Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
NY Times: S’mores Kits? Saunas? Short-Term Rental Hosts Scramble to Stand Out.
the Atlantic: Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls
CBS News : UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare cyberattack cost it $872 million
Rolling Stone: How the United States Arms the Mexican Cartels
KQED: As California Seeks to Legalize Psychedelics for Therapy, Oregon Provides Key Lessons
KQED: San Francisco’s New Parking Rules Set to Displace RV Community Near SF State
KPBS: Critically endangered Mojave tortoises emerge from winter shelter
KCRA: Scott Peterson returns to court with help from LA Innocence Project
KCRA: 800+ unhoused people impacted after Street Nursing Program ends in Yuba, Sutter counties
KOMO : Drought emergency declared for most of Washington state. Here's what that means
KOMO : Anti-Defamation League reports record-high antisemitic incidents in Pacific Northwest
KRON: SF supes support bill allowing 72-hour methadone doses
KRON: Napa police arrest 3 people suspected in weekend slayings that left teenagers dead
The Guardian: Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps
Politico: Biden set to block Ambler mining road in Alaska wilderness
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Bipartisan bill introduced by Washington, Idaho representatives could ease Native Americans’ travel across Canadian border
The Guardian: Mammoth mayhem: elephant escapes circus and roams Montana streets
SF Chronicle: Gov. Gavin Newsom: Gaza protesters should be ‘held to account’ for blocking Bay Area highways
The Guardian: Backlash as USC cancels valedictorian’s speech due to support for Palestine
NPR: Suicides make up majority of gun deaths, but remain overlooked in gun violence debate
the Atlantic: What Happens When You’ve Been on Ozempic for 20 Years?
The Guardian: ‘A roof over our people’s heads’: the Indigenous US tribe building hempcrete homes
Seattle Times: Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows
Washington Post: Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths
Washington Post: Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Washington Post: Hikers kept climbing Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven.’ Now it’ll be removed.
Washington Post: Seeking motivation, high school athletes run with shelter dogs
The Guardian: ‘It feels like the end’: Kelly Slater bows out after missing World Surf Tour cut
AP News: ‘Foodscaping’ slips vegetables in among the flowers for visual appeal in the garden
AP News: Israel must stop settler attacks on Palestinians, UN human rights office says
Smithsonian Magazine: The English Farmers Who Harvest Rhubarb by Candlelight
The Hill: 19-year-old billionaires: The youngest of the richest
The Guardian: Dead satellites are filling space with trash. That could affect Earth’s magnetic field
The Guardian: Atlantic City mayor charged with abusing teenage daughter
Politico: How a hush money scandal turned into a criminal case: The whirlwind history of People v. Trump
BBC: Bodies recovered after two Kansas mothers go missing
The Guardian: ‘Water is more valuable than oil’: the corporation cashing in on America’s drought
Reuters: Native American group seeks to overturn US court ruling on Rio's Arizona copper mine
Reuters: How China’s demand for donkey hide is devastating African communities
BBC: Historic Copenhagen stock exchange in Denmark goes up in flames
BBC: Watch: Huge fires blaze along Miami highway
The Oregonian: In-N-Out makes it official: The popular burger chain is coming to Washington
The Oregonian: Warm Springs tribal police chief fired after investigation into her credibility, truthfulness
Salem Statesman Journal: Oregon wolf population flat for fourth straight year after 33 human-caused deaths in 2023
KRON: Ticketmaster to face federal antitrust lawsuit, reports say
KTLA: Gunman who opened fire atop Southern California apartment complex identified
LA Times: Two are fatally shot in rare Napa homicide case, police say
LA Times: After pilot lands plane off Rancho Palos Verdes, he and his dog swim to shore
LA Times: California housing crisis so bad once-modest towns have become ‘million-dollar cities’
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