Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
NY Times: Remember When Trump Said He’d Be Happy to Share His Tax Returns?
NY Times: Just Because You Test Positive for Antibodies Doesn’t Mean You Have Them
Washington Post: Hoovering the Ocean for Plastic
Washington Post: April saw the sharpest increase in grocery store prices in nearly 50 years
Daily Beast: Team Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its COVID Death Counts
The Oregonian: Here’s your last chance to be part of live chat with Congressman leading push for marijuana legalization.
The Hill: Chuck Todd apologizes for airing edited William Barr clip
The Hill: Supreme Court to hear 'faithless elector' cases affecting Electoral College
The Hill: Judge invites outside parties to weigh in on Flynn case, delaying DOJ effort to drop charges
The Hill: Texas sees 1,000 new coronavirus cases 5 days in a row
The Guardian: 'Finally, a virus got me': Ebola expert on nearly dying of coronavirus
The Guardian: Cycling 'explosion': coronavirus fuels surge in US bike ridership
The Guardian: Death of five surfers in storm shocks Netherlands
The Guardian: Faithless electors: US supreme court to weigh role of electoral college members
The Guardian: Republicans appear on track to win two congressional seats in boost to Trump
San Jose Mercury: Coronavirus: Deaths surge in San Mateo County, positive tests plummet in San Francisco
San Jose Mercury: ‘Pure chaos’ as goats run wild in San Jose neighborhood
LA Times: How a golf caddie academy got low-income kids into college
LA Times: CSU plans to cancel most in-person classes and go online this fall, chancellor says
LA Times: Paul Manafort released from prison due to coronavirus concerns
Press Democrat: Sonoma County begins broader reopening of parks, beaches to local residents
Press Democrat: Seven California counties get OK to more quickly reopen
SF Chronicle: Evicted Yosemite employees fear homelessness
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
NY Times: Tribal Nations Face Most Severe Crisis in Decades as the Coronavirus Closes Casinos
NY Times: Trump’s Taxes and the Supreme Court: What You Need to Know
Washington Post: Coronavirus crisis hits solar and wind energy industry
Washington Post: America’s longest river was recently drier than during the Dust Bowl. And it’s bound to happen again.
Washington Post: Listen live Supreme Court hears arguments in battle over Trump’s tax returns
Fast Company: Mark Cuban wanted to see if Texas stores were reopening safely. The results are horrifying
You Tube: John Oliver Breaks Down Why The United States Postal Service Is Facing A Financial Catastrophe
Wired: The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
KTLA: Judge blocks Trump’s water plan in California’s Central Valley
KRCR: Good Samaritan rescues three fishermen who were tossed into Sacramento River
The Hill: Supreme Court to hear blockbuster case on Trump financial records
The Hill: Doctors Without Borders in rare mission within US sends team to Navajo Nation
Daily Beast: Anti-Semitic Incidents in the U.S. Hit 40-Year High, Report Finds
The Guardian: US supreme court tackles politics’ most tantalising mystery: Trump’s tax returns
The Guardian: Elon Musk reopens California Tesla factory in defiance of lockdown order
LA Times: Avoid weekend trips and summer vacations for now, California health officials say
SF Chronicle: Researchers adjust results of startling Santa Clara antibody study
Monday, May 11, 2020
LA Times: Stir-crazy Californians are crowding Arizona’s Lake Havasu
CNN: 'Double Rainbow Guy' Paul Vasquez has died
Wall St Journal: Bill Gates Has Regrets
SF Chronicle: It's 1950 again as SF classic Mel's Drive-In brings back carhop service
Del Norte Triplicate: Two intruders apparently slain in home break in Sunday
Washington Post: Top White House advisers, unlike their boss, increasingly worry stimulus spending is costing too much
USA Today: White House adopts new safety precautions as coronavirus moves closer to Trump's inner circle
Washington Post: Adult children pay the price of keeping aging parents at home
The Hill: The national debt is out of control