Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024
Oregon Public Broadcasting: New report shows how Oregon’s kelp forests have dwindled
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Cowlitz Indian Tribe champions holistic, gender-affirming care rooted in tradition
NBC News: Indigenous-led forensics team looks for missing Native Americans
AP News: US announces nearly $1 billion more in longer-term weapons support for Ukraine
The Guardian: Donald Trump promises to pardon January 6 rioters on ‘day one’
Washington Post: Trump says members of Jan. 6 committee should be jailed
NY Times : Trump Signals an Aggressive Opening, Threatening ‘Jail’ for Cheney and Others
SF Gate: 'Controlled chaos': Delightfully bizarre Yosemite tradition back after 5 years
SciTechDaily: Millions at Risk: Popular Medication Linked to Bone Loss
NPR: The world's most expensive dinosaur has arrived in New York City
Reuters: Suspect identified in UnitedHealth executive's murder, New York Post reports
Washington Post: Tsunami researchers hunt for clues about the next big Pacific Northwest quake
NY Times : New substance may help preserve waterlogged wood from soggy shipwrecks
Sacramento Bee: Billionaire Elon Musk wants to kill California’s high-speed rail project. Can he do it?
Sacramento Bee: Avian influenza detected in migratory birds as feds step up virus detection in California
NY Times : For Taylor Swift, It’s the End of the ‘Eras’
The Atlantic: The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
Washington Post: How billionaire Charles Koch’s network won a 40-year war to curb regulation
Washington Post: Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump’s purge
Washington Post: Many targeted for removal by Trump can’t be deported, ICE data shows
Washington Post: Why not enlist an army of volunteer retirees for National Service?
Axios: Grandma's hobbies are back
Outside Online: Want to Live Longer? You Better Start Moving—All Day Long.
Outside Online: How Indigenous Activists Lead the Largest Dam Removal Project in American History
AP News: Feds approve scaled-down Idaho wind farm near historic Japanese American incarceration site
AP News: More than 900 people died in Jonestown. Guyana wants to turn it into a tourist attraction
AP News: FBI offers $50,000 reward for information about gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
The Guardian: From field to farm: the US pro athletes trying their hand at agriculture
The Guardian: ‘Mummy would prefer you not to do that’: how ‘no’ became a dirty word in parenting
The Guardian: US Food and Drug Administration moves to ban red food dye
The Guardian: Trump’s policies ‘should be turning off farmers’ – why did so many vote for him?
The Guardian: The science behind winning a Nobel prize? Being a man from a wealthy family
The Guardian: Fentanyl may enter the US from Mexico, but the drug of choice there is different
Smithsonian Magazine: A Little Boy Found a Strange Stone on the Beach. Archaeologists Told Him It Was a Neanderthal’s Hand Ax
The Guardian: Bashar al-Assad reported to have fled Syria as rebels say they have captured Damascus
Smithsonian Magazine: When Instant Replay Debuted During the Broadcast of a College Football Game in 1963, It Revolutionized the Way We Watch Sports
The Oregonian: H5N1 bird flu just one small mutation away from being a threat to humans, California researchers say
The Oregonian: Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season opening date set
BBC: Killing of insurance CEO reveals simmering anger at US health system
BBC: End of Assad rule will reshape region's balance of power
LA Times: 10 injured when motorcycle officer crashes into crowd at Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade
KTLA: Burglars dressed as gardeners targeting San Bernardino County homes
KTLA: LA Galaxy hold off New York Red Bulls to win their record 6th MLS Cup championship
KRCR: Shasta-Trinity Forest plans 1,065-acre prescribed burn near Shasta Lake starting Dec. 8
East Bay Times: Contra Costa County adopts gender-neutral pronouns as movement grows in Bay Area
East Bay Times: California’s Dungeness crab season delayed again — until Dec. 31 at the earliest
East Bay Times: Oakland braces for possible layoffs to clear nearly $130 million deficit
KRON: ICE is looking for a new detention center in Blue California. The state probably can’t stop it
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