Extreme heat, mental health of students and outdoor dining in New York

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 10 at 6 a.m. CT:

Each week Hot off the Wire looks at a variety of stories in business, science, health and more. This week's headlines include:

• July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief.
• Extreme heat is impacting most Americans' electricity bills, AP-NORC poll finds.
• High schoolers' mental health shows small improvement in a US government survey.
• The Small Business Administration expands clean energy loan program.
• US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds.
• Meet America's newest giant pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao.
• No drinking and only Christian music during Sunday Gospel Hour at Nashville's most iconic honky tonk.
• New York City's freewheeling era of outdoor dining has come to end.
• Veteran human rights advocate freed in swap says Russia is sliding back toward Stalinist times.
• Human remains found inside a crocodile in Australia believed to be that of a 40-year-old tourist.

—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.

Hot Off The Wire is a collection of news, sports and entertainment reports. The program is produced by Lee Enterprises with audio provided by The Associated Press.