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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023

The Guardian: Want to truly have empathy for animals? Stop owning pets

Washington Post: Editorial: Yes, Social Security and Medicare still need to be reformed — and soon

Reuters: At least 24 dead in Chile as wildfires expand; foreign help on the way

The Oregonian: A look inside: Large California tent camp could foretell Portland’s future

Reuters: Canada deploys military aircraft over Haiti to disrupt gangs

NPR: An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches

NPR: Meet the people safeguarding the sacred forests and lagoons of West Africa

Reuters: Good-bye Iowa! Democrats approve Biden's revamped primary calendar

St Louis Post-Dispatch: ‘Is it actual weed?’ First weekend of recreational pot sales open in Missouri to joy and exuberance.

KOMU: Missouri marijuana producers ramp up production to keep up with demand

ABC News: Kansas police responding to overdose call shoot, kill man

Washington Post: Koch network to back alternative to Trump after sitting out recent primaries

NY Times: The Pentagon Saw a Warship Boondoggle. Congress Saw Jobs.

Pro Publica: How a Tourist Attraction Displaying the Open Graves of Native Americans Became a State-Run Museum

Pro Publica: Some Residents Can Get Home Loans in This Area, but Native Hawaiians Say They Can’t. Officials Want to Know Why.

Mad River Union: ‘We Are Up’ housing proposed for McKinleyville

SFGate: Kerrygold butter suddenly yanked from Bay Area Costco shelves

AP News: Feds say cyberattack caused suicide helpline’s outage

AP News: Worries abound that Mexico’s Maya Train will destroy jungle

AP News: Cubans respond with zeal to new US migration policy

The Hill: Trump and Biden admins clash over reports of previous Chinese balloons

The Hill: Chinese balloons flew over US three times during Trump administration: officials

The Hill: Former aide accuses George Santos of sexual harassment

KOMO: Ohio blacksmith using his skills to support a great cause

KPTV: Arrested: 35-year-old man rescued by Coast Guard from capsized boat, wanted by Canadian police

KPTV: Oregon National Guard troops return home after nearly a year in Poland

Mt. Shasta News: Yreka eyes Farm to Fork Market. Redding's April LaFrance opens Mount Shasta boutique hotel

KCRA: 2 killed, 5 wounded in unrelated Stockton shootings, police say

KCRA: 11-acre complex including restaurants, hotels and entertainment centers coming to Roseville

LA Times: While COVID raged, another deadly threat was on the rise in hospitals

LA Times: Colorado River crisis so severe lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes

East Bay Times: East Bay human trafficking crackdown nets 13 arrests

The Guardian: ‘My city is destroying itself’: Juliaca under siege as death toll rises in Peru’s uprising

KRON: Man charged with murder in fatal stabbing of Orange County doctor riding bike on PCH

KRON: VIDEO: 3 mountain lions seen near Carmel Valley home

East Bay Times: BART oversaw $350,000 Salvation Army program that treated one person, audit finds

The Guardian: Chile wildfires kill at least 23 people as 104F heat hampers effort to stop spread

East Bay Times: California quietly abandons COVID-19 vaccine mandate for school kids 7

The Guardian: Blaze from 50-car train derailment in Ohio still burning

The Guardian: Pennsylvania boy, nine, becomes one of the youngest ever high school graduates

The Guardian: Ted Cruz wants two-term limit for senators – and a third term for himself

KRCR: 6.5 tons of trash removed from behind Mercy Medical Center

KRCR: California announced $400+ million in grants toward health care workforce & infrastructure

SF Chronicle: San Francisco’s Hetch Hetchy water system is almost full for the first time in years. Is that a good thing?

SF Chronicle: PG&E bills have topped $300 per month this winter. Here’s what’s next

SF Chronicle: 13 arrested in huge Contra Costa County human trafficking bust

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023

KRCR: Man in critical condition following Trinity County stabbing

Press Democrat: Police: 1 man dead, 2 men in critical condition after Santa Rosa stabbing, shooting

The Guardian: US man cleaning out late grandmother’s apartment shot dead by Wyoming police

The Guardian: Canada: five RCMP officers charged over Indigenous man’s 2017 death in custody