Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Sept. 25
BBC: Secret Service disrupts telecom threat near UN General Assembly
The Guardian: Amazon to pay $2.5bn to settle FTC lawsuit over Prime ‘subscription traps’
The Guardian: Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Washington Post: What researchers suspect may be fueling cancer among millennials
NY Times : A Diminished Social Security Work Force, and Its Customers, Feel the Strain
Smithsonian Magazine: The Curious Case of ‘Old Thom,’ an Orca Traveling Alone in the North Atlantic
Smithsonian Magazine: Can Scientists Help Oysters Thrive Again?
NY Times : Arizona Democrat’s Win Clinches Bid to Force Epstein Files Vote
The Atlantic: For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.
The Atlantic: Testing Teachers for ‘Wokeness’
The Atlantic: Sure, Let’s Try Bribes!
NBC News: Starbucks to cut 900 jobs, close some underperforming stores
NBC News: Extremists used Discord to recruit American youth, officials warned this year
Politico: How Italy’s Meloni is making the far right cool for Gen Z
Politico: Big city mayors say juvenile crime is 'serious'
Politico: ‘It's embarrassing’: Democrats seethe at Harris’ campaign book
The Guardian: Cocaine Quarterback review – true crime shouldn’t be this entertaining
AP News: After mechanical challenges, UN says Trump’s team to blame for nonworking escalator and teleprompter
The Guardian: They’ve finally gone there: South Park lets rip at Benjamin Netanyahu
The Cool Down: US homeowners are quickly buying up plug-and-play alternatives to rooftop solar: 'Anyone can install this'
Reuters: They help preserve America’s dominance in the Pacific. They’re paying a painful price
The Hill: Cashing In: Melania Trump launches new line of ‘Celebrating America’ Christmas ornaments
The Hill: It’s way past time to hit China’s money laundering banks
NPR: Ukraine's Zelenskyy issues a stark warning about a global arms race and AI war
The Guardian: Judge refuses to reinstate inspectors general Trump fired: ‘They deserved better’
The Guardian: The origins of today’s conflict between American Jews over Israel
BBC: Trump demands inquiry over UN 'triple sabotage' after escalator and teleprompter mishaps
The Guardian: House Democrats to send letter to Trump on Friday urging US to recognize Palestinian statehood
NPR: 8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
BBC: Sun, sea and trash: The Caribbean islands struggling with managing waste
AP News: US home sales remained sluggish in August despite late-summer mortgage rate slide
AP News: Federal judge refuses to reinstate eight former inspectors general fired by Trump administration
The Hill: GOP, Democrats both see incentives in a shutdown that looks inevitable
The Hill: Epstein discharge petition poised to hit its mark, forcing House vote to release files
The Hill: White House directs agencies to prep for mass firings ahead of potential shutdown
The Oregonian: Lawsuit accuses Oregon senator, wife of failing to curb sexual harassment of an employee
Courthouse News Service: Alaska loses fight over Arctic National Wildlife Refuge border
The Oregonian: Oregon wildland firefighter released from ICE custody after lawyers file challenge
The Oregonian: Portland mayor plans to start citing homeless campers
OPB: Oregon police, forensics lab actions result in $14 million payout for Coos County man
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Multnomah County Sheriff releases murder suspect by mistake
KCRA: Exclusive: Mother of 3 sexually assaulted outside of a Natomas elementary school
Grist: California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online
San Joaquin Valley Sun: Federal judge orders restoration of $500 million grant funding to UCLA
San Joaquin Valley Sun: Ex-Sanger cop given life sentences for raping women while on duty
KQED: Unprecedented ICE Arrest Inside Oakland Courthouse Draws Backlash
KQED: California Cuts Tax for Legal Weed, Youth Groups Cry Foul
KTLA: 6 arrested after multi-county jewelry store smash-and-grab spree in Southern California
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