Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Seattle Times: Trump calls for 20,000 extra officers to help with deportation efforts
East Bay Times: Former top sheriff’s aide seeks $15 million from San Mateo County over firing
KRCR: Vacaville blacksmith duo finds success at Redding Fire Festival with unique handmade items
BBC: Along the Canada border, small-town America feels sting of Trump's trade war
SF Chronicle: Can turning purple urchins into kitchen countertop save California’s seafloor?
East Bay Times: Yosemite: Key parts of the park to reopen Saturday, as more campground reservations are made available
KRON: SF firefighters rescue brothers caught in rip current at Ocean Beach
KRON: Video: Coyote seen digging up grave at Bay Area cemetery
KPIX: Artichoke Festival in Monterey County permanently canceled after 65 years
KPIX: Dozens of Mendocino County workers may soon resign amid budget woes
KPIX: Oakland residents outraged over illegal dumping by Tesla Cybertruck driver
East Bay Times: Aryan Brotherhood members plucked from state prison into the federal system
SF Chronicle: Berkeley homeless encampment spurs neighborhood outrage: ‘Actual humanitarian crisis’
SF Gate: The wealthy California town that can't get rid of water fast enough
SF Gate: ICE raids have 'overwhelmed' coastal California communities
SF Gate: Bay Area teen's suicide leads to 4 arrests across the globe
Thursday, May 8, 2025
BBC: The surprising power of breathing through your nose
NY Times : Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week
NY Times : Trump Declares High-Speed Internet Program ‘Racist’ and ‘Unconstitutional’
Politico: Trump asks Supreme Court to allow cancellation of legal status for 500,000 immigrants
Politico: More than a half-dozen countries could soon be accepting US deportees
The Hill: Trump pushes Republicans to have rich pay more taxes
The Guardian: Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report
The Guardian: Hawaii families receive payouts for 2021 fuel leak that sickened thousands
The Guardian: Stockholm rejects ‘bizarre’ US letter urging city to scrap diversity initiatives
The Guardian: Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Ábrego García case
The Guardian: Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into New York attorney general
The Hill: Trump taps Jeanine Pirro for top DC prosecutor job
AP News: Live updates: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV
Yahoo News: Trump Drug Price Idea Could Cost Industry $1 Trillion, Lobbying Group Says
CNN: Ultraprocessed foods linked to early symptoms of Parkinson’s
AP News: Deadly April rainfall in US South and Midwest was intensified by climate change, scientists say
US News: Smoke From Climate-Fueled Wildfires Contributed to Thousands of US Deaths Over 15 Years, Study Says
Reuters: Exclusive: DOGE-led software revamp to speed US job cuts even as Musk steps back
Reuters: Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, accuses Musk of harming world's poor
Reuters: US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk's Starlink, Washington Post reports
US News: Bill Gates Pledges His Remaining Fortune to the Gates Foundation, Which Will Close in 20 Years
Courthouse News Service: Man accused of taking a chainsaw to 13 trees in LA appears in court
Courthouse News Service: Apaches make last-ditch effort to stop copper mine from destroying sacred land
Courthouse News Service: LPL Financial looks to dodge claims it put customers’ money into low-return cash sweep
Oregon Public Broadcasting: More allegations of widespread sexual abuse at Oregon’s youth prison
Oregon Public Broadcasting: NOAA looking for person of interest in seal pup stabbing on Oregon Coast
Oregon Public Broadcasting: 21 students suspended, banned after University of Washington protest
The Oregonian: ‘Freak accident’ sinks NW rescue boat trying to save 2 river rafters
AP News: How a Chinese delicacy from Washington got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Chinook Indian Nation federal status uncertain again after political break
The Oregonian: The new tunnel in the Columbia Gorge that you have to go see for yourself: Peak Northwest podcast
The Oregonian: How Trump’s tariffs could affect Nike and its factory workers
The Oregonian: Oregon coast mayor won’t be prosecuted after arrest at city council meeting, DA decides
SF Gate: Tourist gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park after getting too close