 Lawyers tasked with reuniting migrant families separated at the U.S. southern border under a controversial Trump-era immigration policy are still trying to contact the parents of 337 children.  A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian businessman convicted of espionage to 11 years in prison on Wednesday, a ruling that will further fray relations between the two nations.  Milwaukee Brewers star pitcher Corbin Burnes tied a MLB record by notching 10 consecutive strikeouts in Wednesday night's game against the Chicago Cubs.  California on Wednesday became the first state in the country to require all teachers and other school employees to be either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or get regularly tested.  The Chicago White Sox placed All-Star pitcher and Cy Young candidate Carlos Rodon on the 10-day injured list due to left arm soreness, the team announced.  At least eight people were rescued after a helicopter carrying 16 people crashed in Russia on Wednesday.  Two Atlanta-area high school coaches were charged with murder in the death of 16-year-old basketball player Imani Bell, who died of a heat stroke after an outdoor practice nearly two years ago.  At least 69 people, including 28 soldiers, have been killed as dozens of wildfires have burned through Algeria amid a record heatwave.  Fred, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, weakened to a tropical depression Wednesday evening after it passed over the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.  Baltimore Ravens wide receiver and first-round draft pick Rashod Bateman will be out "a number of weeks" after the rookie wideout sustained a soft tissue leg injury.  Thousands of people were urged to schedule another COVID-19 vaccine shot after a nurse in Germany was investigated for swapping doses of the vaccine with saline solution.  A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that a lawsuit by a group of prisoners on Oklahoma's death row challenging the state's lethal injection protocol can proceed to trial.  Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Mookie Betts was placed on the 10-day injured list because of a right hip injury, manager Dave Roberts said.  A judge in New York City selected seven men and five women on Wednesday to serve on the jury for the sex trafficking trial of R&B singer R. Kelly, which is set to begin next week.  In what has become the summer of high-temperature woes, another harsh heat wave is on its way to the Northwest and states are doing all they can to prepare.  The Dixie Fire, the second-largest blaze in California's history, grew to 501,008 acres on Wednesday, while a college professor was arrested for setting fires in the area.  Energy researchers insist the green economy needs hydrogen, and according to a new paper in the journal Joule, the hydrogen economy needs a 10-year plan.  A South Carolina man who collected a $40,000 lottery prize discovered his lucky streak wasn't over when he scored a $3 million jackpot just two weeks later.  Using positional data collected over the course of OSIRIS-REx's two-year sample return mission, scientists were able to improve their knowledge of Bennu's trajectory by a factor of 20.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 hit record highs on Wednesday as core inflation indicated inflation will remain moderate and the economy will sustain its strength.  A British Columbia woman who found old photos in an album she bought from a thrift store was able to find family members, thanks to social media and a TV news broadcast.  A Florida man's dashboard camera was rolling when a bolt of lightning struck his brand-new 2020 Ford Ranger truck and put the vehicle "in intensive care."  The three available COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective in pregnant women, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | 
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