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Saturday, April 11, 2020

NY Times: A New Covid-19 Crisis: Domestic Abuse Rises Worldwide

Washington Post: Expanding efforts to keep ‘cows over condos’ are protecting land across the West

Seattle Times: Coronavirus flight: As the affluent head to Washington vacation homes, some year-rounders worry

LA Times: Hundreds of meat workers have now tested positive for coronavirus

Sacramento Bee: California to move seniors to Navy ship to cope with nursing home infections

The Oregonian: Oregon snowpack replenished but optimism tempered by lower-than-normal precipitation

Press Democrat: Testing shows limited community spread of coronavirus in Sonoma County

NY Times: Exercising Outdoors With a Face Mask

SF Chronicle: Newsom says 'detailed plans' for re-opening will be public soon

The Guardian: Barr claims Trump-Russia investigation was FBI attempt to 'sabotage' the president

Friday, April 10, 2020

Time: Foreign Spies Are Targeting Americans on Zoom and Other Video Chat Platforms, U.S. Intel Officials Say

Jerusalem Post: Volcanic region active after 800 years, previous eruption lasted 300 years

Global News: Siphonophore Apolemia: Massive, deep-sea ‘entity’ leaves ocean scientists ‘blown away’

The Guardian: China signals end to dog meat consumption by humans

New Zealand Herald: Krakatoa volcano Anak Krakatau erupts in Indonesia

CTV News: Thieves flee by air after stealing gold bars from Canadian mine in Mexico

CNN: A crisis mental-health hotline has seen an 891% spike in calls

TPM: The White House Pushed FEMA To Give its Biggest Coronavirus Contract to a Company That Never Had to Bid

TPM: After Early Success, Singapore Battles New Wave Of Coronavirus Infections

NBC News: Are humans to blame for the coronavirus? How deforestation gives rise to pandemics

NBC News: More than 2,200 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, but federal government isn't tracking them

Reno Gazette Journal: Reno company lands $551 million contract to build ventilators in Northern Nevada

Reno Gazette Journal: Burning Man 2020 canceled amid coronavirus concerns; expects internal layoffs

BBC: Coronavirus: I'm using my pizza oven to toss masks for nurses

BBC: Coronavirus: German region eases Baltic coast travel ban

The New Yorker: Trump Wants to Protect the Numbers, Not the COVID-19 Patients They Represent

The New Yorker: The Ripple Effects of the Coronavirus on Immigrant Communities

NY Times: Animal Viruses Are Jumping to Humans. Forest Loss Makes It Easier.

NY Times: Cities are flouting flood rules. The cost: $1 Billion

NY Times: The Invasion of Antarctica Begins With Mussels

NY Times: Major Outbreak in San Francisco Shelter Underlines Danger for the Homeless

NY Times: Trump Has Emergency Powers We Aren’t Allowed to Know About

Washington Post: Trump casts himself as pandemic patron, personalizing the government’s spread of cash and supplies

Seattle Times: How to clean your face mask to help prevent getting and spreading the coronavirus

The Oregonian: Coronavirus fears spark estate-planning surge; the subject is often avoided, but it can be ‘empowering’

The Oregonian: 10 residents from Southeast Portland nursing home dead from coronavirus, employees say

Press Democrat: North Bay residents howl into the night to release stress, support first responders during coronavirus shutdown

Yahoo News: Zoom is facing heat over privacy — here are 4 more secure alternatives

The Hill: Los Angeles County extends stay-at-home order through May 15

The Hill: Fauci: Administration discussing immunity cards for Americans

The Hill: Louisiana church expecting 2,000 at Easter service despite coronavirus

The Hill: Trump admin looks to cut farmworker pay to help industry during pandemic

Santa Cruz Sentinel: California coronavirus case count tops 20,000, doubling in just a week

STAT News: With ventilators running out, doctors say the machines are overused for Covid-19

USA Today: Iceland has tested more of its population for coronavirus than anywhere else. Here's what it learned

Yahoo News: Willow Smith talks life after she stopped smoking weed: 'It was a really big eye opener'

LA Times: How far has coronavirus spread? This test is a first step in trying to get back to normal life

Washington Post: Illuminating slave owners’ crucial role in the expulsion of Native Americans

Washington Post: Illuminating slave owners’ crucial role in the expulsion of Native Americans

Washington Post: ‘Make fishing great again’: Virtual meeting melts down due to unruly fishermen fearing coronavirus ban in CA