Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
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BBC: Diddy apologises for 'inexcusable' behaviour
The Hill: Rep. Jasmine Crockett offering ‘bleach blonde’ T-shirts following spat with Greene
BBC: Rescue teams search for Iran's president after helicopter crash - reports
KQED: Federal Judge Orders New Sentencing Hearing for David DePape in Trial Over Pelosi Attack
AP News: Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers a ‘hard landing,’ state TV says, and rescue is underway
NY Times: At Chaotic Rally in Brooklyn, Police Violently Confront Protesters
Politico: House unveils $1.5 trillion farm bill after long delay
the Atlantic: Meerkats Keep Dropping Dead From Heart Failure
Courthouse News Service: Flipping through time: Inside Alameda’s Pacific Pinball Museum, where history and fun collide
Courthouse News Service: Denmark let chemical factory pump excessive levels of toxins into sea, report says
Courthouse News Service: Judicial Council of California looking into use of generative AI in courts
Oregon Public Broadcasting: How Oregon farms manage manure and what’s changing this year
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Heavy-duty truck maker with Portland roots will build $40 million engineering facility on Swan Island
Washington Post: After years of Democratic dominance, Nevada could be slipping from Biden’s grasp
Washington Post: Opinion: We’re letting Trump distract us from his corrupt, anti-climate agenda
Washington Post: Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas
NY Times: A New Challenge for Asylum Seekers: Lawyer Shortages
The Guardian: Academic and doctor Chris van Tulleken: ‘Ultra-processed products are food that lies to us’
AP News: internet service in Indonesia, world’s largest archipelago
The Guardian: Grinding our bums, flashing our boobs: the internet is making juveniles of us all
Business Insider: Some Airbnb hosts run over 20 properties. Here are the 15 cities these megahosts dominate the most.
ABC News: Iowans struggle to find homeowners insurance as companies pullout of the state
Reuters: Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages to evacuate
BBC: Cuba laments collapse of iconic sugar industry
The Guardian: Gen-Z students are choosing a trade over college. That shows they’re smart
NPR: Zombie 2nd mortgages are coming to life, threatening thousands of Americans' homes
The Guardian: Young pigeon fanciers: meet the new kids on the flock
NPR: A member of Israel's war cabinet says he'll quit if there is no plan to replace Hamas
The Guardian: Florida’s other big November vote: will the state legalize weed?
The Guardian: ‘One hell of a storm is coming’: Canadian graphic novel about Indigenous identity sparks outrage
Seattle Times: 44 years after eruption, Mount St. Helens struggles to draw tourists
Seattle Times: All elevators in Seattle low-income high-rise are broken — with no fix in sight
KPTV: Rare deep-sea angler fish found near Cannon Beach
The Oregonian: Someone has been throwing canned food off a Portland high-rise for weeks, endangering those below
The Oregonian: Tiny home villages more effective than group shelters at getting formerly homeless people permanently housed, study finds
LA Times: Cloudy with a chance of rage: Climatologists fume over relocation of L.A. weather station
The Oregonian: Runaway boat lassoed on the Willamette River by Portland Fire & Rescue
LA Times: California pays meth users up to $599 a year to get sober
AP News: Houston residents seek relief after storm knocks out power to thousands
Kaiser Health News: The Psychedelics-As-Medicine Movement Spreads to California
Kaiser Health News: After a Child’s Death, California Weighs Rules for Phys Ed During Extreme Weather
LA Times: Namaste away: Rangers bar yoga classes at cliffside San Diego park
LA Times: California’s first Black land trust fights climate change, makes the outdoors more inclusive
Sacramento Bee: Mobs of tuna crabs descend on Southern California waters. What’s going on?
KTLA: 3 hospitalized after gunman opens fire at Los Angeles County supermarket
KCRA: Giant Dipper celebrates a century at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
KCRA: 4 die in 24 hours from fentanyl poisoning in Stanislaus County, officials say
Sacramento Bee: Amazon delivery driver falls down 12-foot hole after stepping out of van in California
AP News: Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall
San Jose Mercury News: Capitola Wharf, wrecked in huge winter storms, set to reopen after $10 million upgrade