Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025
NY Times : Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.
NY Times : ‘Deregulation by Firings’: Breaking Down the Cuts to Financial Oversight
Washington Post: Trump says DOGE found ‘tens of billions’ in savings. Not even close.
Washington Post: Trump wants to substantially reduce the federal workforce. Here’s what it looks like.
The Guardian: My no-plastic life: I tried to cut out single-use items for a month – and it almost broke me
AP News: US eggs prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing
The Oregonian: Giant drill pulled from Willamette River after digging half-mile tunnel
The Oregonian: Hawaii volcano shoots lava into air, captured in dramatic video
The Guardian: First burned-down plot in Altadena in escrow with $100,000 over asking price
AP News: Texas county approves holding election to make SpaceX’s Starbase its own city
The Hill: Stars flee Kennedy Center groups after Trump seizes chair
The Guardian: ‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry
The Guardian: ‘Poverty is not a crime’: outrage after California city passes law targeting homeless encampments
The Guardian: Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead Bureau of Land Management
AP News: Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages
AP News: A free speech case over a pastry shop painting goes to trial
The Hill: Kamala Harris is Democratic frontrunner for California governor in 2026: Poll
The Hill: John Bolton denounces Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin peace talks
The Guardian: ‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan
Courthouse News Service: Brazil’s Lula backs oil exploration in the Amazon ahead of hosting UN climate talks
KRCR: Joann Fabrics stores in Redding, Chico and Eureka face closure amid bankruptcy
KRCR: Healthcare workers picket across Northern California including Providence St. Joseph
BBC: Unofficial TikTok downloads surge in the US
BBC: Fact-checking Elon Musk's claims in the Oval Office
Courthouse News Service: Trump Justice Department sues New York state over DMV policies for immigrants
Courthouse News Service: Trump taps Wyoming wildlife foe to head Fish and Wildlife Service
BBC: Grenade attack in French bar injures 12
BBC: Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres
BBC: Driver in suspected car ramming attack in Munich was Afghan asylum seeker, officials say
LA Times: Cal Fire begins releasing new state-mandated maps showing highest fire hazard areas
LA Times: UCLA suspends Students for Justice in Palestine after vandalism at UC regent’s home
LA Times: Trump targets paper straw purchases by federal government — and won’t stop there
AP News: At least 28 are hurt as a driver plows into a demonstration in Germany
East Bay Times: US inflation worsened last month with prices for groceries and gasoline heading higher
East Bay Times: US Department of Education takes aim at CIF over transgender athlete policy
East Bay Times: Flu deaths surpass COVID deaths in California for the first time since the start of the pandemic
KTLA: Evacuation orders, warnings planned for burn zones as storm soaks Southern California
Reuters: Trump says he backs Ukraine, but early concessions to Russia spark concerns
KRON: Musk calls for government to ‘delete entire agencies’
KRON: U.S. Navy fighter jet crashes near Shelter Island while attempting to land
KRON: Another Bay Area Safeway closing due to safety concerns
Press Democrat: ‘The art of dying’: Napa ultramarathoner with terminal cancer diagnosis training for Ironman triathlon
Press Democrat: Sonoma woman loses $11,000 in ATM scam prompting warning from police
Press Democrat: Historic pact reached on future Eel River water flows into Russian River
SF Gate: Stars turn out for revolutionary folk legend in San Francisco
SF Gate: Tahoe snowboarder buried alive, resort accused of wrongdoing
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025
NY Times : National parks can be dangerous. So Trump made a hiring freeze loophole.
Politico: Associated Press blocked from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
NY Times : California’s High-Risk Insurer Gets $1 Billion Bailout After L.A. Fires
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