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Sunday, Jan. 19

Oregon Public Broadcasting: U.S. pays $590 million to Moderna to speed up development of bird flu vaccine

Courthouse News Service: Investment firm Vanguard agrees to $106 million fine in SEC retirement fund probe

Courthouse News Service: Fifth Circuit declares DACA illegal but leaves program in place for current recipients

Courthouse News Service: How accents sway the scales of justice: Study reveals bias in perceptions of guilt

LA Times: Supreme Court will decide if parents may reject LGBTQ+ lessons for their kids

Press Democrat: Sonoma County residents report ‘deafening’ airplane noise after federal air traffic changes

KQED: Trump Says He'll Likely Give TikTok a 90-Day Extension

LA Times: Lessons from the burn zone: Why some homes survived the L.A. wildfires

LA Times: Trump expected to survey Los Angeles-area wildfire damage next week

KTLA: L.A. fire captain saves Altadena neighborhood from wildfire

KTLA: How Baltimore is saving lives by offering young men resources when they put down the guns

SF Gate: Controversial hotel approved near Zion National Park, owner dismisses conservation concerns

SF Gate: California couple fined $165,000 for damaging rare Central Coast flower habitat

BBC: Hidden tunnel on US-Mexico border to be sealed

SF Gate: TikTok goes dark as US ban takes effect

Denver Post: A Colorado pastor thought he could make flat-Earthers see the light in Antarctica. It didn’t work.

East Bay Times: East Bay man arrested after $28,000 in stolen bikes are traced by victims

Marin Independent Journal: ‘Environmental terrorism’: Point Reyes settlement roils agricultural community

Marin Independent Journal: Moss Landing battery fire: A ‘Three Mile Island’ for key renewable energy industry?

SF Gate: Bay Area man allegedly driving realistic fake CHP car arrested

SF Chronicle: Berkeley triple stabbing: Woman killed, two men injured

Thursday, Jan. 16

SF Gate: 'Clearly a sham': Hawaiians, Texans unite against Elon Musk company

NPR: Toyota's commercial truck company will pay $1.6 billion for faking emissions tests

AP News: California’s Newsom will join GOP governors in raising flag for Trump inauguration

Reuters: Thai resort island Phuket grapples with growing garbage crisis

Reuters: The migrants on the frontline of Trump’s mass deportation plan

Reuters: Weather conditions in Los Angeles improve, giving firefighters respite

Sacramento Bee: ‘Arctic snap’ to bring near-freezing temperatures to Sacramento. How long will cold last?

KOMO: 5 men indicted for 'staggering' drug trafficking ring connected to Seattle encampments

The Atlantic: The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back

Washington Post: The questions Pete Hegseth wouldn’t answer

NY Times : Energy Dept. Backs $22 Billion in Loans to Reshape U.S. Power Grids

Washington Post: The Supreme Court reconsiders online pornography

NY Times : The Decline in Geriatric Care Hurts Us All

Washington Post: Unhappy hour: Do we need to quit drinking?

Washington Post: Deportation at ‘light speed’: How Trump’s crackdown could unfold

The Guardian: Trump energy chief pick says linking wildfires to climate crisis is ‘hype’

The Guardian: Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries

NPR: Trump's pick for secretary of the Interior Department is Doug Burgum. Here's what to know

KQED: 'The Crisis Is Here': LA Fires Could Exacerbate California's Homelessness Problem

KQED: Many in Pacific Palisades Were Not Wealthy. After Fire, Can They Rebuild?

The Guardian: You’ve always wondered, here’s the answer: do dogs actually watch TV?

Smithsonian Magazine: Firefighting Planes Are Dumping Ocean Water on the Los Angeles Fires—Why Using Saltwater Is Typically a Last Resort

AP News: Japan bank executives take pay cuts after employee is accused of stealing from safe deposit boxes

AP News: Eager visitors flock to see spectacular lava fountaining from Kilauea eruption in Hawaii

The Oregonian: OHSU patient’s face catches fire after surgical staff swabbed his skin with alcohol, $900,000 lawsuit says

The Atlantic: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days

The Atlantic: What Happens When a Plastic City Burns

Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court nixes fossil fuel giant fight to dismiss liability lawsuit

The Oregonian: ‘This wasn’t on my bingo card’: shock over last-minute Biden sanctions deal with Cuba