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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025

BBC: US House narrowly passes Trump-backed spending bill

BBC: Billion Indians have no spending money - report

ABC News: Gabbard says 100 intelligence staffers to be fired for engaging in explicit chats

The Hill: Trump pitches ‘gold card’ as replacement for EB5 investor visa

CBS San Diego: Homeless encampment residents living near new billion-dollar resort in Chula Vista steal water, electricity residents say

KRON: What to know about the Feb. 28 Economic Blackout

KRON: Student stabbed at Santa Rosa high school, taken to hospital

NY Times : Crypto’s big win in court is just the beginning

NY Times : Former Secretay of the Air Force Writes Guest Opinion: America Has a Rogue President

NBC News: DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email

SF Standard: Hosts are fleeing Airbnb in protest over cofounder’s DOGE work

Georgia Today: Airbnb faces boycott calls over co-founder’s role in Musk’s DOGE initiative

The Guardian: Grace Slick on sex, drugs and Jefferson Airplane: ‘I was sober in the 80s. That was a mistake’

Military.com: Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Last Year Was Spent Elsewhere by the Army

Military.com: Chinese Fishing Vessels Used North Korean Crews in Breach of UN Bans, a Report Says

Military.com: Israel Sends Tanks into West Bank for First Time in Decades, Says Fleeing Palestinians Can't Return

Washington Post: What the choice of Dan Bongino could mean for Kash Patel’s FBI vision

BBC: Major Asia bank to cut 4,000 roles as AI replaces humans

BBC: Seven planets to be visible simultaneously in night sky for last time until 2040

Washington Post: Acting IRS commissioner to step down amid DOGE blitz on agency

BBC: The people who 'see' foreign languages: How synaesthesia can help language learning

BBC: Watch Trump and Macron's history of intense handshakes

BBC: US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on Ukraine

BBC: Artists release silent album in protest against AI using their work

AP News: Apple announces $500 billion investment in US amid tariff threats that could affect the iPhone

The Hill: Student loan borrowers face abrupt 180 as GOP budget plans threaten to raise payments

The Hill: OPM tells HR leaders that response to Musk is ‘voluntary’

The Guardian: Antioxidants in fruits and flowers seem to counteract harmful effects of microplastics, study shows

The Hill: Potential cuts at AI Safety Institute stoke concerns in tech industry

The Hill: Opinion: Bad DOGE: Firing IRS workers will fuel tax cheating and cost billions

The Oregonian: Republican town hall turns chaotic as heckling, jeering Democrat dragged out in Idaho

The Guardian: Over 3,000 beauty products targeting Black women contain health hazards, study shows

Action News Now: California judge testifies that he accidentally shot and killed his wife

Action News Now: Collier Hardware to shut down March 31, ending 154 years of serving downtown Chico

AP News: Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings

AP News: FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier

CBS News : FBI says woman drugged, robbed older men during deadly romance scheme in US and Mexico

The Oregonian: Questions over Oregon politician’s pay lead Defense Department to terminate agency funding

OPB: The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution is a dam that could displace thousands

NBC News: More than a dozen sick sea lions reported off coast of Malibu

OPB: Oregon Coast residents pack congressional town hall, hoping for answers

OPB: Providence nurses across Oregon approve deal to end strike

MSN News: California vaccine management system’s funding is running out. ‘Incredibly concerning’

LA Times: California officials push to cut energy credits to households with rooftop solar panels

KRCR: Redding woman's $5 million lawsuit against police department moves closer to trial

KRCR: Wisconsin's Gov. Evers slammed for proposal to replace 'mother' with 'inseminated person'

KTLA: Driver beaten by 20-30 juveniles near Beverly Hills

KCRA: New Cal Fire maps show heightened fire danger SF Bay Area

ABC Sacramento: Newsom unveils new checks on state funds for local homelessness efforts

ABC Sacramento: Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups