Limits of human life expectancy, election updates and NFL concussions down
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Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include:
- Don't expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says.
- As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses.
- Rita Foley reports on the bickering presidential nominees in the continuing AP series, 'The Contenders.'
- New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump.
- The money behind the politics Tracking campaign finance data for Pennsylvania candidates.
- Harris viewed more positively by Hispanic women than by Hispanic men AP-NORC poll.
- More Black and Latina women are leading unions - and transforming how they work.
- Pennsylvania military members overseas face unique vpting challenges.
- Small business disaster loan program said to be in danger of running out of funds by end of month.
- Back-to-back hurricanes reshape 2024 campaign’s final stretch.
- Why Milton's 'reverse surge' sucked water away from flood-fearing Tampa.
- A hurricane scientist logged a final flight as NOAA released his ashes into Milton’s eye.
- NFL says the preseason saw its fewest number of concussions since tracking started.
- In Wrexham, the ‘Rob and Ryan effect’ goes beyond the soccer club as tourism and investments grow.
- Takeaways from AP investigation on the struggle to change a police department.
- Grazer beats the behemoth that killed her cub to win Alaska's Fat Bear Contest.
- Hot days and methamphetamine are now a deadlier mix.
- Avian enthusiasts try to counter the deadly risk of Chicago high-rises for migrating birds.
- Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa, where 600 million still lack electricity.
- Africans recruited to work in Russia say they were duped into building drones for use in Ukraine.
- Oklahoma hopes to turn the page on a patriotic Bibles controversy, and the Mormon church encourages members to be political peacemakers.
—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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