Scorching heat, wildfires to start the week; ‘Inside Out 2’ wins at box office

Hot Off The Wire

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 17 at 8:30 a.m. CT:

The United States is bracing for chaotic weather this week, as the South is set to experience another heat wave following a short respite from searing temperatures earlier this month. The National Weather Service expects some areas to reach temperatures so high they’ll hit new daily records. And it’s not just the U.S. Across the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe and Asia, extreme temperatures are causing deadly heatstroke and early wildfires before the start of astronomical summer.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign says it's using a $50 million advertising blitz targeting voters in battleground states to highlight the “stark contrast” between Biden and former President Donald Trump following Trump's New York felony conviction.

The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece for The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people.

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are gathering for a dinner summit to take stock of recent European election results and weigh nominees for the bloc's top jobs. The June 6-9 polls saw the European Parliament shift to the right.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean state media says Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in the country on Tuesday for a two-day visit.

In other news:

• Trump blasts immigrants for taking jobs as he courts voters at a Black church, MAGA event in Detroit.
• George Clooney and Julia Roberts help Biden raise $28 million at a fundraiser featuring dire warnings about Trump.
• Some hawking stem cells say they can treat almost anything. They can't.
• 2 killed and several wounded in shooting during a Juneteenth celebration in a Texas park.
• Stores are more subdued in observing Pride Month. Some LGBTQ+ people see a silver lining in that.
• 2024 Tonys hand big awards to Daniel Radcliffe, Jeremy Strong, Danya Taymor and Shaina Taub.
• An emotional win for theaters, Hollywood ‘Inside Out 2’ scores massive $155 million opening.
• Opal Lee gets keys to her new Texas home 85 years after a racist mob drove her family from that lot.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves War Cabinet that was steering war in Gaza, Israeli officials say.
• 80 countries at Swiss conference agree Ukraine's territorial integrity must be basis of any peace.
• Muslim pilgrims converge at Mount Arafat for daylong worship as Hajj reaches its peak.
• All eyes are on Kate as she returns to public view at a military parade honoring King Charles III.
• Bryson DeChambeau takes the US Open, the Red Sox withstand Aaron Judge's 26th homer, the Orioles clobber the Phillies, the Rays power past the Braves, the Mariners widen their division lead, the Brewers win with a defensive gem, the Dodgers get another shutout but lose a star and the Fever get a big game from Caitlin Clark. Correspondent Steve Carney reports.
• In this week's religion roundup, Pope Francis holds an audience of comedians, Southern Baptists oust a church over women pastors.

—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.