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Published January 24th, 2026, 12:00 pm

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

  • Donald Trump's second first year's theme is determination, AP reporters say.
  • Canada's Carney fires back at Trump after Davos speech.
  • Minnesota gears up for a mass anti-immigration enforcement protest despite the dangerous cold.
  • UK's Starmer slams Trump remarks on non-US NATO troops in Afghanistan as 'insulting' and 'appalling'.
  • Iranian prosecutor denies Trump's claim 800 prisoners were spared execution.
  • Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder on the FBI's 'Most Wanted' list, has been arrested.
  • Homicide rate declines sharply in dozens of US cities, a new report shows.
  • TikTok finalizes a deal to form a new American entity.
  • On the AP Religion Roundup, arrests over a church ICE protest, Nigeria church kidnappers demand ransom, and Catholicism shrinks in Latin America.
  • Centuries of love letters go on display at the National Archives in London.
  • Sharks are famous for fearsome teeth, but ocean acidification could make them weaker.
  • Animal advocates rush to save more than 200 dogs in Mississippi before winter storm.
  • Broncos star Nik Bonitto says the team has full confidence in backup QB Jarrett Stidham.
  • Former NFL player Kevin Johnson killed at homeless encampment, medical examiner says.
  • What to know about two fatal train crashes in Spain.

—The Associated Press

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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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