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Episode Synopsis
Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include:
Smaller amusement parks hope for a strong summer under the shadow of tariffs
Toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court in long shot bid for quick decision
What to know about the COVID variant that may cause 'razor blade' sore throats
Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll shows
Could you eat this much ice cream after walking 1,100 miles Some Appalachian Trail hikers try
AP lifestyles reporter explains the origins, benefits of chair yoga and its surge in popularity
Long Island's last duck farm rebuilds after a flu outbreak forced the culling of its entire flock
Rebuilding one of the nation's oldest Black churches to begin at Juneteenth ceremony
Aflac finds suspicious activity on US network that may impact Social Security numbers, other data
Denmark tests unmanned robotic sailboat fleet with tensions high in the region
Food rations are halved in one of Africa's largest refugee camps after US aid cuts
On this week's AP Religion Roundup, Charleston church massacre survivors commemorate 10 years since the shooting, and reconstruction begins on a black church as old as the United States.
—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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