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Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024

The Guardian: Ten-foot python found during sideshow bust in San Francisco Bay Area

The Guardian: US man kills family and self over plan to sell mother’s home soon after her death

The Guardian: Texas home raids in voter fraud inquiry aim to intimidate, civil rights group says

The Guardian: Prozac in waterways is changing how fish behave, research finds

NBC News: Living in tree-filled neighborhoods may reduce risk of heart disease, study shows

CNN: Israel rescues 52-year-old hostage held by Hamas during ‘complex operation’ in Gaza

Washington Post: Cellphone bans spread in schools amid growing mental health worries

Politico: Feds sue software company for enabling nationwide collusion on rent

The Hill: Financial privacy is under fire — the issue should draw the attention of both parties

Courthouse News Service: World’s fisheries worse off than models show, new study suggests

OPB: Energy demand from data centers growing faster than West can supply, experts say

Courthouse News Service: New study suggests electrified sand could be a game changer for battling coastal erosion

OPB: A Yaqui woman’s disappearance in Portland exposed policing flaws in MMIP cases

Courthouse News Service: Kennedy loses appeal in lawsuit over anti-vaccine YouTube video removal

Reuters: Water profiteers thrive in Sicily as drought intensifies

Courthouse News Service: Georgia judge blocks federal rule allowing migrant farmworkers to join unions in 17 states

KPTV: Kroger, Albertsons merger case to be heard by federal judge in Portland

Rolling Stone: Environmental Group Wants Answers About RFK Jr. Chainsawing a Whale’s Head Off

NPR: The U.S. national park system gets a $100 million grant, the largest in its history

NPR: She was struck by a car during the holidays in 1989. DNA from marijuana joint just helped find the driver

NPR: Lawsuit challenges Georgia’s new election certification rules

NPR: A high school quarterback dies after brain injury, Alabama’s 2nd death in 2 weeks

SF Chronicle: S.F. is giving ‘chill packs’ to homeless meth users. Why it may be a promising intervention

LA Times: SpaceX marks milestone with billionaire’s space walk, first by private citizen. What to know

LA Times: How much more water and power does AI computing demand? Tech firms don’t want you to know

BBC: Surging seas are coming for us all, warns UN chief

BBC: Australians are the world's biggest gamblers - could banning ads help?

LA Times: Oakland firefighters use Jaws of Life during call, put the tool down — and it’s stolen

LA Times: Police brushed him off. So he exposed an international bike theft ring on his own

BBC: Zuckerberg regrets bowing to Biden 'pressure' over Covid

LA Times: How to tour a haunting Santa Barbara estate that’s been frozen in time for half a century

North Bay Biz Journal: Junkyard billionaire bids for Napa Valley luxury wineries amid big Wine Country

KTLA: Inmate dies within hours of beating at California prison

KTLA: 14-year-old mother and newborn with heart condition missing with 15-year-old sister-in-law

KTLA: 3 people die in whirlpool during trip to California’s Sierra Nevada

KRCR: Avelo Airlines' last flight leaves Redding following ground service withdrawal

SF Gate: 'Out of Control': Burning Man's drug enforcement policies are shockingly strict

Press Democrat: Forest with Sonoma County’s largest tree now protected forever, will one day be open to the public

Press Democrat: Hundreds of affordable rental homes could be coming to a shuttered Windsor school site.

KTLA: Debris leads to multi-car pileup on 5 Freeway in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake area

ABC Sacramento: Hundreds of Sacramento County attorneys go on strike

ABC News: 'They were racist comments': Alameda County firefighter on leave after viral video

CBS News : Stockton parents could face criminal charges for fatal crash involving young children, local attorney says

CBS News : Camp Resolution sweep is "day of shame" for Sacramento, homeless union attorney says

CBS News : World 18 beachgoers in Japan have been bitten by dolphins this year, drawing unusual warnings

KCRA: Search suspended for Tuolumne County hiker who has been missing for more than a week

KCRA: Oroville man caused Thompson Fire that destroyed 13 homes by throwing fireworks from car, DA says

Action News Now: Reviving the Redding Regatta after 85 years

KRCR: Newly obtained video shows deadly ampm altercation that led to employee's arrest

KRCR: Unexpected donor provides perfect match for Corning girl's kidney transplant