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Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024

LA Times: California water agency considers spending $141 million on Delta tunnel project

LA Times: The Mountain fire was the third most destructive wildfire in a decade. These maps show why

Courthouse News Service: Former truck driver wins $34.7 million defamation verdict against Walmart

Courthouse News Service: Justice Department urges judge to make Google sell Chrome in monopoly dispute

SF Chronicle: A Silicon Valley teacher used pronouns in a TK class. Parents demanded they go back ‘in the closet’

KTLA: Unhappy with the 2024 election results? This Italian village is offering $1 homes to Americans

KPIX: Man accused of robbing Marin County homes while posing as real estate agent

SF Gate: Rain and snow pummel Northern California in latest wave of damaging weather to strike West Coast

East Bay Times: Female students sue California school district, alleging they were told to remove shirts opposing transgender athletes

SF Gate: The missing banana slug that has Eureka outraged

SF Gate: Bomb cyclone brings 'life-threatening flooding' risk to Calif.'s North Coast

East Bay Times: Mountain View barber sought in serial sexual assaults of unconscious men

East Bay Times: California toddler’s backyard snake bite bills totaled $297,461

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024

SF Gate: Hikers urged to reconsider after famed California's Lost Coast Trail suffers major damage along southern end

Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024

NY Times : Are Shellfish Good for You?

Washington Post: The owl hunters: The deadly campaign to save an icon of the Pacific Northwest

Washington Post: Biological Weapons: The U.S. could soon face a threat ‘more powerful’ than nuclear weapons

NY Times : Saffron: How the World’s Most Expensive Spice Is Grown

NY Times : The Hidden Truth Linking the Broken Border to Your Online Shopping Cart

NY Times : How Kamala Harris Burned Through $1.5 Billion in 15 Weeks

Ars Technica: Are standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer.

Ars Technica: A lot of people are mistaking Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites for UAPs

Reuters: Iraq’s missing Yazidis: Inside the long search for Islamic State captives

Reuters: Israel sends draft orders to more ultra-Orthodox

Lookout Santa Cruz: Aptos biotech firm says it’s cracked almond industry’s fertilization problem

BBC: Megaport opens up Latin America to Chinese trade as US looks on

Islands: The Underrated And Rugged City That Lives Up To Its Bold Name As Central Oregon's 'Hub' Read More: https://www.islands.com/1710601/redmond-oregon-underrated-town-to-visit-most-beautiful-nature/

Smithsonian Magazine: LSD: Discover the Origins of a Psychedelic Drug Synthesized by a Swiss Chemist

Politico: California to rename 43 places with ‘squaw’ in the name

The Hill: Florida city votes to remove fluoride from drinking water, citing RFK Jr.’s comments as one of the reasons

The Hill: Pentagon fails 7th audit in a row but says progress made

BBC: 'People collect spiders like Pokemon': Why the illegal tarantula trade is booming

AP News: New FDA rules for TV drug ads: Simpler language and no distractions

The Hill: Almost 3 in 4 US adults overweight or obese: Research

AP News: Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling

The Guardian: Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win

Seattle Times: The power of a logjam: A vision of the Northwest’s rivers of old

The Guardian: Anger in Lebanon at large number of rescue workers killed by Israel

The Guardian: Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in biggest missile strike in months, officials say

NPR: Why the White House hasn't benefited much from investing in infrastructure

NPR: A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California, including a bridge in SoHum

AP News: Boeing issues layoff notices to 400-plus workers as it begins drastic cuts

BBC: 'Anointed by God': The Christians who see Trump as their saviour

BBC: ‘Do not pet’: Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago?

AP News: U.S. Northeast faces renewed wildfire threat as some are asked to evacuate their homes

AP News: Salmon return to lay eggs in Klamath River after largest dam removal project in US history

KPTV: Sheriff: Oregon hunting guide shot in the back, killed by another hunter

KPTV: Antisemitic incidents reported at University of Oregon dorms

The Oregonian: Oregon king tides nearly sweep woman away; Cannon Beach police warn beachgoers of risk

The Oregonian: Father of Coos County 5-year-old boy found dead wants answers: ‘I can’t believe this has happened’