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Thursday, May 18, 2023

SF Chronicle: Why police say California dad drove Tesla off cliff at Devil’s Slide

SF Chronicle: L.A. Dodgers disinvite Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from Pride celebrations

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Houston Chronicle: Texas 'Death star' bill to block an array of local regulations on verge of passing Legislature

NPR: Cops say they're being poisoned by fentanyl. Experts say the risk is 'extremely low'

KRCR: Prison horse program in California offers inmates a 'second chance at life'

Courthouse News Service: California touts $60 million plan to revive Yuba River for salmon

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Biden administration clarifies 1872 Mining Law; says huge Nevada lithium mine can proceed

Klamath Herald and News: Mother and son shot and killed two bear cubs, will pay $15K fine

Klamath Herald and News: It’s Still a ‘Winter Wonderland’ at Crater Lake National Park

Politico: She Stole $54 Million From Her Town. Then Something Unexpected Happened.

Politico: Paying for California’s energy transformation

LA Times: Vaccine OKd for emergency use in California condors amid bird flu outbreak

San Jose Mercury News: Feds: Aryan Brotherhood was behind six California murders, including two separate double homicides

San Jose Mercury News: Apple engineer on ‘need to know’ project stole secrets, fled to China after agents visited Mountain View home: feds

East Bay Times: Two more men missing in fast-flowing California rivers

KTLA: 10 missing hikers rescued in Santa Paula Canyon

KOMO : Thousands of Portland residents leaving as city grapples with fentanyl crisis

KOMO : Fake threats affected over 55K Washington students, cost $1.3M in lost resources

The Oregonian: Oregon governor orders state to withhold cannabis licenses from Oregon businesses that haven’t paid their taxes

The Oregonian: Beaverton teen who died in riptide had been wading in knee-deep water

News Tribune: Van stolen with sleeping kids inside, WA cops say. Then Facebook users spotted it

AP News: New Washington law keeps drugs illegal, boosts resources for housing and treatment

AP News: New Mexico high school student killed 3 women in ‘random’ shooting rampage, police say

AP News: North Carolina GOP overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit, allowing it to become law

Harper's Magazine: A “Native American Church” without Native Americans

Slate: How Poverty and Food Insecurity Can Lead to an Eating Disorder

Digg: Video: Why Are Slot Machines Cash Cows For Casinos? It's All About Manpower

CBS News : On new Fla. immigration law, S. Florida farmer warns, 'Get ready to pay more at grocery store'

Washington Post: Timber industry pushed to delist bats as endangered

AP News: Why a drug decriminalization crisis looms for Washington state lawmakers

NY Times : How to Spy on Condor Parents With a High-Tech Egg

NY Times : Two Decades of Prison Did Not Prepare Me for the Horrors of County Jail

ABC News: Parents protest NY plan to house migrants in school gyms

NBC: 12-Year-Old Charged With Murder, Accused of Killing Sonic Employee

ABC News: Seeing green: 'It's like the wild west,' some call for NC to regulate hemp-derived THC

Washington Post: The CDC takes a step toward virus-free air in schools and offices

Washington Post: On the hunt for Yellowstone’s bison

BBC: The secret 'Fight Club'-style race between Los Angeles and Las Vegas

BBC: Watch scientists' joy as rare platypus is released back into the wild

BBC: Two Congressional staffers attacked with baseball bat

Washington Post: Eyes on the poor: Cameras, facial recognition watch over public housing

The Guardian: Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says

CNN: Man arrested after stealing 5-ton military vehicle and leading police on highway chase in Maryland

CNN: Human DNA can now be pulled from thin air or a footprint on the beach. Here’s what that could mean

The Guardian: Living in the Alaska rainforest with 1,000 bears: ‘Not the easiest place to be homeless’

AP News: Pakistani police say tribal clashes over coal mine rights killed 15 in remote northwest region

The Guardian: Mormon church has $100bn ‘clandestine hedge fund’, says whistleblower

KOMO: Washington lawmakers reach deal on drug policy, avoid automatic decriminalization

KOMO: Mail theft spiking in Western Washington; more mail carriers hurt on the job

The Guardian: Oceans have been absorbing the world’s extra heat. But there’s a huge payback