Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023
The Atlantic: Death-Cap Mushrooms Are Spreading Across North America
Washington Post: Years into a climate disaster, these people are eating the unthinkable
NY Times : The Signs Were All There. Why Did No One Stop the Maine Shooter?
The Hill: Dog food sold nationwide recalled due to possible salmonella risk
Washington Post: Opinion: The obesity drugs craze is overlooking one big, open question
The Guardian: ‘Go hard and go big’: How South Australia got solar panels onto one in every three houses
The Guardian: How ‘armless archer’ Matt Stutzman transformed a Paralympic sport
NY Times : A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short
The Guardian: Thread carefully: your gym clothes could be leaching toxic chemicals
The Guardian: Storm Ciaran causes destruction in UK and France
The Hill: Largest Christian university in US fined record amount
The Hill: Infant mortality rate rises for first time in 20 years: CDC
The Guardian: Egypt says it will help evacuate about 7,000 foreign passport holders from Gaza
The Hill: 31 Democrats vote to keep Santos in Congress
The Hill: RFK Jr. pulls more votes from Trump than Biden in three-way race: poll
The Hill: Oregon just dropped all graduation standards, failing all of its students in the name of ‘equity’
The Hill: Toyota recalling nearly 1.9M RAV4s over possible fire hazard
AP News: Uber and Lyft to pay $328M in New York wage theft settlement
Seattle Times: PFAS is in the groundwater west of Spokane. What’s known about the contamination is only growing.
Washington Post: How real estate commissions work and why they might get lower
AP News: The mayors of five big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants
AP News: Chicago and other US cities struggle to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits
Yahoo News: Video of Walmart food waste sparks outrage
AP News: Republicans confront Tuberville over military holds in extraordinary showdown on Senate floor
KPTV: Portland homeless advocate arrested on theft charges
OPB: Portland’s first electric garbage truck will hit eastside streets soon
Oregon Public Broadcasting: A new ‘Pied Piper’ robot protects Oregon’s vineyards from pests with some good vibes
The Oregonian: This billion-dollar plan to save salmon depends on a giant fish vacuum
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon wins bat beauty contest second year in a row
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Idaho mother, son charged with kidnapping after taking his minor girlfriend to Oregon for abortion, police say
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland teachers, families and students take to the picket line on first day of strike
BBC: Migrant caravan heading through Mexico to US grows in numbers
BBC: New residents in Swiss village hate farmers' traditional cowbells
Courthouse News Service: Phoenix clears homeless zone three days before court-ordered deadline
LA Times: Climate change is turning swaths of California’s mountains into ‘zombie forests’
BBC: Suspected mushroom poisoning: Australian woman charged with three murders
LA Times: U.S. Senate proposal could force action on counterfeit pills in Mexican pharmacies
Tech Crunch: Lawmakers say Costco’s decision to continue selling banned China surveillance tech is ‘puzzling’
LA Times: Shasta County ditched its Dominion voting machines. Now residents are braced for turmoil on Nov. 7
Courthouse News Service: Mormon church accused of misusing billions in contributions
Courthouse News Service: Sea stars have heads after all, researchers say
KSRO: Dead Pedestrian North Of Santa Rosa Identified As Someone From Redway
KTLA: Long Beach sex assault survivor angered by DA’s decision
KTLA: 4 arrested for beating elderly woman in Santa Monica robbery
LA Times: Opinion: California didn’t ban Skittles. But it tackled a food safety problem the FDA hasn’t solved
KTLA: Canters Deli in Fairfax District hit with antisemitic graffiti
KTLA: Video shows Hollywood crash involving ‘Ferris Bueller,’ ‘Succession’ star's electric truck
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento-area casino buys 20 acres. Is a big expansion in the cards?
KCRA: After months of delays, Newsom's administration secures tiny home builders
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