Phoenix hits 110, breaks heat record; Trump notified he’s a target of criminal probe; Americans bump up spending | Hot off the Wire podcast

On this version of Hot off the Wire:

» The extreme heat scorching Phoenix set a record Tuesday, the 19th consecutive day temperatures hit at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit in a summer of suffering that’s echoing around much of the globe.

» Sarah Leslie thought she was witnessing a stunt when she saw an American soldier start sprinting toward North Korea.

» Fifteen people including six policer officers have died by electrocution after a transformer exploded near a sewage treatment plant in northern India.

» Israel’s president speaks to Congress in an appearance aimed at demonstrating what he calls the “unbreakable bond” between Israel and the U.S.

» At least five protesters have been injured in Kenya as police clash with demonstrators who are calling for the government to lower the cost of living.

» A lawyer representing Chinese citizens in Florida has told a federal judge that a new law banning them and some other foreign nationals from purchasing property in large swaths of the state violates federal housing discrimination laws.

» In sports, it was a monster night of offense in baseball and there was an apology from Hornets player Miles Bridges. 

» Authorities in Nevada say they have served a search warrant in connection with the long-unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur in September 1996.

» Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s been notified he is a target of the Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

» U.S. officials say an American soldier who fled across the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea had been facing military disciplinary actions. 

» The extreme heat scorching Phoenix set a new record Tuesday, the 19th consecutive day temperatures hit at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit in a summer of suffering echoing around much of the globe.

» An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months has stepped foot on dry land for the first time since their ordeal began.

» An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large Tuesday warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions.

» Detectives investigating the long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings have searched a storage facility in the Long Island community of Amityville over the weekend.

» Americans increased their spending last month as inflation eased in many areas, and the job market remained remarkably strong.

» The Biden administration and major consumer tech players are launching an effort to put a nationwide cybersecurity certification and labeling program in place.

» A meeting in India of finance chiefs and central bank governors of the Group of 20 leading economies has ended without consensus because of differences over the war in Ukraine.

» Farm workers are 35 times more likely to die of heat exposure than workers in other industries, according to the National Institutes of Health.