Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024
BBC: Video: Ferris wheel fire in Germany injures several people
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Drought has cost the hydropower industry billions in losses in two decades, analysis finds
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon swimmer braves a 5-mile swim across the Columbia River — and her own trauma
LA Times: Her grandfather, Cesar Chavez, taught her about activism. Now she’s running Harris’ campaign
SF Gate: Missing California hiker renews questions about dangers of Pacific Crest Trail
LA Times: Controversial bill to abolish California fire hazard rankings dies in Legislature
East Bay Times: How Bay Area cities are responding to Newsom’s calls for homeless sweeps after landmark Supreme Court ruling
SF Gate: LA's most coveted real estate isn't in Beverly Hills. It's in the city's cemeteries.
CBS News : Politics Supreme Court maintains block on entirety of Biden administration's new Title IX rule
CBS News : I-80 car-to-car shooting leaves 2 hurt in Placer County
Press Democrat: Petaluma memory care company hit with $20 million judgment
SF Chronicle: Bay Area officers: Road rage driver arrested after harassing victim online
AP News: Latest search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends with 3 more found with gunshot wounds
Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Southern Oregon floating offshore wind clears one bureaucratic hurdle in a long process
Oregon Public Broadcasting: UO Chamber Choir wins big at World Choir Games
ABC News: A rarely seen deep sea fish is found in California, and scientists want to know why
ABC News: Nevada gaming regulators accuse Resorts World casino of accommodating illegal gambling
East Bay Times: Teen, adult charged in dispute over sale of marijuana vape pens that left mother of eight dead in Oakland
NY Times : Half Their Land Burned in a Decade: The California Counties Constantly on Fire
East Bay Times: ‘Trail of Truth:’ Muwekma Ohlone Tribe demands return of artifacts, remains as cross-country protest winds through the Bay Area
The Guardian: Mpox: Sweden confirms first case of ‘more grave’ variant outside Africa
SF Chronicle: This Bay Area city converted a hotel into housing for almost 700 students — in just nine months
NPR: 2 doctors are charged in connection to 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry’s ketamine death
Washington Post: A giant wind turbine blade fell into the sea. It washed up on Nantucket.
Washington Post: Only 7 red wolves remained in the wild. Here’s how the species began to recover.
ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Video shows suspected family of mountain lions at East Bay hiking trail
The Guardian: Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project
The Guardian: Mars agrees $36bn deal to buy Pringles maker Kellanova
The Guardian: Hundreds of cases of femicide recorded in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover are ‘tip of the iceberg’
Centralia Chronicle: Researchers discover eelgrass superpower in Washington’s Puget Sound
The Guardian: The surprising shame of pet loss: ‘You are supposed to think humans are more important than animals’
AP News: Montana Supreme Court rules minors don’t need parental permission for abortion
Study Finds: Do plastics cause autism? The newest research revealed
Study Finds: Magic mushroom-based medicine twice as effective as the best antidepressants
Smithsonian Magazine: Common Artificial Sweetener Linked to Increased Heart Attack Risk in Small Study
Smithsonian Magazine: More Than 200 Dead Bodies Have Been Left Behind on Mount Everest, and Many Mark the Path to the Summit
BBC: Video: The surprising benefits of self-touch
AP News: Australian Olympic Committee hits out at criticism of controversial breaker Rachael Gunn
NY Times : How the World’s Oldest Humpback Whale Has Survived Is a Mystery
The Guardian: Survivors of climate disasters demand US inquiry into big oil’s ‘climate crimes’
The Guardian: Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60
The Guardian: Ukrainian team blew up Nord Stream pipeline, claims report
LA Times: Data centers are hungry, thirsty and growing. What’s that mean for California’s energy future?
The Oregonian: NW coastal tribes face severe climate change problems but can’t get money for help: report
Courthouse News Service: California coastal watchdog OKs Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
The Oregonian: Florida man rescued from Devils Churn on Oregon coast; one of few ‘ever pulled out of here alive’
The Oregonian: ‘Just in awe’: PDX main airport terminal reopens with trees and 9-acre wood-beamed ceiling
Courthouse News Service: Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates
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