Homepage > Elsewhere

Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, April 4, 2024

AP News: Food aid charity demands independent investigation of Israeli strikes

The Hill: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ lurk in feminine products

The Hill: Texas National Guard member charged with human smuggling

The Hill: The reckoning over puberty blockers has arrived

BBC: Florida takes centre stage in US abortion battle

BBC: Truck crash spills live salmon into wrong Oregon river

The Oregonian: $6 million worth of Oregon property forfeited as part of black-market marijuana trafficking ring

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Forest agencies seek tribal inclusion in policymaking. Indigenous leaders are holding them accountable

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Grants Pass v. Johnson: Here's what led to key homelessness case before high court

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Meet the remarkable Oregon horsewomen of the ‘Hen Party’

LA Times: Thanks to termite tents, California is top U.S. emitter of a planet-warming pesticide

LA Times: Groups seek to ban large-scale animal farming in Sonoma County

LA Times: Deputies kick down bathroom door, fatally shoot armed teen in midst of mental health crisis

KTLA: Easter Sunday heist in Southern California nets thieves $30M in cash

KTLA: Disney shares new details about ‘Avatar’ experience slated to come to Disneyland Resort

KRCR: Oregon salmon accidentally populate wrong river after truck carrying them crashes

KRCR: Corning police seize $1.3M worth of marijuana on Easter Sunday

KRCR: Siskiyou sheriffs arrest 2 after nearly 10 pounds of meth found hidden in empty cooler

KRON: Viral video: Woman listening to Beyoncé gets car window smashed at stoplight in Vallejo

East Bay Times: 3 hospitalized in dog attack at California home

SFGate: California malls as we know them are dying. Here's what comes next.

SF Chronicle: The Great Redwood Trail: California could get nation’s longest rail trail. Here’s what it would look like

Press Democrat: Fireworks ‘explosion’ causes tumult at Kenilworth Junior High in Petaluma

East Bay Times: Electric, hybrid cars cutting Bay Area’s carbon footprint, UC Berkeley researchers say

East Bay Times: Will Big Sur headaches never end? Another partial road collapse adds to the coastal mecca’s woes

SFGate: Homeowners in wealthy Santa Barbara try to block public trail access with boulders

SF Chronicle: Ansel Adams’ work to be celebrated with USPS Forever stamps

SFGate: 'They are dinosaurs': Tahoe sees return of Sandhill cranes

SF Chronicle: A’s close in on agreement to play in Sacramento Triple-A ballpark in 2025

SF Chronicle: Bay Area storm could bring chance of thunderstorms, hail and record cold

East Bay Times: 'No one owns the title to San Francisco Bay’: Airport name battle heats up

East Bay Times: Thieves steal about $30 million in historic California heist, police says

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

The Guardian: Taiwan earthquake live updates: buildings collapse after strongest quake in 25 years; tsunami warning in Japan

BBC: Strongest earthquake in 25 years hits Taiwan - seismology centre

CNN: 7.4-magnitude quake strikes off Taiwan’s east coast, sparking tsunami warnings

Kaiser Health News: Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care

Kaiser Health News: More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System

NY Times: Iowa Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly All Fish Across 60-Mile Stretch of Rivers

The Athletic: N.C.A.A. Addresses Women’s Tournament 3-Point Line Discrepancy

NY Times: GUEST ESSAY: Let People Sell Their Kidneys. It Will Save Lives.

NY Times: Netanyahu Calls Strike That Killed 7 Aid Workers ‘Tragic’ and Unintentional

NPR: After years of trying, the U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws

NPR: A federal judge says migrants can sue the company that flew them to Martha's Vineyard

NPR: World Central Kitchen pauses its Gaza operations after workers are killed in an airstrike

The Guardian: The case for paying ranchers to raise trees instead of cattle

Smithsonian Magazine: Archaeologists Find ‘Remarkable’ Roman Villa Full of Coins, Jewelry and ‘Curse Tablets’

the Atlantic: The Clock Is Running Out on Migratory Birds

AP News: A 12-year-old student opens fire at a school in Finland, killing 1 and wounding 2 others

The Guardian: ‘My sons hated it’ … Shakira says Barbie film is ‘emasculating’

AP News: Freight railroads must keep 2-person crews, according to new federal rule