Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, June 17
PBS News: America’s spies say Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment
Phys.Org: 'Spectacular' Viking burial site discovered in Denmark
Phys.Org: Tree-shrew study finds specific brain circuit linking nighttime light exposure and depression
Politico: Abundance clashes with affordability in California’s data center debate
The Guardian: Trans people can obtain US passport that aligns with their gender identity, judge rules
The Guardian: Cannabis use could double risk of heart deaths, study suggests
Action News Now: Chico man arrested after illegal burn vegetation wildfire
Action News Now: Babysitter arrested for murder after death of 3-year-old boy
CBS News : Appeals court hears arguments in National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
CBS San Diego: San Diego City Council votes to limit ADU construction amid public outcry
CBS San Diego: CHP arrests 90, recovers $153,000 in stolen goods during retail crime clampdown
ABC News: 7 SoCal men charged in $100M Brinks truck heist in Lebec, largest jewelry heist in US history
NY Times : They Said She Was Home-Schooled. She Said She Was Locked in a Dog Crate.
The Atlantic: The Democratic Party Slides Into Irrelevance
The Atlantic: The Dumbest Phone Is Parenting Genius
Courthouse News Service: California executives sent to prison for selling dangerous dehumidifiers
Courthouse News Service: Trump pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, white-collar criminals wipe out $1.3 billion in legal debts
Courthouse News Service: Trump tells Ninth Circuit his National Guard decisions are ‘unreviewable’ by courts
Indian Country Today: How the Nez Perce Tribe stepped in to save wolf reintroduction in Idaho
The Guardian: Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them
Washington Post: At the capybara cafe, people line up to snuggle the world’s largest rodents
Reuters: US Senate passes stablecoin bill in milestone for crypto industry
The Guardian: ‘Ayahuasca tourism’ is a blight on Indigenous peoples and our environment
The Guardian: ‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
The Guardian: ‘I have never seen such open corruption’: Trump’s crypto deals and loosening of rules shock observers
SF Gate: Fugitive found in Northern California after 3 decades on the run
Washington Post: Businesses jump on cannabis drink craze as lawmakers try to crack down
The Oregonian: Trump administration seeks Medicaid data on undocumented Oregonians
The Guardian: Trump orders Ice raids on farms and hotels after pausing them days earlier
The Guardian: Trump demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and says US won’t kill supreme leader ‘for now’
Politico: Hospitals stunned by Senate GOP’s Medicaid plan
The Hill: Trump administration proposes expansion of Arctic drilling
BBC: Sweden's 'Queen of trash' jailed for waste dumping
NPR: Trump threatens Iran's supreme leader, escalating his rhetoric about the conflict
The Oregonian: Another fire burns through central Oregon, forcing evacuations, state park closure
SF Gate: Stranded kayaker in Shasta sets fire to riverbank to alert rescuers
The Hill: ICE officials told to resume raids on hotels, restaurants, and farms
NPR: How Apple turbocharged China's development
BBC: Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say
NPR: Medicaid keeps getting more popular as Republicans aim to cut it by $800 billion
KTLA: Woman who walked away from Northern CA reentry program turns herself in at Chino prison
KTLA: Over 700 Rite Aid locations now set to close: Here are the locations
BBC: Baby of brain-dead woman delivered in Georgia, woman's mother says
BBC: Experts question whether $499 gold Trump phone can be US-made
Seattle Times: The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
ABC News: Donald Trump is the first president in 116 years to not be invited to the NAACP convention
SF Gate: Proposed gold mine threatens to cut up remote, wild expanse of California desert
CBS News : Growing number of Americans 55 and older are experiencing homelessness.
CBS News : Kraft Heinz says it will remove artificial dyes from its U.S. products by the end of 2027
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