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Thursday, June 12

OPB: New honey bee energy bar tested in Washington offers hope for struggling hives

ABC News: Four measles cases confirmed in Navajo County, first in Arizona this year

AP News: Oregon wildfire prompts evacuations and closes interstate in Columbia River Gorge

AP News: Republican South Carolina House member charged with distributing child sexual abuse material

AP News: Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupts with lava reaching over 330 feet

AP News: Air India plane headed to London crashes with more than 240 onboard

The Oregonian: Washington company recalls frozen shrimp due to listeria contamination

The Oregonian: Teen slips, falls over 50-foot NW waterfall to his death

Courthouse News Service: EPA moves to repeal rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants

OPB: Indigenous youth prepare for the first descent down the Klamath River after dam removal

OPB: Dutch Bros is officially moving headquarters from Grants Pass to Phoenix, Arizona

SF Gate: Bay Area's first surf park planned for former naval air station

KRCR: Multiple agencies continue search for Redding man last seen at Mount Shasta trailhead

KRCR: 'No Kings' Protests planned across Northern California cities Saturday

KRCR: Grove Fire ignites in Shasta Lake City area; crews accessing through treatment plant

SF Gate: Cannabis: One of California's most expensive licenses is now basically worthless

SF Gate: Kids allegedly lead poisoned in Yellowstone National Park employee housing

CBS News : Mt. McKinley avalanche kills skier just days after climber fell 3,000 feet to his death on same peak

CBS Bay Area: Santa Rosa man suspected of slashing tires on 18 cars in downtown area

KRON: Court hearing on troops in LA happening Thursday in SF

East Bay Times: Santa Cruz City Council votes to ban sale of filtered cigarettes

East Bay Times: Poll: Californians ‘pessimistic’ on economy, oppose Trump, but favor federal government cuts

East Bay Times: Man dies after boaters fight over collision in Moss Landing Harbor

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael Local Market vendor fair makes debut

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael school trustee arrested for alleged sexual assault

SF Gate: World's largest almond company to close historic 53-acre Northern Calif. plant

SF Gate: 'I'm f—king paralyzed': Triathlete details horrific moment at SF race

KRON: Air India plane with 244 aboard crashes after takeoff; no known survivors

SF Chronicle: The Klamath River’s dams are gone. Now, a group of native teenagers will paddle the whole thing

Tuesday, June 10

The Atlantic: Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator

BBC: 'Humans need solitude': How being alone can make you happier

KTLA: Local officials say ICE ‘loitered near schools’ in Ventura County raids

Politico: Trump administration considers slashing federal education money for California

Courthouse News Service: Brooklyn jury finds CA ‘sex cult’ leaders guilty of forced labor conspiracy

Courthouse News Service: New York judge allows Trump to sue his own niece while in office

Courthouse News Service: ICE arrests at Omaha meatpacking plant unnerve city

The Guardian: Fact-check: Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg contained lies and conspiracy theories about LA

Washington Post: Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of US allies

The Hill: National Guard, Marines deployed to LA come with hefty price tag

Reuters: Russia and Ukraine exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war

The Hill: California scientists sound alarm on role of pesticides in raising resistance to antifungal drugs

The Atlantic: Get Ready to Hear a Lot More About Your Mitochondria

The Atlantic: The Wyoming Hospital Upending the Logic of Private Equity

The Atlantic: Trump vs. California

Washington Post: Rural Republicans used to back NPR. Then MAGA changed everything.

NPR: Trump using National Guard in LA is an 'abuse of power,' says national security expert

NPR: 5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use less energy

NPR: Drug deaths plummet among young Americans as fentanyl carnage eases

Reuters: Los Angeles ICE raids fuel controversy over masked agents

Politico: California Forever offers to purchase small-town properties as part of annexation deal