Daily Dump for August 13th

Articles Mentioned: Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US https://apnews.com/article/back-to-school-attendance-pandemic-chronic-absenteeism-90c05e3013b72802439565250d1adc33_2 Iran, South Africa sign agreement in Pretoria ahead of BRICS summit https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/08/iran-south-africa-sign-agreement-pretoria-ahead-brics-summit Thousands of Niger coup supporters protest near French military base https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230810-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-us-backs-ecowas-efforts-to-restore-order-in-niger After the assassination of a candidate who took on drug cartels, Ecuador is in shock https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193402600/ecuador-assassination-villavicencio-presidential-candidate-elections Governor Kay Ivey Says Alabamians Should Be Looking for Jobs https://weisradio.com/2023/08/11/governor-kay-ivey-says-alabamians-should-be-looking-for-jobs/ Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses and in schools for hours https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/us/kentucky-schools-transportation-disaster/index.html New fire prompts evacuation as survivors of Maui’s wildfires return after death toll rises to 67 https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-fires-maui-lahaina-sirens-c0f3cc5c7718bd41dd54d38479fb29b2 Bodies of Hawaii fire victims are pulled out of the sea - as 14,500 more people are evacuated and 2,000 are left without a place to sleep: 'We still have dead bodies floating in the water' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12395835/Bodies-Hawaii-fire-victims-pulled-sea-14-500-people-evacuated-2-000-left-without-place-sleep-dead-bodies-floating-water.html