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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, March 20, 2025

ABC News: 67,000 white South Africans have expressed interest in Trump's plan to give them refugee status

The Guardian: Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2 billion people, says UN

The Guardian: Hawaii observatory to be evicted amid federal cuts as volcano shoots 700ft lava

CBS San Diego: Dr. Bronner's settles lawsuit over employee's ketamine massage death

Courthouse News Service: University of California announces systemwide hiring freeze amid looming federal and state funding cuts

Courthouse News Service: New York top court strikes down law to allow noncitizen voting in Big Apple elections

KCRA: The California Capital Airshow returns this weekend with the Blue Angels. How to get tickets

OPB: How federal funding cuts are affecting one small school district in an Oregon community that voted heavily for Trump

KCRA: PG&E asks to raise rates for California customers so it can pay investors more

OPB: Northwest research reveals some whales avoid detection from predators by keeping their songs reeaaal low

NPR: Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE

NPR: Trump suspends $175 million in funding to University of Pennsylvania over trans athletes

Politico: Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting Georgetown researcher who was in U.S. legally

AP News: People named in JFK assassination documents are not happy their personal information was released

OPB: Why a DOJ prosecutor resigned, telling coworkers and bosses 'you serve no man'

KRCR: Routine traffic stop uncovers massive drug haul in Shasta County

Politico: Judge blocks DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of people

The Hill: Texas legislature reverses course on THC products

AP News: Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position

The Hill: Trump signs executive order to dismantle Department of Education

AP News: In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybertrucks

US News: Fmr. Michigan asst. coach charged with hacking female computer accounts for intimate photos

Surfer Magazine: Whales “Protect” Diver from Bloodthirsty Shark (Video)

Surfer Magazine: Hugues Oyarzabal, French Surfing Tube Savant, Has Died

NY Times : Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life.

Smithsonian Magazine: This Intrepid Team of Bee Lovers Are Doing Everything They Can to Save Rare Native Species From Extinction

Smithsonian Magazine: 4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy

Washington Post: A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.

Washington Post: Opinion: Don’t count on the courts to save democracy

Reuters: Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle

Reuters: Reigning champion Celtics agree to record-breaking $6.1 billion sale

Reuters: Ottawa condemns Chinese executions of four Canadians on drug charges

Reuters: USDA to invest up to $100 million for projects to combat bird flu

Reuters: US Senate Democrats call on Trump Medicare nominee Dr. Oz to pay $400,000 in avoided taxes

Reuters: Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield, triggering huge blast

The Atlantic: Stephen Miller Has a Plan

NY Times : Analysis: How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More

The Hill: Trump says crypto will ‘unleash an explosion of economic growth’

The Hill: Germany updates US travel advice after 3 citizens are detained

The Hill: GOP lawmaker booed for DOGE defense at Wyoming town hall

The Hill: Republicans want Musk to shut up about Social Security

The Atlantic: Trump’s Appetite for Revenge Is Insatiable

KQED: Latest of Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms Targets Several in Bay Area Over DEI

KQED: Legal Showdown Over Sanctuary Laws Tests Federal vs. State Power Again

KCRA: 'Could I have moved quicker? Absolutely': Ricardo Lara testifies at state Capitol on California's insurance crisis

The Guardian: Thousands protest in Israel over ‘attack on democracy’ by Netanyahu

The Guardian: Kirsty Coventry named new IOC president as Coe denied in election vote

The Guardian: French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

The Guardian: ‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US

The Guardian: Tesla backer says Musk must reduce Trump work, as 46,000 Cybertrucks recalled