The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities hours after announcing the start of ground operations against the Hezbollah militant group. Hezbollah on Tuesday denied Israeli troops had entered Lebanon but said it was ready to battle them.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas have started walking picket lines in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight, and even though progress was reported in talks on Monday, the workers went on strike early Tuesday.

BANGKOK (AP) — Officials and rescuers say a school bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok, leaving more than 20 feared dead. The bus with 45 passengers — six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students — was traveling from the central Uthai Thani province.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Walz and JD Vance will meet for their first and possibly only vice presidential debate Tuesday. It may also be the last debate for both campaigns to argue their case before the election.

NEW YORK (AP) — Another top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has resigned. Timothy Pearson, one of the mayor's closest advisers, submitted his resignation Monday evening. The resignation comes weeks after his attorney says federal agents seized cellphones, documents and cash from his Long Island home.

In other news:

• Former President Donald Trump injects politics into the hurricane recovery effort.
• A long recovery is ahead for hurricane victims in westen North Carolina.
• Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83.
• Fed Chair Powell says the US economy is in 'solid shape' with gradual rate cuts coming.
• A concert and 30 new homes mark Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday and long legacy of giving.
• Movie armorer's conviction upheld in fatal ‘Rust’ set shooting by Alec Baldwin.
• FBI to pay $22M to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy.
• DirecTV buys rival Dish as satellite mainstays hunker down against onslaught of streaming services.
• Judge strikes down Georgia ban on abortions, allowing them to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy.
• Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis.
• Baseball's Pete Rose and NBA's Dikembe Mutombo pass away, the Mets and Braves both get into the Wild Card playoffs, the Lions win behind Jared Goff, the Titans score a win behind backup quarterback Mason Rudolph, and partial owner Buster Posey takes a front office job with the San Francisco Giants.
• NATO's long-time chief hands over to a former Dutch premier.
• WikiLeaks' Julian Assange says he pleaded 'guilty to journalism' in order to be freed.
• Along Mexico's Pacific coast, flooding from Hurricane John left devastated towns and 17 dead.
• Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond.

—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.