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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025

The Atlantic: RFK Jr. Has a Lot to Learn About Medicaid

The Atlantic: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days

The Atlantic: The Memo That Shocked the White House

The Guardian: In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why

The Guardian: Ditch the soap! Dermatologists on 20 simple ways to love and protect your skin

The Guardian: Trump orders opening of migrant detention center at Guantánamo Bay for 30,000 migrants

The Guardian: Why do so many people dream of being dog groomers? Haven’t they seen the toll it can take?

BBC: Far-right vote on asylum rocks German parliament

NPR: Trump order cracks down on antisemitism and could deport foreign student protesters

NPR: Trump says U.S. will send 'worst criminal illegal aliens' to Guantánamo Bay

BBC: How sled dogs and pets respond when the clocks change

BBC: LA's FireAid concert: Who's performing and how to watch tonight

BBC: How a US freeze upended global aid in a matter of days

NPR: As drinks targeting kids have soared, there's new guidance on what's healthy

The Oregonian: ‘Smallville’ star arrested on suspicion of DUI in Yreka

The Guardian: ‘The world order could start to evolve from the Arctic’: Trump, thin ice and the fight for Greenland’s Northwest Passage

The Guardian: Trump’s US aid freeze will drive migration from Latin America, experts warn

The Guardian: Footage shows plane with 64 onboard colliding with helicopter near Washington DC - video

The Guardian: First Nations to fight for billions in treaty payments in Canadian court

The Guardian: World champion Russian pair and US skaters were onboard crashed plane

The Guardian: Officials believe there are no survivors after jet carrying 64 people collided with military helicopter

Courthouse News Service: Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Courthouse News Service: Hunters defend deer drones to recover carcasses

KPTV: Overdue hiker found dead on Mt. Hood

KPTV: Walls blown off home during possible explosion in N Portland

KPTV: Former Western Oregon basketball players claim school ignored abuse in $28M lawsuit

OPB: 'Not a buyout': Attorneys and unions urge federal workers not to resign

Courthouse News Service: Government workers sue over Trump order to rescind employment protections

East Bay Times: California students’ test scores show slow recovery from pandemic-era learning losses

KRCR: Wildfires break out in North Carolina town ravaged by Hurricane Helene

KRCR: Fortuna City Council member Kris Mobley under FBI investigation; offers resignation

KRCR: Redding woman pleads guilty to embezzling $80,000 from Airbnb owners

KRON: 40 Plaques stolen from historic Oakland ‘Blues Walk of Fame’

Sacramento Bee: Unfazed and confused, Sutter County extends ban on industrial hemp despite grower push-back

East Bay Times: ‘Bright and relatively easy to see’: The planets align for this astronomical event

East Bay Times: New Fremont camping ban could leave homeless residents with no place to go

North Bay Biz Journal: Sonoma, Napa county vineyard owners fear deportation of workers amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

North Bay Biz Journal: Marin County officials consider ‘shelter crisis’ status for ranch evictions

Sonoma Magazine: Joe Matos Cheese Factory in Santa Rosa Closing After 45 Years

KRON: Vallejo murder suspect may be connected to string of killings across the country

KTLA: Before-and-after video shows devastation along PCH after Palisades Fire

KRON: 3 orphaned mountain lion cubs rescued in Bay Area

KRON: Last dry day before atmospheric river moves in Friday

SF Gate: Head of Yosemite National Park calls it quits after 40 years of service

SF Gate: Owner of historic SF cannabis dispensary reportedly shot, suspect killed by SFPD

Yahoo News: State senator retains key role over fire insurance laws despite cannabis corruption probe

LA Times: Big Ass Fans slapped with fat fines for false claims about their clean air products

LA Times: CSU, reeling from budget cuts to classes and faculty, decry more proposed state reductions

LA Times: Inside the intense search for what — or who — started the Palisades fire

SF Gate: Bay Area school abruptly closes after copper theft cuts power