On this version of Hot off the Wire:
» Miserable heat is baking the mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Texas and the South.
» U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Ukraine’s capital Wednesday for an unannounced visit hours after Russia launched a missile attack on the city, in a trip intended to show confidence in Kyiv’s forces amid a grinding counteroffensive.
» Vice President Kamala Harris says those responsible for the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and the ensuing violence at the U.S Capitol must be held accountable, including Donald Trump.
» Egyptian authorities say a four-story apartment building has collapsed in Cairo, killing at least four people.
» Cairo’s governate says three others were injured Wednesday when the building collapse some 2 miles from the city center. It's unclear what caused the collapse.
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» New regulations on short-term rentals have gone into effect in New York City. Officials and housing advocates pushing for the new rules say they're necessary to protect the city’s housing stock and to stop apartments from becoming de facto hotels.
» Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for orchestrating a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election.
» An American tennis teenager makes history at the US Open, the Dodgers could soon be without one of their top pitchers, the Astros regain in the lead in the American League West and the Chiefs might need a new starting tight end for their season opener.
» President Joe Biden has awarded the Medal of Honor to an Army pilot from the Vietnam War who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to be overrun by the enemy — facing almost certain death.
» Strong ocean rip currents along the mid-Atlantic coast created hazardous swimming conditions in the aftermath of two hurricanes. Rip current warnings remained in effect Tuesday from New York to North Carolina.
» The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that could lead to his permanent removal from office is underway.
» A U.S. official says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin.
» Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to extend their voluntary oil production cuts through the end of the year.
» Gov. Phil Scott says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Vermont a natural disaster area from the catastrophic July flooding, making farms eligible for emergency federal loans.
» The coach of Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s soccer team has been fired. The firing on Tuesday came less than three weeks after the victory celebration that led to the suspension of the country’s soccer federation president for kissing a player.
» Backers of an international agreement that bans cluster munitions are striving to prevent erosion in support for it after what one leading human rights group calls an “unconscionable” U.S. decision to ship such weapons to Ukraine for its fight against Russia.
» Fierce rainstorms are battering neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, causing at least seven deaths.
» The U.S. Capitol physician says 81-year-old Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s health episodes show no evidence of a stroke or seizure disorder.
» The front-runners for their party’s presidential nomination, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, are barely campaigning in crucial early-voting states as the primary season enters the fall rush.
» No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado have jumped into the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll after scoring the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of the season.
» Tight end Travis Kelce hyperextended his knee during the Chiefs’ final practice before their opener against Detroit on Tuesday, leaving his status in question for Thursday night's game.
