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Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025

OPB: More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they’re buying guns out of fear

The Oregonian: Oregon regulators uphold approval for controversial transmission line that may serve a single data center rather than the public

Action News: Chico's red light cameras capture 439 violations in two weeks

KRCR: New Human Identification Lab at Chico State to enhance forensic capabilities and training

CBS News LA: LA County deputies seeking three suspects who stole over $100K in copper wire in Palmdale

CBS News LA: Widespread Southern California storm brings several inches of rain, flood warnings to region

SF Gate: Thousands turn out for opening of California's new mega casino

SF Gate: Man who drowned off a Big Sur beach ID'd, daughter still missing

KRON: Multiple officers shot in rural Kansas, suspect reported dead

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025

TCD: Student discovers microplastics in all fish guts from Snake River and tributaries

Reuters: Trump administration prepares tariff exemptions in bid to lower food prices, NYT reports

High Country News: Along the Albion River in Mendocino County, the California Conservation Corps moves logs and branches into the river. Posted inFish In Mendocino, river restoration pays off for salmon

Reuters: Doggie diversity in size and shape began at least 11,000 years ago

Reuters: Deal to end US government shutdown strikes buzzy cannabis drinks industry

Reuters: US hires 50,000 federal workers under Trump, boosting immigration roles

NPR: 'We need to get out of here': Trump's immigration crackdown is quietly reshaping where immigrants live in America

AP News: Top Ukrainian ministers submit their resignations as the country is rocked by a corruption scandal

AP News: Seal escapes orca hunt by jumping onto photographer’s boat

BBC: PC gaming giant Valve unveils new console to rival Xbox and PlayStation

KRCR: Trinity County urges rabies vaccinations amid rise in cases in the Northstate

SF Gate: Coaching legend at Bay Area college is in critical condition after being shot on campus

SF Gate: Bomb cyclone off California coast brings flooded roadways to Bay Area

SF Gate: Deadly Trump admin raid on California farm cost company $26 million

The Guardian: US justice department joins lawsuit to block California’s new electoral map

The Hill: Trump opens up more Arctic drilling

AP News: Building apartment projects near public transit helps address housing crisis, combat climate change

Washington Post: Congress tightens THC restrictions on hemp, closing farm bill loophole

The Atlantic: Wait, Are the Epstein Files Real Now?

Smithsonian Magazine: From Collecting Whale Snot to Capturing Surprising Behaviors, Aerial Drones Are Giving Scientists a New View of Sea Life

Smithsonian Magazine: How Old-Time Fiddle Music Took Root in Indigenous Alaska

NY Times : 350 Teachers on How Screens Take Over Classrooms, as Early as Kindergarten

AP News: Hundreds evacuated and dozens hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma

The Guardian: The billionaire nanny boom: why gen Z is providing ‘private service’ for the super-rich

Washington Post: Epstein wrote that Trump knew of sexual abuse but didn’t participate

The Atlantic: The Left’s New Moralism Will Backfire

the a: All the Ostriches Must Die

The Guardian: The perplexing rise of protein shakes: how a ‘meaty sludge’ became a billion-dollar industry

The Guardian: A refugee’s deportation rattles a deeply conservative town: ‘What Trump has done is not Christlike’

The Guardian: High blood pressure rates in children nearly doubled in 20 years, global review finds

Politico: ‘He’s Actually Weakening the Economy’: Why Trump’s Strategy May Fail

The Guardian: Lies, damned lies and AI: the newest way to influence elections may be here to stay

The Guardian: ‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott

The Guardian: US House to vote next week on bill compelling release of Epstein files

Politico: The 9 most shocking revelations in the Epstein docs

BBC: Video: Leonardo DiCaprio honours Jane Goodall at funeral in DC

BBC: £220 'for a cut-up sock' - Apple's new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online

The Hill: MAGA offers fresh pushback on Trump’s immigration policies

AP News: Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities

The Hill: Late car payments hit record among subprime borrowers

NPR: Israel's president says 'shocking' settler violence against Palestinians must end