Hunter Biden's firearms case is opening; first heat wave of 2024; Poppi faces lawsuit over gut health claims

Hot Off The Wire

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 4 at 7:45 a.m. CT:

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. A jury of 12 and four alternates was seated Monday in Delaware. First lady Jill Biden attended the proceedings. So did Hunter Biden's sister Ashley. Hunter Biden is charged with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction.

PHOENIX (AP) — Parts of California, Nevada and Arizona are expected to bake this week as the first heat wave of the season arrives with triple-digit temperatures. That includes Phoenix, which last summer saw a record 31 straight days of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip say Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people overnight into Tuesday. A family of three was killed in the built-up Bureij refugee camp and eight police officers were hit in the central town of Deir al-Balah. In the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said Tuesday it killed two Palestinians, who it claimed were attempting to launch a shooting attack toward Israeli communities. A cease-fire proposal announced by United States President Joe Biden has placed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads.

BEIJING (AP) — Security in Beijing is tight around Tiananmen Square as China marks 35 years since a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Police checkpoints and rows of police vehicles could be seen along major roads on Tuesday, even as hundreds of tourists lined the streets leading to the square and the nearby Forbidden City.

In other news:

• After guilty verdict, Trump will appear on the ballot in the last presidential primaries of 2024.
• Biden prepares a tough executive order that would shut down asylum after 2,500 migrants arrive a day.
• Kamala Harris will represent the US at a Swiss 'peace summit' for Ukraine.
• A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules.
• Ex-US soldier charged in 'international crime spree' extradited from Ukraine, officials say.
• New Jersey Democrats and Republicans picking Senate, House candidates amid Menendez corruption trial.
• Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids.
• Sandy Hook families ask bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones' media company.
• PacifiCorp will pay $178M to Oregon wildfire victims in latest settlement over deadly 2020 blazes.
• Atlanta water woes extend into fourth day as city finally cuts off leak gushing into streets.
• Poppi faces lawsuit from consumer who questions its gut health claims.
• Company that bred beagles for research pleads guilty to neglect, ordered to pay record $35M fine.
• China's spacecraft carrying rocks from the far side of the moon leaves the lunar surface.
• Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown.
• A betting investigation is underway in Major League Baseball, the Vikings agree to a huge deal with wide receiver Justin Jefferson, Phillies beat the Brewers as baseball division leaders square off, and Evansville with the school's biggest baseball win.

—The Associated Press

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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.