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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

KTVU: Nordstrom, Anthropologie, Saks OFF 5TH closing downtown San Francisco shops

KTLA: 13 arrested for stealing millions from low-income Southern Californians

The Atlantic: What Readers Really Think About Gender

KCUR: The farm bill is a big deal if you produce, or eat, food — but it may face a tough time in Congress

KCUR: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum announces plans for a $25 million new home in Kansas City

NPR: Birds of a feather: How a wayward duck changed a Kansas City homeless man's life

AP News: Cities say shelters full, budgets hit by immigration uptick

AP News: California bill advances, requiring Big Tech to pay for news

AP News: Seattle man dies while climbing Mount Everest

NPR: With ‘dollar stores in every direction,’ some communities are saying enough

NPR: Vermont becomes first state to waive residency requirement for medical aid in dying

NPR: The Texas man accused of killing 5 neighbors is in custody, authorities say

SF Chronicle: Bay Area man allegedly pocketed $39 million in Ponzi scheme

KPIX: Officials using live webcam to monitor landslide in Monterey County

The Walrus: The World’s Oldest Ultramarathon Runner Is Racing against Death

KTLA: L.A. street takeover crackdown nets 21 arrests; 13 cars seized

NY Times : Biden to Send 1,500 Active-Duty Troops to the Southern Border

SF Chronicle: Taking the new SF Stair Challenge with the woman who created it leads to joy — and surprises

NY Times : Is It a Lake, or a Battery? A New Kind of Hydropower Is Spreading Fast.

Register-Guard: 44% of Oregon families don't earn enough to cover bills: 4 things to know

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Breaking: Shemia Fagan resigns as Oregon secretary of state following cannabis consulting scandal

MSN News: Oregon Mountain Renamed to Honor Indigenous Chief

NPR: This company adopted AI. Here's what happened to its human workers

Huffington Post: Tapping Into Navajo And Tongan Traditions To Make Beautiful Cinema

Washington Post: Greece makes nearly 200 beaches accessible with adaptive chairs

Washington Post: Dog-walking injuries may be more common than you think

NY Times : Emergency Room Visits Have Risen Sharply for Young People in Mental Distress, Study Finds

NY Times : What Climate Change Could Mean for the Coffee You Drink

NY Times : Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ in Israel, Report Says

NY Times : How the Golden Poppy Became California’s State Flower

Washington Post: The world’s best rainforest guardians already live there

Washington Post: The real reason Bud Light sales are plunging

The Hill: Are mental health apps helpful or harmful?

The Hill: FDIC calls for major deposit insurance reforms

Politico: Supreme Court move could spell doom for power of federal regulators

Politico: Leonard Leo used Federalist Society contact to obtain $1.6 billion donation

Yahoo News: This is now the biggest problem in the housing market

Washington Post: Why free street parking is actually costing you

Fox News: Illinois interstate crash involving 72 vehicles leaves six dead, more than 30 injured

Action News Shasta: City crews clear out 2 more homeless camps in Chico

BBC: Watch: Hiding bear leaps from dumpster at US school

BBC: Hollywood strike: Late night comedy shows to go dark as writers' walkout begins

The Guardian: El Paso braces for end of pandemic-era rules restricting migration from Mexico

The Guardian: Huge growth and ethical concerns make Airbnb users think again

The Guardian: ‘Not just a problem of science’: how the environmental crisis is also cultural

The Guardian: Plastic is already in blood, breast milk, and placentas. Now it may be in our brains

The Oregonian: What we know about the seafloor leak near the Cascadia fault

The Oregonian: Oregon should loosen marijuana rules to help industry, new state audit urges

The Oregonian: Oregon boy, 9, discovers remarkable ancient find in grandma’s yard

The Oregonian: Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan cites low pay as factor in cannabis side job scandal