Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
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KRON: SF’s Coit Tower to go pink for Dolly Parton
Tuesday, Aug. 25
The Guardian: At least 47 killed and dozens kidnapped in gang attack near Haiti capital
NPR: At least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study finds
NPR: Churches, libraries and breweries: Inside DHS' covert surveillance operation
The Guardian: Trump’s justice department has found a new way for presidents to avoid accountability
The Guardian: ‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground
NY Times : We’re Doing Drugs
NY Times : Cannabis Today: The Weed Got Too Strong
NY Times : SpaceX to Spend $100 Billion on New Spaceport in Louisiana
Courthouse News Service: DHS bids to vacuum up voter registration, history from all 50 states
2 News Nevada: Reno-Tahoe airport gears up for Burning Man, Labor Day travel rush
2 News Nevada: Fire crews to secure fire lines, conduct mop-up operations; Hawk Fire remains 27% contained
AP News: Evacuations ordered in rural Texas as wildfire mushrooms within hours
The Atlantic: The Gun Lobby’s Most Cynical Move Yet
The Atlantic: More American Families Are Refusing Vaccines
AP News: Live updates: Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs on $20B in US goods as trade war escalates
The Oregonian: Cellphone, Flock cameras helped cops track mass killer to Washington city
OPB: Only 14 Oregon rivers are ‘navigable’: The other 100,000 miles of waterways are in legal limbo
OPB: Suquamish Tribe-focused curriculum, decades in the making, is ready for Washington schools
CBS News : LAX security guard allegedly caught with 24 pounds of fentanyl in airport bathroom
CBS News : San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York arrested in Ohio
KTLA: Inland Empire teen hit with human trafficking charge as authorities seek more victims
KTLA: Southern California man charged with stealing $100K from 89-year-old he met at McDonald’s
The Guardian: US Catholic churches see a record number of conversions: ‘It’s a real shift’
The Guardian: A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week
KCRA: PHOTOS: Fire rips through Central Valley tire recycling facility; black smoke shoots up in the sky
KRCR: Interactive: Map shows average gas price in each California county
KRON: Fremont resident uses intruder’s gun to kill teen suspect, police say
KRON: Stone Brewing shutting down, laying off hundreds in Napa
KRCR: New Gold Runner bus connects Redding to Sacramento with twice-daily service
Marin Independent Journal: Protesters say the closing of National Archives in the Bay Area threatens access to critical Asian American history
SF Gate: Santa Barbara County wants to stop paying for $500 phone calls
SF Gate: Dolly Parton has died at age 80
Sunday, Aug. 23
NPR: Proposed California wealth tax sparks debate: Will billionaires leave the state?
CNN: Nevada’s Hawk Fire blamed on human activity, official says, as 90,000 urged to flee
The Guardian: Personal care products are awash in unlabeled toxic chemicals, study finds
The Guardian: Fast-moving wildfire in Reno, Nevada, forces tens of thousands to evacuate homes
Thursday, Aug. 20
The Atlantic: Jason Arday’s Final Self-Delusion
The Atlantic: President Trump Has a Pet-Project Docket at the National Parks
Washington Post: Evidence is mounting that artificial intelligence is helping the richest people and cities pull further ahead.
Reuters: FBI raids Democrat Swalwell's home in sexual-misconduct investigation, source says
NY Times : The Summer the Ticks Took Over: A scientific and civilizational horror story.
SF Gate: Decades-old Morgan Hill farm to close for future housing
The Guardian: Michael Cohen, ex-fixer for Trump who once testified against him, hosts president on his radio show
NY Times : China Sentences Billionaire Property Developer to Life in Prison
CNBC: U.S. government debt passes $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade
NY Times : How Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Environmental Policies
The Guardian: Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watched
Smithsonian Magazine: Why Gen Z Is Learning to Paint Like 19th-Century Artists
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