Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, April 4, 2022
The Guardian: Oregon’s bold drug decriminalisation sees some success – but use still rising
The Guardian: Sacramento shooting: police hunt at least two suspects after six shot dead
The Guardian: Elon Musk buys $2.9bn stake in Twitter to become biggest shareholder
Sunday, April 3, 2022
AP News: Police: At least 2 shooters kill 6, wound 12 in Sacramento
KTLA: Zelenskyy appeals for Ukraine at Grammy's
The Guardian: Opinion: The CDC is beholden to corporations and lost our trust. We need to start our own
New Yorker Magazine: True Price, a Dutch nonprofit, aims to help us grasp the real costs of consumption.
NY Post: Isla Vista beach party chaos causes multiple medical emergencies
Washington Post: Birds are laying their eggs a month earlier than normal
NY Times : Essay: The galling cynicism of CBS News hiring Mick Mulvaney
Washington Post: Cryptocurrency could help governments and businesses spy on us
KCRA: Police say 6 dead, at least 9 injured in Sacramento shooting
Washington Post: Police say 6 dead, at least 9 injured in Sacramento shooting
NY Times : Alcohol: Women, Do We Need an Intervention?
Daily Dot: Trump’s social media platform is filled with fake government profiles
Wall St Journal: Why So Many Women in Middle Age Are on Antidepressants
Reuters: LA court rules state corporate diversity law unconstitutional
Reuters: Analysis: Food stamp recipients are the new frontier for Target.com
Reuters: Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium
Reuters: Ukrainians and Europeans accuse Russians of committing atrocities
Politico: How two dozen retired generals are trying to stop an overhaul of the Marines
NPR: Early onset puberty has increased since COVID-19
AP News: Nurses: Guilty verdict for dosing mistake could cost lives
AP News: Ukraine documents alleged atrocities by retreating Russians
Popular Mechanics: The Science of Bad Vibes: Can Some Places Really Hold Onto Negative Energy?
Seattle Times: The Port Gamble lumber mill closed decades ago. Now the tribe that was forced from the land is returning
The Oregonian: California has $600 million in unclaimed can, bottle deposits
NPR: 2021 was the hottest year on record in the Gulf of Maine, new data show
NPR: These companies say their carbon pipelines would curb climate change. Farmers object
KRCR: Hundreds line up to cross border after Canada lifts COVID-19 testing restrictions
KCRA: Hooked On Fishing Not On Violence: Sacramento nonprofit hopes to teach young adults patience
KCRA: Californians warned about risk from British Columbia oysters
LA Times: Multiple victims reported in Sacramento shooting, police say
LA Times: Skepticism greets migrant smuggler crackdown in Guatemala
LA Times: Hundreds of Ukrainians are waiting in Tijuana to request protection in the United States
SF Chronicle: That time Russia swooped in to bail out a California state park
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Washington Post: There’s good reason to worry about the health risks of plastics
Canadian Broadcasting Co: Rare Indigenous eyewitness account of Battle of the Little Bighorn found in Ontario
RawStory: Nonwhite refugees fleeing Ukraine war are being held in long-term detention centers
NBC News: Los Angeles agrees to spend $3 billion to house homeless residents
The Hill: Iowa egg, turkey farms to lose 5 million birds to bird flu
The Guardian: ‘My car is my home’: the California students with nowhere to live
The Guardian: Russia to halt cooperation over International Space Station
LA Times: After Times investigation, Congress is moving to curb toxic fumes on airplanes
LA Times: Feral pigs are biological time bombs. Can California stem their ‘exponential’ damage?
LA Times: Will $2.6-billion pact protect delta amid drought? Critics weigh in
SLO Tribune: Did you get rejected from Cal Poly SLO? You can still get in — here’s how
KRCR: Whiskeytown reopens some of most popular trails almost four years after Carr Fire
KRCR: Shasta High robotics team qualifies for world championship
KRCR: Yreka City Clerk caught with 200 photos of child porn on computer and arrested