Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, June 27
Washington Post: This plant is turning water into clean fuel for trucks
the Atlantic: A New Danger at America’s National Parks
Washington Post: House guts civil rights protections in privacy bill, sparking outrage
OaklandSide: Kings of trash: How the Duongs built a business empire in Oakland
the Atlantic: The Last, Best Hope for Predicting Earthquakes
CBS News : It may soon cost a buck instead of $12 to make a call from prison, FCC says
CBS News : Mount Everest's melting ice reveals bodies of climbers lost in the "death zone"
CNN: ‘Sugary food is a drug for me’: A growing number of children are addicted to ultraprocessed foods
CNN: Fire breaks out on world’s largest cruise ship
NBC News: DHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network
Jam Base: John Mayer Discusses Dead & Company’s Post-Sphere Future
Science Alert: Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpected, Simple Treatment
The Guardian: Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study
The Guardian: The US supreme court just basically legalized bribery; gifts okay "after the fact"
NPR: Vermont pays $175,000 to man arrested for giving the middle finger to state trooper
NPR: More than 60 ice cream products recalled over possible listeria contamination
AP News: Canada ends cod moratorium in Newfoundland after more than 30 years
AP News: IRS delays in resolving identity theft cases are ‘unconscionable,’ an independent watchdog says
The Guardian: California dad who drove family off cliff sentenced to mental health care instead of trial
Smithsonian Magazine: Extreme Wildfires Became Twice as Frequent and Intense in 20 Years, Study Finds
Smithsonian Magazine: Honeybees Can Sniff Out Lung Cancer, Scientists Suggest
AP News: California Legislature approves budget that slashes spending to address $46.8 billion deficit
AP News: Back to Woodstock, with Wi-Fi: Women return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival
The Guardian: BP imposes hiring freeze and halts new offshore wind projects
The Hill: New York City Public Schools looks to ban cellphones
The Hill: McConnell breaks with Trump on vilification of Biden
AP News: Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban
BBC: Big stakes and high tension as Biden-Trump debate looms
BBC: Music festival noise blamed for gazelle deaths in Spain
AP News: In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage
BBC: Farmers 'at war' with countryside crime gangs
BBC: Five charged with juror bribe plot in Minneapolis Covid fraud trial
KOMO : Driver dead and 3 injured in stabbing, shooting inside stolen BMW on NB I-5 in Federal Way
Modesto Bee: Sonora OKs a dozen apartments atop storefronts. Modesto also is trying this housing option
KPTV: Portland graffiti vandal ID’d based on YouTube video
OPB: The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes
Press Democrat: DNA lab error in Rohnert Park killing prompts mistrial. Inaccuracy could upend hundreds of other cases
Oregon Public Broadcasting: The Pacific Northwest’s most active (undersea) volcano is getting a little frisky
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Central Oregon evacuees take shelter from Darlene 3 fire
LA Times: California recalls cannabis vape many months after it was told of contamination
Petaluma Argus: Mobile home residents won a fight over rent hikes in Petaluma. Then the park owners struck back
LA Times: Fresno police chief resigns after investigation into alleged affair with officer’s wife
LA Times: L.A. County juvenile halls are so violent that many officers are skipping work
KTLA: Man targeted by follow-home robbers who led pursuit across Southern California
KTLA: Another hidden camera discovered outside Southern California home
SF Gate: 'Oh, God, I'm going to get hit': Woman hit by plane in Sutter County can't believe she wasn't hurt
KCRA: VIDEO: Sinkhole swallows part of an Illinois soccer field after underground mine collapses
KCRA: Sacramento native selected in first round of NBA draft
KRCR: Low-priced Chinese EVs in Mexico pose severe threat to US auto industry, experts warn
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