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On this version of Hot off the Wire:

» A Turkish official says an American researcher who fell ill more than 3,000 feet  below the entrance of a cave has recovered sufficiently for rescue teams to start moving him out.

» Hurricane Lee is charging through warm Atlantic waters as the season’s first Category 5 storm and threatening to unleash heavy swells across the northeast Caribbean.

» Extreme heat is expected throughout the Southwest.

» Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been convicted of contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

» Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this year’s Group of 20 meeting host, has pledged Ukraine won’t overshadow his focus on the needs of developing nations in the so-called Global South, but the war has proved hard to ignore.

» The NFL season kicks off with an upset, the Diamondbacks snake ahead in the NL Wild Card race, the Braves continue to hammer homers and Coco Gauff advances to her first US Open Women's Final.

» That ’70s Show� star Danny Masterson has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for the rapes of two women two decades ago. Los Angeles Judge Charlaine Olmedo handed down the sentence to the 47-year-old Masterson at a hearing on Thursday.

» Rescuers from across Europe rushed to a cave in Turkey to save an American researcher who became trapped around 3,000 feet below the cave's entrance after suffering stomach bleeding.

» The hunt for an elusive murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison has stretched into a second week. Residents of the Philadelphia suburbs where he's believed to be hiding say they’re unsettled and perhaps frustrated — but not panicked.

» U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has told attendees at a judicial conference in Ohio that addressing recent ethics concerns can increase public confidence in the institution.

» Ta’Kiya Young, the 21-year-old pregnant Black woman who was fatally shot by police in a supermarket parking lot near Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 24., was mourned at a funeral for her on Thursday.

» Political ads using artificial intelligence on Google and YouTube must soon be accompanied by a prominent disclosure if imagery or sounds have been synthetically altered.

» Lainey Wilson leads the 2023 Country Music Association Awards nominations for a second year in a row with nods in six categories. Wilson is followed by Jelly Roll with five nominations and Luke Combs and HARDY with four each.

» A person familiar with the situation says LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey has agreed to a 10-year contract worth about $32 million.

» Researchers have discovered new documentation that substantiates reports that Catholic convents and monasteries in Rome sheltered Jews during World War II.