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Thursday, April 10

Reuters: Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India 'to beat' Trump tariffs, sources say

Courthouse News Service: Truckers tell Ninth Circuit that California law unfairly bans independent contractor drivers

CNN: The US-China trade escalation has no end in sight. Here’s why Beijing’s not backing down

Courthouse News Service: Tech lobby sues California over new law about stolen good sales online

KCRA: 1 injured after Sacramento porta potty catches fire

AP News: Billionaires, trusted allies, media personalities.These are the people Trump has tapped for top roles

Courthouse News Service: Fourth Circuit panel greenlights mass federal layoffs in 19 states

KCRA: Deputies fear more victims after man arrested for sex crimes against children across California, Nevada

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Central Oregon cultural events canceled over safety concerns

OPB: EPA withholds $85 million meant to fund environmental justice projects in Oregon

The Oregonian: Irish company will close North Portland cardboard box plant, lay off 72

KCRA: New report claims Amazon skirting California age-verification law

Courthouse News Service: Federal jury convicts 2 men for damaging ancient rock formations at Lead Mead

The Oregonian: Here’s how much first-class stamps will go up under Postal Service proposal

CNN: Super Rat: the record-setting rodent sniffing out landmines and saving lives

CNN: Philadelphia’s Carnaval de Puebla canceled amid concerns of ICE presence

East Bay Times: DOGE cuts shut down San Diego County’s wastewater testing system

CNN: More than 200 dead after Dominican Republic nightclub disaster, as search for survivors ends

KTLA: Brawl involving 20-30 people breaks out at California In-N-Out

KTLA: Russian-American ballerina from Los Angeles released from Russia

CBS LA: 3 arrested for stealing more than $200,000 worth of instruments from Union Pacific trains

CBS LA: Homeland Security agents denied entry to 2 LAUSD elementary schools

CBS LA: Orange County high school wrestling coach arrested for alleged sexual relationships with minors

San Diego Union Tribune: Commander of Coast Guard base in San Diego permanently relieved of duties

East Bay Times: Oakland police launch investigation after fentanyl death of top prosecutor’s estranged husband

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael to ban camping in all city parks

Marin Independent Journal: California food banks brace for funding cuts

SF Gate: 'That letter was a mistake': REI apologizes for supporting Interior Secretary Doug Burgum

East Bay Times: The Bay Area’s first turbo roundabout sent crashes soaring. Commuters and experts say it’s still a better intersection

SF Gate: Wife of Weezer bassist shot by LAPD, held on $1M bail days before Coachella

KRON: Rare minke whale that’s repeatedly stranded itself in SF Bay euthanized

KTVU: San Francisco's Great Highway park gets its official name

SF Chronicle: Musician shares ‘absolutely unhinged’ emails from Kennedy Center’s interim director

East Bay Times: East Bay 3-year-old dies from self-inflicted gunshot

East Bay Times: Inside Trump’s tariff retreat: How fears of a bond market catastrophe convinced Trump to hit the pause button

SF Gate: The bitter federal rivalry that killed a national park in the Pacific Northwest

SF Gate: 'A real chill': National park discovery rewrites human history

KRON: Details emerge after Antioch toddler dies in accidental shooting at home

KTVU: Oakland Unified school board votes to remove superintendent without public explanation

Tuesday, April 8

SF Gate: Trump admin declares emergency in California's federal forests, clearing the path to major logging

CNBC: Stock market losses accelerate into the close after relief rally fails, Dow falls 700 points

NY Post: World Series champ among at least 44 dead after being pulled from rubble of DR nightclub roof collapse

Reuters: Anthrax kills 50 hippos in Congo's Virunga National Park

OilPrice.com: Keystone Crude Oil Pipeline Shut After Leak

Salem Radio Network: US Supreme Court halts reinstatement of fired federal employees

The Hill: IRS, DHS reach deal on information sharing on migrants

The Hill: Legal status revoked for 985,000 migrants who entered US under Biden-era CBP One app

The Hill: Musk calls Navarro ‘moron’ after ‘demonstrably false’ claims about Tesla

The Hill: Opinion: Justice Barrett has set a new judicial ethics standard — and it’s about time

NPR: Garbage piles up in Birmingham as the U.K. city's sanitation strike enters 5th week