Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
AP News: A lonely nation: Has the notion of the ‘American way’ promoted isolation across history?
The Guardian: The women wearing ‘subway T-shirts’ over outfits to avoid creepy stares
The Guardian: Could handbags be the haute couture solution to Florida’s python problem?
The Guardian: ‘They found hell’: innocent foreigners caught in El Salvador’s mass arrests
Politico: At least 3 killed, others wounded in New Mexico shooting
The Guardian: ‘I can’t afford groceries’: why one-third of US college students don’t have enough to eat
The Hill: Durham report slams FBI’s Trump-Russia probe
The Hill: 61 percent of GOP primary voters back Trump in new poll
LA Times: ‘White pride’ banner displayed for second time over 101 Freeway in San Luis Obispo County
LA Times: L.A. dispensaries openly sell ‘magic mushrooms’ as state weighs decriminalization
LA Times: Editorial: California needs a lot more solar. Why not put panels along highways and parking lots?
San Jose Mercury News: U.S. scientists discover genetic variant that protects against Alzheimer’s disease symptoms
San Jose Mercury News: Huge Sierra snowpack throws frozen wrench into campers’ plans
KCRA: After 2 men swept away, Placer County officials urge people to avoid river swimming
KTLA: Are you legally allowed to collect rainwater in California?
KTLA: Stop using non-sugar sweeteners for weight loss, WHO says
KTLA: FDA says dogs allowed in outdoor dining areas if restaurants permit it
East Bay Times: Searching for coronavirus, Marin County wastewater tests detect ‘tranq’ drug
KRCR: Almond crop to fall short yet again, according to USDA's forecast
KRON: USDA proposal would limit chocolate milk in schools
SF Chronicle: The Pacific Northwest is crazy hot. Here’s how weather there will impact the Bay Area today
SFGate: Inside the SF building that could be a model for office-to-housing conversions
SFGate: California hiker airlifted to hospital after getting bitten by a rattlesnake
East Bay Times: Landmark East Bay Claremont hotel is bought for more than $160 million
Sunday, May 14, 2023
AP News: 3 members of California family killed, 6 others hurt in crash on interstate east of Los Angeles
AP News: Off-grid solar brings light, time and income to remotest villages
BBC: Zibo barbecue: Millions bring sudden fame to industrial Chinese city
NY Times : The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners
NY Times : Fake Charity: How to Raise $89 Million in Small Donations — And Make It Disappear
The Hill: Reality finally comes for California’s reparations plan
The Hill: Democrats signal growing frustration with globalization
The Guardian: Simon Schama on the broken relationship between humans and nature: ‘The joke’s on us. Things are amiss’
Courthouse News Service: Fight over roads in Montana’s Flathead National Forest lands at Ninth Circuit
Courthouse News Service: Title 42 fallout: Mexico immigration agency stops granting transit permits
The Guardian: Has this food actually expired? Why label dates don’t mean what you think
The Guardian: DNA evidence reveals family man in Australia was teenage killer who escaped Nebraska jail
Redding Searchlight: Plumas County earthquakes reveal new, active faults under Lake Almanor
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Humans may not be the only ones who get cannabis-related munchies, Oregon study shows
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Trailblazing Museum at Warm Springs celebrates 30 years, and looks to the future
San Jose Mercury News: Feds using hidden cameras in effort to nab San Francisco drug dealers
San Jose Mercury News: John Fogrty: Review: Bay Area rock legend has plenty to celebrate at sold-out concert
San Jose Mercury News: San Jose to clear Coyote Creek homeless camps. ‘We’re gonna go to the streets’
LA Times: NIMBYism over homeless housing spans race and politics, firing up suburban protests
KCRA: Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk
KCRA: Pickleball is replacing Bed Bath & Beyond and Old Navy at malls
KCRA: Sacramento Police: Multiple victims shot in North Sacramento
Marin Independent Journal: Opinion: California Supreme Court dismantles no-bid school construction contracts
Marin Independent Journal: Marin planning commissioners recommend county fight state ADU requirement
Marin Independent Journal: Marin storms complicate outlook on endangered salmon spawning
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