Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023
NY Times : How a Chain-Snatching and a Vegas Beatdown Led to Tupac’s Murder
NY Times : OPINION: Teachers Can’t Hold Students Accountable. It’s Making the Job Miserable.
The Guardian: World’s dogs going vegan ‘would save more emissions than UK produces’
Washington Post: Opinion: ‘Trump’s generals’ need to warn voters that he is unfit to serve
Politico: Credit Unions Are Making Money Off People Living Paycheck to Paycheck
Politico: Why health care experts are so concerned about fishing boats
The Guardian: Hundreds of potentially toxic road runoff outfalls polluting England’s rivers
NY Times : A ‘Shadow’ Lending Market in the U.S., Funded by Insurance Premiums
Seattle Times: How insurance companies fill their networks with ‘ghost’ therapists
Seattle Times: Deadly bird flu jumps to harbor seals in Salish Sea, first for West Coast
Washington Post: A coordinated ‘swatting’ effort may be behind school shooting hoaxes terrorizing kids across U.S.
Washington Post: How red-state politics are shaving years off American lives
Reuters: Record chicken prices squeeze US shoppers, benefit Tyson Foods
The Guardian: Taiwan records world’s third most powerful wind gust ever as Typhoon Koinu hits
The Guardian: US announces sanctions against 14 foreign companies for importing fentanyl
The Hill: GOP aims fire at Gaetz after McCarthy ouster
The Hill: Democrats up pressure on White House over migrants and the border
AP News: Environmentalists suffer another setback in fight to shutter California’s last nuclear power plant
AP News: A $19,000 lectern for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders sparks call for legislative audit
The Hill: Trump rips Kelly after confirmation of ‘suckers’ remark about war dead
The Hill: Biden dog Commander no longer at White House after multiple biting incidents
AP News: New York to allow ‘X’ gender option for public assistance applicants
The Guardian: Biden cancels additional $9bn in student loan debt
The Oregonian: Boyfriend of Navajo woman convicted of fatally shooting her in emblematic case
The Guardian: ‘There won’t be anything left’: Florida teens battle city over plan to loosen wetland protections
Oregon Public Broadcasting: All water well owners in the Lower Umatilla Basin offered nitrate testing, Oregon officials say
AP News: California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom
AP News: Elite pilots prepare for ‘camping out in the sky’ as they compete in prestigious gas balloon race
AP News: Swiss LGBTQ+ rights groups hail 60-day sentence for polemicist who called journalist a ‘fat lesbian’
The Guardian: Gun-related deaths of US children are rising at ‘alarming’ rate, study reveals
The Guardian: Biden waives 26 federal laws in south Texas to allow border wall construction
Press Democrat: Save the Redwoods League secures purchase of 2,000-year-old Clar Tree, nearly 400 acres of Russian River Redwoods
LA Times: After decades of legal battles, John Fogerty is finally free. Is it too late to find happiness?
KRCR: Train collides with stuck semi-truck in Redding, causing major damage and road closure
KRCR: Chico Public Works remove 11 tons of waste from Big Chico Creek, Lindo Channel
KTLA: Armed dog walker for hire in Orange County
KTLA: 3 dead, including pedestrian after 5-vehicle crash in Los Angeles County
LA Times: An Orange County entrepreneur’s $60-million legal battle to stop Apple from steamrolling startups
LA Times: Klamath: The largest dam removal in history stirs hopes of restoring California tribes’ way of life
LA Times: West Virginia has the nation’s worst drug problem, but much less homelessness than L.A.
KCRA: Mid-flight Mishap: Sac Metro Fire’s chopper door falls off during training in Granite Bay
SFGate: It just got way cheaper to take your kids to Disneyland in 2024
KCRA: Several CapRadio board members resign as financial issues linger
KCRA: 'These members need to resign': CapRadio student board member calls for leadership shake-up
SFGate: California Highway Patrol answers 6 'weird' questions about what's legal on state highways
SFGate: Four violent attacks occurred in less than an hour near Union Square, police say
SFGate: ‘Super toxic’: What a team found 500 feet below Tahoe's surface
SF Chronicle: San Francisco asks U.S. Supreme Court to immediately overturn homelessness ruling
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