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Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024

Washington Post: The Appalachian couple hunting for wild American truffles

Washington Post: Middle-schooler finds goose poop that has cancer-fighting compound

Washington Post: More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures

OPB: Oregon sues manufactures it says built uninhabitable homes for Almeda Fire survivors

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit rejects Oregon homeowner’s challenge to canal project

NPR: The FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles

NPR: College students get emotional about climate change. Some are finding help in class

Politico: Biden could foil Trump’s plans to resume federal executions

NBC News: Faith-based cost-sharing seemed like an alternative to health insurance, until the childbirth bills arrived

AP News: The water was their livelihood. Now Thailand’s sea nomads work to preserve a vanishing way of life

AP News: Pickup truck driver killed by police after driving through Texas mall and injuring 5

KTLA: 1 dead after mushroom poisoning in Utah, ‘first confirmed case ever in the state’

Financial Times: Donald Trump’s transition team seeks to pull US out of WHO ‘on day one’

Courthouse News Service: Feds accuse major banks of allowing Zelle fraud

The Guardian: Oil and gas firms operating in Colorado falsified environmental impact reports

The Guardian: ‘At 98, I wouldn’t be so sharp without puzzles’: do crosswords and quizzes really boost your brain power?

Courthouse News Service: In the Pacific Northwest, killing sea lions is a necessity

KPTV: 8-year-old boy saves kitten by trading his skateboard to kids who were harming the animal

KPTV: Family hospitalized after Vancouver food truck explosion

KOIN: Large koi fish dumped in McKenzie River near Eugene

The Guardian: ‘A serious disease’: Congress weighs federal gambling crackdown amid growing concerns

The Guardian: Photographs reveal first glimpse of uncontacted Amazon community

The Guardian: US shoots down two of its own navy pilots over Red Sea in ‘apparent friendly fire’ incident

LA Times: California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say

KTLA: Southern California woman survives attack, attempted abduction

KTLA: 4 suspects rear-end, kidnap man and burglarize his home in Riverside County

LA Times: California e-bike voucher program flooded with almost 100,000 applications in just 45 minutes

LA Times: California man arrested on suspicion of beheading 1-year-old son, authorities say

LA Times: Inside China’s alleged scheme to influence governments in L.A. County and far beyond

LA Times: Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furor

KRCR: BLM tracks down Redding arson suspect after two-year, cross-country investigation

KRCR: Search for missing brothers in Thermalito Afterbay enlists 250 volunteers across 21 groups

KRCR: California water systems' new plan aims to balance urban needs and salmon conservation

Marin Independent Journal: Marin judge backs Novato in homelessness ruling

SF Chronicle: Some children didn’t survive the Carlisle Indian School, but my great-grandfather did. Here’s his story

ABC News: California man beheaded his 1-year-old son with a knife, authorities say

KCRA: Vigil honors the more than one hundred lives lost in Sacramento's unhoused community this year

KCRA: As search for missing Butte County duck hunters continues, divers find one of their wallets

SF Gate: Tahoe ski slope shortcut ends in DUI arrest and snowcat rescue

KRON: San Jose school district to close three campuses

KRON: CA Lottery jackpot soars to $944M for Christmas Eve drawing

East Bay Times: Ireland’s AI data centers are sucking up too much of the country’s energy

East Bay Times: PG&E power bills will rise after state keeps nuclear power plant open

East Bay Times: California nets large population increase in 2024 — nearly returning to pre-pandemic level

East Bay Times: Rickey Henderson, the greatest Oakland A’s player of all time, has died at age 65

Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024

OPB: The rewilding of the Elwha River: 12 years after dam removal

Ecoticias: Forget solar panels, the future is this sphere for your garden: Free electricity even at night

NY Times : The Design Trend Taking Over Rural America: Barndomonium

KPTV: Lawmakers announce high-speed rail to link Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, BC

Washington Post: Amazon hit by Teamsters strikes during holiday rush