Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
AP News: In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies
The Hill: FDA warns against using Neptune’s Fix, aka ‘gas station heroin’
The Guardian: Skiers leaving ‘forever chemicals’ on pistes, study finds
Yahoo News: Environmentalists, local agencies file lawsuits against California Delta tunnel project
Courthouse News Service: California bill would put the brakes on speeding
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Fourth dam breached on the Klamath River
Oregon Public Broadcasting: How fentanyl and social isolation have worsened youth homelessness crisis in Oregon
BBC: The dire shortage of volunteer firefighters in the US
BBC: Girl, 10, charged with threatening to shoot and kill classmates in S.C.
BBC: Man sentenced to death for Japan anime studio fire
The Hill: Trump warns Haley donors will be ‘permanently barred from the MAGA camp’
AP News: US economy grew at a surprisingly strong 3.3% pace last quarter, pointing to continued resilience
AP News: Deputies find six bodies at remote Mojave Desert crossroads
The Guardian: Florida advances law banning children under 16 from using social media
The Guardian: Nearly 65,000 US rape victims could not get an abortion in their state, analysis shows
KRCR: Officials find 33 lbs of illegal marijuana on flight landing in Roanoke
LA Times: Car crashes killed more people than homicides in Los Angeles last year
KTLA: Robbers hit 3 Long Beach pharmacies in single day
KRCR: Flooding impacts on Humboldt County farms
SF Chronicle: Embattled S.F. nonprofit fires director and asks police to investigate suspected check forgery
SFGate: Invasive flies are inching closer toward ruining California's economy
SF Chronicle: California insurance crisis: Another company stops offering new home policies
SFGate: Mother reunited with toddler after carjacking, kidnapping near Oakland Coliseum
SFGate: Major Leonardo DiCaprio movie has officially begun filming in Humboldt
SF Chronicle: This powerful group is hurting California addiction research, scientists say. They want to kill it
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024
The Guardian: LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests
Business Today: Twitter, LinkedIn and other platforms face massive data breach, 26 billion records exposed
NY Times : With Border Deal Near, Parole and Money Take Center Stage in Senate Talks
The Guardian: ‘People often say – you don’t look Native’: indigenous life in America – in pictures
The Guardian: ‘This should not be ridiculed’: the link between hypochondria and early death
The Guardian: My month in rehab: alcohol was killing me – until I made that crucial call
The Guardian: Peppa Pig to make Lego debut and expand global theme parks
The Guardian: Powerful earthquake hits China-Kyrgyzstan border
Washington Post: The surprising environmental benefits of doing nothing
Washington Post: For some Alzheimer’s patients, vision problems may be an early warning
The Guardian: Target workers reportedly fired for buying popular Stanley mugs
CNN: More flowers are ‘selfing,’ scientists say. That could spell trouble for other species
The Guardian: The US needs 22m acres for the solar energy transition – here’s what that looks like
AP News: Can Mississippi permanently strip felons of voting rights? 19 federal judges will hear the case
AP News: Could Georgia’s Fani Willis be removed from prosecuting Donald Trump?
The Guardian: Blood test could revolutionise diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, experts say
Courthouse News Service: Operation Family Secrets: Mob Museum unravels organized crime’s grip on Chicago, Las Vegas
Courthouse News Service: ‘Snow drought’ darkening California’s water outlook
LA Times: Opinion: Clean drinking water is a human right. Why are so many California communities without it?
The Guardian: One of first US uranium mines opens near Grand Canyon after eight years
KPTV: Car drives down closed road in Tillamook, flips over, catches on fire
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