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BBC: The surprising power of breathing through your nose

NY Times : Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week

NY Times : Trump Declares High-Speed Internet Program ‘Racist’ and ‘Unconstitutional’

Politico: Trump asks Supreme Court to allow cancellation of legal status for 500,000 immigrants

Politico: More than a half-dozen countries could soon be accepting US deportees

The Hill: Trump pushes Republicans to have rich pay more taxes

The Guardian: Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report

The Guardian: Hawaii families receive payouts for 2021 fuel leak that sickened thousands

The Guardian: Stockholm rejects ‘bizarre’ US letter urging city to scrap diversity initiatives

The Guardian: Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Ábrego García case

The Guardian: Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into New York attorney general

The Hill: Trump taps Jeanine Pirro for top DC prosecutor job

AP News: Live updates: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV

Yahoo News: Trump Drug Price Idea Could Cost Industry $1 Trillion, Lobbying Group Says

CNN: Ultraprocessed foods linked to early symptoms of Parkinson’s

AP News: Deadly April rainfall in US South and Midwest was intensified by climate change, scientists say

US News: Smoke From Climate-Fueled Wildfires Contributed to Thousands of US Deaths Over 15 Years, Study Says

Reuters: Exclusive: DOGE-led software revamp to speed US job cuts even as Musk steps back

Reuters: Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, accuses Musk of harming world's poor

Reuters: US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk's Starlink, Washington Post reports

US News: Bill Gates Pledges His Remaining Fortune to the Gates Foundation, Which Will Close in 20 Years

Courthouse News Service: Man accused of taking a chainsaw to 13 trees in LA appears in court

Courthouse News Service: Apaches make last-ditch effort to stop copper mine from destroying sacred land

Courthouse News Service: LPL Financial looks to dodge claims it put customers’ money into low-return cash sweep

Oregon Public Broadcasting: More allegations of widespread sexual abuse at Oregon’s youth prison

Oregon Public Broadcasting: NOAA looking for person of interest in seal pup stabbing on Oregon Coast

Oregon Public Broadcasting: 21 students suspended, banned after University of Washington protest

The Oregonian: ‘Freak accident’ sinks NW rescue boat trying to save 2 river rafters

AP News: How a Chinese delicacy from Washington got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Chinook Indian Nation federal status uncertain again after political break

The Oregonian: The new tunnel in the Columbia Gorge that you have to go see for yourself: Peak Northwest podcast

The Oregonian: How Trump’s tariffs could affect Nike and its factory workers

The Oregonian: Oregon coast mayor won’t be prosecuted after arrest at city council meeting, DA decides

SF Gate: Tourist gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park after getting too close

SF Gate: Search for missing camper on electric bike in California Sierra ramps up

SF Gate: 'Biggest nightmare': National Park Service quietly kills program after 15 years

KTLA: Catalytic converter theft ring in California raked in $38M, prosecutors say

CBS LA: 2 juveniles turn themselves in after 3 people were stabbed outside Santa Ana High School

East Bay Times: A woman drove into a California military facility by mistake. She now faces deportation.

East Bay Times: 3 California high school students stabbed; 1 fatally

East Bay Times: Antioch bicyclist dies after falling into passing driver’s path

East Bay Times: LDS church agrees to ‘settlement in principle’ of more than 100 sex abuse lawsuits in California

Marin Independent Journal: Marin County reports rise in tuberculosis cases

Marin Independent Journal: Marin lender claims bankruptcy, citing $70M in liabilities

CBS Bay Area: Trump dares Newsom to run for president, calls California high-speed rail project "out of control"

CBS News : Oakland continues encampment sweeps, heading to East 12th Street site next

SF Gate: 'Chaos ensued': California State Bar accuses testing vendor of fraud amid backlash

SF Gate: House Republicans push to sell hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in the West

SF Gate: Human remains separated by over 50 miles identified as Calif. schoolteacher

SF Chronicle: This California supermarket staple is expected to get cheaper under Trump tariffs