Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include:

• Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals.
• Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs.
• Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' is out now. Here's what to know.
• Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, PEN report says.
• It's time get a flu vaccination. Here's who needs one and why.
• Supreme Court will consider overturning Hawaii's strict ban on guns on private property.
• Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to a deal for ending the war in Gaza.
• Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges.
• Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats.
• Tim Tebow says quarterbacks are more prepared to play but still need time to develop and grow..
• Munich Airport temporarily shut after drone sightings, another mysterious overflight in EU airspace.
• Israel intercepts the last boat from the Gaza flotilla as Israeli minister mocks the activists.
• Russia targets Ukraine's natural gas facilities in biggest attack of the war.
• Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz,' detainees must wear color-coded uniforms based on criminal history.
• LA running club monitors for immigration agents.
• Florida was a top destination for immigrants who came to the US under Biden.
• A student 'womb service' works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college.
• California police pull over a self-driving Waymo for an illegal U-turn, but they can't ticket.
• Livestock landscaping Vermont ski areas employ goats and sheep to clear the slopes.
• Excavators find $1 million in gold coins from Spanish shipwreck along Florida's 'Treasure Coast.'
• A drug made from marijuana reduced back pain in a large study.

—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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