On this version of Hot off the Wire:
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speak at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.
- Tropical Storm Debby drenches Southeast with rain, high water as it drifts along the Atlantic coast.
- Wesley Bell defeats āSquadā member Cori Bush. A pro-Israel group spent $8.5 million to help oust her.
- Judge in Trump’s hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunity.
- Weak spots in metal may have led to fatal Osprey crash off Japan, documents obtained by AP reveal.
- US sends ship-based Navy fighter jets to a base in the Middle East to help protect Israel.
- Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil.
- Man known as pro-democracy activist convicted in US of giving China intel on dissidents.
- 9 killed when an overloaded SUV flips into a canal in rural South Florida, authorities say.
- Pitbull Stadium is the new home of FIU football. The artist has bought the naming rights.
- The U.S. Mens basketball team is two wins away from a gold medal plus all the other happenings at the Olympics, a nightmare losing streak is over in baseball and big individual performances on the diamond.
- At the Paris Olympics, it will no longer be personal for Ukraine’s athletes. This time, it’s war.
- French museum network hit by ransomware attack, but no disruptions are reported at Olympic events.
- Israeli athletes receive threats in Paris as tensions simmer over Gaza.
- Ultra-Orthodox Israelis rally at military base, and scuffle with police.
- Nobel laureate Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after unrest ousted Hasina.
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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.
