Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, March 6, 2025
NY Times : Florida Seeks Drug Prescription Data With Names of Patients and Doctors
Sacramento Bee: 40 involved in riot at Sacramento County prison that sent 5 inmates to hospitals
BBC: US and Ukraine officials to meet next week to discuss peace plans, Zelensky says
Modesto Bee: This California beach was named the best in the nation. Not all locals are happy
KTLA: Former Olympian turned drug kingpin named to FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list
Marin Independent Journal: Alleged pot dispensary burglars arrested in Marin
The Hill: Administration considers rolling back chemical plant safeguards
Reuters: Butterfly populations plummet by 22% in US since turn of century
Reuters: SpaceX's Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean
Reuters: Trump weighs revoking legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians
Reuters: 'Psychodrama' tariff negotiations frustrate Mexico and Canada
The Hill: AI chatbots infected with Russian disinformation: Study
The Hill: These national parks saw record attendance in 2024, but they may not tell you about it
OPB: Advocates, scientists ask lawmakers for $1 million to stop toxic algal blooms on Willamette River
Courthouse News Service: Disappearing butterflies should be a wake-up call, scientists say
Courthouse News Service: California lawmakers fast-track insurance bills in wake of deadly fires
Courthouse News Service: Second Circuit eradicates Amish fight over NY school vaccination mandate
OPB: Fed’s timber directives could sway Oregon forest policy, but market effects remain unclear
AP News: Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10 billion
AP News: Trump targets security clearances of law firm over actions related to 2016 Russia investigation
OPB: Columbia River Bar pilots report slowed commerce as tariffs likely to go into effect
The Guardian: Newsom condemned for ‘throwing trans people under bus’ after sports comment
AP News: California’s Gavin Newsom opposes trans athletes in women’s sports, splitting with progressives
BBC: Japan's spectacular bike ride through six remote islands
NY Times : Inspectors General: After Trump’s Purge, It’s Open Season for Fraudsters
NY Times : Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze, Saying White House Put Itself ‘Above Congress’
The Guardian: Packed Pacs: how billionaires in the US are bankrolling Republicans at the state level
The Guardian: Florida police face wait as man swallows diamond earrings
BBC: Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters
The Guardian: Pair of bald eagles welcome two hatchlings in California
AP News: Most Greenlanders are proudly Inuit and also Lutheran
AP News: Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
The Guardian: ‘My child would use anything as a weapon’: the parents who live in fear of their offspring
AP News: Live updates: EU leaders hold emergency Ukraine talks after Trump suspends aid
BBC: Scientists discover new part of the immune system
Washington Post: How to eat and drink fewer microplastics
Washington Post: Inside the scientific quest to reverse human aging
The Atlantic: The Simple Explanation for Why Trump Turned Against Ukraine
The Atlantic: Reforming the way Medicare pays doctors: One Potential Benefit of RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against Outside Influence
The Atlantic: What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain
The Atlantic: The Advice Elissa Slotkin Didn’t Take
Washington Post: Draft executive order set for Thursday calls for closing Education Dept.
The Guardian: ‘The entire coastline will be cemented over’: the tiny Italian town set to become a dock for giant cruise ships
The Guardian: Teenager overpowered by plane passengers after allegedly boarding Jetstar flight with ‘large gun’ at Australian airport
KQED: San Francisco’s Oldest Lesbian Bar Has Been a Safe Space for More Than 60 Years
KQED: ‘I’m Heartbroken’: California Scientists Left Adrift by Mass Federal Layoffs at NOAA
BBC: Carmakers win break from US tariffs on Canada and Mexico
BBC: Moment Blue Ghost spacecraft landed on the Moon
BBC: Can Trump's tariffs break China's grip on manufacturing?
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