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Sunday, April 12

NY Times : Trump Fires Board That Oversees Presidio in San Francisco

BBC: Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide

NY Times : The Jump Rope Queen of Beverly Hills is 82

BBC: Want a better night's sleep? Go camping

BBC: The air throughout our homes is infused with microplastics. But there are things you can do to breathe less of them

NY Times : Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students

NPR: The Great Green Wall's one of the world's most ambitious eco-projects. Is it working?

NPR: Peru's election: A battle for the Presidency amid political chaos and crime

NY Times : America’s Fastest-Growing County Wonders if ‘Paradise’ Is Growing Too Fast

Cal Matters: California salmon fishing poised to finally reopen. Can the industry recover?

BBC: Are ancient grains better for you? The surprising truth about quinoa and spelt

The Hill: Opinion: Economic inequality is destroying our democracy

Politico: Construction of Trump’s ballroom can continue until April 17, appeals court rules

NPR: No Deal: U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad collapse

Politico: China says it will resume some ties with Taiwan after visit by opposition leader

Reuters: Questions of retirement hang over aging Supreme Court justices

The Guardian: US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

CNBC: Americans say their incomes can’t keep up with rising prices

Smithsonian Magazine: These Wild Chimps Have Been Fighting in a ‘Civil War’ for Nearly a Decade. It’s the Bloodiest Split Ever Seen Among Their Kind

Indian Country Today: Opponents sue over Forest Service’s approval of drilling near Lakota sacred site in Black Hills

The Guardian: ‘Illegal’ forest service overhaul risks causing ‘chaos’ across US public lands, union claims

The Guardian: ‘Abhorrent’: the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

The Guardian: ‘Reverse-gentrify the country’: how Black and Indigenous intentional communities are reclaiming land

The Guardian: Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’

High Country News: A new era of industrial logging looms

The Atlantic: How Fake People Became Real Influencers

The Atlantic: The Looming College-Enrollment Death Spiral

BBC: At least 30 feared dead in crush at Haitian tourist site

BBC: Why this disillusioned Trump voter spends hours searching Epstein files

BBC: Live: US failed to gain Iran's trust during talks, Tehran delegation leader says

AP News: For second time, Trump seeks to eliminate federal funding for tribal colleges and universities

Courthouse News Service: Oregon court OKs logging project over owl, turtle concerns

Courthouse News Service: Fourth Circuit bows to Supreme Court in DOGE Social Security data fight

AP News: Tribal gas stations offer a reprieve from high prices during Iran war

The Guardian: Trump reportedly says he’ll issue mass pardons at end of his presidential term

The Guardian: Washington officials say 21 dead canines that washed ashore were foxes, solving local mystery

OPB: How Oregon became such a pet-friendly state

OPB: OPB’s First Look: Forest Service to shut down Northwest research centers

Axios: Seattle weighs 5 data center proposals amid power concerns

Kaiser Health News: The Trump Administration Is Seeking Federal Workers’ Sensitive Medical Data. That’s Raising Alarms.

The Oregonian: A cheap, 3D-printed device could become the marijuana breathalyzer police have been waiting for

KTLA: VIDEO: Authorities save man from jumping off L.A. freeway overpass

KTLA: How scammers used the dark web to steal $267M meant for dying patients

KTLA: Spiders the size of your palm spotted in Southern California

KTLA: 3 guard dogs stabbed, 1 killed at Compton cemetery; owner announces plans to sell

KRON: Body found at popular Monterey Co. backpacking spot prompts investigation

KQED: California Insurance Commissioner Candidates Debate Solutions to Wildfire-Driven Crisis

KRON: Man’s body found at bottom of cliff near Fort Bragg Beach: sheriff

CBS News: Northern California spring storm brings lightning in Sacramento, Sierra snow

CBS Bay Area: House Democrats call on Eric Swalwell to drop out of California governor race amid sexual assault allegations