On today's episode:
- US jobless aid applications retreat to 231,000 after surging to nearly 4-year high a week earlier
- A House oversight committee will hear testimony from Mayor Muriel Bowser.
- Nvidia to invest $5 billion in Intel; companies will work together on AI infrastructure and PCs
- ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death
- Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky
- There was a somber return to school at Utah Valley University.
- The Cubs are back in the postseason and the Yankees inch closer; one NFL starting quarterback is ruled out while the status of two others remains up in the air; an NFC East team is headed back home and a WNBA expansion team’s bench boss secures Coach of the Year honors.
- Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit.
- In Britain, Trump basks in a display of regal splendor with King Charles III at Windsor Castle.
- Trump says he’ll designate antifa as a terrorist group but offers few details.
- Federal Reserve cuts key rate for first time this year.
- Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health.
- Trump basks in the pageantry at Windsor Castle during unprecedented second UK state visit.
- Southern California judge who killed his wife sentenced to 35 years for murder.
- Mississippi police await autopsy results for Black student found hanged at Delta State.
- New Jersey governor signs human composting bill as alternative to burial and cremation.
- Suspect in custody after driver rams car into FBI building gate in Pittsburgh.
- Jay-Z-backed plan for Times Square casino loses bid for NYC license amid Broadway opposition.
- Driver rams car into FBI building gate in Pittsburgh and leaves behind an American flag.
- US stocks churn amid uncertainty about how many more rate cuts are coming from the Fed.
- Jerry quits Ben & Jerry's, saying its independence on social issues has been stifled.
- Amazon spends $1 billion to increase pay and lower health care costs for US workers.
- DC Council gives final approval to the Washington Commanders' return to the RFK Stadium site.
- German suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance is released after serving time in unrelated case.
- Israel military presses on with its new ground offensive on Gaza City.
- Alexei Navalny's widow says lab reports show her husband was poisoned.
—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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