Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Friday, May 15, 2020
KRCR: Win-River Resort and Casino set to Reopen
Politico: CDC releases scaled-back guidance on reopening after White House blocked earlier release
Politico: Pentagon fires its point person for Defense Production Act
Politico: DHS begins collecting DNA from undocumented immigrants
NY Times: Paralegal for U.S. Attorney Tipped Off Drug Cartel, Prosecutors Say
NY Times: Hospitals Knew How to Make Money. Then Coronavirus Happened.
NY Times: DeVos Funnels Coronavirus Relief Funds to Favored Private and Religious Schools
Washington Post: Democrats scrutinize State Department plan to overhaul Social Security
Washington Post: EPA backs away from regulating controversial chemical in drinking water
Outside Online: The Misunderstood Python Hunters Saving the Everglades
Business Insider: A 17-year-old built one of the most popular coronavirus-tracking websites in the world and turned down $8 million in ads
NY Post: Leaked data suggests China may have 640,000 coronavirus cases, not 80,000
KTLA: Newsom proposes billions of dollars in budget cuts to deal with California’s projected $54B deficit
Press Democrat: Death of Bloomfield man during arrest ruled a homicide
Seattle Times: More tribal casinos opening in Washington state, with coronavirus precautions
Seattle Times: Antibody test results of 2 Snohomish County residents throw into question timeline of coronavirus’s U.S. arrival
The Oregonian: Oregon to close death row, reassign inmates to general population, other housing
San Jose Mercury: Pliny the Younger brings in record $5.1 million economic impact to Sonoma County
San Jose Mercury: Where are coronavirus cases surging in California — and why?
The Guardian: Read the small print: some health insurance excludes ‘pandemics’
The Guardian: Mexico: adulterated alcohol deaths rise to over 100 amid ban on official sales
The Guardian: US national park reopenings raise fears of coronavirus outbreaks
The Hill: Obama tweets 'vote' after Trump promotes 'Obamagate'
The Hill: Listing the monarch butterfly as 'endangered' actually might imperil it
The Hill: Gulf grows between Trump and scientists
The Hill: Number of Americans practicing social distancing drops significantly: poll
LA Times: L.A. County mandates masks outside as coronavirus deaths top 3,000 in California
LA Times: 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits western Nevada; shaking reportedly felt in California
SF Chronicle: 17 Calif. counties now listed as moving into Stage 2 more swiftly
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Washington Post: Postal Service to review package delivery fees as Trump influence grows
Washington Post: A sweeping setback for Trump’s foreign business dealings
The Hill: Donald Trump is proposing attacks on Social Security and seniors; here is what we should do instead
The Hill: House Rules Committee approves remote voting during pandemic
The Hill: Trump says testing may be 'frankly overrated'
NY Times: Coronavirus Testing Used by the White House Could Miss Infections
NY Times: Meat plant closures means pigs are gassed or shot instead
NY Times: Thousands Are Headed to Alaska’s Fishing Towns. So Is the Virus.
Washington Post: Satire: Obamagate was the worst crime ever committed and here is what it was
The Hill: Merkel cites 'hard evidence' she was targeted by Russian hackers
The Hill: Appeals court rules against Trump on Emoluments Clause
KRCR: Access Humboldt fights the FCC for Open Internet
San Jose Mercury: New details revealed about Santa Cruz surfer attacked by shark
Sacramento Bee: Republican flips California congressional seat. What does that mean for November?
Huffington Post: Barack Obama Speaks Out After Mitch McConnell Tells Him To Keep His ‘Mouth Shut’
Huffington Post: FBI Seizes Cellphone From Sen. Richard Burr In Probe Over Stock Trades
The Guardian: A disgraced scientist and a viral video: how a Covid conspiracy theory started
The Guardian: Revealed: long-troubled US oil firms are capitalizing on coronavirus assistance
SF Chronicle: Dam removal proposed in coalition’s takeover of North Coast hydropower project
SF Chronicle: Newsom on upcoming wildfire season: 'The hots are getting hotter, the dries are getting drier'
SF Chronicle: 'Don't freak out': L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti clarifies three-month extension of stay-at-home order