Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include:
- Profit margin on flipping a home is at a 17-year low due to high prices.
- Trump's workforce purge batters DC's job market and leads to rise in homes for sale, report finds.
- Chicago area center in Trump's immigration crackdown sparks complaints of inhumane conditions.
- The economy was a strength for Trump in his first term. Not anymore, according to recent polling.
- What Americans think about legal immigration, according to a new poll.
- Thune says a shutdown can still be avoided if Democrats 'dial back' their demands.
- Trump escalates retribution campaign with charges against Comey and threats against liberal groups.
- President Trump again suggesting a Gaza peace deal is near.
- Hungary's Orbán tells Trump that dropping Russian energy would bring economy 'to its knees'.
- Fed's favored inflation gauge accelerates slightly in August.
- GOP lawmaker with 'joebidennnn69' screen name to plead guilty to sharing child sex abuse videos.
- Netanyahu says Israel 'must finish the job' against Hamas in Gaza.
- Another tropical storm hits the Philippines, causing 4 deaths and new evacuations.
- Streaming is overtaking theaters for movie watchers, an AP-NORC poll finds.
- 'Nightmare bacteria' cases are increasing in the US.
- Hard pass. Cold brew. Dad bod. Merriam-Webster adds over 5,000 words to 'Collegiate' dictionary.
- Micah Parsons downplays his return to Dallas, says sacking his mentor Dak Prescott will be 'painful'.
- Foraging revival How wild food enthusiasts are reconnecting with nature.
- Scientists discover a new dinosaur from Argentina with a crocodile bone in its mouth.
- Tears and trauma Greenlandic women recall forced contraception as a nation seeks forgiveness.
- Rome's airport opens luxurious dog hotel with pampering services.
—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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