Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023
AP News: Post office buys 9,250 electric vans, 14,000 charge stations
NBC News: Forget the spy balloon. China-linked hackers collect far more information, report says.
KTLA: LAPD may no longer send armed officers to these police calls
KTLA: Millions of Californians are expected to lose Medi-Cal benefits soon
KTLA: Students pepper-sprayed when anti-racism protest escalates in San Bernardino
KTLA: Vanessa Bryant receives $28.85 million settlement in crash photos lawsuit
KRCR: Eagle eggs unlikely to hatch in nest watched by web cam
SF Chronicle: Outdoor writer, Tom Stinistra, survived risks in the wilderness, then came cancer
SF Chronicle: Hotels say homeless residents caused damage during pandemic. Here's how much S.F. could owe
SFGate: 'Zero visibility' conditions: Blizzard closes every road to Tahoe
LA Times: L.A. County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000
The Guardian: Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran taken to hospital after poisoning
The Guardian: Stunning Rupert Murdoch deposition leaves Fox News in a world of trouble
The Guardian: Greece train crash: at least 29 killed and dozens injured in collision
NY Times: Is There an Ethical Way to Kill Rats? Should We Even Ask?
Rep. Jared Huffman: A Nordic Country's Remedy for Stress
NY Times: Rural Hospitals Are Shuttering Their Maternity Units
BBC: Iran investigating poisoning of 650 schoolgirls with toxic gas
ABC News: California Lottery says $2 billion Powerball winner is legitimate, amid claim ticket was stolen
CBS News : Texas judge to rule on abortion pill used by millions of Americans
NY Times: In Rare Victory, Immigrants Prevail in Suit Over Meat Plant Raid
NY Times: Why 23 Dead Whales Have Washed Up on the East Coast Since December
Washington Post: She quit her job to become a roofer. Now she’s proving ‘Shingle Ladies’ can thrive in the male-dominated industry.
Washington Post: Adidas has $500 million worth of Kanye West sneakers and no good options
Washington Post: DeSantis appoints conservative supporters to new Disney board
Washington Post: ‘Our state is at war with our family’: Clergy with trans kids fight back
NBC News: Mexicans turn out in droves to protest electoral overhaul as they see democracy at risk
NPR: Here's why Arizona says it can keep growing despite historic megadrought
NPR: A surprise-billing law loophole? Her pregnancy led to a six-figure hospital bill
Axios: California on track for record snow year as storms cause chaos across state
US News: Treating the Trauma That Underlies Addiction
US News: U.S. Agencies Divided Over COVID-19 ‘Lab Leak’ Origin Theory
Yahoo Finance: Social Security Debate Takes Back Seat to Biden’s New Medicare ‘Cuts’ — What’s Being Proposed
US News: Massive Forest Fires Rage on in Eastern Cuba
The Guardian: ‘Far from justice’: why are nearly half of US murders going unsolved?
Reuters: Oklahoma twisters injure 12, leave thousands without power
Reuters: Greta Thunberg, Indigenous protesters block Norway energy ministry over wind farms
The Guardian: Climate-resistant grapes? Spanish winemakers revive ancient varieties
the g: Undocumented ex-US border patrol agent helps veterans facing deportation
Action News Now: Lawsuit claims former Chico State professor sexually assaulted student
AP News: Final state emergencies winding down 3 years into pandemic
Action News Now: Shasta County to discuss future election vote counting systems
AP News: Nissan recalls over 800K SUVs; key defect can cut off engine
AP News: Why TikTok is being banned for some government employees
AP News: Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions
The Hill: Fighting toxic air pollution
The Guardian: The statue graveyard where torn down Confederate monuments lie
The Hill: Georgia judge: Trump grand jury panelists ‘can talk about the final report’
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