Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024
BBC: Arizona semi driver jailed for killing five in crash while watching TikTok
SF Chronicle: San Francisco Bay is awash with endangered whales. Is that good or bad?
East Bay Times: Aryan Brotherhood associate admits to arranging violent crimes, running pounds of drugs from prison cell
Politico: A new California rallying cry: “Fund the Police Forever”
Politico: George Santos pleads guilty, acknowledging lies and blaming ambition for conning his way to Congress
the Atlantic: The American Con Man Who Pioneered Offshore Finance
the Atlantic: The False Narrative of Settler Colonialism
The Hill: Matthew Perry, ketamine and America’s doctor-to-dealer pipeline
NY Times : He Regulated Medical Devices. His Wife Represented Their Makers.
Smithsonian Magazine: Why Are Fishermen Braving Dangerous Waters to Harvest Bizarre-Looking Sea Creatures?
KPTV: Man accused of killing dozens of protected seagulls on Washington beach faces charges
KPTV: Oregon drug kingpin sentenced to 8 years in prison
The Oregonian: An Oregon man was trapped 95 miles from shore in violent seas, his boat sinking; the rescue effort tested Coast Guard’s limits
BBC: Workers 'treated like slaves' on Scottish fishing boats
BBC: Sicily yacht sinking: Who are the missing and rescued?
BBC: US trial begins in battle for Mao secretary's diaries
LA Times: Kidnapping, capture, cover-up? Cremated body baffles Mexican officials in ‘El Mayo’ arrest
The Guardian: Chinese and Philippine ships collide near disputed Sabina Shoal in South China Sea
Courthouse News Service: Wisconsin woman who said she legally killed sex trafficker gets 11 years in prison
NPR: 'It's totally different': Younger tattoo artists are ditching the machine
NPR: Hurricane Debby washed ashore $1 million worth of cocaine onto Florida beaches
Courthouse News Service: Protesters rally in Chicago ahead of packed DNC week
Courthouse News Service: Judge temporarily halts mining project surrounding indigenous cultural site
Vox: The surprising truth about loneliness in America
Vox: Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of swing state voters
AP News: Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism’ in the summer of 2024
LA Times: After 25 years, I wanted to quit drinking and couldn’t. Here’s how I finally got sober
LA Times: Cat-killing sheriff’s deputies back on the job in Kern County
LA Times: Nearly $1 billion in funds left unspent by centers for disabled Californians
KTLA: Toddler trapped in locked car rescued by Southern California firefighters
Courthouse News Service: Trump-backed Georgia election board OKs additional certification requirements
KTLA: UC president calls on chancellors to enforce rules banning encampments, masking, blocking paths
KTLA: California inmate transferred from L.A. County killed in violent attack
KRCR: New cardroom to host premier poker tournaments and events in Eureka
KRCR: New team opens up Sundial Film Festival to global filmmakers for 2025 return
The Guardian: Nearly half of New Zealanders say government policies increasing racial tensions, poll finds
The Guardian: Democrats raise alarm as states accused of warning employers before ‘surprise inspections’
Sacramento Bee: Screams from manhole lead rescuers to man caught in pipe, California firefighters say
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento County man gets 40 years in prison for using Snapchat to ‘sextort’ minors
East Bay Times: ‘A game changer’: How giant batteries are making California’s power grid stronger, and reducing the risk of blackouts during heat waves
Press Democrat: San Leandro man charged in Windsor attempted ATM theft
Press Democrat: Firefighters significantly tame California's fourth-largest wildfire on record
KRON: Driverless Waymo cars still honking despite software fix
KQED: SF Encampment Crackdown Gets Tents, But Not People, Off the Streets, Neighbors Say
KQED: A Push to Curb Solitary Confinement in California Prisons Hits a Wall
East Bay Times: FBI truck burglarized in San Francisco; suspect claimed he traded valuable ballistics vest for $20 meth sack
East Bay Times: Big Basin Redwoods State Park rebuilding plans unveiled four years after massive wildfire
East Bay Times: Increase in e-bike injuries spurs Bay Area cities to take another look at regulation
SF Chronicle: Last private island in San Francisco Bay has a buyer, agent confirms
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