Prosecutors seeking new Hunter Biden indictment; Burning Man cleanup begins; Rolling Stones announce new album | Hot off the Wire podcast

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» Record temperatures are expected again in Phoenix while extreme heat lingers over the South and East.

» Federal prosecutors plan to seek a grand jury indictment of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter before the end of the month, according to newly filed court documents.

» A British soldier awaiting trial on terror-related charges has escaped from a prison in southwest London and police have launched an urgent manhunt.

» Five drones were shot down over three Russian regions overnight, officials said Thursday.

» The rain clouds have passed and the temple has burned. Now it’s time to clean up what remains in the northeastern Nevada desert after heavy rain flooded the annual Burning Man festival.

» President Joe Biden has refused to approve conditions that lawyers for the defendants in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks had sought in a possible plea bargain in the case. That’s according to a White House National Security Council official.

» The Biden administration has canceled the remaining seven oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days and angering Republicans.

» The Cubs cut into the Brewers’ division lead, the Marlins crush the Dodgers, the Astros crush the Rangers for the third straight day, Madison Keys wins again at Flushing Meadows and the 49ers lock up their best defensive player.

» The judge overseeing the Georgia election subversion case involving former President Donald Trump has denied requests by two of the 19 defendants to be tried alone, instead saying the pair would be tried together starting next month. Prosecutors are estimating a trial would take four months and that they’d call more than 150 witnesses.

» The head of the United Auto Workers warned that the union plans to go on strike against any Detroit automaker that hasn’t reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week.

» President Joe Biden was holding but not wearing a mask, just days after after First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19.

» A Russian missile tore through an outdoor market in eastern Ukraine, killing 17 people and wounding dozens.

» A high school football coach in Washington state who won his job back after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field resigned Wednesday after just one game.

» A blast of late summer heat caused disruptions Wednesday for schools from Michigan to Virginia, with some districts dismissing students early and others holding classes online just days into the new academic year.

» A liberal group has filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado. The lawsuit contends Trump is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the U.S. Constitution aimed at candidates who have supported an “insurrection.”

» Four months after a civil trial jury found Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge has ruled still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous.

» The Rolling Stones are back, and they’ve brought a few famous friends. The band is releasing “Hackney Diamonds,” its first album of new songs in 18 years.

» Joe Jonas has filed for divorce from Sophie Turner after four years of marriage and two children.

» Cricket, breakdancing and flag football are still waiting to find out if they will be added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

» Edge rusher Carl Nassib, the NFL’s first openly gay player to play in a regular-season game, announced his retirement on Wednesday.

» Spanish state prosecutors say soccer player Jenni Hermoso has accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault for kissing her on the lips without her consent after the Women’s World Cup final.