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Sunday, May 28, 2023

Washington Post: California’s cliffs are crumbling as climate change reshapes the coast

Huffington Post: Trump Rolled Back Decades Of Clean Water Protections. The Supreme Court Just Went Even Further.

USA Today: They called 911 for help. Police arrived. They ended up shot or dead.

The Guardian: Experts warn of increased risk of US terror attacks by rightwing ‘lone wolf’ actors

Washington Post: Most rip current deaths are preventable. Yet people keep drowning.

Washington Post: My neighbor lived to be 109. This is what I learned from him.

NPR: Creating a sperm or egg from any cell? Reproduction revolution on the horizon

Courthouse News Service: Race to move water underground on as California’s Central Valley overflows

Courthouse News Service: Russian ‘ghost ships’ threaten expansion of North Sea wind farms

NPR: California is still at risk of flooding. Maybe rivers just need some space

NY Times : Feinstein, Back in the Senate, Relies Heavily on Staff to Function

Outside Online: A Yellowstone Visitor Tried to Help a Baby Bison—and Caused Its Death Instead

Smithsonian Magazine: Pickleball Courts Are Replacing Shuttered Mall Stores

Smithsonian Magazine: How an All-Black Female WWII Unit Saved Morale on the Battlefield

The Atlantic: The Uphill Battle to Save the West's Kelp

Washington Post: Miles-long trains are blocking first responders when every minute counts

Washington Post: Texas welcomed Elon Musk. Now his rural neighbors aren’t so sure.

NY Times : Maternity’s Most Dangerous Time: After New Mothers Come Home

Politico: Some new work requirements, no major energy changes: 6 pillars of debt ceiling deal

The Guardian: Refugees seriously injured on razor-wire fence UK helped build to keep asylum seekers out of EU

NY Times : Driver’s Licenses, Addresses, Photos: Inside How TikTok Shares User Data

The Guardian: Indian official suspended after draining reservoir to retrieve phone

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Opera Theater Oregon centers Indigenous voices in new telling of Sacajawea’s story

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Remembering the 1887 massacre at Hells Canyon

AP News: 2 horses die from injuries at Churchill Downs, bringing total to 12 at home of Kentucky Derby

The Guardian: Stars could be invisible within 20 years as light pollution brightens night skies

The Guardian: Recycled and reused food contact plastics are ‘vectors’ for toxins – study

The Guardian: What is a dog, then? On the unbearable death of my dog, Polly

The Guardian: Ukraine built more onshore wind turbines in past year than England

The Guardian: France struggles to stub out ‘explosion’ in contraband cigarettes

The Guardian: Up to 70% of California beaches could disappear by end of the century

BBC: US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked fungal outbreak

BBC: Extinction Rebellion protest in Netherlands ends with 1,500 arrested

AP News: Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules

KCRA: 3 dead, 5 injured in New Mexico motorcycle rally shooting

KCRA: Massive vehicle burglary operation in NorCal, Bay Area uncovered after single theft

LA Times: Beverly Hills voters appear to reject world’s richest man’s Rodeo Drive hotel project

AP News: Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the US is coming after their haul

LA Times: Poll: Trump takes big lead over DeSantis among California Republicans

KTLA: Driver killed by falling cement bags on San Diego interstate

KRCR: Humboldt Lumberjacks win NCAA Division II Women's Rowing Championship

SFGate: Massive Bay Area burglary operation uncovered after single theft, police say

SFGate: 'Whales are out in force' off San Francisco Bay Area coast

SF Chronicle: This extreme sport is taking over California's remote rivers

SF Chronicle: California’s largest property insurer halts new home policies due to wildfire risk

KRON: State Farm to stop offering property insurance in California

East Bay Times: Trivia nights are helping Bay Area pubs, taprooms recover after COVID

East Bay Times: FBI, EPA investigating hazardous chemical release from Martinez refinery

Thursday, May 25, 2023

The Hill: Kavanaugh joins Supreme Court liberals in disagreeing with new wetlands test

NPR: Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers founder, sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy