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Thursday, June 29, 2023

KCRA: Families worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic

KTLA: Armed men rob armored truck outside Reseda Taco Bell

KTLA: Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán throws 24th perfect game in MLB history

Courthouse News Service: Conservationists claim Fish and Wildlife will illegally manipulate arctic grayling habitat in Montana

KRON: Cell phone thefts on the rise in San Francisco

Courthouse News Service: Riots, racial tensions erupt in France after fatal police shooting

Courthouse News Service: Stand aside, men: Women hunted in majority of ancient societies, study finds

San Jose Mercury News: $52 million in new funding to restore health of San Francisco Bay

San Jose Mercury News: California police watchdog will soon receive tidal wave of misconduct records

East Bay Times: Madonna delays tour after infection sent her to ICU

East Bay Times: Woman attacked by hundreds of bees at California home, transported to hospital

East Bay Times: Large Antioch housing development on track on former grazing land

KRCR: France will deploy 40,000 police officers to quell violence that followed deadly police shooting

KRCR: Advanced drones revolutionize Cal Fire's approach to wildfire management

KRCR: Interstate 5 reopens in Redding after truck carrying liquid nitrogen overturns

KRCR: Redding's Mercy Canyon transient camp undergoes massive cleanup operation

SF Chronicle: California nearly wiped out its sea otter population. Here's why we need to bring them back

SF Chronicle: Amtrak train headed for Bay Area derails in Ventura County, 16 injured

SFGate: Redding: How a miracle-obsessed megachurch conquered a California city

SFGate: Historic Arizona mining town backs copper project on land that Native American groups say is sacred

SFGate: Yosemite visitors are waiting 4 hours to enter a packed park

Marin Independent Journal: Marin Voice: From inside San Quentin, Newsom’s plan doesn’t hold up

The Guardian: Biden’s efforts to clear wildfire fuel in US forests are falling short

The Guardian: National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers

The Guardian: The truth about emulsifiers: are they destroying our gut health?

The Guardian: Master Lock’s Milwaukee plant to close after 100 years and send jobs abroad

The Guardian: Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports

The Guardian: ‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking gender-affirming care

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Business Insider: The multibillion-dollar lawsuits that could radically reshape how we buy and sell homes forever

San Jose Mercury News: Landslides in China kill at least 4, displace hundreds

The Guardian: Saved by seaweed: nuns and Native women heal polluted New York waters using kelp

Washington Post: Melted, pounded, extruded: Why many ultra-processed foods are unhealthy

Del Norte Triplicate: Fashion Blacksmith law suit decision filed in the Superior Court

WST Post: Pickleball injuries could cost the US up to $400 million a year as insurance companies see surges in surgeries

AP News: Jeffrey Epstein suicide blamed on jail guard negligence and misconduct: Justice Department watchdog

KOMO: NYC migrant crisis raises concerns as number of migrants exceeds homeless population

KOMO: Tribal governments receive first share of $500 million aid from American Rescue Plan

Smithsonian Magazine: Oldest Known Neanderthal Engravings Were Sealed in a Cave for 57,000 Years

Smithsonian Magazine: This Ancient Maya City Was Hidden in the Jungle for More Than 1,000 Years

NY Times : Tesla May Have Already Won the Charging Wars

AP News: FBI and Homeland Security ignored ‘massive amount’ of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says

NY Times : The Indigenous Guardsmen Who Rescued Colombia’s Missing Children

NY Times : A Renowned Economist’s New Idea for Stopping Climate Change

NY Times : A Giant Wind Farm Is Taking Root Off Massachusetts

Washington Post: American arrested after Canadian airport drug tests gave false positives

Washington Post: Cement emits as much CO2 as India. Why is it so hard to fix?

NPR: China owns 380,000 acres of land in the U.S. Here's where

NPR: Malaria cases in Texas and Florida are the first U.S. spread since 2003, the CDC says

Washington Post: How troubles at a factory in India led to a U.S. cancer-drug shortage

AP News: Tenants say a 3-year ban on evictions kept them housed. Landlords say they're drowning in debt