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Thursday, Oct. 24

CBS News : Boeing machinists reject new contract, continuing costly walkout

SF Gate: Insurance is the new deal-breaker in California real estate purchases

SF Gate: Murder solved 30 years to the day after Vegas woman found dead

SF Gate: LA Times editor quits after billionaire owner blocked paper's presidential endorsement

SF Gate: 'No soul': Controversial luxury hotel could rise in California beach town

KPIX: CHP blitz on Oakland sideshows nets 22 arrests, 36 impounded vehicles

KRON: San Ramon assistant principal assaulted by high school students during homecoming dance

North Bay Biz Journal: Sonoma County supervisors OK state program allowing home restaurants

North Bay Biz Journal: 3 local breweries win medals in national beer fest

Marin Independent Journal: ‘Scandalous’: Marin extends closure of key performance venue

SF Gate: Tropical storm battering Philippines leaves at least 24 people dead in flooding and landslides

Tuesday, Oct. 22

The Guardian: Florida reports 13 deaths from rare flesh-eating bacteria after hurricanes

The Guardian: One dead in multi-state E coli outbreak tied to US McDonald’s Quarter Pounders

SF Gate: LA Times, Calif.'s largest newspaper, won't endorse presidential candidate this year

Washington Post: What science says about the power of religion and prayer to heal

Smithsonian Magazine: An Ice Age Infant’s 17,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals He Had Dark Skin and Blue Eyes

AP News: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience

Fox News: Opponents want a timeout on forcing kids into padded rooms in Utah schools

NY Times : A Radical Approach to Flooding in England: Give Land Back to the Sea

ABC News: Baby shot and killed by toddler who got hold of loaded gun in parked car: TX Police

ABC News: Former Abercrombie CEO arrested in sex trafficking investigation

Washington Post: Mold exposure is a health risk. Here’s how to deal with it.

BBC: Are you really helping when you join an 'expedition tour'?

Washington Post: Dog’s warmth may have saved woman lost for days in the woods

Washington Post: Few Americans ever make it to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Here’s what it’s really like.

The Guardian: UK export of millions of endangered eels to Russia attacked as ‘bonkers’

BBC: Rising flash floods leave NM sheriff stranded on top of car

BBC: What leaked US assessment of Israeli plans to strike Iran shows

BBC: Woman reaching for phone gets stuck upside down in boulders

ABC News: A 2nd major recall for Honda in October, this time for pumps that can crack, leak fuel

AP News: FTC’s rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect

The Guardian: Conspiracy theories and a $1m check: a night at Elon Musk’s surreal election giveaway

The Guardian: Cockatoo rescued after ‘living on brioche’ for four weeks inside Sydney supermarket

The Guardian: A Colombian warlord became the Amazon rainforest’s most unlikely protector. Now he is cutting it down

The Guardian: Five family members shot to death in home outside Seattle; teen arrested

The Guardian: Trump ground game faces new fraud claims as video shows GPS "spoofing"

The Guardian: Revealed: Trump ground game in key states flagged as potentially fake

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Federal funding to expand affordable farmworker housing reaches Oregon

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon could see wetter and cooler winter conditions this year, thanks to La Niña

Merced Sun Star: Avian flu, heat caused ‘sudden rise’ in Central California dairy cow deaths. What’s next?

KRCR: Oregon brewery dubbed 'Brewery of the Year' at Great American Beer Festival

LA Times: Mexican schools have 6 months to ban junk food sales or face heavy fines

LA Times: Newsom sides with Musk in dispute over SpaceX rocket launches

Jonesboro Sun: Eyewitness video captures frantic efforts to save lives after deadly collapse of dock walkway

LA Times: California’s first carbon capture project gets OK from Kern County

KCRA: Teen in custody after 5 found dead in shooting at home in Washington state, police say

KCRA: 2 Navy aviators from California identified after crash in Washington

KRCR: Tiny school's football team sets sights on another championship after stellar season

KRCR: Missing 16-year-old hiker found after intense search in Plumas County

KRCR: Three teens still at large more than one week after Shasta County juvenile facility escape