Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024
KRON: 24-year-old man dies while hanging Christmas lights at San Diego suburb home
SF Gate: Another new wolf pack emerges in Northern California, continuing 'noteworthy' return
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024
AP News: For Fun: What do hundreds of beavers have to do with the future of movies?
The Hill: Trump immigration crackdown: Denaturalization just a drop in the bucket
the Atlantic: A Ridiculous, Perfect Way to Make Friends: Group Fitness Classes
The Guardian: Not quite religion, not quite self-help: welcome to the Jordan Peterson age of nonsense
Lookout Santa Cruz: UC Santa Cruz chancellor exploring addition of medical school
SF Gate: The world's tallest tree inspired a California national park
CNBC: Data centers powering artificial intelligence could use more electricity than entire cities
CBS News : How collecting pine cones is helping regenerate Oregon forests destroyed by wildfires
NPR: Tesla won the plug war. Enter the age of the EV charging adapter
NPR: You can sword-fight at this club. But no politics allowed
NPR: What a mollusc shell and fiber optic cables have in common
NY Times : Covid Can Raise the Risk of Heart Problems for Years
NY Times : They Investigated Pandemic Fraud, Then Earned Thousands
NY Times : Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money
The Guardian: The truth about salt: how to avoid one of the world’s biggest hidden killers
The Guardian: Makeup, floss and hair dye use in pregnancy leads to more PFAS in breast milk – study
Washington Post: Pet pig visits senior home each day: ‘They’re very social animals’
Politico: How Florida’s anti-pot legalization campaign rode the populist wave
Reuters: Developing nations blast $300 billion COP29 climate deal as insufficient
Washington Post: Newport, OR: This seaside town will power thousands of homes with waves
Washington Post: See how Helene wiped out North Carolina’s forests.
AP News: Forecasts warn of possible winter storms across US during Thanksgiving week
Smithsonian Magazine: The Hero Who Convinced His Fellow Ornithologists of the Obvious: Stop Shooting Rare Birds and Watch Them Instead
Smithsonian Magazine: The Feminist Who Inspired the Witches of Oz
Oregon Public Broadcasting: South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground standoff with police
The Guardian: California limits on ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS in products are effective, study says
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Coquille Tribe one step closer to new casino in Medford
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Bird flu is racing through farms, but Northwest states are rarely testing workers
Oregon Public Broadcasting: How nurse navigators are helping improve emergency medical response in Southwest Washington
AP News: Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
The Guardian: The circus that bought a tiny California town: ‘We’re creating our own Disneyland’
The Guardian: ‘He was wedged like an hourglass’: rescuers describe 20-hour ordeal ending with amputation of rafter’s leg
AP News: Era of slaughterhouses coming to an end in New York City’s Meatpacking District
The Guardian: World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
KPTV: Beaverton woman loses $27K to scammers posing as sheriff’s deputies
The Oregonian: Intel will sell 150-acre campus in California, assessing future of 50-acre Hillsboro site
Courthouse News Service: Legal Brief: Yurok sue Bureau of Reclamation to Save the Salmon
Courthouse News Service: Free speech advocates blast California ban on news reporting of sealed arrest records
The Oregonian: Ex-Lake Oswego coach seeks court order to get job back, alleging district violated his free speech on transgender athletes
LA Times: Solar power glut boosts California electric bills. Other states reap the benefits
LA Times: Highly contagious whooping cough rises in California to highest level in years
North Bay Biz Journal: Vallejo’s Cal Maritime to officially merge with Cal Poly SLO
North Bay Biz Journal: Koi Nation one step away from approval of casino near Windsor
Press Democrat: St. Vincent de Paul High girls volleyball team wins a NorCal title — and gets a lesson in America’s culture wars
KCRA: A growing number of Oregon cities vote to ban psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybin
KRCR: Redding Garden of Lights vies for top spot in USA Today's holiday lights competition
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