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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

AP News: Permafrost expert and military pilot among 4 killed in a helicopter crash on Alaska’s North Slope

AP News: Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy’s sight. Similar treatments could help millions

The Guardian: Transgender swimmers to be included in the trial of an open category at competitions

The Guardian: A new start after 60: ‘I became a powerlifter at 71 – and I’ve never felt so good about myself’

The Guardian: Mining companies are eager to dig up the ocean. That’s a dangerous idea

The Guardian: Wild boar are wreaking havoc in the US. Some people say the solution is to eat them

The Guardian: Oregon hospital mourns guard shot dead while defending maternity ward

The Guardian: Welcome to Slowjamastan! The desert micronation with no Crocs and no taxes

The Guardian: Elon Musk hits X rebrand hiccup as police stop Twitter sign removal

The Oregonian: Wildfires burn 27,000 acres across Oregon, threaten more than 200 homes

The Oregonian: Rock star turned soil scientist channels ‘resistance’ through organic farming

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tribes celebrate as lamprey make a comeback on Willamette

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Columbia Slough: Portland neighborhood attraction or polluted embarrassment?

NPR: A Honduras mayor gambled on a plan for her town. She got 80 guitars … and a lot more

NPR: Turning unused office space into housing could solve 2 problems, but it's tricky

NPR: Herbal supplement kratom targeted by lawsuits after a string of deaths

NPR: Israeli lawmakers pass a key law to weaken the judiciary despite public outrage

LA Times: ‘I can’t die like this’: Video shows trans man beaten by deputy during stop

LA Times: Inside the growing cult of El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, Latin America’s political star

KRCR: Hurry up and wait: Truffle farmer shares process of growing delicacy in mountains of NC

Yahoo Finance: Covered California to cut co-pays, end deductibles on some health plans

Marin Independent Journal: Study: Marine heat waves in Pacific threaten seabirds

KTVU: San Jose police confiscate nearly $1 million worth of street drugs in bust

KRON: Bay Area home prices soar due to low inventory

KRON: Man shot dead in Santa Rosa Jack in the Box drive-thru

East Bay Times: Police shortage in Vallejo may be declared ‘emergency’

East Bay Times: Fruit trees in Sunnyvale, Walnut Creek under siege by rats

East Bay Times: Woman robbed in Concord store parking lot while taking child out of car seat

East Bay Times: Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin

SF Chronicle: Its patients are ‘literally a captive market.’ Is this California health care giant failing them?

SF Chronicle: This winery’s commitment to California’s most maligned grape is finally paying off

SFGate: S.F. car that flipped in ‘insane’ crash likely carjacked a few blocks away

SF Chronicle: Ancient Petrified Forest in Sonoma County to go up for sale with $12 million asking price

SFGate: ‘S—t hit the fan’: Tahoe’s young people may not come back

SFGate: Bohemian Grove annual event is underway in the Bay Area, per the FAA

SFGate: 168-year-old California newspaper files for bankruptcy, lays off all staff

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Washington Post: 14,000 feet up, liability fears block access to iconic Colorado peaks

BBC: Mexico: Arson attack at bar on US border leaves 11 dead

Politico: The VA’s new medical records system has gone haywire. Congress is alarmed

Smithsonian Magazine: Empty Office Buildings Are Being Turned Into Vertical Farms

Smithsonian Magazine: Rare Pink Dolphins Spotted Swimming in Louisiana River

NPR: Hundreds of thousands march in Israel against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul

The Hill: Federal judge strikes down Arizona law limiting recording of police as unconstitutional

The Hill: US ambassador to China hacked in latest cyber operation: report

NPR: Amid a record heat wave, Texas construction workers lose their right to rest breaks

Fox News: Maryland suspect killed by police after allegedly stabbing 4 victims with butcher knife

WPBF: Three suitcases containing human remains found along the Intracoastal Waterway

GQ Magazine: What Really Happens to the Clothes You Donate

The Atlantic: What Really Changes in Older Age

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Washington scientist says climate change is creating ‘a world with fewer seabirds’