Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024
Centralia Chronicle: Researchers discover eelgrass superpower in Washington’s Puget Sound
The Guardian: The surprising shame of pet loss: ‘You are supposed to think humans are more important than animals’
AP News: Montana Supreme Court rules minors don’t need parental permission for abortion
Study Finds: Do plastics cause autism? The newest research revealed
Study Finds: Magic mushroom-based medicine twice as effective as the best antidepressants
Smithsonian Magazine: Common Artificial Sweetener Linked to Increased Heart Attack Risk in Small Study
Smithsonian Magazine: More Than 200 Dead Bodies Have Been Left Behind on Mount Everest, and Many Mark the Path to the Summit
BBC: Video: The surprising benefits of self-touch
AP News: Australian Olympic Committee hits out at criticism of controversial breaker Rachael Gunn
NY Times : How the World’s Oldest Humpback Whale Has Survived Is a Mystery
The Guardian: Survivors of climate disasters demand US inquiry into big oil’s ‘climate crimes’
The Guardian: Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60
The Guardian: Ukrainian team blew up Nord Stream pipeline, claims report
LA Times: Data centers are hungry, thirsty and growing. What’s that mean for California’s energy future?
The Oregonian: NW coastal tribes face severe climate change problems but can’t get money for help: report
Courthouse News Service: California coastal watchdog OKs Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
The Oregonian: Florida man rescued from Devils Churn on Oregon coast; one of few ‘ever pulled out of here alive’
The Oregonian: ‘Just in awe’: PDX main airport terminal reopens with trees and 9-acre wood-beamed ceiling
Courthouse News Service: Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates
Courthouse News Service: Researchers link changing molecules to health concerns of aging adults
SF Chronicle: Photos: Clint Eastwood’s palatial former home in Carmel listed for $21 million
LA Times: Human Rights Watch slams L.A. and state for criminalizing homelessness
Sacramento Bee: 19-year-old fled scene of deadly crash, then her dad helped hide car, CA police say
LA Times: Democrats show support for crime measure Proposition 36, call for ‘mass treatment’ of Californians
LA Times: California seizes 2.2 million illicit cannabis packages designed to look like candy, sweets
LA Times: ‘Our city is not an RV park’: L.A. to study widespread RV parking ban
AP News: Police fatally shoot teen in Alaska’s largest city, the fourth such killing since mid-May
BBC: On the frontline of Greece’s wildfire 'hell'
AP News: How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism
AP News: White House says deals struck to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost $50 billion yearly
BBC: More than half of Puerto Rico without power as Hurricane Ernesto strengthens
KTLA: Study ranks California’s best community colleges
KTLA: MLB owner accused of stealing sand from Malibu beach
KRCR: From farm to pie, Chico State's "U-Pick Peaches" event supports local agriculture students
SF Chronicle: In blow to affordable housing, $20 billion Bay Area bond yanked from ballot
SF Gate: Southern California is seeing more quakes in 2024 than it has in 20 years
SF Gate: Bees sting man 200 times, kill 2 horses in frightening attack in Jurupa Valley
SF Chronicle: New S.F. data shows drugs and alcohol increasingly driving homelessness
SF Gate: Bay Area city 'overwhelmed' by massive fish grave
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024
The Oregonian: ‘Don’t mess with Mother Nature’ warn volunteers who tow sinking cars from Oregon tide pools
The Oregonian: Justice Department considers breaking up Google after monopoly ruling
Courthouse News Service: Biden on track to surpass federal judges confirmed under Trump
Courthouse News Service: DC Circuit rebuffs effort to dump EPA cancer risk rule for sterilizing chemical
BBC: Horses can plan and strategise, new study shows
BBC: 'Anger and grief' as Athens wildfires continue overnight
The Hill: CNN anchor presses Vance on Trump’s military deferment after attacking Walz
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