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Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024

NPR: The U.S. Mint releases new commemorative coins honoring Harriet Tubman

NPR: The 5-minute daily playtime ritual that can get your kids to listen better

BBC: Japan earthquake: Nearly 250 missing as hope for survivors fades

Washington Post: Seniors are embracing marijuana, which offers relief — and risk

Washington Post: Pepsi, Lay’s dropped by one of the world’s biggest grocers over price hikes

KOMO : Washington lawmakers draft new plans to counter pot shop burglaries

NY Times: Biden Faces Pressure on Immigration, and Not Just From Republicans

Courthouse News Service: No harm, no foul, no suit in fight over Sacramento River pollution

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Biden announces $162M to expand computer chip factories in Oregon and Colorado

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Medford police releasing few details on probe into alleged deaths, drug thefts at Asante hospital

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Invasive European green crabs threaten Northwest shellfish industries

Texas Monthly: The Massacre That Turned Texas Into the Most Gun-Friendly State in America

KRCR: Yurok tribe clears way for young salmon on the Sacramento River

Axios: Eli Lilly to sell weight-loss drugs directly to patients

Politico: Still no border deal ahead of Senate's return, Schumer says

The Oregonian: Medford investigation puts spotlight on drug theft by hospital employees

KRON: B-1 bomber crashes at South Dakota Air Force base, crew ejects safely

KTLA: Here’s how long $1M in retirement savings will last in California

KTLA: Authorities find 40 stolen iPhones dumped on East L.A. freeway

East Bay Times: Authorities looking for caller who scammed a California woman out of $1 million

East Bay Times: Richard Thornton, Olympian and legendary Bay Area swim coach, dies surfing in Santa Cruz

The Guardian: Birds of prey in Africa experiencing population collapse, study finds

The Guardian: New York mayor sues bus operators that brought migrants from Texas for $708m

SF Chronicle: Paying people to stay sober: Promising but controversial treatment taking hold in California

SF Chronicle: ‘Our stolen relatives’: This investigator digs into cold cases for the Yurok Tribe, California’s largest

Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024

The Guardian: You have one life. Do you really want to spend it looking at your phone?

Business Insider: Gen Z And Millennials Should Be Thanking Boomers, Not Bashing Them

Washington Post: Texas doctors are not obligated to perform emergency abortions, court rules

The Atlantic: When Did Humans First Start Wearing Clothes?

Popular Mechanics: The U.S. Army Will Soon Get ‘Loitering Munitions,’ Better Known as Kamikaze Drones

Popular Mechanics: What It’s Like to Build a Castle From Scratch Using Only Medieval Construction Methods

Politico: Money flows into ex-San Jose mayor’s bid for House seat in Silicon Valley

SFGate: California debuts 'turbo roundabout' to fix troubled intersection near Bay Area

SFGate: Tahoe is having a historically bad snow year. Is that about to change?

AP News: Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony

NBC News: Pedestrian struck, killed by driver doing donuts in Oakland

KOMO: Neighbors reported issues with trespassing and graffiti before 3-alarm fire at vacant Seattle building

Washington Post: An Indigenous teen’s protest: Give birth on land she said belonged to her people

KPTV: Coast Guard rescues dog that fell off cliff at Ecola State Park

WGME: Protesters try to block access to Portland homeless encampment near Casco Bay Bridge ahead of sweep

CBS News : Intruder breaks into building of Colorado Supreme Court, allegedly fires shots and is arrested

USA Today: Migrants dropped at New Jersey train stations to avoid New York bus restrictions, NJ officials say

CNN: Driver allegedly left suicide note in deadly Rochester crash being investigated as domestic terrorism, source says

ABC News: Utah is no longer majority Mormon, new research says

ABC News: 22 hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning in central Utah

GMA: Over 657,000 infant formula cans recalled over potential bacteria contamination

The Guardian: Plane detained in France sheds light on Nicaragua’s role in US migrant crisis

CBS News : Russia hammers Ukraine's 2 largest cities with hypersonic missiles

The Atlantic: An Incurable Disease Is Coming for Deer

Politico: Broken promises: How marijuana legalization failed communities hit hardest by the drug war