With one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history still smoldering, climate change is taking much of the blame.

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Mississippi law that protected unborn babies from abortion after 15 weeks of gestation. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled that the law “unequivocally” violated women’s constitutional rights. “The record is clear: States may not ban abortions prior to viability,” said Reeves, citing Supreme Court rulings.

President Donald Trump said the United States will not inflict any additional punishment on Saudi Arabia for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A team of Saudi operatives killed the U.S.-based writer Oct. 2 at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. The United States has already levied sanctions against 17 Saudis accused of participating in the killing.

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Joni Eareckson Tada, a Christian author and advocate for people with disabilities, announced Monday she has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time. Tada battled stage 3 breast cancer eight years ago and recently underwent a biopsy on a small nodule that developed over the site of her previous mastectomy. “When I received the unexpected news of cancer from my oncological surgeon, I relaxed and smiled, knowing that my sovereign God loves me dearly and holds me tightly in His hands,” she said.

The Trump administration is expected to finalize a report this week about the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. President Donald Trump acknowledged over the weekend that the United States has an audio recording of the alleged murder on Oct. 2 at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, but he doesn’t plan to listen to it because he has been fully briefed on its contents. Multiple news outlets have reported that the CIA believes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing. This week’s report will focus on who carried out the crime, the president said Sunday.

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams acknowledged Friday that Republican Brian Kemp would become the state’s next governor, but she also did not concede she lost the race. A review of rejected provisional ballots was due at 5 p.m. Friday, and Abrams spoke at a news conference shortly after, saying she planned to file a major federal lawsuit in the coming days for “gross mismanagement” of the election. “Concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper. As a woman of conscience and faith I cannot concede that,” she said.