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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Washington Post: Over 36,000 older people in the U.S. died in falls in 2020

Washington Post: At least 1 in 5 Americans has nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. How do I know if I have it?

Washington Post: Mystery of ‘The Wounded Indian’: Who owns a statue once thought destroyed?

Washington Post: Seniors are flooding homeless shelters that can’t care for them

Washington Post: Why you should buy everything used

NY Times: Just Married. Now Pass the Scissors.

NY Times: 4 Everest Ascents in 10 Days: Sherpas Battle for a Climbing Record

The Guardian: A hostage negotiator reveals the secrets that can transform your life

NY Times: Australia Tries to Break Its Dependence on China for Lithium Mining

NY Times: Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon General Warns

The Guardian: Unhoused man hailed as an ‘angel’ after rescuing a family from an apartment fire

The Atlantic: Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon Is a Triumph

The Atlantic: Beware of the Food That Isn’t Food

The Guardian: How training dogs to chase bears might just save a grizzly or two

The Guardian: ‘A megaproject of death’: fury as Maya train nears completion in Mexico

AP News: California governor seeks to speed up water, clean energy projects delayed by lawsuits, permits

Politico: New York Dems beg Biden to fast-track migrant work permits

The Guardian: Out of our minds: opium’s part in imperial history

The Guardian: US border agents kill man on tribal reservation in Arizona

The Guardian: Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling policy

The Guardian: Nazi swastika flag found after truck crashes near White House

The Hill: Early season snowmelt could bring the West summer water scarcity: study

The Hill: Health insurance for 600,000 Americans at stake in debt ceiling debate

The Hill: Trump Organization finishes last in brand reputation survey for second straight year

KIRO: Man stuck on Alaska mud flats up to waist drowns, police say

KIRO: WA State tribal leaders address escalating opioid crisis

KIRO: Video ‘A million pills a month’: KIRO 7 investigates how drugs could slip past airport security

Seattle Times: Proposed pumped-storage energy project on sacred Yakama Nation site gets key permit

The Oregonian: Man missing for over 5 days rescued from truck at bottom of ravine in Cowlitz County

The Oregonian: Tom Hanks visited a SE Portland typewriter shop, and added a rare find to his collection

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US

Capital Press: Animal rights activists protest octopus farm plans in Spain

Capital Press: Fish and Wildlife: Wolves no longer endangered in Washington

Oregon Public Broadcasting: As 2020 wildfire trial defense begins, PacifiCorp offers competing experts to jury

BBC: Why car parks are the hottest space in solar power

AP News: Labor union says it will start recall effort against Oregon state lawmaker

AP News: Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live

BBC: AI scanner used in hundreds of US schools misses knives

AP News: Some worshippers switching congregations amid United Methodist split over LGBTQ issues

AP News: Alaska pursues carbon offset market while embracing oil

AP News: 5 takeaways from AP’s series on health disparities impacting Black Americans

KTLA: Walmart is offering virtual vet visits — for free!

KTLA: Disneyland expansion could generate $250M annually to local economy, report says

LA Times: UC Berkeley spreads the gospel of data science with new college, free curriculum

KTLA: Bill banning additives in Skittles, other foods passes in the California State Assembly

KTLA: Smoking cannabis doesn’t carry same risks as tobacco, UCLA study finds

LA Times: Rattlesnake vendor ensnared in wildlife trafficking sting at exotic reptile show

KTLA: Nurse shot through West Hollywood apartment wall dies

LA Times: Multibillion-dollar Santa Monica fitness company faces allegations of exploiting exercise coaches

LA Times: An L.A. watchmaker crafted a $70,000 timepiece. It could revolutionize the U.S. watch industry