• Dockworkers' union suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract.
• President Joe Biden is pledging support to those recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
• Hurricane Kirk could cause dangerous surf conditions along the US East Coast.
• Melania Trump says she supports abortion rights, putting her at odds with the GOP.
• Liz Cheney campaigns with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan.
• Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme.
• Jobs report is likely to show another month of modest but steady hiring gains.
• More Americans file for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low.
• Mixed verdict for 3 Memphis officers convicted in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating.
• Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers' 1996 murder conviction.
• A 5th recall for Tesla Cybertruck within a year, the latest due to rearview display.
• The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat was on display in Major League Baseball Thursday night, a two time world champion is returning to the dugout, it was a passing display on the NFL's Thursday night game, and Caitlin Clark gathers more laurels.
• Augusta chairman confident Masters will go on as club focuses on community recovery from Helene.
• Chiefs put WR Rashee Rice on injured reserve after hurting his knee in a win over the Chargers.
• Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria.
• Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive.
• New NATO chief Mark Rutte visits Ukraine in his first trip since taking office.
• A small town in central Thailand is mourning the 23 who died in a school bus fire.
• Dozens of zoo tigers die after contracting bird flu in southern Vietnam.

—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.