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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Sunday, Jan. 19

PBS News: Biden issues pardon to late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced civil rights movement

NDTV: Heavy Metals Found In Top-Selling Protein Powder Brands In USA - Report Reveals

BBC: 268 miles in 87 hours - oncologist wins women's gruelling ultra-marathon

BBC: 'I break the law to buy my child's life-saving cannabis drug'

Reuters: Costco Teamsters vote to authorize US-wide strike, union says

Reuters: LA fire victims fear rebuilding ordeal. Some will not do it

NPR: Trump’s inauguration will be first attended by foreign leaders

NPR: Local meteorologists could face layoffs amid new initiative with The Weather Channel

NPR: Outgoing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hands off closer ties with Indian Country

NPR: TikTok is back online in the U.S., following Trump's promise to pause the ban

SF Gate: Tiny joints have 'exploded' in popularity in California

NY Times : They Built Their Fireproof Dream Home. Even if It Lasted, Would They?

NY Times : Trump & Family Begins Selling New Crypto Token, Raising Ethical Concerns

Washington Post: Land grab or land rights? Utah eyes millions of acres of public terrain.

Washington Post: She waited decades to report her abuse. At 81, police say, he confessed.

The Guardian: The landlord and the LA fires: how my friend’s loss revealed a new hierarchy of who gets help

AP News: How to glimpse a parade of planets in the January night sky

AP News: How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

AP News: Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work

The Guardian: Fema’s message to LA wildfire victims: ‘carefully consider’ GoFundMe appeals

BBC: Colombian drug gang violence kills 60 people

BBC: Ceasefire sees displaced Gazans return home as Israel awaits hostages

The Guardian: MrBeast’s degrading game show is a dystopian nightmare – perfect for America in 2025

Smithsonian Magazine: Meteorite Crash in Canada Is Caught by Home Security Camera in Likely World-First Video Footage

The Guardian: Gaza ceasefire finally begins after three hours of delay and Israeli strikes

Fresno Bee: Suicide prevention measures considered for Noyo River Bridge in Mendo County

KRON: Moss Landing battery plant fire continues to smolder

KPTV: Climber found after going missing on Mt. Hood

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon gets more than $30 million from federal government to build overpass wildlife crossing on I-5

Oregon Public Broadcasting: U.S. pays $590 million to Moderna to speed up development of bird flu vaccine

Courthouse News Service: Investment firm Vanguard agrees to $106 million fine in SEC retirement fund probe

Courthouse News Service: Fifth Circuit declares DACA illegal but leaves program in place for current recipients

Courthouse News Service: How accents sway the scales of justice: Study reveals bias in perceptions of guilt

LA Times: Supreme Court will decide if parents may reject LGBTQ+ lessons for their kids

Press Democrat: Sonoma County residents report ‘deafening’ airplane noise after federal air traffic changes

KQED: Trump Says He'll Likely Give TikTok a 90-Day Extension

LA Times: Lessons from the burn zone: Why some homes survived the L.A. wildfires

LA Times: Trump expected to survey Los Angeles-area wildfire damage next week

KTLA: L.A. fire captain saves Altadena neighborhood from wildfire

KTLA: How Baltimore is saving lives by offering young men resources when they put down the guns

SF Gate: Controversial hotel approved near Zion National Park, owner dismisses conservation concerns

SF Gate: California couple fined $165,000 for damaging rare Central Coast flower habitat

BBC: Hidden tunnel on US-Mexico border to be sealed

SF Gate: TikTok goes dark as US ban takes effect

Denver Post: A Colorado pastor thought he could make flat-Earthers see the light in Antarctica. It didn’t work.

East Bay Times: East Bay man arrested after $28,000 in stolen bikes are traced by victims

Marin Independent Journal: ‘Environmental terrorism’: Point Reyes settlement roils agricultural community

Marin Independent Journal: Moss Landing battery fire: A ‘Three Mile Island’ for key renewable energy industry?

SF Gate: Bay Area man allegedly driving realistic fake CHP car arrested

SF Chronicle: Berkeley triple stabbing: Woman killed, two men injured