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Thursday, June 22, 2023

KTLA: New details emerge in fatal shooting of California nurses at EDM festival in WA

KTLA: Woman allegedly attempted to avoid arrest by hiding on Disneyland ride

Courthouse News Service: ‘Legally innocent’ prisoner loses Supreme Court bid to challenge 27-year sentence

Courthouse News Service: France outlaws grassroots climate activists, declares them ‘eco-terrorists’

AP News: China’s president orders safety campaign after explosion at barbecue restaurant kills 31 people

AP News: The Titan submersible imploded, killing all 5 on board, the US Coast Guard says

AP News: Supreme Court rules 5-4 against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case

NY Times: The Trillion- Gallon Question: What if California's Dams Fail?

NY Times: Rodeo Is Turning America’s Whitest Big City Black

Washington Post: Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage

The Hill: Judge strikes down Florida Medicaid policy excluding gender-affirming care

AP News: Tornadoes tear through northwest Texas town, killing 4 people and causing widespread damage

AP News: Iconic Hong Kong dragon boat races are back in full force as thousands of spectators gather

The Guardian: Archaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old ‘Stonehenge of the Netherlands’

The Guardian: China barbecue restaurant explosion kills 31 after gas leak

The Guardian: Samuel Alito did not declare gifts from billionaire with case before US supreme court

Courthouse News Service: Judge sides with Chicago Cubs in lawsuit over wheelchair access at Wrigley Field

Courthouse News Service: Critics slam San Francisco mayor’s crackdown on drug users, raising human rights concerns

Courthouse News Service: Regulators announce stricter rules for trains carrying hazardous materials

Courthouse News Service: Alito kicks up ethics questions with new undisclosed gifts from billionaire donors, including Rob Arkley

LA Times: The most lucrative majors? Some community college grads can outearn elite university peers

East Bay Times: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg say they’re ready for a cage fight

East Bay Times: These Bay Area cities and counties getting $46 million to clear homeless camps, add shelters

East Bay Times: Costco gets nod of approval for East Bay warehouse, 32-hose gas station

East Bay Times: Over 1,000 sea lions, dolphins are getting sick and dying as toxic bloom off California coast expands

KRCR: 1 dead another hospitalized following crash in Trinidad

KRCR: Forest Service teams up with Shasta College to provide a hands-on learning about forest health

SFGate: FBI uncovers one of the oddest Bay Area drug smuggling rings ever

The Guardian: Four more people just died in an e-bike fire. If nothing changes, they won’t be the last

The Guardian: Rightwing war on ‘woke capitalism’ partly driven by fossil fuel interests and allies

SFGate: Report reveals Tahoe’s staggering tourism problem

SF Chronicle: Millennium Tower: Engineer says $100 million fix has improved S.F. building’s famous lean

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

AP News: Summer solstice brings druids, pagans and thousands of curious people to Stonehenge

Las Vegas Sun: Alleged shooter at Washington state music festival was stationed at US Army base

The Atlantic: How to Talk to People: How to Know Your Neighbors

The Hill: Build begins on Wyoming-to-California power line amid growing wind power concern

The Hill: Vanderbilt Medical Center turns over transgender patient records to state AG for investigation

The Hill: Abbott signs bill banning ‘sexually oriented performances’ in Texas

The Guardian: Who’s unhoused in California? Largest study in decades upends myths

The Guardian: ‘Monstrous murder’: 41 women killed in Honduras prison riot

NY Times : We’re Watching the Sky as We Know It Disappear

NY Times : Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns

National Geographic: What BPA can do to our bodies—and how to limit your exposure

NPR: A new satellite could help clean up the air in America's most polluted neighborhoods

NPR: Huntington's spreads like 'fire in the brain.' Scientists say they've found the spark

NPR: A Palestinian attacker kills at least 4 people at a West Bank gas station

Washington Post: Firefighting gear contains ‘forever chemicals,’ report concludes

Washington Post: Ex-police officer, 2 others guilty in Chinese plot to lure back expatriates

Washington Post: We’re building roofs wrong. A different approach can save money and lives.

Washington Post: Senators propose crackdown on retired military work for foreign powers