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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023

Washington Post: Understaffed and neglected: How real estate investors reshaped assisted living

Washington Post: Biden moves to ban most old-growth logging in national forests

Artnet: A $3.99 vase bought at thrift store sells at auction for $107,000

CBS News : Convicted sex offender escaped prison after his mom gave him disguise, Texas officials say

St Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis nursing home abruptly closes, leaving workers unpaid, residents relocated

CBS News : U.S. 5 kids home alone die in fire as father is out Christmas shopping, police say

Washington Post: Senator presses IRS on scam victims being hit with big tax bills

Washington Post: FDA finds ‘extremely high’ lead levels in cinnamon in applesauce at Ecuador plant

Washington Post: Underground zombie streams threaten to turn D.C. back into a real-life swamp

ABC News: Lead levels in recalled cinnamon applesauce more than 2,000 times higher than proposed standards

The Hill: Judge temporarily bars removal of Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery

Central Oregon Daily: 2 charged with killing 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, to sell

ABC News: 3 dead, 600,000 without power after monster storm tears up the East Coast

NY Times : ‘I’m Scared to Death’: Behind the Shortage Keeping Cancer Patients From Chemo

The Guardian: Cocaine worth $1bn found in Sydney as alleged kidnap plot ends in five arrests

The Hill: How much caffeine is too much?

Jerusalem Post: Americans eat so much snack food that it counts as an extra daily meal - study

Axios: Most kids losing Medicaid come from just nine states all led by Republicans

NPR: The new 'Color Purple' exudes joy, but dances past some deeper complexities

NPR: Google to pay $700 million in case over whether its app store is an illegal monopoly

NPR: Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts

NPR: When a quick telehealth visit yields multiple surprises beyond a big bill

The Guardian: Dozens of elderly people across US died after leaving care facilities unchecked

BBC: Apple halts some Watch sales in the US

BBC: Texas to arrest illegal migrants in challenge to federal government

BBC: Storms in US northeast kill four and leave thousands without power

BBC: Bayer Monsanto: PCB maker ordered to pay $857m for toxic leaks at WA school

The Guardian: Is the US going to approve the single biggest fossil-fuel expansion on earth?

NY Magazine: The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive Parent

NY Magazine: HEALTH 8:00 A.M. An American Girlhood in the Ozempic Era

AP News: California is set to become 2nd state to OK rules for turning wastewater into drinking water

The Guardian: Hermès billionaire plans to leave half of fortune to ex-gardener and cut ties with charity

The Guardian: ‘We don’t sell our way of life’: Indigenous peyote users and the companies trying to cash in

AP News: US moves to protect old growth forests as climate change threatens their survival

Courthouse News Service: Virginia Supreme Court sides with fired teacher in pronoun dispute

AP News: An earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 127 people and is the deadliest in 9 years

AP News: A volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland and spews magma

AP News: Illegal crossings surge in remote areas as Congress and the White House weigh major asylum limits

Courthouse News Service: Judge: Trump’s star witness ‘lost all credibility’ after NYC fraud testimony

Courthouse News Service: Ultraviolet light and chlorine chambers can remove methane from the air, study says

Courthouse News Service: Apple to pause sales of some smartwatches after ITC ruling

The Oregonian: Former Trail Blazer arrested in kidnapping, killing of Washington state woman in Las Vegas

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon psilocybin advocates reflect on therapy program’s first year

The Oregonian: Kah-Nee-Ta hot spring resort announces new reopening plan for summer 2024

The Oregonian: Men who died in Oregon plane crash were Afghan Army pilots, refugees

LA Times: California lawmakers’ stock disclosures are full of surprises

LA Times: Why is it so hard for California drivers to get insurance?

LA Times: Being doored to death is a cyclist’s nightmare. How can it be prevented?

LA Times: Kern County is poised to become warehousing’s next frontier

LA Times: The wealthiest Californians are fleeing the state. Why that’s very bad news for the economy