On today's episode:

• Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s sweeping unilateral tariffs.
• FAA says it will list airports where it is reducing flights during the government shutdown.
• Israel identifies latest hostage remains returned by Hamas from Gaza as those of a Tanzanian student.
• After battering the Philippines, deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi moves toward Vietnam.
• Judge orders improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions.
• FDA issues warning to 18 websites selling unapproved Botox.
• Trump putting a positive spin on the economy after voters rebuked his performance.
• Judge in Comey case scolds prosecutors as he orders them to produce records from probe.
• 11 dead after engine fell off UPS plane that crashed and exploded in Kentucky.
• Mamdani announces transition leaders, vows to deliver on ambitious agenda.
• Starbucks' union workers plan strike next week unless company agrees to a contract.
• Wall Street gains ground amid steady flow of earnings reports, upbeat economic updates.
• The NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer reaches a new milestone in Washington’s blowout win, a big scoring night in the NBA is sparked by an unusual source in Cleveland’s victory over Philadelphia, and an NFL star quarterback in Arizona is being shelved with an injury.
• NBA staff members meet congressional staffers to discuss gambling scandals, AP sources say.
• Bill Belichick among 9 coaching semifinalists for Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class.
• Tiger Woods' son is an All-American as Charlie honored by American Junior Golf Association.
• Attackers board a ship off the coast of Somalia after firing rocket-propelled grenades.
• Putin orders Russian officials to submit proposals for possible resumption of nuclear tests.
• The German government has banned a Muslim group over accusations of violating human rights.

—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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