Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023
The Guardian: Evictions can kill: how US communities are trying to break the cycle of violence
The Guardian: ‘A scam all around’: Navajo Nation groups oppose hydropower projects
The Guardian: Paris Ritz finds missing €750,000 ring in vacuum cleaner bag
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Japanese anime movie ’The Boy and the Heron’ is No. 1 at North American box office
Press Democrat: ‘You’re killing your dog!’: Women pursue, then confront driver seen dragging dog behind his SUV in Sebastopol
SF Chronicle: ‘No questions asked’: Here’s how many guns were collected during S.F. buyback
SF Chronicle: Permit nightmare: One S.F. homeowner’s ‘absurd’ journey to build small balcony
The Oregonian: Editorial: Oregon’s addiction crisis calls for recriminalizing drug possession
The Oregonian: 52 pounds of fentanyl powder, 8,000 pills seized in largest fentanyl bust by Multnomah County deputies
The Oregonian: Wildfires, drought caused $11.2 billion in losses to private timberlands on West Coast, OSU study finds
Marin Independent Journal: Novato man killed in Highway 101 crash
SF Chronicle: Driver who sped 120 mph over Bay Bridge arrested after 3-county chase, CHP says
SF Chronicle: New California climate law is sparking an epic battle in one deep-red county
LA Times: Their stolen land in Orange County was given back. Now they’re ready to heal
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023
The Guardian: ‘It’s kind of gross but we can do it’: How a community learned to go zero waste
The Guardian: BBC presenter apologises after giving middle finger at start of live broadcast
NBC News: MTA board approves NYC congestion pricing plan: What to know about tolls, exemptions and more
NY Times : Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024 Is Peach Fuzz
BBC: Ukraine aid from US in doubt after failed Senate vote
SF Chronicle: Tahoe to get more snow than expected. Here's latest forecast
BBC: Russia hacking: 'FSB in years-long cyber attacks on UK', says government
NPR: Trump allies craft plans to give him unprecedented power if he wins the White House
NPR: A Black Texas student has been suspended once again for his natural hairstyle
The Hill: Experts thought they knew how the economy worked. After the pandemic, they’re not so sure.
The Hill: ‘Other than day one’: Trump supercharges concerns of dictatorship in second term
AP News: Officer and utility worker killed in hit-and-run crash; suspect also accused of stealing cruiser
The Guardian: Alarm at plan to stash planet-heating CO2 beneath US national forests
The Guardian: Borrowers face billing errors in a rocky return to US student loan payments
Politico: ‘Test case’ for America: Colorado’s top court poised to weigh Trump’s eligibility to run again
Politico: Catastrophic climate ‘tipping points’ may be imminent
Politico: Wind and solar pose climate threat too, oil giant Saudi Arabia argues
USA Today: Sara Bareilles admits she was 'freaked out' recording 'Waitress' live musical movie
AP News: Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims
AP News: Vegas shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says
Courthouse News Service: Biden administration rolls out Native American initiatives
Courthouse News Service: USDA unveils partnerships with Native American tribes to promote conservation, meat processing and co-management of federal lands.
Courthouse News Service: Physician groups fight gender-affirming care mandate at Sixth Circuit
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon cancels contract with nonprofit that places foster care kids in unlicensed short-term rentals
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tillamook County declares emergency following $2.5M flood damage
Oregon Public Broadcasting: PacifiCorp agrees to $299M settlement for Southern Oregon wildfire
AP News: McDonald’s testing new CosMc’s chain following an unprecedented global expansion
The Oregonian: 6-year-old boy dies in dog mauling at NE Portland home
The Oregonian: Massive ‘Pineapple Express’ hitting NW captured in satellite images
KOMO: 'Staggering' amount of drugs seized as 10 members of Pierce County drug ring indicted
Seattle Times: Feds propose shooting one owl to save another in Pacific Northwest
Seattle Times: Watch video of Snoqualmie Falls as the river hits Phase 3 flood alert
The Oregonian: Man booked into jail 3 times within 48 hours in Portland as he tried to get out of the cold
The Oregonian: Tillamook County battered by flooding, slides as atmospheric river drops record-breaking rain
LA Times: Bird flu concerns grow in California as deadly virus infects more farms
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