Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
USA Today: Chief Justice John Roberts declines to testify on ethics, Clarence Thomas revelations
Modesto Bee: ‘Surreal’ scenes greet Gavin Newsom on visit to Corcoran and flooded Tulare Lake
USA Today: Unfair dress code: Spanish airline fined $30K+ for female flight attendant rules
SFGate: Tahoe area put on flood watch this weekend as snowpack melts
SFGate: Student stabs classmate at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, police say
SFGate: Shasta County politician backed by Mike Lindell may be in trouble
SF Chronicle: S.F. port officials hope city can become a hub for wind turbine production
NY Times : Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy
The Atlantic: The Ineluctable Logic of Gun Ownership
The Atlantic: America Fails the Civilization Test
The Oregonian: How a $15.98 theft threw an Oregon coast town into turmoil
The Oregonian: Phil and Penny Knight pledge $400 million for Portland’s historically Black Albina neighborhood
NY Times : Half of N.Y.C. Households Can’t Afford to Live Here, Report Finds
NY Times : Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist
Washington Post: A new front in the water wars: Your Internet use
Yakima Herald: Interior secretary visits WA in wake of boarding school revelations
Seattle Times: Tribe to fish for salmon on Elwha River a decade after dams fell
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Federal court affirms expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Yahoo News: Trans athlete running as a female in London Marathon labelled 'wrong and unfair'
Courthouse News Service: Judge halts Montana logging project over concern for threatened grizzly bears
AP News: To help students, some colleges provide double the teachers
Courthouse News Service: High court takes a dim view of tribal collection efforts
Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit denies bid to gut expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Pro Publica: Is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Displaying Objects That Belong to Native American Tribes?
Pro Publica: In Secret Recording, a Top City Library Official Calls Alaska Natives “Woke” and “Racists”
Pro Publica: Roadside Drug Tests Used to Convict People Aren’t Particularly Accurate. Courts Are Beginning to Prevent Their Use.
AP News: 9 teenagers injured in shooting at prom after-party in Texas
Washington Post: The ‘no mow’ movement could transform our lawns
Washington Post: These 4 free apps can help you identify every flower, plant and tree around you
Washington Post: Opinion: We should not be celebrating marijuana use
AP News: Ohio families living in limbo months after train derailment
BBC: Haiti crisis: Mob burns suspected gang members to death
The Hill: Supreme Court declines Exxon, Chevron push to move state lawsuits to federal court
The Hill: Roughly half of Democrats in new poll say Biden should not seek reelection
BBC: Singapore to execute man over cannabis charge
BBC: Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists
The Guardian: European countries pledge huge expansion of North Sea wind farms
The Hill: Mattel releases first ever Barbie with Down syndrome
KTLA: Walt Disney Co. expected to cut 4,000 jobs this week: report
The Guardian: Scientists discover why sea urchins are dying off from US to the Caribbean
KTLA: Las Vegas-to-California bullet train gets bipartisan backing
The Guardian: Where did the Metropolitan Museum of Art get its Native American objects?
The Guardian: US man freed from prison after wrongful conviction meets pen pal, 25 years on
NPR: E. Coli: Unraveling a hidden cause of UTIs — plus how to prevent them
NPR: Missouri to restrict gender-affirming care for trans adults this week
NPR: Rainn Wilson urges a spiritual revolution in his new book 'Soul Boom'
KQED: California Overhauls Its Sea Level Rise Plan as Climate Change Reshapes Coastal Life
Press Democrat: Mother hospitalized after jumping into Russian River in attempt to rescue 3-year-old child
Press Democrat: Forest Service admits some Clean Water Act violations with use of aerial fire retardants
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