Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024
Yahoo News: Deputy bravely offers help to injured bobcat in Florida and gets unexpected reaction
CNN: American Red Cross declares emergency blood shortage as number of donors hits 20-year low
SF Chronicle: Massive California snowstorm to dump snow, make travel ‘impossible’ in these areas
SF Standard: California’s Largest Insurer Raises Auto and Home Insurance Rates by 20%
The Hill: Trump team argues assassination of rivals is covered by presidential immunity
The Hill: Study finds microplastics in nearly all American proteins: meat, fish and plants
NPR: Judges push back against Trump's immunity claim in the election interference case
Orange Co. Register: Residents protest Irvine Company plan to build 1,180 houses in wildlife corridor
NY Times : ‘The Trees Saved Me’
NY Times : A City’s Campaign Against Homelessness Brings Stories of Violence
Washington Post: How plastic hides in supposedly eco-friendly laundry sheets
AP News: The return of bullfighting to Mexico’s capital excites fans and upsets animal rights groups
KOMO: Tukwila City Council discusses temporary ordinance that would affect migrant encampment
The Guardian: Court battle over apartments built on African American cemetery begins
Washington Post: Here’s what you’re really swallowing when you drink bottled water
Washington Post: ‘It was eerily calm’: How passengers coped during harrowing Alaska Airlines flight
Financial Times: Global economy on track for worst half-decade of growth in 30 years, says World Bank
Courthouse News Service: Incarcerated North Carolina children put in solitary confinement for weeks, parents say
Courthouse News Service: Judge orders new legislative district for North Dakota tribes
The Atlantic: The NRA Under Siege
BBC: Inuvik festival: After 30 days of darkness, celebrating the sun's return
BBC: Spain pollution: Millions of plastic pellets wash up on coast
BBC: Norway to approve controversial deep-sea mining
BBC: 2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record
The Guardian: Flowers everywhere? England’s ambitious scheme to restore wildlife hangs in the balance
The Guardian: Power companies paid civil rights leaders in the US south. They became loyal industry advocates
AP News: Arrest warrant issued for Montana man accused of killing thousands of birds, including eagles
AP News: Park Service retracts decision to take down William Penn statue at Philadelphia historical site
The Guardian: Martin Scorsese says new Jesus film aims to ‘take away the negatives’ of organised religion
The Guardian: Why do middle-aged people love birds so much?
The Guardian: ‘Farming is a dirty word now’: the woman helping farmers navigate a grim, uncertain future
The Oregonian: Endangered green sea turtle rescued at Oregon’s Manzanita Beach
The Oregonian: Local governments across Oregon weigh increased liability on public trails
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Families hit with high costs, waitlists for youth rehab in Oregon and nationwide
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland teacher recounts finding Boeing door plug in his yard
AP News: GE business to fill massive order for turbines to power Western Hemisphere’s largest wind project
AP News: Donald Trump returning to court as judges hear arguments on whether he’s immune from prosecution
AP News: North Carolina insurance industry proposes average 42% homeowner premium increase
Sacramento Bee: Scientists find about a quarter million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water
Sacramento Bee: Man pleads guilty to stealing $5M in canola crop in California. He bought homes, feds say
LA Times: Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California
The Guardian: Life, death and zombie mushrooms: in search of the Amazon’s rarest fungi
LA Times: Researchers discover thousands of nanoplastic bits in bottles of drinking water
LA Times: Chaos on the borders, but immigration is driving California’s population and labor force growth
SF Chronicle: Bay Area wastewater data reveals alarming COVID spike, as hospitalizations rise
KTLA: Suspect escapes with thousands of dollars worth of items from Ventura antique shop
KTLA: Bitter cold brings freeze warnings to Southern California
KRCR: 2 dead, 9 injured in 35-vehicle pile-up on I-5
KRCR: Is your car Hollywood ready? Local film commission on hunt for specific vehicles
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