The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near mid-air collision involving an Allegiant Air flight and a business jet over the Miami area on July 23. According to the FAA, the Allegiant pilot took “evasive action” to avoid the collision. Source

Katie Spikes, a talented producer for CBS News and “60 Minutes,” has died following a battle with cancer. She was 53. Source

The nation’s GDP grew at an annual rate of 2.4% from April to June 2023 — a faster rate than many economists predicted. Lori Bettinger, president of Bancalliance, joined CBS News to discuss what the new figure means for the state of the economy. Source

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News” with James Brown. Source

Space, once the final frontier, could one day become the next battlefield. Through DARPA, the Pentagon’s defense research agency, Lockheed Martin has secured a contract to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft named “Draco.” Jaganath Sankaran, assistant professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, joined CBS News to discuss the future of armed conflict. Source

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Thursday on three new charges in the investigation into his handling of classified documents after leaving office, including a count of corruptly altering, destroying, mutilating or concealing a document. A third defendant was also named in the case, Carlos De Oliveira, a Mar-a-Lago property manager. Robert Costa has the latest. Source

The Holocaust survivor sent the woman around $50,000 a month. She used it to buy a home, a boat, designer clothing and more. Source

The United Nations said temperature records show July is on track to be the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, and likely the warmest human civilization has ever seen. Over 180 million Americans — more than half of the U.S. population — were under heat alerts Thursday, from the Southwest to the Northeast. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has the latest from New York. Source

There are more than 5,000 solar farms across the U.S., and in 2022, they produced more than 3% of the nation’s electricity. Source

The scorching heat which has enveloped large swaths of the U.S. were being felt in the Northeast Thursday, with cities like Philadelphia and New York City experiencing triple-digit temperatures. Roxana Saberi has more. Source