Trump agrees to debate Harris on ABC; golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez dies

Hot Off The Wire

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Aug. 9 at 7:30 a.m. CT:

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump has recommitted to debating Vice President Kamala Harris after recently backing out. The Republican presidential nominee held a lengthy news conference Thursday in which he taunted his new rival, boasted of his crowd on Jan. 6, 2021, and lashed out at questions about the enthusiasm her campaign has been generating. As he addressed reporters at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate, ABC announced that Trump and Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate.

LUCAMA, N.C. (AP) — Debby's final chapter involves moving north and northeast from the Carolinas at a faster clip with soaking rains, flash flooding and the threat of tornadoes into the weekend. Accuweather’s chief meteorologist Jon Porter said the mid-Atlantic states and parts of New York and New England will see significant rainfall that could cause dangerous flooding into the weekend.

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities have announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts even as disappointed fans charmed Vienna by trading friendship bracelets and singing the pop star’s songs in the streets.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar are jointly demanding that Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks on the war in Gaza. The three leaders issued a statement Thursday saying “only the details” remain to get a cease-fire deal and hostage release.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a message to local governments: clear homeless encampments now or lose out on state funding next year. The governor said Thursday that he will start taking state funding away from cities and counties that are not doing enough to move people out of encampments and into shelters.

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say rapper Travis Scott has been arrested at a Paris hotel after an altercation with a security guard. Prosecutors say the arrest occurred early Friday after police were called to the Georges V hotel to arrest a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard.”

In other news:

• Third person dies in listeria outbreak tied to Boar's Head deli meats.
• After baby's death, Kentucky parents sue infant formula maker at center of 2022 crisis.
• Officials say suspects in foiled plot at Taylor Swift shows hoped to kill as many people as possible.
• Case that could keep RFK Jr. off New York's presidential ballot ends.
• Hunter Biden was hired by Romanian businessman trying to 'influence' US agencies, prosecutors say.
• Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.47%, lowest level in more than a year
• Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week, but applications remain slightly elevated.
• Philippe Petit recreates high-wire walk between World Trade Center's twin towers on 50th anniversary.
• Water woes linger in New Orleans after wayward balloon causes power glitch, pressure drop.
• 15 states sue to block Biden's effort to help migrants in US illegally get health coverage.
• Rapper Nelly is arrested and accused of having illegal drugs. His lawyer says the case will die.
• Chi Chi Rodriguez, Hall of Fame golfer known for antics on the greens, dies at 88.
• Team USA's track and field team racked up more medals, the men's basketball team survived a scare, the White Sox made a long-awaited move, and a pair of rookie quarterbacks made their NFL preseason debut.
• Britain remains on alert for further unrest, even after anti-racism campaigners face down far right.
• Carles Puigdemont, ex-Catalan leader, returns to Spain after nearly 7 years as a fugitive.
• Three suspected Houthi attacks target a ship off Yemen, authorities say.
• A powerful earthquake hits off southern Japan; tsunami advisory issued.

—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.