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Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023

Denver Post: Missing Bernese mountain dog found by hikers in Colorado mountains after nearly two months

SFGate: A troubled Highway 101 rest stop reopened. It closed again 45 minutes later.

SF Chronicle: She’s an Indigenous icon and the first Native person to win an Oscar. Is she actually Italian American?

SFGate: $9.5 million in stolen big box retailer merchandise found, CHP says

SFGate: The fascinating and sordid history of Korbel, the Bay Area's only champagne

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023

NY Times: High Winds Rattle Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Leading to Closures

WBAL: Death toll from landslide in remote Alaska fishing community reaches 3, more missing

NY Times: Two Years With America’s Elite Firefighters

Washington Post: Oil spill tops 1 million gallons, threatens Gulf of Mexico wildlife

NPR: A new study says the global toll of lead exposure is even worse than we thought

Washington Post: Opinion: Why we’re borrowing to fund the elderly while neglecting everyone else

The Hill: Iowa official’s wife found guilty on all 52 counts of voter fraud charges

NPR: Pilot program will install batteries in 2,000 Mass. homes to reduce energy demand on the grid

NPR: Board Of Supervisors Approves Plan That Allows Incarcerated People In LA Jails To Make Free Phone Calls At County Expense

NPR: Israeli Cabinet approves cease-fire deal with Hamas to free some hostages

SFGate: The biggest pot distributor in California has collapsed

AP News: Property dispute in Colorado leaves 3 dead, 1 critically wounded and suspect on the run

The Hill: A Colorado court makes it official: Trump is an insurrectionist

The Hill: Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson meet at Mar-a-Lago

AP News: Teachers and students grapple with fears and confusion about new laws restricting pronoun use

The Guardian: Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says

AP News: Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue

AP News: The Rolling Stones announce 2024 North American Tour

The Guardian: ‘You live in your own bubble’: Swedish city takes on loneliness with a simple hi

AP News: Democratic-led cities pay for migrants’ tickets to other places as resources dwindle

AP News: Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law is facing pushback amid the fentanyl crisis

The Oregonian: Oregon secretary of state stands by controversial audit of marijuana program

The Atlantic: An Unlikely Source of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

The Atlantic: How the Hillbillies Remade America

The Oregonian: Oregon woman who treated daughter’s cancer with CBD oil found guilty of mistreatment

The Oregonian: How often do health insurers reject patients’ claims? No one knows

AP News: There’s a movement to ‘leave the leaves’ in gardens and lawns. Should you do it?

BBC: Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: First video emerges of trapped Indian workers

The Guardian: Cost-of-living crisis fuels global appetite for instant ramen

The Guardian: Banksy reveals his first name in resurfaced interview clip

AP News: New Hampshire man had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions

BBC: Brazil records its hottest ever temperature

BBC: Hamas leader says truce deal close as Israel yet to comment

AP News: As more of the world thirsts, luxury water becoming fashionable among the elite

The Guardian: The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022

SFGate: 'Major dust storm' shuts down I-15 along California-Nevada line

LA Times: More officers allege sexual hazing on LAPD’s Centurions football team

Courthouse News Service: A$AP Rocky must stand trial on charges he fired gun at former friend, judge rules

Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court agrees to review funding fight over tribe health care costs

Courthouse News Service: Researchers still hazy on effect of intense wildfires on California wildlife

Courthouse News Service: Heat-related death toll in 2022 Europe revised to more than 70,000

LA Times: Underpass lot below 10 Freeway failed inspection months before fire

Yahoo News: New Hampshire man had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions

Reuters: Giant batteries change the economics of gas power plants

East Bay Times: Big Basin: Redwood trees’ recovery is ‘remarkable’ three years after huge fire, while some species are still struggling