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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024

Washington Post: The plastics industry would like a word with your kids

MJ Biz Daily: Advocates celebrate inclusion of hemp in USDA’s Census of Agriculture

The Guardian: ‘Polar express’: passengers hit out at cold conditions on Scottish train line

Washington Post: Senate poised to pass biggest piece of tech regulation in decades

NY Times: Mysterious Pattern in a Cave Is Oldest Rock Art Found in Patagonia

NPR: Chicago will drop controversial ShotSpotter gunfire detection system

NY Times: What Scientists Learned from the Oldest Wild Platypus Ever Found

The Guardian: ‘Just doing the right thing’: two women find missing US child after Amber alert

The Guardian: Nearly 15% of Americans don’t believe climate change is real, study finds

NY Times: After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild

The Guardian: What will Spain look like when it runs out of water? Barcelona is giving us a glimpse

The Hill: Photos: Massive endangered Fin whale washes up on Oregon shore

AP News: Student, 18, charged with plotting deadly shooting at his Southern California high school

The Guardian: ‘It’s almost carbon-negative’: how hemp became a surprise building material

BBC: US to consider mass release of detained migrants over budget woes

The Guardian: US becoming ‘factory farming nation’: key takeaways from the agriculture census

NY Times: The Most Profitable Places to Own a Short-Term Rental

Business Insider: Google is making a map of methane leaks for the whole world to see

AP News: Palestinians living in US will be shielded from deportation, the White House says

AP News: The Biden administration announces $970 million in grants for airport improvements across the US

BBC: Kansas City celebration turns to scene of chaos after shooting

BBC: Coming face to face with inmates in El Salvador's mega-jail

NPR: Americans who live alone report depression at higher rates, but social support helps

The Guardian: Hackers got nearly 7 million people’s data from 23andMe. The firm blamed users in ‘very dumb’ move

NPR: Could vacant office spaces across the U.S. be the solution to a national problem?

The Guardian: Putin says he prefers Biden to Trump and mocks Tucker Carlson’s questions

AP News: Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history

KRCR: Investigation underway for fatal house fire in Happy Camp

The Oregonian: Oregon fishermen, tribes angered by surprise announcement on offshore wind energy areas

The Oregonian: Dutch Bros will spend up to $41 million moving some corporate jobs from Oregon to Arizona

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon continues to lose farmland, some advocates say that raises red flags

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Federal government finalizes floating offshore wind areas off the Oregon Coast

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Klamath Basin irrigators, tribes sign conservation agreement, Interior pledges $72M

LA Times: Risk for chronic fatigue soars among those who had COVID-19, study says

LA Times: Malibu’s homeless numbers are down nearly 80% from 2020, city announces

SF Chronicle: Biden administration announces truce in Klamath Basin water wars

LA Times: ‘I felt violated’: Beekeeper offers $100,000 reward in brazen Fresno beehive thefts

Sacramento Bee: BYOB: Bring Your Own Bag. California lawmakers propose banning all plastic grocery bags

Sacramento Bee: California cops get billions in funding, yet solve just 13% of crimes, new report says

LA Times: Column: Older drivers reveal strategies for passing that ‘ridiculous’ California DMV renewal test

LA Times: Southern California faces risk of mudslides, flooding as new storms move in

KTLA: 17 charged in massive drug trafficking bust in Southern California

SFGate: Train derailment spills coal into popular Northern California river

Sacramento Bee: Quest Diagnostics’ $5M settlement: California prosecutors found lab waste, patient info in dumpsters

KTLA: Thieves stealing grave markers, bronze memorials busted in Los Angeles

SF Chronicle: The FBI is seeking documents on some of Napa’s most famous wineries. The question is why

KRON: Sewage in Tijuana River Valley is the ‘worst it’s ever been’

KRON: State department to sell seized bongs during auction

KRON: Radio DJ killed, children among 22 people shot at end of Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade

SF Chronicle: Cisco confirms layoffs of 5%, or over 4,000 jobs cut