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Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

BBC: TikTok founder becomes China's richest man

BBC: PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident

The Oregonian: Oregon ranchers describe bizarre cases of cattle mutilations in ‘Unsolved Mysteries’

NPR: Montana camper found dead was killed — but not by a bear, authorities say

NPR: Israel passes laws that may threaten the work of a U.N. aid agency in Gaza

AP News: These artificial reefs off a New York City beach help sea creatures. They might also save lives

AP News: Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation’s oldest record maker plays a familiar tune

The Oregonian: PBS’ ‘Citizen Nation’ and a Portland high school’s victory in national civics competition

The Oregonian: Police say they can tell if you are too high to drive. Critics call it ‘utter nonsense’

AP News: People opt out of organ donation programs after reports of a man mistakenly declared dead

AP News: Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says

LA Times: Kid thought he was going to dentist. Dad took him to World Series and he caught Freddie Freeman’s grand slam

CBS News : Politics Steve Bannon released from prison after 4-month sentence

Courthouse News Service: Autonomous tech is coming to farming. What will it mean for crops and workers who harvest them?

San Diego Union Tribune: Newsom makes first visit to ailing sewage treatment plants along U.S.-Mexico border

LA Times: California hails $544 million in illegal weed seizures. But it’s just a drop in the bucket

LA Times: Fresno police sergeant shot multiple times pursues gunman despite injuries

LA Times: Column: Here are the billionaires in thrall to Trump, and why

Courthouse News Service: Live Nation, Ticketmaster can’t dodge antitrust suit, Ninth Circuit rules

LA Times: How Redondo Beach brought its homeless numbers to ‘functionally zero’

Courthouse News Service: Fish still recovering from oceanic pesticide dumping off CA coast

SF Gate: Bay Area woman who went on deadly rampage denied parole

East Bay Times: Biden calls out Elon Musk over report that he worked in the US illegally

SF Gate: California volunteers yelled through the night to find a missing hiker. It worked.

KTLA: Orange County unveils new aerial firefighting weapon

KTLA: 2 convicted in armed robbery of U.S. Secret Service agent in Southern California

Marin Independent Journal: Rare Bay Area owls earn temporary legal protection

East Bay Times: Officers kill man after he shoots Fresno police sergeant in alleged ambush

East Bay Times: Newsom touts state retail theft effort, restates opposition to heavily favored Prop. 36

Sacramento Bee: Sea lion clung to life as waves battered CA harbor. Then came ‘most challenging’ rescue

SF Gate: Illegal dumping in Bay Area reaches new heights with tire mountain

SF Chronicle: New data shows just how big an impact California’s insurance crisis is having on home sales

KCRA: Businesses around Golden 1 Center raising security concerns following chaotic incident

KCRA: 2 including juvenile killed, 17-year-old girl injured in Sacramento shooting

KPIX: U.S. Ballot boxes set on fire in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington; hundreds of ballots destroyed

Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024

BBC: 'I can't run a business like this': Why the WordPress row matters

BBC: A puff on a joint - then six months of forced rehab in a concrete cell

BBC: How my investigation led to sex trafficking charges against ex-Abercrombie boss

The Hill: The ‘Silver Tsunami’ is coming. Here’s what it means for your career

The Hill: Asheville one month after Helene faces long recovery

Smithsonian Magazine: The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush

Smithsonian Magazine: Salmon Make a Long-Awaited Return to the Klamath River for the First Time in 112 Years, After Largest Dam Removal in U.S.

AP News: Researchers in a lab near Lake Erie study how toxic algae can damage health

AP News: The ‘Black Insurrectionist’ was actually white. The deception did not stop there

The Guardian: Jamie Oliver asks cheese lovers to help catch thieves behind £300,000 cheddar scam

The Guardian: Crash between cargo truck and bus in Mexico kills 19 and injures six

AP News: US Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska

AP News: Daylight saving time ends next weekend. This is how to prepare for the potential health effects

AP News: Shohei Ohtani partially dislocates left shoulder during World Series Game 2, status TBD

Courthouse News Service: Judge rules against Siskiyou County in water access race discrimination case