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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, June 27

The Oregonian: Jacksonville is Oregon’s most charming small town, according to HGTV

The Guardian: Man set up fake free wifi at Australian airports and on flights to steal people’s data, police allege

The Guardian: Hundreds evacuated as wind-driven wildfire spreads near Bend, Oregon

KPTV: This Oregon county is the best place in America for off-grid living

NPR: Health insurers cover fewer drugs and make them harder to get

KRON: Bay Area city councilmember resigns, blames high cost of living

SF Gate: Debate takeaways: Trump confident, even when wrong, Biden halting, even with facts on his side

ABC News: California police make record-setting illegal fireworks seizure

KTLA: Plan to connect L.A. to Bay Area by bullet train gets full environmental approval

KTLA: $44K worth of metal plaques honoring Woodland Hill’s teachers stolen

AP News: Arkansas panel awards Cherokee Nation Entertainment a license to build casino

AP News: Connecticut governor to replant more than 180 trees, thousands of bushes cut down behind his house

AP News: Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting

AP News: Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12

NY Times : N.F.L. Ordered to Pay Billions in Sunday Ticket Lawsuit

Politico: Dems freak out over Biden’s debate performance: ‘Biden is toast’

The Guardian: Democrats concerned after Biden’s debate performance as Trump gets away with lies and deflections

The Guardian: A New York program is helping Black people of all ages enjoy swimming: ‘It’s very empowering’

East Bay Times: Hawaii court orders deconstruction of house built on wrong lot

East Bay Times: Woman, 4-year-old children carjacked at gunpoint in Alameda

Courthouse News Service: Federal judge rules against Alaska Indian Tribes in bid to take land back

CNN: Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud crackdown

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit blocks logging in Oregon’s Elliott State Forest, protecting marbled murrelet habitat

Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court decision leaves more than half of water flowing out of rivers vulnerable, study says

Courthouse News Service: In ruling against SEC, SCOTUS shakes up federal agency enforcement powers

NPR: A sacred boulder stolen to honor Kansas settlers was finally returned to the Kaw Tribe

NPR: Supreme Court rejects controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal

AP News: Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US

NY Times : New Tactic in China’s Information War: Harassing a Critic’s Child in the U.S.

Washington Post: Are white noise machines bad? Here’s what the latest science says.

The Guardian: Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion

The Guardian: They took part in Apache ceremonies. Their schools expelled them for satanic activities

Lookout Santa Cruz: Camping ordinance iced as Santa Cruz County wildfire fears grow

Washington Post: This plant is turning water into clean fuel for trucks

the Atlantic: A New Danger at America’s National Parks

Washington Post: House guts civil rights protections in privacy bill, sparking outrage

OaklandSide: Kings of trash: How the Duongs built a business empire in Oakland

the Atlantic: The Last, Best Hope for Predicting Earthquakes

CBS News : It may soon cost a buck instead of $12 to make a call from prison, FCC says

CBS News : Mount Everest's melting ice reveals bodies of climbers lost in the "death zone"

CNN: ‘Sugary food is a drug for me’: A growing number of children are addicted to ultraprocessed foods

CNN: Fire breaks out on world’s largest cruise ship

NBC News: DHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network

Jam Base: John Mayer Discusses Dead & Company’s Post-Sphere Future

Science Alert: Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpected, Simple Treatment

The Guardian: Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study

The Guardian: The US supreme court just basically legalized bribery; gifts okay "after the fact"

NPR: Vermont pays $175,000 to man arrested for giving the middle finger to state trooper

NPR: More than 60 ice cream products recalled over possible listeria contamination

AP News: Canada ends cod moratorium in Newfoundland after more than 30 years