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Sunday, May 18

East Bay Times: Appeals court says Oakland cops involved in deadly chase are not entitled to qualified immunity

SF Chronicle: This rich beachfront city is trying to launch an anti-housing insurgency in California

KRON: Off-duty officer arrested for causing car crash while intoxicated

KRON: Strong wind topples tree near Oracle Park

SF Gate: SF Giants put up massive banner to call out A’s for leaving Oakland

SF Gate: Sprawling Calif. ranch with viral waterfall for sale for less than $1M

SF Gate: Two back-to-back homicides shake Northern California cannabis country

AP News: The FBI is investigating the explosion at a California fertility clinic as an act of terrorism

AP News: Mexican tall ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, snapping masts and killing 2 crew members

Thursday, May 15

BBC: How the Romans shaped Europe's forests

The Guardian: The US buried millions of gallons of wartime nuclear waste – Doge cuts could wreck the cleanup

Washington Post: Four men court controversy with audacious plan to scale Everest in one week

Washington Post: 26 hours and 33 failed amendment votes: This is Democrats’ masterclass in resistance

Daily Beast: Pricey Trump-Edition Watch Ruined by Hilarious Spelling Flub

The Atlantic: The Day Grok Told Everyone About ‘White Genocide’

The Atlantic: The Darker Design Behind Trump’s $400 Million Plane

The Atlantic: The End of Rule of Law in America

Indian Country Today: Montana to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day

Indian Country Today: A new era of political disenfranchisement: soft disenrollment?

The Guardian: Kid Rock’s restaurant workers asked to go home to avoid rumored Ice raids

High Country News: Posted inPublic Lands Trump asks Congress to cut at the heart of the West

Politico: GOP leaders draw the line at Trump’s Library of Congress takeover

AP News: The FBI is disbanding one of its Washington-based public corruption squads, AP sources say

Politico: Dems move to block Middle East arms sales over Qatar plane deal

BBC: Letting off steam: How Dominica's volcanoes will boost its green energy

BBC: Leading crypto firm Coinbase faces up to $400m hit from cyber attack

AP News: Trump surgeon general pick praised unproven psychedelic therapy, said mushrooms helped her find love

AP News: More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code

AP News: Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban

AP News: Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Aging tide gates threaten Oregon’s coast, but replacing them isn’t cheap

Oregon Public Broadcasting: State forestry officials face backlash over Astoria timber sales, board member resigns in wake

Seattle Times: Senate rejects Democratic measure to force more transparency on deportations to El Salvador

sac: Yellowstone grizzly killed after flipping 800-pound dumpsters in hunt for food

The Hill: Supreme Court weighs limits on nationwide injunctions during birthright citizenship arguments

The Hill: Supreme Court broadens standard for unreasonable force claims against police

BBC: Seventeen arrest warrants issued over Bangkok skyscraper collapse

BBC: US 'troubled' by humanitarian situation in Gaza, Rubio tells BBC

BBC: Walmart says higher prices could hit this month due to tariffs

The Oregonian: UnitedHealth, a major insurer, probed for Medicare fraud: report

KTLA: California could close another prison by 2026 under Newsom’s proposal

KTLA: California launches wolf tracking tool to help prevent livestock conflict

KTLA: Family devastated after missing mother found dead at L.A. homeless encampment

KTLA: U.S. customs agents find parrots stuffed in man’s boots

The Oregonian: COVID-19 spikes in crowded Hong Kong, Singapore

CBS News : Armed security guard allegedly shoots at suspects during attempted break-in at dispensary in Sawtelle

SF Gate: Man wrestled gun away from California police officer before another fatally shot him, video shows

SF Gate: California officials find baby monkey, 'tremendous' amount of meth in drug bust

CBS News : Dick's Sporting Goods to buy Foot Locker for $2.4 billion

CBS News : Army anniversary parade on Trump's birthday could cost up to $45 million