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Start your week smart: Maui wildfires, Trump investigations, Hunter Biden, Sam Bankman-Fried, boat dock brawl

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Start your week smart: Maui wildfires, Trump investigations, Hunter Biden, Sam Bankman-Fried, boat dock brawl

Wildfire damage is shown on Saturday, Aug. 12, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

(CNN) 鈥� College campuses across the country will be filling up in the coming weeks as the fall semester gets underway. It can be a stressful time for students learning to balance their course loads with extracurricular activities 鈥� leading some to take ill-advised shortcuts, like letting ChatGPT write a few essays. But be warned: professors can tell when you鈥檙e cheating by

Here鈥檚 what else you need to know to听Start Your Week Smart.

The weekend that was

鈥� The death toll from the Maui wildfires , as authorities work to identify victims of the deadliest US wildfire in more than 100 years. Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system, as people fled for their lives.

鈥� Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia directly connecting members of Donald Trump鈥檚 legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, sources tell CNN.

鈥� The Trump-appointed US attorney who is investigating Hunter Biden after plea talks between the Justice Department and the president鈥檚 son fell apart. A trial is now likely.

鈥� A federal judge , citing probable cause that the accused crypto fraudster attempted to tamper with witnesses. His trial is scheduled for October.

鈥� in the brawl along the Montgomery, Alabama, riverfront, police said. The latest to be arrested was the man seen swinging a chair in the widely circulated video of the fight.

The week ahead

Monday

We begin the week on indictment watch. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to seek this week when she presents her case to a grand jury regarding and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Willis has been eyeing conspiracy and racketeering charges, which would allow her to bring a case against multiple defendants. Her wide-ranging criminal probe focuses on efforts to pressure election officials, the plot to put forward fake electors and a voting systems breach in rural Georgia. Trump acolytes who took part in each of those schemes believe they will face charges this week, people familiar with their thinking said. Trump also believes he will be charged in the case, CNN has reported.

Monday also marks the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II with the surrender of Japan in 1945. And in one (and only one) state in the US, It鈥檚 an official holiday: . Rhode Island has celebrated this on the second Monday in August since 1948, and this year it happens to fall on the actual date.

Tuesday

Carlos De Oliveira, the property manager at Donald Trump鈥檚 Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, is scheduled to be arraigned in the classified documents case. His original arraignment last week was postponed because he did not have a Florida lawyer at the time. have been charged with multiple offenses related to Trump鈥檚 alleged unlawful retention of documents after leaving office, including classified material.

Wednesday

The Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its July meeting, when policymakers opted to raise interest rates to their . Those minutes will likely provide some insight into whether the central bank will hike rates again next month. The Fed has raised rates 11 times since it began its inflation fight in March 2022.

Friday

President Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Camp David as part of his effort to It will be the first visit to Camp David by a foreign leader since Biden took office and the first since 2015, when former President Barack Obama was in office. National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said the summit would reaffirm the 鈥渋ronclad alliances between the United States and Japan, the United States and the Republic of Korea, and the blossoming of the relationship between Japan and the ROK under the extraordinary leadership of both President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida.鈥� The summit also will address

One Thing: Summer of strikes

In this week鈥檚 podcast, CNN business and politics correspondent Vanessa Yurkevich explains why the Hollywood writers鈥� and actors鈥� strikes could be just the beginning of a tumultuous moment for organized labor in the US. for more.

Photos of the week

from the week that was, curated by CNN Photos.

What鈥檚 happening in entertainment

In theaters

顿颁鈥檚 鈥� the first superhero movie directed by, written by and starring Latinos 鈥� arrives Friday. It features Xolo Maridue帽a as Jaime Reyes, who becomes the titular character after an ancient relic known as 鈥渢he Scarab鈥� chooses him to be its host, much to the astonishment of him and his tight-knit family. (鈥淏lue Beetle鈥� is from Warner Bros. Pictures, which, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.)

features the voices of Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx as dogs in this R-rated comedy. The heavily bleeped trailer will tell you all you need to know about this movie, which appears to be about as far from 鈥淏enji鈥� as it can get.

TV and streaming

The 75th Emmy Awards, which were originally scheduled to air next month, have officially been postponed due to the Hollywood strikes.听Nominations for the Emmys were announced last month, with drama series 鈥溾€� leading the pack.

What鈥檚 happening in sports

At a glance 鈥�

The semifinal matches at the 2023 Women鈥檚 World Cup are set with Spain playing Sweden and England facing Australia. The third-place match will be Saturday, and the World Cup Final is next Sunday. 锘�.

Buffalo Bills star Damar Hamlin against the Indianapolis Colts, marking his first action in an NFL game since suffering a cardiac arrest on the field in January.

For more of your favorite sports, head on over to听听as well as听, which 鈥� like CNN 鈥� is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

Quiz time!

Looking for a challenge to start your week?听to see how much you remember from the week that was! So far, 65% of fellow quiz fans have gotten eight or more questions right. How will you fare?

Play me off 鈥�

Happy birthday Madonna!

The Material Girl turns 65 on Wednesday.听Her first big hit, 鈥淗oliday,鈥� was released in 1983. in 1985.

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