Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Jan. 31, 2022
The Guardian: Where to build in a state on fire? California housing projects face growing challenges
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022
ABC News: Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed
The Guardian: Long Covid study finds abnormality in lungs that could explain breathlessness
NY Times: Canadian Trucker Convoy Descends on Ottawa to Protest Vaccine Mandates
The Atlantic: The Religious Leaders Caught in the Vaccine Wars
The Atlantic: The IRS Should Stop Using Facial Recognition
The Atlantic: Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia?
Press Democrat: 20-Foot bear sculpture rises in Kenwood along Hwy 12
Washington Post: Preying for a paycheck: The birds that work for hotels
Washington Post: Opinion: The shadow pandemic: Antibiotic resistance is growing
NY Times: We Still Can’t See American Slavery for What It Was
NY Daily News: ‘Swipe Left for Meth’: Florida police use gay dating apps to arrest 60 on drug charges
East Bay Times: San Jose is poised to end a decades-old billboard ban despite widespread objection
East Bay Times: Omicron may be milder, but California just entered its second-highest COVID death wave
The Oregonian: Ohio promised Intel more than $2 billion in state incentives to land computer-chip megaproject
KTLA: Leader of California’s troubled unemployment benefits agency steps down
Courthouse News Service: Georgia governor calls for permitless carry gun bill amid rise in Atlanta shootings
Politico: Biden promotes his plan to repair bridges after dramatic collapse in Pennsylvania
LA Times: California to pay for wildfire retrofits up to $40,000 per home, starting in rural San Diego
LA Times: Help save the world by composting your kitchen scraps. Here’s how
KRCR: UPDATE: Woman dies in mobile home fire at Arcata Mobile Home Park
The Guardian: ‘They are going to be at peace’: California university returns remains of massacred Wiyot Tribe members
The Guardian: ‘Killed by indifference’: France shocked by death on busy Paris street
The Guardian: irds are remarkable and beautiful animals – and they’re disappearing from our world
Friday, Jan. 28, 2022
Washington Post: Anthony Fauci is up against more than a virus
Washington Post: VMI’s first Black superintendent blasts White critics of diversity and equity reform
AP News: Human chain formed to help after Pittsburgh bridge collapse
Reuters: Six Germans go on trial for $126 million Green Vault jewel heist
CNN: Images emerge of one the US Navy's newest stealth fighters crashing into the sea
NPR: Africa may have reached the pandemic's holy grail
NPR: After 2 years, growing calls to take masks off children in school
The Guardian: America’s hottest city is nearly unlivable in summer. Can cooling technologies save it?
The Guardian: The simple numbers every government should use to fight anti-vaccine misinformation
The Guardian: Who has more influence on supreme court: Clarence Thomas or his activist wife?
LA Times: ‘A cloud never dies:’ A California monastery mourns mindfulness advocate Thich Nhat Hanh
LA Times: Humboldt State gets a name and mission makeover as a ‘polytechnic university’
LA Times: After two years, the coronavirus hits one of the last uninfected places on Earth
The Oregonian: Jim Belushi on ‘Growing Belushi,’ his Oregon cannabis farm, and marijuana as ‘spiritual medicine’
KOIN: Blowtorch bandits burglarize Burnside boutique
KRCR: Record 14.5 million Americans signed up for 2022 health coverage under Affordable Care Act
KRCR: Construction industry hoping to build workforce by hosting trade's day for high schoolers
KCRA: The IRS website will soon require facial recognition to log in to your account
KCRA: California launches $185 million youth job corps
Courthouse News Service: Audit: $7.4 billion needed for California K-12 school repairs