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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, Feb. 13

BBC: Zelensky says no peace deal without Ukraine involvement

The Guardian: Just a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera

The Guardian: US prices ‘could go up’ as new tariffs on trade partners is planned

SF Chronicle: Dam removal on Eel River could create longest free-flowing California river

SF Gate: Denny's to close up to 90 more restaurants

SF Gate: State Department halts plan to buy $400M worth of armored vehicles from Musk's Tesla

Washington Post: California city votes to criminalize helping people in homeless camps

Washington Post: Man, 87, goes viral for party invitation: ‘4 PM until the cops arrive’

NY Times : Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.

NPR: Dozens of CFPB workers are fired as the agency remains shuttered

NPR: Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas

Smithsonian Magazine: How Alice Hamilton Waged a One-Woman Campaign to Get the Lead Out of Everything

Politico: Californians are in for a ‘rude shock’ on fire

Politico: Newsom stands by ‘sanctuary’ law but refuses to extend protections to inmates

NY Times : Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.

NY Times : ‘Deregulation by Firings’: Breaking Down the Cuts to Financial Oversight

Washington Post: Trump says DOGE found ‘tens of billions’ in savings. Not even close.

Washington Post: Trump wants to substantially reduce the federal workforce. Here’s what it looks like.

The Guardian: My no-plastic life: I tried to cut out single-use items for a month – and it almost broke me

AP News: US eggs prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing

The Oregonian: Giant drill pulled from Willamette River after digging half-mile tunnel

The Oregonian: Hawaii volcano shoots lava into air, captured in dramatic video

The Guardian: First burned-down plot in Altadena in escrow with $100,000 over asking price

AP News: Texas county approves holding election to make SpaceX’s Starbase its own city

The Hill: Stars flee Kennedy Center groups after Trump seizes chair

The Guardian: ‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry

The Guardian: ‘Poverty is not a crime’: outrage after California city passes law targeting homeless encampments

The Guardian: Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead Bureau of Land Management

AP News: Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages

AP News: A free speech case over a pastry shop painting goes to trial

The Hill: Kamala Harris is Democratic frontrunner for California governor in 2026: Poll

The Hill: John Bolton denounces Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin peace talks

The Guardian: ‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan

Courthouse News Service: Brazil’s Lula backs oil exploration in the Amazon ahead of hosting UN climate talks

KRCR: Joann Fabrics stores in Redding, Chico and Eureka face closure amid bankruptcy

KRCR: Healthcare workers picket across Northern California including Providence St. Joseph

BBC: Unofficial TikTok downloads surge in the US

BBC: Fact-checking Elon Musk's claims in the Oval Office

Courthouse News Service: Trump Justice Department sues New York state over DMV policies for immigrants

Courthouse News Service: Trump taps Wyoming wildlife foe to head Fish and Wildlife Service

BBC: Grenade attack in French bar injures 12

BBC: Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres

BBC: Driver in suspected car ramming attack in Munich was Afghan asylum seeker, officials say

LA Times: Cal Fire begins releasing new state-mandated maps showing highest fire hazard areas

LA Times: UCLA suspends Students for Justice in Palestine after vandalism at UC regent’s home

LA Times: Trump targets paper straw purchases by federal government — and won’t stop there

AP News: At least 28 are hurt as a driver plows into a demonstration in Germany

East Bay Times: US inflation worsened last month with prices for groceries and gasoline heading higher

East Bay Times: US Department of Education takes aim at CIF over transgender athlete policy

East Bay Times: Flu deaths surpass COVID deaths in California for the first time since the start of the pandemic