Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023
The Guardian: Swallowed fishing gear and plastic most likely cause of Hawaii whale’s death
The Guardian: Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut seek official ban on term ‘Latinx’
NBC News: Boy, 15, found with car belonging to one of three missing Michigan rappers
Technology Review: How the Supreme Court ruling on Section 230 could end Reddit as we know it
NY Breaking: New Jersey Republican Councilwoman, 30, Shot Outside Her Home In ‘Targeted’ Attack
NY Times: Those Window Stickers to Prevent Bird Strikes? There’s a Catch.
NY Times: Forget Pandemic Puppies. Meet the Inflation Chicken.
NY Times: 75,000 Job Openings in Iowa Alone. Millions of Refugees Seeking Work. Make the Connection.
Washington Post: For some, life after Ian is ‘more tragic than the hurricane itself’
The Atlantic: Psychedelics Open Your Brain. You Might Not Like What Falls In.
The Guardian: ‘A reflection of the people’: looking back on 50 years of hip-hop
The Guardian: Shell’s actual spending on renewables is fraction of what it claims, group alleges
The Guardian: ‘Some weeks I only speak to the postman’: how to escape learned loneliness – and soar socially
The Guardian: ‘Watch this creep’: the women exposing gym harassment on TikTok
The Guardian: Head of Kyiv tax authority accused of multimillion-dollar fraud
The Guardian: Southern US battles winter freeze as thousands suffer power outage in Texas
The Guardian: Calls for bigger windfall tax after Shell makes ‘obscene’ $40bn profit
The Guardian: Brown gold: the great American manure rush begins
The Guardian: Atlanta shooting part of alarming US crackdown on environmental defenders
The Hill: Climate change consumer deception lawsuits threaten free speech. Will the Supreme Court take note?
The Hill: Parents pay at least one monthly bill for 40 percent of millennials
The Hill: CDC warns not to use eye drop brand as it investigates death, infections across 11 states
The Hill: Eyeing defense spending cuts, House GOP targets military ‘wokeness’
KOMO : Major pharmacies to cut hours due to worker shortage
KOMO: Owner of bikini coffee hut charged with 26 counts of sex crimes, some against baristas
KOMO: REI lays off 167 employees from its Kent headquarters
KOMO News: 115 dogs rescued after doggy daycare catches fire in Seattle's Lake City area
LA Times: Were you or someone you know harmed by pills in Mexico?
LA Times: Some pharmacies in Mexico passing off fentanyl, meth as legitimate pharmaceuticals
LA Times: How art lovers helped defeat America’s largest solar farm
LA Times: How an L.A. grifter ripped off his best friends and got rich with his sprawling weed scams
LA Times: The U.S. military has big plans for a port in Australia. So does the Chinese firm that controls it
Island Packet: Large great white sharks are gathering off South Carolina, satellite tracking shows
KCRA: VIDEO: Texas police officer runs out mid-tornado to help rescue his K-9 partner
KCRA: California Gov. Newsom seeks limits on where people can carry concealed guns
KCRA: $1.3B expansion project announced for Sacramento International Airport. Here’s what’s planned
KTLA: Father shot and killed while driving in Los Angeles County
KTLA: Mexico zoo director allegedly killed, cooked 4 pygmy goats for party
AP News: Psychedelic churches in US pushing boundaries of religion
AP News: Why Brazil’s Yanomami are being decimated by disease, mining
AP News: Prosecutors: 2 moved into ailing man’s Malibu home, stole millions
AP News: US to widen military presence in Philippines amid China fear
AP News: First sweeping federal gun crime report in 20 years released
KRCR: PG&E headed to trial for manslaughter charges in connection with Zogg Fire
KRCR: Paradise man arrested after investigation into PG&E equipment theft
KRCR: Registered sex offender arrested with 16-year-old girl in Redding
KTVU: Postal worker robbed twice on same route in Oakland neighborhood
KTVU: PG&E to face manslaughter trial over deadly California fire
CLICK TO MANAGE