Headlines for August 17, 2023

Hawaii Officials Defend Response to Wildfires; Gov. Calls for Moratorium on Lahaina Land Purchases, Yellowknife Orders Evacuation of 20,000 Residents as Record Wildfires Continue to Devastate Canada, Appeals Court Backs Restrictions on Abortion Pill, Sending Case to Supreme Court, 60 Asylum Seekers Feared Dead Near Cape Verde, ECOWAS Military Chiefs Meet over Niger Coup Amid Mounting Humanitarian Concerns, Libya Fighting Kills 55 People, U.N. Warns of “Spiralling” Humanitarian Situation in Sudan as Army Leader Says Talks Needed, NATO Official Apologizes for Saying Ukraine Could Give Up Territory in Exchange for Joining NATO, TX Woman Jailed for Threatening to Kill Judge in Trump Jan. 6 Case; Trump Supporters Dox GA Jurors, Kansas Prosecutor Withdraws Search Warrant Used in Last Week’s Marion County Record Raid, North Carolina GOP Overrides Gov. Veto on 3 Anti-Trans Bills, Protesters Decry Erasure, Rewriting of Black History from Florida Schools, “Children Are Locked Away in Cages”: ACLU Demands Louisiana Remove Children from Angola Prison