On this version of Hot off the Wire:
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection begins this week in Delaware in a federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after the collapse of a deal with prosecutors that would’ve avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election. Hunter Biden has been charged with lying on federal gun purchase forms when he said he wasn’t a drug addict.
Hunter Biden, center, and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, right, arrive at federal court, Monday, June 3, 2024, in Wilmington, Del.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s projected election winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman president in the country’s 200-year history. The climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor said Sunday night that her two competitors had called her and conceded her victory.
Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed 11 people overnight into Monday, including a woman and three children, in central Gaza. Earlier Monday, the Israeli military said that the body of a man presumed to be a hostage was found in a community near the Gaza border that Hamas militants attacked on Oct. 7.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Michael Douglas has paid a solidarity visit to an Israeli kibbutz that was hit hard in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that sparked Israel’s war against the Islamic militant group. Douglas met with members of Kibbutz Be’eri and visited burnt-out homes destroyed in the Oct. 7 attack.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters gained significant ground Sunday on a wind-driven wildfire that has scorched thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A swimmer suffered serious injuries from a shark attack on the Southern California coast Sunday, prompting temporary beach closures. Authorities say the 46-year-old man was swimming with about a dozen people off the Pacific coast of Del Mar, north of San Diego, when the attack happened.
NEW YORK (AP) — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who is 93, has married for the fifth time. Murdoch’s News Corp confirmed that he and Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, wed Saturday in a ceremony at his California vineyard.
- Former President Donald Trump spoke about his conviction with Fox News.
- Republicans join Trump’s attacks on justice system and campaign of vengeance after guilty verdict.
- Boeing’s first astronaut flight called off at the last minute in latest setback.
- Expect the cost of your airfare to continue to rise, an aviation trade group and industry heads warn.
- Firefighters battle blazes across drought-stricken parts of Florida.
- World War II veterans take off for France for 80th anniversary of D-Day.
- A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
- ‘Garfield,’ ‘Furiosa’ repeat atop box office charts as slow summer grinds on.
- Jennifer Lopez cancels summer tour ‘I am completely heartsick and devastated.’
- Live Nation reveals data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary.
- Publisher of ‘2000 Mules’ apologizes to Georgia man falsely accused of ballot fraud in the film.
- The Oilers advance to their first Stanley Cup Final since 2006, the Yankees are the best in baseball, Caitlin Clark fails to fill up the stat sheet, and it’s a surprise ending at Sunday’s NASCAR event.
- On this week’s AP Religion Roundup, Pope Francis apologizes for using a vulgar term, and apocalyptic beliefs lead to a murder conviction. AP Correspondent Walter Ratliff reports.
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.
