On this version of Hot off the Wire:
» The Justice Department is suing Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over a floating barrier that the state placed on the Rio Grande to stop migrants from entering the U.S.
» Climate change’s sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe. A new study finds these intense and deadly hot spells in the American Southwest.
» European Union agriculture ministers are meeting to discuss ways of moving grain vital to global food security out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed the exports.Â
» President Joe Biden’s administration has announced new rules meant to push insurance companies to increase their coverage of mental health treatments.
» An Arkansas truck driver who beat a police officer with a flagpole attached to an American flag during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.
» An Atlanta suburb is trying to recover nearly $800,000 that it lost in an email scam. The city of East Point lost the money in 2021 after someone hacked the city’s email system and sent fake invoices from city email addresses asking for money to be wired.Â
» Another gambling-related player suspension in the NFL, eleventh-hour heroics for the Brewers, Rangers, Orioles and Blue Jays, and the US Women's team gears up for its next game at the World Cup.
» The American-led U.N. Command says it has started a conversation with North Korea about a U.S. soldier who ran into the North last week across one of the world’s most heavily fortified borders.
» The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has widened to include a volleyball player who has become the first female athlete to sue the university over allegations she was retaliated against for reporting mistreatment and a new lawsuit by former Northwestern quarterback Lloyd Yates.
» Ary Borges has scored a hat trick as Brazil made a flying start at the Women’s World Cup by beating Panama 4-0.
» Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy says it will probably take “at least half a season” for the team to know what it has in new starting quarterback Jordan Love.Â
» Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year.
» As the deadline to reach a new contract nears, a potential UPS strike feels closer than ever.
» Excessive heat continues to bear down on sections of the United States, a reminder of the impetus for the The Inflation Reduction Act, the significant climate legislation that turns one year old on August 16.
» On this week's AP Religion Roundup, Europe's iconic churches struggle to accommodate both worship and tourism.
Greece evacuates thousands of tourists amid wildfires, and more of today's top videos
Firefighters in Greece have continued to battle wildfires across the country, scientists are investigating the heat tolerance humans have during heatwaves across the world, and more of today's top videos.
Sea evacuations have begun to move tourists and locals to safety.