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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Tuesday, April 30

the Atlantic: Will Americans Ever Get Sick of Cheap Junk?

Washington Post: The problem with food pouches for toddlers

NPR: Transgender health care must be paid for by state insurance, says an appeals court

Politico: Donald Trump held in contempt for violating gag order in New York trial

NY Times : Physical Fitness Linked to Better Mental Health in Young People

The Guardian: ‘Beautiful prize’: Oregon man with cancer wins $1.3bn lottery jackpot

BBC: Tensions grow as China ramps up global mining for green tech

Washington Post: Opinion: The surprising reason few Americans are getting chips jobs now

Washington Post: UnitedHealth grew very big. Now some see its size as an economic and national security concern.

BBC: Philippines: Drought dries up dam to reveal centuries-old town

BBC: Charlotte shooting: Four officers shot dead, four wounded, in North Carolina home siege

BBC: A little girl said monsters were in her N.C. bedroom. It was 60,000 bees

The Guardian: Activist wins Goldman prize for effort to clean up California trucking and railway sectors

The Guardian: A new generation at UC Berkeley pitches its tents

The Guardian: Could Vienna’s approach to affordable housing work in California?

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit clears way for Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant license extension

AP News: A Yellowstone trip that ended with a man being arrested for kicking a bison

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Climate change is fueling a rise in heartworms among dogs, cats in the Pacific Northwest

The Oregonian: ‘Extremely rare’ bird spotted on Oregon coast

AP News: California’s population grew in 2023, halting 3 years of decline

The Guardian: ‘A lot of collective trauma’: Sweden’s Indigenous Sami people speak to truth commission

The Guardian: Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes

The Guardian: Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘extraordinarily generous’ Israeli ceasefire deal

The Guardian: ‘Incredible’ news for bears and wild horses as US shifts preservation plans

AP News: Police arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of Texas

AP News: Protesting college students want ‘amnesty.’ Will arrests, suspensions follow them for years?

KOMO: North Bend neighbors corral runaway zebras; 1 still missing

KOMO: 'Died as heroes': 3 Charlotte officers killed in shootout identified

KPTV: UO professor on why Port of Portland Terminal 6 closure will impact trade nationwide

KPTV: Pro-Palestine protesters occupy Portland State Univ. library; campus closed Tuesday

Courthouse News Service: Recovery efforts underway in tornado-torn Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa

CBS News : U.S. Man accused of kicking bison at Yellowstone National Park is injured by animal and then arrested on alcohol charge

Sacramento Bee: Sac State students, community members pitch tents on campus to protest Israel, war in Gaza

ABC News: New details emerge in string of armored car heists in Los Angeles

SFGate: Drought-stricken Ventura reservoir fills for the first time since 1998

LA Times: Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities

LA Times: Tense standoff at Cal Poly Humboldt as police order Gaza protesters to leave

LA Times: The CHP was sent into this California city to crack down on crime. Here is what happened

LA Times: Pro-Palestinian protests, camps spread across California college campuses

KTLA: Owner of California addiction treatment center accused of paying for patients in kickback scheme

KTLA: 1 dead, 6 injured in crash involving police cruiser in Hollywood

KRCR: Former Chico Mayor struck by drunk driver; driver arrested

KRCR: 2 climbers rescued from Mount Shasta after surviving avalanche and treacherous weather

SFGate: California's 'Apple Store of weed' declares bankruptcy with $410M in debt

NY Times : ICYMI: A Small Campus in the Redwoods Has the Nation’s Most Entrenched Protest

SFGate: Tesla charging stations now open to all electric vehicles in California

SFGate: Sheriff's office identifies missing teenager swept away in the Trinity River

East Bay Times: Season’s first blue whale does ‘greyhounding lunges’ off California coast

East Bay Times: UCLA faculty walk out as pro-Palestinian demonstrations, counterprotests grow across California campuses

East Bay Times: UC Berkeley’s pro-Palestine encampment doubles in size