Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Forbes: Elon Musk Wants To Buy Twitter And Take It Private, SEC Filing Reveals
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Eureka Times-Standard: Siphoning steady amid higher gas prices, Humboldt County law enforcement says
USA Today: Mexican cartels are outsmarting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's truck inspections
Pro Publica: America's Highest Earners And Their Taxes Revealed
The Guardian: Bolsonaro faces hard scrutiny over military’s purchase of penile implants, Viagra
National Review: Marjorie Taylor Greene: Joining the U.S. Military Is ‘Like Throwing Your Life Away’
Siskiyou Daily News: Sherri Papini’s faked kidnapping bill to exceed $300,000, but ‘there’s no repaying the community:’ sheriff
Medford Mail Tribune: Farms, fish on dry California-Oregon border see scant water
Medford Mail Tribune: Buildings, businesses destroyed in Medford gas station fire
KIEM: Man arrested for allegedly burning down the Sherwood Forest Motel in Garberville
KRCR: CHP investigates fatal big rig rollover crash north of Redding on Tuesday
KRCR: Car hits 2 pedestrians near Wildberries Marketplace, 1 taken to hospital
KRCR: Large police response in Arcata due to apparent 'swatting' incident
KRCR: Missing man update: Local dive shop owner explains the hurdles facing rescue team
LA Times: At least 259 dead in South Africa’s Durban area as flooding continues
LA Times: Poachers are wiping out SoCal’s wild white sage to make smudge sticks. You can stop them
SFGate: A San Francisco bakery owner trimmed trees by his business. Now he’s being fined $4,500.
SFGate: 17 LA gangs have sent out crews to follow and rob city's wealthiest, LAPD says
The Guardian: Back from the dead? Elusive ivory-billed woodpecker not extinct, researchers say
The Guardian: ‘People really need to know’: can we trust beauty products to be safe?
NPR: Why there are growing fears the U.S. is headed to a recession
NPR: A record number of Yellowstone wolves have been killed. Conservationists are worried
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The Oregonian: Limit consumption of sturgeon from lower Columbia River, health officials warn
The Oregonian: Portland man sentenced to prison for smuggling $2.5 million worth of Oregon-grown marijuana out of state
Redding Record Searchlight: UPDATE: Northbound I-5 reopens after big rig crashes, starts fire
Vice: Why Incarcerated California Firefighters Struggle to Go Pro After Prison
Daily Beast: Crypto Enthusiast Sentenced to 5 Years for North Korea Trip
NY Post: Toyota unveils bZ4X, its first electric vehicle in eight years
The Guardian: US teen overdose deaths double in three years amid fentanyl crisis
The Guardian: Brooklyn shooting: over 20 injured, including 10 shot, in subway attack
The Guardian: US sexually transmitted infections surged to record high in 2020
KRON: Redding woman admits she faked 2016 kidnapping
Study Finds: Pandemic pushing more city dwellers to move to the country
The Hill: More Americans express support for making neighborhoods denser for the sake of affordability
San Diego Union Tribune: Santee must overturn approval of 3,000-home Fanita Ranch project, judge rules
East Bay Times: Oakland: Security guard killed at tiny home site for homeless residents
Washington Post: The war next door: Conflict in Mexico is displacing thousands
AP News: UN: Nearly two-thirds of Ukraine’s children have fled homes
Washington Post: Backed-up pipes, stinky yards: Climate change is wrecking septic tanks
Washington Post: N.Y. lieutenant governor resigns amid corruption allegations
Washington Post: Shooting incident in Brooklyn subway injures at least 29
Courthouse News Service: Chinese-controlled aluminum importer owes $1.8 billion for scheme to dodge tariffs
Courthouse News Service: PG&E pays $55 million to avoid criminal penalties in two wildfires
The Guardian: New documentary goes inside the lives of Native American women
The Guardian: Psilocybin for depression could help brain break out of a rut, scientists say
The Guardian: Quarter of a billion people now face extreme poverty, warns Oxfam
The Guardian: Harmful chemicals found in toys and canned food at US discount stores
Seattle Times: Seattle police arrest 15-year-old wanted in deadly Tacoma pot shop robbery; 2 suspects remain at large
AP News: Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat
AP News: Mayor: 10,000 dead in Ukraine’s Mariupol and toll could rise