Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022
CNBC: Authorities raid Michigan home of high-ranking Homeland Security official Vance Callender
LA Times: Native American tribes reach $590-million settlement over opioids
LA Times: Mexico’s remittances surged 27% in 2021 to a record $51.6 billion
NY Times : An 8-Year-Old Wrote a Book and Hid It on a Library Shelf. It’s a Hit.
NPR: FBI director says the threat from China is 'more brazen' than ever before
NY Times : Modern Ag: Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet
The Atlantic: Mining: Is California on the Verge of a Second Gold Rush?
BBC: Inside Kazakhstan's giant crypto-mine
BBC: South Africa's railways: How thieves have destroyed the network
Washington Post: All eyes are on Austria as vaccination requirement for all adults comes into force.
Washington Post: The moral calculations of a billionaire
Washington Post: After eight centuries of Murano glassmaking, a gas crisis is threatening its future
LA Times: Amnesty International joins other rights groups in accusing Israel of apartheid
LA Times: WTF: Judge declines to block seizures of pot store cash from armored cars
LA Times: UCLA cancels in-person classes after apparent mass shooting threat
Politico: How Trump’s political groups are spending their huge cash haul
The Guardian: Throwback: ‘It’s like hunting aliens’: inside the town besieged by armadillos
The Guardian: North Carolina’s coastal highway is disappearing – so I took a road trip
The Guardian: Trump tore up records turned over to House Capitol attack committee
The Guardian: FDA urges Pfizer to apply for authorization of Covid vaccine for children under five
The Guardian: Kyrsten Sinema courted Republican fossil fuel donors with filibuster stance
The Oregonian: Portland’s Black and Latino students shortchanged from the earliest grades, belying pledge to put them first
KRCR: Cannabis could potentially be approved in Red Bluff, officials say
KRCR: PG&E begins burying powerlines along one of Paradise's busiest corridors
Marin Independent Journal: North Bay weather forecast: Potential 70 mph gusts
East Bay Times: Police investigating 2 Sacramento-area explosions arrest 23-year-old man
San Jose Mercury News: Travel to Mexico during Covid-19: What you need to know before you go
Sacramento Bee: Northern California police sergeant is sought, accused of assault and domestic battery
CBS San Diego: Landmark legislation to protect fast-food workers passes State Assembly
AP News: Longest lightning bolt record: 477 miles over 3 states
AP News: Thousands flee homes near N. Carolina fertilizer plant fire; explosions feared
AP News: US federal prisons on lockdown after 2 Texas inmates killed
KCRA: More than 120 US federal prisons on lockdown after 2 Texas inmates killed during gang altercation
KCRA: Tahoe family puts up $150,000 reward to help find killer
SFGate: 'Burn it down': Deep-red Shasta County is now a recall warzone
Monday, Jan. 31, 2022
Ukiah Daily Journal: Gavin Newsom was the face of legal cannabis in California. Can he fix its problems?
Courthouse News Service: Climate change, population threaten ‘staggering’ US flood losses by 2050
Courthouse News Service: With $1.15 billion, Biden pushes states to plug abandoned oil wells, curb methane leaks
Klamath Herald and News: Federal investment spurs push for private land restoration
KTLA: Off-duty Pasadena fire captain saves woman, dog trapped in burning home on his way to Rams game
East Bay Times: Oakland Coliseum to host public John Madden memorial
KRON: Man arrested after fleeing in boat, fighting with San Rafael officer
NPR: Home generator sales are booming with mass outages, climate change and COVID
NPR: Ukrainian foreign minister says global democratic order at stake in Russia standoff
NPR: Researchers launch Bering Strait expedition, seeking 'black box' to salmon survival
The Guardian: The age of intimacy famine: when we interact with our phones rather than our loved ones
The Guardian: Joe Rogan pledges to ‘try harder’ after Spotify misinformation controversy
The Guardian: Quiet part loud: Trump says Pence ‘could have overturned the election’