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Sunday, July 14, 2024

The Guardian: Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes

KOMO News: Costco raises annual membership fees for the 1st time since 2017

KPTV: 11-year-old boy, man missing after boat capsizes off Oregon coast in ‘graveyard of the Pacific’

Oregon Public Broadcasting: New pests threaten Portland’s trees. They could make future heat waves even hotter

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Firefighters battle expanding Larch Creek Fire, now estimated at 16K acres

The Oregonian: Two new cases of measles confirmed in Oregon

AP News: SpaceX rocket accident leaves company’s Starlink satellites in wrong orbit

AP News: Dollar General agrees to pay $12 million fine to settle alleged workplace safety violations

Reuters: Vietnam landslides kill 11 after heavy rain

Reuters: ‘An extremely aggressive inferno’: Fire menaces eastern Canadian community

Reuters: Gaza officials say 90 Palestinians killed as Israel targets Hamas military chief

KCRA: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for several Northern California counties

The Guardian: California: first death of wildfire season as body found in burned-out home

The Guardian: Republican senator Susan Collins says she will not vote for Trump

AP News: Federal appeals court says there is no fundamental right to change one’s sex on a birth certificate

AP News: The Secret Service is investigating how a gunman who shot and injured Trump was able to get so close

AP News: Dolphin mass stranding on Cape Cod found to be the largest in US history

The Guardian: ‘Goldmine’ collection of wheat from 100 years ago may help feed the world, scientists say

The Guardian: Alabama shootings leave seven people dead including child, police say

Courthouse News Service: California Judicial Council approves $3 billion for trial courts

Courthouse News Service: DC Circuit upholds FCC approval of Gen2 Starlink's additional 7,500-satellite system

Courthouse News Service: California State Fair rolls out on-site sales, consumption of cannabis

KTLA: Southern California man arrested for 1984 cold case murder

LA Times: Unprecedented numbers of gray whales are visiting San Francisco Bay, and nobody quite knows why

KRON: Several dogs and dog owner rescued from SF cliff

KQED: UC Berkeley Study Finds Toxic Metals in Popular Tampon Brands. Here's What Experts Advise

KTLA: Child abducted from Santa Monica Panda Express found in motel room

KRON: Elon Musk endorses Donald Trump in wake of shooting

East Bay Times: Richmond’s Point Molate on track to becoming parkland thanks to $40 million deal

Daily Californian: Teams from around the world race high speed sailboats around the S.F. Bay for $2 million prize

East Bay Times: Child, three adults killed in Alameda shooting; child’s father arrested as suspect

KTVU: Rim fire in Lassen County spreads to 892 acres, evacuation warnings in Dixie Valley

KRCR: High-speed chase on Highway 299 ends with arrests

KTVU: World's first hydrogen, pollution-free ferry now sailing SF Bay

Thursday, July 11, 2024

The Hill: Gender-distressed youth deserve the truth about the science

The Guardian: Las Vegas sets record for number of days over 115F amid its ‘most extreme heatwave in history’

The Guardian: California wildfires have burned five times the average area this year, officials say

Smithsonian Magazine: Why Descendants Are Returning to the Plantations Where Their Ancestors Were Enslaved

AP News: Hurricane Beryl’s remnants flood Vermont a year after the state was hit by catastrophic rainfall

The Oregonian: Major airport in Hawaii evacuated after 2 hand grenades found in carry-on bag

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Larch Creek Fire, south of The Dalles, is growing fast, forcing evacuations

Action News: American mountaineer’s body found by fellow US climbers 22 years after going missing in Peru

AP News: US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island

Action News: Banning gas powered engines in California

The Guardian: US House approves bill to ban non-citizens from voting in federal elections

The Guardian: How Clarence Thomas has provided a list of legal targets to ultra-right groups

The Guardian: Outrage in China over use of unwashed fuel tankers to transport cooking oil

The Guardian: BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds

KCRA: Dozens were sickened with salmonella after drinking raw milk from a California farm

KCRA: California company is leading the way in eco-friendly firefighting