Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Press Democrat: Bodega Bay fishing crew endures frighteningly close call
SFGate: Police: Man tries to pull girl, 12, into his car in attempted kidnapping near Santa Rosa school
SFGate: California brewery's legal battle with Keystone Light parent company heads to court
KTLA: At least 6 U.S. state governments hacked by China, says cyber firm
KTLA: Santa Barbara County rejects proposal to restart offshore oil production
Wall St Journal: Hundreds of Ships Trapped by Ukraine War, Endangering Sailors and Global Trade
The Guardian: The sanctions strategy is flawed. To defeat Putin, you have to know how the Kremlin works
ABC News: Cyber firm: At least 6 US state governments hacked by China
ABC News: New York City man rescued twice in 2 days on Arizona hikes
The Guardian: ‘They’re cooking them alive’: calls to ban ‘cruel’ killing methods on US farms
The Guardian: European oil receipts boosting Putin’s war chest by $285m a day, study finds
KTLA: Optimistic Gov. Newsom to deliver California State of the State
AlJazeera: Ukrainians defy heartbreak to win bittersweet Paralympic golds
KRCR: The Sundial Bridge will be lit blue and yellow in support of Ukraine
AlJazeera: ‘We are refugees’: Russians flee rising authoritarianism
CNBC: EU pledges to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds before the end of the year
Engadget: Cities turn to tech to keep sewers free of fatbergs
LA Times: L.A. sues Monsanto, two related companies over toxic chemicals in waterways
NY Times: Guest Opinion: Too Many Americans Don’t Understand What Happens in Their Schools
LA Times: Biden to block Russian oil imports in latest round of sanctions on Kremlin
Washington Post: Boat carrying 356 Haitians lands in Florida, one of largest maritime smuggling events in years, authorities say
Washington Post: Shasta County: How far-right militia groups found a foothold in deep-blue California
Washington Post: Arizona lawmaker speaks to white nationalists, calls for violence — and sets fundraising records
Washington Post: The largest remaining tall-grass prairie in Texas is getting solar panels. Environmentalists can’t stop it.
Washington Post: A Yale professor’s list of companies staying in Russia has put the business world on notice
The Street: Dow Turns Lower As US Moves to Ban Russian Crude: Gold Tops $2,000
The Guardian: Sydney floods: two found dead, roads inundated, homes and suburbs across the city swamped
The Guardian: Fears for bees as US set to extend use of toxic pesticides that paralyse insects
The Guardian: Sumy: international students in Ukrainian city tell of desperation
AP News: Guatemala evacuates residents from Volcano of Fire
AP News: AP Source: Biden to ban Russian oil imports over Ukraine war
Monday, March 7, 2022
Billings Gazette: Gene-edited beef cattle get regulatory clearance in US
NY Daily News: 3-year-old Israeli child diagnosed with polio; first case since 1988
The Guardian: Canada’s wild pigs threaten ‘absolute destruction’ if left unchecked
BBC: McDonald's and Coca-Cola boycott calls grow over Russia
BBC: War in Ukraine: Russia says it may cut gas supplies if oil ban goes ahead
The Oregonian: Hot on the trail of 56 superyachts owned by Russian oligarchs and subject to seizure
The Oregonian: Idaho city marketed as escape from ‘insane’ left-wing politics, ‘out-of control’ crime
The Oregonian: Federal judge blocks Oregon’s first-in-nation ban on homebuyer ‘love letters’
The Oregonian: Gov. Kate Brown declares emergency in Klamath County as Oregon’s drought worsens
AP News: Las Vegas police officer now accused of three casino heists
CNBC: Palladium and gold at record high on Ukraine crisis news
Vice: ‘I Had Nothing to My Name’: Amazon Delivery Companies Are Being Crushed by Debt
AP News: Realtors to conservatives living in liberal areas: Try Idaho
Slate: The Supreme Court Just Came Perilously Close to Blowing Up Federal Elections
Bloomberg: In Kyiv’s Middle-Class Suburbs, Desperate People Are Trapped
KTLA: Biden expected to sign executive order on cryptocurrency this week