Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Smithsonian Magazine: Pablo Escobar’s Abandoned Hippos Are Wreaking Havoc in the Colombian Jungle
The Guardian: China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returns world’s first samples from far side of the moon
The Guardian: Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies at age three: ‘He was the best giant boy’
KOMO : Woman returns $3.99 thrift store vase after realizing it's a 2,000-year-old Mayan artifact
The Hill: Trump campaign fundraising email says he was ‘tortured’ in jail
The Hill: Trump added twice as much to the national debt as Biden: Analysis
KCRA: 2 dead after being swept down North Fork American River, officials say
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Wallowa County city bans chain stores amid dollar store backlash
NPR: Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the U.S.
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Proposed mountain biking system sparks tension in Oregon’s dairy capital
CNN: More than two dozen are still missing in New Mexico wildfires as residents allowed to return
CNN: Israel’s top court rules ultra-Orthodox Jews must be drafted into military, in blow to Netanyahu
NPR: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strikes plea deal with the U.S.
NPR: Judges temporarily halt part of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan
East Bay Times: How election conspiracy theories tore apart this remote Northern California county
LA Times: Nation’s largest freshwater fish could be added to California’s threatened species list
East Bay Times: 5 lavender festivals to enjoy in Northern California and Oregon this summer
East Bay Times: Lots of gray whales are swimming under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay. Why?
KCRA: Couple arrested in Sacramento County, accused of sex trafficking two 17-year-olds
Marin Independent Journal: Marin deputies stun kidnapping suspect in Marin City
LA Times: L.A. firefighter severely injured in explosion while battling blaze near homeless camp
LA Times: Mexico may legalize magic mushrooms. Will this traditional medicine lose its meaning?
Sunday, June 23, 2024
the Atlantic: Americans Have Lost the Plot on Cooking Oil
Pro Publica: How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes
Pro Publica: The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling
AP News: Jury awards more than $13 million to ultramarathon athlete injured in fall on a Seattle sidewalk
AP News: FBI seeks suspects in 2 New Mexico wildfires that killed 2 people, damaged hundreds of buildings
AP News: 3 caught in Florida Panhandle rip current die a day after couple drowns off state’s Atlantic coast
KOMO News: 368 quakes since February: Seismic activity shows signs of Mount St. Helens 'recharge'
East Bay Times: Home insurance at $10,000 a year shows California buyers’ pain
KRON: ‘Big Boy,’ the 1.1 million pound train, coming to California
CBS News : San Francisco firefighters save warehouse from 2-acre Bayview District fire
AP News: Illinois may soon return land the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago
AP News: California boy, 4, who disappeared from campground found safe after 22 hours alone in wilderness
Washington Post: As climate change imperils Taliban’s shift from opium, impact could be felt worldwide
The Guardian: ‘The greatest thinker you’ve never heard of’: expert who explained Hitler’s rise is finally in the spotlight
The Guardian: Eight-year-old pekingese Wild Thang wins World’s Ugliest Dog contest in Sonoma
BBC: Crew arrested after yacht fireworks spark Greece blaze
BBC: Woman attacked by wolves in safari park near Paris
BBC: Deadly attacks on Dagestan synagogues and churches
Washington Post: How California’s $100 billion surplus became a ‘budget emergency’
Washington Post: ‘Too many old people’: A rural Pa. town reckons with population loss
NY Times : ‘We’re Still Paying’: How Pets Became a Big Business
The Guardian: ‘The merry fellowship of bothies’: hiking in the Scottish Highlands
The Guardian: ‘They miscalculated’: Gaza’s floating aid pier failing to deliver in rough seas
SF Chronicle: Former Yosemite National Park employee accused of raping co-worker
SFGate: Missing man found after spending 10 days in the Santa Cruz Mountains
East Bay Times: Crews continue to gain ground on major fires burning across California
KTLA: Marijuana growth sparked hundreds of millions in value for this Southern California county
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