Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023
NPR: In 2023 fentanyl overdoses ravaged the U.S. and fueled a new culture war fight
NPR: What is hospice care? 6 myths about this end-of-life option
CNN: Boebert announces she will switch congressional districts for 2024 election
Yahoo News: Wrong-way teen driver kills 6, including 2 children, in Texas, authorities say
Washington Post: Stress is weathering our bodies from the inside out
NY Times : How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis
NY Times : ‘We Are Not Equipped to Deal With This’: Migrant Surge Overwhelms U.S. Border
NY Times : They’re Paid Billions to Root Out Child Labor in the U.S. Why Do They Fail?
Washington Post: How ancient architecture can cool off some of Earth's hottest places
Smithsonian Magazine: Sniffing Women’s Tears May Reduce Aggression in Men, Study Finds
The Guardian: ‘History is not what happened’: Howell Raines on the civil war and memory
The Atlantic: Pediatricians See an Alarming Number of Noodle-Soup Burns
Politico: Haley declines to say slavery was cause of Civil War
The Oregonian: Salmon Claus spreads holiday cheer along the Columbia River
The Guardian: Gut microbes may play role in social anxiety disorder, say researchers
The Hill: New York City mayor restricts bus arrivals to stem migrant surge
AP News: The Eiffel Tower is closed while workers strike on the 100th anniversary of its founder’s death
The Hill: Voter calls out Haley for not mentioning slavery in Civil War answer
The Oregonian: Oregon charter school principal fired over treatment of Indigenous students
The Guardian: ‘Textile zombie’ v fossil fashion: the battle to clean up the clothing industry in 2023
The Guardian: US and Mexico in talks to limit surge of migrants reaching border
The Guardian: Biden mulls border crackdown in face of Trump’s migrant-bashing rhetoric
The Oregonian: Grocery wholesaler C&S is poised to take over dozens of Oregon grocery stores: meet the company
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon’s ōkta restaurant takes farm-to-table one step further
AP News: Trapped in his crashed truck, an Indiana man is rescued after 6 days surviving on rainwater
AP News: Independent lawyers begin prosecuting cases of sexual assault and other crimes in the US military
Courthouse News Service: New York foreclosure laws called unconstitutional in class action
AP News: The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for using its stories to train chatbots
AP News: Mexican officials clear border camp as US pressure mounts to limit migrant crossings
LA Times: Editorial: Solar installations are plummeting and California regulators are to blame
Mt. Shasta News: Surprise ambulance bills put these families in debt. A new California law bans the practice
LA Times: Water increasingly at the center of conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East
LA Times: Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping
KRCR: VIDEO: Florida man takes 50-pound fish from indoor pond at Bass Pro Shops
Press Democrat: High surf warning issued as waves as high as 40 feet predicted for Bay Area coastline
KCRA: Investor, UC Davis Health team up on community development project for California's aging population
KTLA: 2 California cities have among the highest utility bills in the U.S.
KTLA: Massive surf to peak along Southern California coast Thursday
East Bay Times: State plans pricey fixes to California’s broken insurance market. Are homeowners on board?
SF Chronicle: Inspectors pay surprise visit to Martinez oil refinery plagued by rash of problems
Orange Co. Register: ‘Sober living homes were little more than drug dens,’ lawsuit says
Orange Co. Register: ‘Not your grandparents’ post office:’ The future USPS being tested in California
East Bay Times: Capitola braces for giant swell, high tides, with more rain to hit Bay Area this week
East Bay Times: Oakland mayor rejects all police chief finalists, setting back city’s search
SF Chronicle: S.F. advocates demand safety reforms after students bring guns to city schools
SF Chronicle: ‘Badass detective’: How one California officer solved eight cold cases — in his spare time
SF Chronicle: Hundreds of S.F. housing units for the homeless still sit vacant despite reforms. Here's why
SFGate: SF Baykeeper sues U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over rare species
Sacramento Bee: Thousands of new homes, 200-acre medical campus planned near Sacramento suburb
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