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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Sunday, May 11

The Hill: Skills, not degrees, are defining the new American dream

The Oregonian: Oregon coast school bus driver arrested for allegedly luring a minor, police say

AP News: Quakers march against Trump’s crackdown on immigrants carrying on their long faith tradition

AP News: Authorities arrest over 100 people on Tennessee roads in support of Trump’s deportation plan

AP News: An Alaska Mother’s Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm

OPB: Geocaches can be found everywhere, but the now 25-year-old hobby got its start in Oregon

Sacramento Bee: Applications for Sacramento region jobs rise as state, federal workers see turmoi

BBC: Care worker recruitment from abroad to end, Cooper says

CBS San Diego: Jacqueline Ma, Former Teacher of the Year, sentenced to 30 years for sexual abuse of minors

OPB: Springwood Ranch agreement marks 1st tribal-state land partnership in Washington

Seattle Times: Trump calls for 20,000 extra officers to help with deportation efforts

East Bay Times: Former top sheriff’s aide seeks $15 million from San Mateo County over firing

KRCR: Vacaville blacksmith duo finds success at Redding Fire Festival with unique handmade items

BBC: Along the Canada border, small-town America feels sting of Trump's trade war

SF Chronicle: Can turning purple urchins into kitchen countertop save California’s seafloor?

East Bay Times: Yosemite: Key parts of the park to reopen Saturday, as more campground reservations are made available

KRON: SF firefighters rescue brothers caught in rip current at Ocean Beach

KRON: Video: Coyote seen digging up grave at Bay Area cemetery

KPIX: Artichoke Festival in Monterey County permanently canceled after 65 years

KPIX: Dozens of Mendocino County workers may soon resign amid budget woes

KPIX: Oakland residents outraged over illegal dumping by Tesla Cybertruck driver

East Bay Times: Aryan Brotherhood members plucked from state prison into the federal system

SF Chronicle: Berkeley homeless encampment spurs neighborhood outrage: ‘Actual humanitarian crisis’

SF Gate: The wealthy California town that can't get rid of water fast enough

SF Gate: ICE raids have 'overwhelmed' coastal California communities

SF Gate: Bay Area teen's suicide leads to 4 arrests across the globe

Thursday, May 8

BBC: The surprising power of breathing through your nose

NY Times : Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week

NY Times : Trump Declares High-Speed Internet Program ‘Racist’ and ‘Unconstitutional’

Politico: Trump asks Supreme Court to allow cancellation of legal status for 500,000 immigrants

Politico: More than a half-dozen countries could soon be accepting US deportees

The Hill: Trump pushes Republicans to have rich pay more taxes

The Guardian: Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report

The Guardian: Hawaii families receive payouts for 2021 fuel leak that sickened thousands

The Guardian: Stockholm rejects ‘bizarre’ US letter urging city to scrap diversity initiatives

The Guardian: Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Ábrego García case

The Guardian: Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into New York attorney general

The Hill: Trump taps Jeanine Pirro for top DC prosecutor job

AP News: Live updates: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV

Yahoo News: Trump Drug Price Idea Could Cost Industry $1 Trillion, Lobbying Group Says

CNN: Ultraprocessed foods linked to early symptoms of Parkinson’s

AP News: Deadly April rainfall in US South and Midwest was intensified by climate change, scientists say

US News: Smoke From Climate-Fueled Wildfires Contributed to Thousands of US Deaths Over 15 Years, Study Says

Reuters: Exclusive: DOGE-led software revamp to speed US job cuts even as Musk steps back

Reuters: Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, accuses Musk of harming world's poor

Reuters: US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk's Starlink, Washington Post reports

US News: Bill Gates Pledges His Remaining Fortune to the Gates Foundation, Which Will Close in 20 Years

Courthouse News Service: Man accused of taking a chainsaw to 13 trees in LA appears in court

Courthouse News Service: Apaches make last-ditch effort to stop copper mine from destroying sacred land

Courthouse News Service: LPL Financial looks to dodge claims it put customers’ money into low-return cash sweep