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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Tuesday, Jan. 7

LA Times: ‘American Nightmare’ survivors turn the tables, investigating the man who kidnapped them

SF Gate: Map shows fast-moving Palisades Fire, forcing celebrity evacuations in Topanga Canyon

KTLA: LIVE COVERAGE Palisades Fire in Los Angeles scorches 1,262 acres, destroys homes

Texas Monthly: His Best Friend Was a 250-Pound Warthog. One Day It Decided to Kill Him.

AP News: More than 30 dolphins have died since an oil spill near southern Russia, experts say

Reuters: Big Booze speeds towards low-growth tobacco status

Washington Post: Zuckerberg ends fact checks on Facebook and Instagram, calling election ‘a cultural tipping point’ on free speech

The Atlantic: The Coming Assault on Birthright Citizenship

Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-roots-of-us-work-culture-and-why-the-american-dream-is-so-difficult-to-achieve-today-180985767/

Smithsonian Magazine: The Roots of U.S. Work Culture—and Why the American Dream Is So Difficult to Achieve Today

Smithsonian Magazine: Alcohol Consumption Raises the Risk of Seven Cancers, Says U.S. Surgeon General in a New Health Advisory

Reuters: Hong Kong struggles to improve conditions in tiny, crowded homes

Reuters: US opens probe 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over remote driving feature

AP News: Getty Images buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company

KEZI: Corvallis residents say collapse of train trestle is no big surprise

OPB: Jimmy Carter's funeral services begin in Washington, D.C., today

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Corvallis trestle collapse sends freight train into river

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tribes, environmentalists gather forces against Amazon’s Northwest nuclear plan

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland utility heads to trial over tribal fishing platform at Willamette Falls

Courthouse News Service: Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol’s cancer risk

The Guardian: Sugary drinks linked to millions of new diabetes and heart disease cases – study

The Guardian: Thailand bans imports of plastic waste to curb toxic pollution

AP News: Smart bird feeders gain popularity and spark interest in bird-watching

AP News: Mexico drops migrants in troubled resort as it disperses them far from US border

AP News: Strong earthquake kills at least 126 people in western China near Mount Everest

Courthouse News Service: Disney strikes deal to combine Hulu + Live TV with FuboTV, ending antitrust suit

SF Gate: 2 arrested on suspicion of $1,200 meat heist at Bay Area Safeway

Courthouse News Service: First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana

Courthouse News Service: Fewer than 1 in 1,000 US adolescents receive gender-affirming medications, researchers find

The Guardian: Strongest winds in over a decade could bring fire risk to southern California

The Guardian: ‘People feel they don’t owe anyone anything’: the rise in ‘flaking’ out of social plans

Sacramento Bee: See video footage that led to Bidwell arson suspect’s arrest: ‘Connecting the dots’

East Bay Times: Cal Fire moves resources to Southern California as agencies brace for extreme winds

LA Times: San Diego State fraternity brothers face felony charges after pledge is badly burned

LA Times: Opinion: If ‘Baby Shark’ represents the worst of children’s music, this is the genre’s best

SF Gate: Mother arrested after 11-year-old boy found dead inside trailer in Sutter County

LA Times: ‘Life-threatening’ winds, power shutoffs hitting Southern California: Here’s the forecast

KTLA: Dirt bike riders race through food court of busy Southern California mall

KRON: Fremont police credit Prop 36 for 9 shoplifting arrests

KRON: Motorcyclist goes 100+ mph while evading Sonoma County deputies

Marin Independent Journal: Living with too much stuff

Marin Independent Journal: Marin site draws ‘raw water’ seekers who don’t want tap

The Guardian: Tibet earthquake: scores dead and hundreds of homes damaged

Press Democrat: Menndocino sisters explore unsolved murder of Humboldt County rancher in documentary ‘High Country Murder’

Press Democrat: Sebastopol to enforce RV parking ordinance, notify homeless they have 72 hours to move

SF Gate: Surfer comes face-to-face with great white shark near popular Bay Area beach

BBC: US sends 11 Guantanamo detainees to Oman

BBC: Meta platforms ditching third-party fact checking

BBC: Tibet earthquake rescuers search for survivors in freezing temperatures

KRCR: Biden will honor tribal requests by designating 2 new national monuments in California