On today's episode:
- President Trump will address the U.N. General Assembly this morning.
- Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding to UCLA.
- White House backs 'border czar' after reports he accepted cash during undercover FBI probe last year.
- Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism.
- At UN, world leaders meet to try to make a troubled planet 'better together.' But can they.
- France recognizes Palestinian statehood at UN meeting to revive peace efforts.
- As the world convulses in war and contentiousness, its leaders convene at the UN to figure it out.
- ABC ends Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and his show will return Tuesday.
- Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump’s power to shape agencies by overturning 90-year-old ruling.
- Russia and Ukraine trade deadly drone strikes as Zelenskyy anticipates intense diplomacy at UN.
- Oracle will manage TikTok's algorithm for US users under Trump administration deal.
- What to know about the H-1B visa Trump has targeted with $100,000 fees, generating confusion, fear.
- NASA introduces its newest astronauts 10 chosen from more than 8,000 applicants.
- Army identifies 4 soldiers killed in military helicopter crash in Washington state.
- Man who fired a gun into ABC affiliate office had note to 'do the next scary thing,' prosecutors say.
- No casino in Manhattan after community board rejects proposed Mohegan Sun resort near United Nations.
- Four guards plead guilty in brutal beating death of Black inmate at New York prison.
- US stocks set more records as Wall Street's relentless rally keeps rolling.
- Spirit Airlines to furlough 1,800 flight attendants amid second bankruptcy.
- More shrimp sold at Kroger stores recalled for possible radioactive contamination.
- The Lions run all over the Ravens on Monday Night Football, an All-Pro defensive end suffers a season-ending injury, the sale of a major league team is approved, the ACC announces a significant schedule shift and a notable college basketball coach calls it a career.
- Bruce Pearl, winningest men's basketball coach in Auburn history, announces retirement.
- A ship comes under attack off the coast of Yemen as Houthi rebels continue to threaten vessels.
- Crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine President Duterte detailed by court.
- China cancels schools and flights as it braces for Ragasa, one of the strongest typhoons in years.
- A New Zealand woman is convicted of murdering her 2 children and leaving their bodies in suitcases.
- Italian workers' strike in solidarity with Gaza brings disruptions across the country.
- Putin says Russia will stick to nuclear arms limits for one more year after treaty with US expires.
—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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