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Thursday, May 22

CBS News : Senate GOP set to revoke California's car emissions standards

CBS Bay Area: Suspect in series of Santa Rosa arsons arrested

CBS Bay Area: Santa Rosa officer attacked while towing vehicle with expired registration

East Bay Times: Retired Marine Corps officer caught with cocaine after plane emergency on California highway sent to prison

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael cracks down on illegal food vendors

Marin Independent Journal: Marin education official apologizes for handling of antisemitism inquiry

SF Gate: SF's new cameras issued 31,000 speed warnings in 1 month. Here's where.

SF Gate: Wes Anderson gets booed at Cannes

East Bay Times: ‘Welcome to the Bay’: Inside the violent Bay Area gang that got rich through street robberies

AP News: 2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC

KQED: Is Social Media Making Children More Depressed? UCSF Research Suggests a Link

SF Gate: Missing California woman's body found buried in desert, man arrested

SF Gate: A record-breaking runner's national park shortcut may land him in jail

SF Gate: California national parks warn visitors ahead of busy Memorial Day weekend

SF Gate: AI is killing tech jobs. Now, a new employment model is emerging.

Ukiah Daily Journal: Photos: Potter Valley Cowboy Funeral Procession

Sunday, May 18

The Guardian: Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer, his office says

NY Times : Investigators See No Criminality by E.P.A. Officials in Case on Biden-Era Grants

NY Times : In the Nevada Desert, a Weekend of Fitness, Frost and Firearms

NY Times : Trump Is Destroying a Core American Value. The World Will Notice.

NY Times : The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement

Washington Post: Gen Z users tested Instagram Teen Accounts; they got sex posts, body shaming

Smithsonian Magazine: Rejected by Museums Around the World, This New Art Exhibition Explores the Historical Roots of the Term ‘Homosexual’

Smithsonian Magazine: Climate Change Is Threatening Eye Health in Disturbing Ways

Indian Country Today: Warming winters bring uncertainty to Indigenous maple traditions

KQED: Canadian Tourists Say They Are Avoiding the United States 'Due to Fear'

The Guardian: Cooking the books? Fears Trump could target statisticians if data disappoints

Politico: Gavin Newsom lays down the law on housing construction

Politico: Army to place large metal plates on DC streets to protect them from tanks during June parade

NPR: Labor watchdog opens investigation into DOGE whistleblower claims after NPR reporting

NPR: At least 27 dead after tornadoes sweep through Kentucky and Missouri

BBC: At least 25 dead after tornadoes sweep through US Midwest

The Guardian: In California’s deep-red north, voters startled by pace of cuts – but they’re still backing Trump

The Guardian: This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness

The Atlantic: An Autopsy Report on Biden’s In-Office Decline

The Atlantic: The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid

The Atlantic: The Vegetative Patients Who Are Still Aware

The Atlantic: Trump the Grifter

The Guardian: How Donald Trump’s ‘historic’ Gulf state deals benefit a handful of powerful men

The Guardian: Dramatic dip in baby hospitalizations for RSV linked to vaccine and treatment

The Guardian: Israel’s military announces start of ‘extensive’ new ground operations in Gaza

The Guardian: Trump’s new border wall will threaten wildlife in an area where few people pass

The Guardian: The people who quit office jobs for the great outdoors – and would never go back

AP News: Still finding trouble in the woods: ‘Blair Witch Project’ star at center of Maine road dispute

AP News: US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

Reuters: FCC approves Verizon deal to acquire Frontier after DEI changes

Reuters: British climber makes 19th ascent of Everest, most by a non-Sherpa

Reuters: Pope Leo urges unity for divided Church, vows not to be 'autocrat'

Reuters: Russia launches war's largest drone attack after peace talks, Ukraine says

Reuters: Court gives go-ahead to Trump's plan to halt union bargaining for many federal workers