Home sellers are cutting list prices for spring buying season; the future of AM radio in cars; rats getting high at New Orleans police building

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted March 16 at 6 a.m. CT:

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

• Home sellers are cutting list prices as spring buying season starts with higher mortgage rates.
• Female representation remains low in U.S. statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South.
• The NYPD is using social media to target critics. That brings its own set of worries.
• Small business advocacy group wins court challenge against the Corporate Transparency Act.
• Save Our Signal! Politicians close in on votes needed to keep AM radio in every car.
• Honda and Nissan agree to work together in developing electric vehicles and intelligent technology.
• Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful when they go without smartphones, Pew survey finds.
• In New York City, heat pumps that fit in apartment windows promise big emissions cuts.
• EPA tightens limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, citing cancer risk.
• Marriages in the U.S. are back to pre-pandemic levels, CDC says.
• Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machines.
• AI virtual companion relates to dementia patients.
• Most automated driving systems aren't good making sure drivers pay attention, insurance group says.
• U.S. airport nasal swabbing expanding to Chicago and Miami.
• As threats to Black cemeteries persist, a movement to preserve their sacred heritage gains strength.
• Evangelical Christians are fierce Israel supporters. Now they are visiting as war-time volunteers.
• Migrants lacking passports must now submit to facial recognition to board flights in U.S.
• Rats are high on marijuana evidence at an infested police building, New Orleans chief says.
• Montana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed 'giant' sheep for sale to hunting preserves.
• Man bitten by a crocodile after falling off his boat at a Florida Everglades marina.
• Oklahoma's push to weaken penalties for cockfighting is frustrating opponents of the bloodsport.

—The Associated Press

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