‘Barbie’, Britney Spears, The Maui Fires & More - The Weekly Wrap Up For 8/19/2023

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Top Ten Conversational Stories Of The Week
1-Rays' Facing Disturbing Allegations Involving Minor https://www.totalprosports.com/mlb/wander-franco-tampa-bay-rays-relationship-minor-investigation/
(Monday - 8/14/2023)

2-Mackenzie Shirilla convicted of murdering Russo and Flanagan https://lawandcrime.com/crime/judge-convicts-teen-of-driving-into-brick-wall-on-purpose-in-order-to-murder-her-boyfriend-and-another-young-man/
(Tuesday - 8/15/2023)

3-Failed communication and huge death toll in Maui fires https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-11/failed-communication-and-huge-death-toll-in-maui-fires
(Friday - 8/11/2023)

4-Hilary may become 1st tropical storm to make landfall in California in 84 years https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-16/wednesday-weather-lightning-with-more-this-weekend
(Thursday - 8/17/2023)

5-AMPTP Makes Counterproposal To WGA; Negotiations Recess But Will Resume Next Week https://deadline.com/2023/08/writers-strike-talks-continue-1235460087/
(Sunday - 8/13/2023)

6-Arkansas schools defy Sarah Huckabee Sanders to offer African-American Studies https://www.rawstory.com/advanced-placement-african-american-studies/
(Thursday - 8/17/2023)

7-North Korea says Travis King wants refuge from racism, mistreatment in US Army https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-says-us-soldier-travis-king-expressed-willingness-seek-refuge-kcna-2023-08-15/
(Tuesday - 8/15/2023)

8-Montgomery police have arrested Reggie Gray, the man accused of wielding a folding chair as a weapon during the riverfront brawl https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/2023/08/11/police-arrest-reggie-gray-after-riverfront-dock-brawl/70578813007/
(Friday - 8/11/2023)

9-Britney Spears and Husband Sam Asghari Split, Heading for Divorce https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/16/britney-spears-sam-asghari-separate-split-cheating-infidelity-divorce/
(Wednesday - 8/16/2023)

10-‘Barbie’ Box Office: Greta Gerwig Becomes Highest-Grossing Female Director of All Time Domestically, Beating ‘Frozen II’ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barbie-greta-gerwig-box-office-highest-grossing-female-director-1235561881/
(Friday - 8/11/2023)

Almost-Ran Headlines (Ranking 11 - 15)
11-Ammon Bundy arrested at high school football fundraiser https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/local-ammon-bundy-arrested-on-contempt-charge-from-ada-county/277-0a5bf954-e3b1-4522-ac64-3ad0e4e12ede
(Saturday - 8/12/2023)

12-Miss Universe Indonesia contestants asked to strip for 'body checks' https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/08/13/miss-universe-cuts-ties-indonesia-contestants-topless-body-checks/70584568007/
(Sunday - 8/13/2023)

13-A United Airlines pilot on vacation in Hawaii volunteered to fly a plane from Maui to mainland US to help 330 people escape the fire https://www.businessinsider.com/maui-hawaii-united-pilot-vacation-volunteered-fly-300-people-evacuation-2023-8
(Tuesday - 8/15/2023)

14-Tom Jones Dies: Wrote Book And Lyrics For Long-Running ‘The Fantasticks’, Was 95 https://deadline.com/2023/08/tom-jones-dead-wrote-book-and-lyrics-for-the-fantasticks-was-95-1235461062/
(Saturday - 8/12/2023)

15-Alex Collins, former NFL running back and Arkansas standout, dies at 28 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2023/08/14/alex-collins-dies-28-seahawks-ravens-arkansas-razorbacks/70592784007/
(Tuesday 8/15/2023)

And The Almost-Irrelevant Story Of the Week
218-US appeals court backs abortion pill restrictions; Supreme Court appeal planned https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rules-restrict-abortion-pill-use-2023-08-16/
(Wednesday - 8/16/2023)

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