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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024

The Atlantic: The Rise of Technoauthoritarianism

Reuters: Exclusive: US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure

Reuters: UPS to cut 12,000 jobs as annual revenue forecast disappoints on weak ecommerce demand

NPR: Pennsylvania high court revives a case challenging Medicaid limits for abortions

NPR: A Florida park just saw a record number of manatees gather together in its waters

NPR: The ketamine economy: New mental health clinics are a 'Wild West' with few rules

NPR: After Russian doping decision, the U.S. suddenly has 9 new Olympic golden medalists

The Guardian: Berkeley will vote on banning factory farms. What does that mean for the rest of the US?

The Guardian: Low-carbon milk to AI irrigation: tech startups powering Latin America’s green revolution

KIRO: Seattle bans batteries from trash as ‘growing fire safety concern’ turns heads

AP News: At trial, NRA leader LaPierre acknowledges he wrongly expensed private flights, handbag for wife

AP News: California Gov. Gavin Newsom backs dam removal projects aimed at sustaining salmon populations

AP News: Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

The Oregonian: In tree-hugging Pacific Northwest, what happens when one of the most powerful symbols of our collective identity hurts us?

The Oregonian: Toyota says don’t drive older Corolla, Matrix and RAV4 models until air bags are replaced

Oregon Public Broadcasting: A new study finds a critical vitamin for salmon in rivers

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon’s aspiring tree climbers reach new heights

Courthouse News Service: Twenty years after Jam Master Jay’s ‘brazen’ murder, feds lay out case at trial in Brooklyn

Courthouse News Service: A rural revolt: Paris ‘under siege’ by angry French farmers

AP News: US will receive gold medals in the wake of figure skater Valieva’s Olympic disqualification

AP News: US and China launch talks on fentanyl trafficking in a sign of cooperation amid differences

ap: Anchorage sets a record for the earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow

BBC: Kamila Valieva: Russian figure skater given four-year ban for doping

BBC: Video: Acid spill covers Brazil river in thick white foam

BBC: Iranian hired Hells Angel to kill defector, US says

LA Times: Deep-sea exploration company thinks it has found Amelia Earhart’s plane

LA Times: Looking for a career change? Walmart managers now can make up to $400,000 a year

LA Times: Tribal leaders cite problems with California’s Feather Alert for Native people who go missing

LA Times: Turf is out. Native grasses are in. Here are 4 lush low-water options

LA Times: California banned a slur from geographic place names. Fresno County won’t let go.

LA Times: A fire burning deep inside an L.A. County landfill is raising new alarms over toxic air

LA Times: Opinion: That pain in your back? It’s really a pain in your brain

Santa Cruz Sentinel: California earns an A in Surfrider’s annual State of the Beach report

KRCR: Navy relaxes recruitment norms due to declining numbers: No mandatory high school diplomas

KRCR: VIDEO: Rabbi attacked by Lyft driver moments after entering car in NW DC

KRCR: AT&T's potential end of landline services leave California customers in uncertainty

KRCR: Northstate filmmaker's 'ACID Canal' wins at Cannes World Film Festival

KCRA: 5 arrested in California desert killings in dispute over marijuana, sheriff’s officials say

KCRA: Explosions near Sacramento County Sikh temple caused by propane tanks, officials say

KCRA: Mail theft concerns in Northern California on the rise as tax season officially begins

KRON: Study finds microplastics in nearly all American proteins: meat, fish and plants

KRON: Livermore IT worker pleads guilty to stealing over $500K worth of MacBooks

SFGate: Downtown SF forecast to get up to 3 inches of rain in 36 hours

SF Chronicle: California coastal protections versus housing: The battle is on

SF Chronicle: S.F. city leaders say this data shows why the Mission vending ban is working

SF Chronicle: Powerful storm to bring flooding rain and strong wind to California this week. Here’s a timeline

SFGate: Officials: Exclusive Central Valley golf club discovered as illegal cannabis business

SFGate: Major Leonardo DiCaprio movie brings high-speed chases, special effects to NorCal towns

SFGate: Pot company backed by 49ers legend Joe Montana selling 22% of California's legal weed

East Bay Times: California teen reinvents the umbrella and snags a ‘Shark Tank’ deal