Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021
Arizona PBS : Navajo president backs bill to protect Native American voting rights
Newsweek: Trump's Truth Social Hacked Within Hours of Announcement
NBC News: Onions from Mexico linked to salmonella outbreak in 37 states
Vox: It’s time for Americans to buy less stuff
Vice: Revealed: The UK Government Ignored Its Own Experts' Advice to Decriminalize Drugs
NPR: In Maine, a looming vaccine deadline for EMTs is stressing small-town ambulance crews
NPR: Why helping people pay rent can fight the pandemic
Daily Beast: Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart Dish on ‘Waking and Baking’ and Why Candy Corn Is Trash
Modern Healthcare: ‘They treat me like I’m old and stupid’: Seniors decry health providers’ age bias
NY Times: What Scientists Are Learning About Estrogen and Exercise
NY Times: Vinyl Is Selling So Well That It’s Getting Hard to Sell Vinyl
The Guardian: Farmers don’t have to contribute to the environmental crisis – we can solve it
USA Today: 8 missing endangered children recovered, 18 sex offenders arrested in Louisiana, US Marshals say
The Oregonian: Queen Nefertari’s Egypt exhibit opens at the Portland Art Museum (photos)
The Oregonian: PDX offers early look at construction of massive new wooden roof
Washington Post: Bannon is the only former Trump aide, adviser and rally organizer defying subpoena from Jan. 6 panel
Washington Post: Wildfire smoke harms more people in the Eastern U.S. than West, study shows
Washington Post: Inside Garrison Keillor’s attempted comeback after his #MeToo downfall
Washington Post: Republicans block latest voting rights bill
The Hill: Trump announces new social media network called 'TRUTH Social'
Courthouse News Service: Walmart hit with $27 million judgment for denying employees work breaks and overtime pay
The Guardian: Global heating ‘may lead to epidemic of kidney disease’
The Guardian: There are nearly 9,000 craft breweries in the US – but big beer dominates
The Guardian: At least 150 dead in flooding and landslides in India and Nepal
The Guardian: ‘Nobody cares I have nowhere to live’: wildland firefighters struggle with homelessness
KCRA: 5 NorCal counties sue PG&E over Dixie Fire damage, injuries
Modesto Bee: Modesto looks to join other fire agencies that bill insurance for responding to calls
KTLA: Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by 76% in L.A. County last year
KTLA: L.A. bans homeless encampments at 54 spots using new law
Del Norte Triplicate: Oregon State receives $2.5 million grant to create wood stoves that burn more cleanly
Marin Independent Journal: Novato to create authorized camp for homeless at park
SFGate: Greenpeace chief warns of 'greenwashing' at UN climate talks
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021
KWQC: Farmers worry of equipment shortage from John Deere strike
cnn: Parents killed and 8 children injured after Amish family's buggy was rear-ended
Oxygen: Native American Woman In Oklahoma Convicted Of Manslaughter Over Miscarriage
AP News: Maldives minister: Failure to limit warming a death sentence
Nature: COVID vaccine makers brace for a variant worse than Delta
Courthouse News Service: Vikings landed in the Americas exactly 1,000 years ago, scientists reveal
Courthouse News Service: Origin of modern domestic horses traced back to Russia
NBC News: Apparent human remains found after Brian Laundrie's possessions located in Florida nature reserve
Reuters: California ports, key to U.S. supply chain, among world's least efficient, ranking shows
CNN: The world is banking on giant carbon-sucking fans to clean our climate mess. It's a big risk.
BBC: Climate change: Fossil fuel production set to soar over next decade
NPR: Worn-out nurses hit the road for better pay, stressing hospital budgets — and morale
NPR: These blood pressure meds have been recalled for possible high levels of a cancer-causing substance
NY Times : In Sonoma County, ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ Is the Next Big Thing
NY Times : China’s Bullying Is Becoming a Danger to the World and Itself
Washington Post: Border arrests reached highest levels since ’86, more than 1.7 million in a year
The Hill: Senate appears poised to advance first Native American to lead National Park Service
The Hill: White House details plans for vaccinating children ages 5 to 11