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Here’s the latest for Thursday, August 17th: Maui official defends not sounding sirens; Georgia prosecutor proposes Trump trial date; North Carolina transgender youth lose access to gender-affirming medical treatments; Britney Spears’ husband files for…

The lawsuit against the Bureau of Prisons alleges that staff at the Dublin facility didn’t do enough to prevent sexual abuse going back to the 1990s.

On a bustling street in Rivne, a western Ukrainian city, former Ukrainian soldier Denys Abdulin took his first steps independently since he was severely wounded and blinded while fighting Russian troops. (AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko)
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President Joe Biden’s meeting with the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David on August 18 will join a long list of historic, diplomatic visits to the presidential camp. (Aug. 16)

The Oklahoma Supreme Court agreed to consider a reparations case regarding the Tulsa Race Massacre after a district judge dismissed it last month.

A Kansas prosecutor says that he found insufficient evidence to support the police raid of a newspaper and that all seized material should be returned. (Aug. 16)

A recent incident involving a Facebook Marketplace transaction took a dangerous turn, ending with an Oklahoma woman being dragged by a vehicle.

Donald Trump boasts that his standing among Republicans only improves as he faces a series of criminal charges. A new AP-NORC poll supports Trump’s claim in the primary election, but the general election could be a different story. (August 16)
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Thousands of pets are presumed missing or lost following the devastating fires in Maui. The island is rallying together for search and rescue efforts.

The police chief and officers in
Goodhue, Minnesota, a small town about 65 miles southeast of Minneapolis, have resigned, citing low salaries.