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PBS News: Jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children in 1st wave of social media addiction lawsuits

High Country News: Utah’s new study aims to kill ‘as many cougars as possible’

Washington Post: Wildfires rip through unusual parts of the country, raising fears of a brutal season

Politico: German president slams Trump’s Iran war as illegal

Politico: 2028 Dem hopefuls scramble for distance from AIPAC

The Guardian: Eight arrested for ‘brutal’ attack on capybara in Brazil

The Guardian: Group of dogs that went missing in China go viral after walking 17km home

The Guardian: Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025

The Guardian: ‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers

BBC: 'Like the plane got cut in half': LaGuardia crash that killed two pilots now under investigation

AP News: Trump administration to pay French company $1B to walk away from US offshore wind leases

BBC: How content creator killer hoped a YouTube alibi would help him avoid justice

The Oregonian: Bike and walking trails lose hundreds of millions under Trump

AP News: New study challenges a site that’s key to how humans got to the Americas

Washington Post: RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz have a plan to save rural health care. Here’s the catch.

The Oregonian: Chinook Indian Nation denied recognition in Supreme Court case, vows to ‘continue fight’

The Hill: Lyme disease vaccine 70 percent effective: Pfizer

The Guardian: Texas residents feel homes shake miles away from oil refinery explosion

OPB: ICE deployments created chaos for cities and cost them millions, NPR analysis finds

KTLA: Meteor caught on camera streaking across Northern California night sky: video

Sacramento Bee: Walmart sees troubling shift in consumer behavior

The Guardian: Epic river migrations of fish rapidly collapsing, UN report finds

The Guardian: ‘The threat is here’: searing US heatwave bad news for wildfire season and water supply

OPB: Their citizenship ceremonies were abruptly canceled. Months later, they are still waiting for them to be rescheduled

KTLA: Jury deliberations underway in landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles

KRCR: Suspect killed in officer-involved shooting during traffic stop on I-5 in Weed

KTLA: Kidnapped girl rescued by police in Southern California; suspect in custody

KTLA: Trendy women’s clothing retailer closes 151 locations

Press Democrat: SMART to break ground on its 9-mile, $269 million extension to Healdsburg

San Jose Mercury News: 2026 ‘Dirty Dozen’ produce: Nearly 100% tested positive for pesticides, including ‘forever chemicals’

KQED: ‘Yikes’: Bay Area Heat Lingers, Sierra Nevada Snowpack Melting Fast

SF Gate: This midcentury SF Eichler home sparked a $1.3 million bidding war

Marin Independent Journal: Logging plan for North Bay forestland riles coast locals, environmentalists

KRON: High winds lead to fatal kayak accident in Tomales Bay

Tuesday, March 17

Reuters: The strategy helping young buyers afford homes

Reuters: How Trump's long-shot voting bill could hurt his own supporters

The Guardian: Cheese from largest US raw milk distributor linked to E coli outbreak

MSN News: Number of US troops wounded in Iran war surpasses 200 across 7 countries

Washington Post: This app is quietly reformulating America’s food supply

NY Times : We Study Mass Shooters. Something Terrifying Is Happening Online.

Washington Post: Reporter says gamblers pressured him to change story about missile strike so they could win

The Guardian: Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

BBC: Is it possible to build a plastic-free home?

AP News: What’s in the voting bill that Republicans are pushing to the Senate floor

Pro Publica: This DHS Official Oversees the Security of Federal Elections. He Wants to Ban Voting Machines.

High Country News: How federal cuts are reshaping Alaska’s communities, research and species management

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit thwarts attempt to halt copper mine on Apache land

The Hill: Opinion: How a first-grader taught her school district and a federal judge about free speech

The Hill: Republicans collide with Trump over no-excuse absentee voting, SAVE Act

Courthouse News Service: California officials push back against oil pipeline reopening