On this version of Hot off the Wire:
» Lethal flooding has simultaneously hit India, Japan, China, Turkey and the U.S. Northeast. Scientists have long warned that more extreme rainfall is expected in a warming world.
» Work remained to determine a path forward for Ukraine's future with NATO. Its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is traveling to Lithuania to join the summit and his frustration could renew tensions just as they are beginning to subside.
» Records obtained by The Associated Press show that Supreme Court justices have attended publicly funded events at colleges and universities that allowed the schools to put the justices in the room with influential donors, including some whose industries have had interests before the court.
» Authorities in Iceland have warned tourists and other spectators to stay away from a newly erupting volcano that is spewing lava and noxious gases from a fissure in the country’s southwest.
» Police say the suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area and triggered a nationwide scare has died.
» In sports: Northwestern fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald, Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrerro Jr. won the Home Run Derby, starting pitchers were announced for the All-Star Game, and the Spurs' Victor Wembayama finished NBA Summer League play.
» Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar has been stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. Nassar is serving decades in prison after admitting sexually assaulting athletes at Michigan State University and at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, including Olympic medalists.
» Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. Heavy downpours with possible flash flooding were forecast in parts of Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
» Police say the suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area and triggered a nationwide scare has died.
» The New York Yankees’ Gerrit Cole will start Tuesday night’s All-Star Game for the American League and Arizona’s Zac Gallen will open on the mound for the NL.
» After postponing her career-spanning Celebration Tour due to a “serious bacterial infection" last month and spending several days in an intensive care unit, Madonna says she's “on the road to recovery.”
» Torrential rain has pounded southwestern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides and leaving two people dead and at least six others missing.
» Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country might approve Sweden’s membership in NATO if European Union nations “open the way” to Turkey’s bid to join the EU.
» The New York Times is getting rid of its sports department and will instead rely on sports coverage from its website The Athletic going forward.
» A jury has been selected in Michigan in a dispute over the estate of music superstar Aretha Franklin.
» The Republicans who lead three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department’s handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency.
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