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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023

NPR: An Oklahoma judge ruled a man who spent 48 years in prison for murder is innocent

NPR: Judge blocks California law banning carrying firearms in most public places

LA Times: ‘Repugnant’: Federal judge blocks California law that would bar guns in many public places

The Guardian: Colorado supreme court justices face death threats after Trump ruling

Sacramento Bee: Covered California insurance deadline nears. When and how to sign up for health benefits

LA Times: Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adderall. But it’s actually meth.

East Bay Times: Thousands of seniors want to live on the 30 acres of Seven Hills Ranch. A 50-square-foot strip of land has been holding it up for months.

KTLA: Storm hits So. California: Here are the rain totals so far

KTLA: Storm brings flooding, early-morning tornado warning to Oxnard

Sacramento Bee: Worse than Seattle: Sacramento has more chronically homeless than nearly any place in America

Marin Independent Journal: Dungeness crab season for California’s far north counties will open Jan. 5

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael ‘builder’s remedy’ application submitted

SFGate: The California exodus continues. Chart shows how unusual the population drop was

SFGate: ‘They Told Me I Have No Coverage’: Californians Surprised By Loss Of Medi-Cal Insurance

SFGate: Guy Fieri has a staggering net worth that he's not giving to his sons

SF Chronicle: A powerful California law is reshaping how you vote. Lawyers are making millions off it

SF Chronicle: SF area dungeness crab fishing season to remain closed through Christmas and New Year’s Day

SF Chronicle: How conservative Christians are taking over California school boards

Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023

The Guardian: Gas pipeline expansion could fuel Pacific north-west climate emergencies

SF Chronicle: Bay Area storm: Heaviest rain is yet to come

Washington Post: Understaffed and neglected: How real estate investors reshaped assisted living

Washington Post: Biden moves to ban most old-growth logging in national forests

Artnet: A $3.99 vase bought at thrift store sells at auction for $107,000

CBS News : Convicted sex offender escaped prison after his mom gave him disguise, Texas officials say

St Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis nursing home abruptly closes, leaving workers unpaid, residents relocated

CBS News : U.S. 5 kids home alone die in fire as father is out Christmas shopping, police say

Washington Post: Senator presses IRS on scam victims being hit with big tax bills

Washington Post: FDA finds ‘extremely high’ lead levels in cinnamon in applesauce at Ecuador plant

Washington Post: Underground zombie streams threaten to turn D.C. back into a real-life swamp

ABC News: Lead levels in recalled cinnamon applesauce more than 2,000 times higher than proposed standards

The Hill: Judge temporarily bars removal of Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery

Central Oregon Daily: 2 charged with killing 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, to sell

ABC News: 3 dead, 600,000 without power after monster storm tears up the East Coast

NY Times : ‘I’m Scared to Death’: Behind the Shortage Keeping Cancer Patients From Chemo

The Guardian: Cocaine worth $1bn found in Sydney as alleged kidnap plot ends in five arrests

The Hill: How much caffeine is too much?

Jerusalem Post: Americans eat so much snack food that it counts as an extra daily meal - study

Axios: Most kids losing Medicaid come from just nine states all led by Republicans

NPR: The new 'Color Purple' exudes joy, but dances past some deeper complexities

NPR: Google to pay $700 million in case over whether its app store is an illegal monopoly

NPR: Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts

NPR: When a quick telehealth visit yields multiple surprises beyond a big bill

The Guardian: Dozens of elderly people across US died after leaving care facilities unchecked

BBC: Apple halts some Watch sales in the US

BBC: Texas to arrest illegal migrants in challenge to federal government

BBC: Storms in US northeast kill four and leave thousands without power

BBC: Bayer Monsanto: PCB maker ordered to pay $857m for toxic leaks at WA school

The Guardian: Is the US going to approve the single biggest fossil-fuel expansion on earth?

NY Magazine: The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive Parent

NY Magazine: HEALTH 8:00 A.M. An American Girlhood in the Ozempic Era