Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Nov. 8, 2021
Press Democrat: Why the wind carries promise of a new economic boom for Humboldt County
The Atlantic: How Easily Can Vaccinated People Spread COVID?
Courthouse News Service: Ukrainian man charged, another has millions seized, over July ransomware attack
Courthouse News Service: Italy convicts 70 in major mafia trial
East Bay Times: This community college degree can earn you $113,000. This Stanford one just $24,000
San Jose Mercury: California’s COVID-19 case rate now twice Florida’s — what’s up with that?
The Guardian: North Dakota Republican behind anti-vaccination rally misses it – with Covid
The Guardian: ‘I am so sick and tired’: Virginia police chief decries gun violence epidemic
BBC: Why The Amazon Is Near Tipping Point
The Guardian: French couple wins legal fight over wind ‘turbine syndrome’
LA Times: Report: Trafficking of plastic waste is on the rise and criminal groups are profiting
Courthouse News Service: Pasadena sues Caltech over groundwater contamination
Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021
NY Daily News: Business is smokin’ for Harlem weed store on wheels as NY marijuana laws remain in gray area
SFGate: This rare and elusive Calif. mammal survived the Dixie Fire. Scientists are thrilled.
NY Times: Antarctica Was Once a Land of Fire and Not Ice
NPR: At 89, a man earned a Ph.D. in physics to fulfill his childhood dream
Washington Post: California condors almost went extinct. Now, scientists say, they are capable of reproducing without males.
Washington Post: Could platelet-rich plasma injections help avoid knee surgery? More studies may give answer.
Rolling Stone: ‘People Are Dying’: Witnesses Describe the Horror of Astroworld Tragedy in Houston
The Guardian: At least 19 killed as truck smashes into cars at toll booth in Mexico
The Guardian: How Asian Americans are blazing a new path in a blooming pot industry
The Guardian: Senator behind billionaires tax denounces Elon Musk Twitter poll stunt
The Guardian: In Trumpland parallel reality, election was stolen and racism was long ago
The Oregonian: Man, 14-year-old boy, killed by falling tree branches as storm hits Portland area
LA Times: Longer waits expected as land ports open Monday to vaccinated travelers from Mexico
San Jose Mercury: Oakland: Toddler killed by stray bullet during shooting on I-880
LA Times: Feds subpoena Baldwin Park officials over pot licensing
KOMO News: Search continues for missing Seattle fire deputy chief
KTLA: U.S. federal appeals court freezes Biden’s vaccine mandate for larger businesses
KRCR: New COVID test exclusive to Northstate checks for four viruses at once
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021
Siskiyou Daily News: Rio Dell to destroy seized firearms from evidence lockers, not sell them
Seattle Times: What it’s like to work on the front lines of mental health emergencies in the Seattle area
Seattle Times: ‘Public health emergency’: King County on track to set new record for deadly drug and alcohol overdoses in 2021
NY Times: On Spain’s Camino de Santiago, Even Óscar the Donkey Is a Pilgrim
The Atlantic: The Dangers of Group Narcissism
NY Times: How Police Justify Killing Drivers: ‘The Car Was a Weapon’
NY Times: Trapped in a Pandemic Funk: Millions of Americans Can’t Shake a Gloomy Outlook
Washington Post: Toronto is home to the world’s largest lake-powered cooling system. Here’s how it works.
Washington Post: Tens of thousands expected at climate justice march
AP News: AP PHOTOS: Dancers silently lose themselves on Venice Beach
AP News: Ice on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic
NPR: After a concussion, the brain may no longer make sense of sounds
NPR: New coronavirus, likely from dogs, infects people in Malaysia and Haiti
NPR: Drugmaker drops cheaper version of drug, leaving patients stuck with pricier one
The Guardian: ‘Dangerous blindspot’: why overlooking blue carbon (salt marshes) could sink us
The Guardian: How one of California’s cheapest cities became unaffordable: ‘the housing market is broken’
The Guardian: Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 92 people
AP News: Dems end deadlock, House hands Biden infrastructure win
The Oregonian: Dinosaur eggs still containing embryos unearthed in Argentina
KGW: Fake prescription drugs containing fentanyl becoming available at an alarming rate, DEA says