan.

—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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