On this version of Hot off the Wire:
» Thousands of Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town and killing at least 36 people in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years.
» The property manager of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and an aide to the former president are due back in federal court in Florida to face charges in the case accusing Trump of illegally hoarding classified documents at his club.
» Russian officials say air defense systems have shot down two drones heading toward Moscow for the second straight day.
» Virgin Galactic is finally taking its first space tourists on a rocket ship ride after years of delays.
» One of rock’s greatest songwriters and musicians, Robbie Robertson, has died at 80. As the guitarist and lead writer for The Band, Robertson mined American music and history for such classics as “The Weight” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.”
» Zoom became a symbol of remote work during the pandemic but the company is now joining a growing return-to-office trend.
» In sports, a no-hitter for a pitcher in just the second start for his team, Shohei Ohtani wins his 10th, the AL West race tightens, the NL division leaders continue to win and the ACC is in no rush to expand.
» Former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs has been sentenced to at least three years in a Nevada prison for killing a woman in a fiery crash while driving his sports car drunk at speeds up to 156 mph on a city street nearly two years ago.
» Special counsel Jack Smith’s team obtained a search warrant in January for records related to former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, and a judge levied a $350,000 fine on the company for missing the deadline to company.
» A single lottery ticket sold in Florida has won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot but the prize has not yet been claimed and may not be for some time.
» An aid organization in Haiti says that American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter have been freed nearly two weeks after they were kidnapped in the capital Port-au-Prince.
» Sen. Dianne Feinstein fell in her home and went to the hospital for a short time.
» Waves of severe thunderstorms in the U.S. during the first half of this year led to $34 billion in insured losses, an unprecedented level of financial damage in such a short time as climate change contributes to the frequency and severity of violent meteorological events.
» A member of an outlaw motorcycle club accused of killing an associate member and leaving his body in a crypt at a Philadelphia cemetery has been convicted of murder and other charges.
» Donald Trump and his legal team face long odds in their bid to move his 2020 election conspiracy trial out of Washington.
» Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday suspended the top prosecutor in Orlando, again wielding his executive power over local government in taking on a contentious issue in the 2024 presidential race.
» Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, has died in Detroit. He was 81.
» In the five decades since hip-hop emerged out of New York City, it has spread around the country and the world. This year is being marked as a 50th anniversary celebration.
Artemis II astronauts get first look at moon spacecraft, and more of today's top videos
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