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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Sunday, June 29

ABC News: 2 dead in Idaho after firefighters ambushed by gunfire while responding to blaze: Sheriff

Washington Post: This low-tech program has saved birds from extinction. The administration wants to end it.

SF Gate: After 50 years, the Berkeley Flea Market is closing

SF Gate: Brothers missing for 3 weeks found dead off California highway

The Guardian: Make beads, not war: a bedazzled fighter jet lands in Seattle

The Guardian: Will Shasta's Sáttítla Highlands National Monument Survive Trump 2.0?

The Atlantic: The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine

NY Times : Maybe It’s Not Just Aging. Maybe It’s Anemia.

The Atlantic: America’s Coming Smoke Epidemic

The Atlantic: That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.

Food Dive: Texas approves law requiring warning labels for food additives

Washington Post: No bones, no scales, no problem: The first lab-grown salmon sold in the U.S.

Reuters: Rocks in Canada's Quebec province found to be the oldest on Earth

Reuters: Crime costs Chile $8 billion a year as violence chokes economic growth

NY Times : Vehicles: They’re Tiny. They’re Slow. And People Are Obsessed.

NY Times : G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says

The Oregonian: Fancy new Amtrak trains are coming to the Pacific Northwest

Washington Post: The first rule in Trump’s Washington: Don’t write anything down

Politico: Trump pollster warns Senate GOP against deeper Medicaid cuts

Politico: RFK Jr. is bringing psychedelics to the Republican Party

OPB: Fresh wasabi is hard to get in the US — unless you live in Oregon

NY Times : A.I. Videos Have Never Been Better. Can You Tell What’s Real?

Indian Country Today: EPA grants were set to address health risks on the Hopi and Navajo Reservations, until the Trump administration cut them

Reuters: Over a third of people on sinking Tuvalu seek Australia's climate visas

Politico: Senate Republicans’ tax cuts cost projected to rise to $4.45T

AP News: Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements

NBC News: Driven to starvation, Sudanese people eat weeds and plants to survive as war rages

Washington Post: DOGE loses control over government grants website, freeing up billions

NY Times : Scientists Retrace 30,000-Year-Old Sea Voyage, in a Hollowed-Out Log

OPB: ‘Wildfire Days’ is about fighting fire — in the wilderness and in life

OPB: Take a look inside Mount Hood’s hand-built Steiner cabins

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Microgrids a step closer to reality for Oregon communities

Reuters: Trump wins as Supreme Court curbs judges, but may yet lose on birthright citizenship

The Hill: Updated Senate bill slashes wind and solar incentives – and adds a new tax

The Oregonian: How a remote fishing lodge became a bucket list Oregon getaway

The Oregonian: Portland Electric wants to add solar to troubled wind farm instead of replacing turbines

BBC: The virtually abandoned Florida airport being turned into 'Alligator Alcatraz'

BBC: Venezuela's ex-spy chief pleads guilty to narco-terrorism charges

The Hill: A new Texas law could have wider effect on how food products are made, experts suggest

The Hill: Opinion: Protecting small-town America: Why high-speed rail is the wrong track for the US

The Hill: Trump’s Energy Department is making federal buildings less accessible again

The Guardian: Who is in charge at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?

BBC: Netanyahu hopes for boost from Iran conflict - but do Israelis still trust him?

BBC: Iran could start enriching uranium for bomb within months, UN nuclear chief says

The Guardian: Elon Musk calls Trump’s big bill ‘utterly insane and destructive’ as Senate debates

The Guardian: Revealed: spies for hire used ‘Big Brother’ tactics on Scottish salmon farm activists

AP News: In words and photos, rural Alaska residents reflect on their village’s sustainable practices

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit takes up challenge against California restrictions on open carry of firearms

The Guardian: US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers

Courthouse News Service: Feds must decide on protections for Chinook salmon