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Sunday, May 12, 2024

NPR: Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning

NPR: A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction

AP News: Kansas’ governor has killed proposed limits on foreign land ownership

AP News: Tips to make a house or apartment safe and accessible for older adults living at home

AP News: A fire burns down almost an entire shopping center housing 1,400 outlets in Warsaw

The Guardian: Terrified families flee Rafah as Israel set to open all-out assault

NY Times: 10 Big Biden Environmental Rules, and What They Mean

Washington Post: What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign

Washington Post: Why you should let your grass grow

AP News: They made one-of-a-kind quilts that captured the public’s imagination. Then Target came along

AP News: Experts say gun alone doesn’t justify deadly force in fatal shooting of Florida airman

The Guardian: The midwest is the US’s surprising new outdoor hotspot

Smithsonian Magazine: A Modified Psychedelic Toad Toxin Reduces Signs of Depression and Anxiety in Mice, Study Suggests

Washington Post: An IRS change cut child support for Native moms. Other families may be next.

The Guardian: Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages

The Guardian: Lack of bird flu testing may be hiding true spread of virus on US farms

BBC: Sydney's tree wars: Greed and harbour views fuel vandalism

BBC: Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire

The Oregonian: Tiny home villages more effective than group shelters at getting formerly homeless people permanently housed, study finds

NY Times: Tuna Crabs, Neither Tuna Nor Crabs, Are Swarming Near San Diego

KOMO : Lost and found at John's Beachcombing Museum in Forks

KPTV: Low levels of disease-causing parasite found in Portland water supply

Oregon Public Broadcasting: UO promises to forgo suspensions if students leave protest encampment

Sacramento Bee: 21-year-old shoots stepmom as she goes to hug him at graduation, New Mexico police say

LA Times: ‘Nothing is untouched’: DDT found in deep-sea fish raises troubling concerns for food web

LA Times: A Long Beach man started a petition to ban Airbnb in his neighborhood — and it worked

San Diego Union Tribune: The call of Baja California surf is the stuff of legend. Has violence ended that dream?

East Bay Times: Federal prosecutors request 40-year sentence for man who attacked Pelosi’s husband with hammer

Sacramento Bee: Lake Tahoe expected to be full for first time since 2019, thanks to winter storms

KCRA: Body of mother who went missing in San Joaquin River while saving children recovered

KCRA: High school rowing team appears to be target of gunfire during West Sacramento competition

KQED: California Has a Multibillion-Dollar Budget Deficit. Here's What You Need to Know

KQED: Sick Brown Pelicans Are Turning Up Along the Coast — and We Don't Know Why

KRCR: Shasta County mother pleads guilty to drugging, kidnapping and murdering her daughter

KRCR: Redding teacher to take on 28-mile swim around New York, will host fundraiser

SFGate: Police investigating gunshots fired into water near Oakland teenage rowers

Press Democrat: 2 insurance firms agree to collaborate to write California home policies

Press Democrat: 105-year-old veteran faced untimely discharge from care home until last minute inquiries

KRON: Over 2,000 marijuana plants seized in Santa Clara drug bust

KRON: Progressive, USAA lawsuit: Car owners allegedly getting ‘lowballed’ for totaled cars, Alameda DA says

SFGate: UC Berkeley graduation halted temporarily as hundreds join pro-Palestine protest

SFGate: Northern Calif. police find missing child alongside 6,674 pounds of marijuana

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Medical News Today: Overall diet quality may be more important than how much ultra-processed foods you eat

The Cooldown: Tide launches new form of laundry detergent without any plastic

Business Insider: A woman who couldn't lose weight was missing crucial gut microbes

SFGate: It's a dream when Redwood National Park's Drury Parkway closes to cars

SFGate: 101-year-old Bay Area dairy farm closes after lawsuit puts it $300K in debt

SFGate: 'It's kind of a lottery': Hikers worry about car break-ins at Calif. trailheads

Business Insider: Home sellers are facing a summer from hell

The Guardian: Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur