Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
BBC: New US-backed group says it has begun aid distribution in Gaza
The Atlantic: The Era of DEI for Conservatives Has Begun
The Atlantic: A Flesh-Eating Parasite Is Advancing Toward the U.S.
The Atlantic: Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire
AP News: This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better
AP News: Here’s what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department
The Guardian: She compared motherhood in four countries. The US isn’t looking good
Reuters: Help wanted: Europe's defence companies scramble for workers as business booms
Reuters: Norway oil industry set to invest record amount in 2025
AP News: As Ukrainian POWs die in Russian prisons, autopsies point to a system of brutality
AP News: Renowned Everest guide says using xenon speeds climb and makes it safer, better for environment
The Guardian: Man swims 62 miles around Martha’s Vineyard to press for protections for sharks
The Guardian: Wildfire damages historic Fort Stanton, forces evacuations in New Mexico
NPR: A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts
The Guardian: White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims
Reuters: Germany shifts tone on Israel over 'incomprehensible' Gaza carnage
The Oregonian: Seattle’s only homeless RV parking lot loses to pickleball
Seattle Times: In California, there’s one import that nobody wants
NBC News: NPR sues Trump over executive order cutting federal funding
The Oregonian: Oregon seniors outnumber children for the first time, creating a looming demographic challenge
KTLA: Speeding boat flips over near sandbar on Colorado River, 5 people hospitalized
KTLA: Possible record highs expected this week in Southern California
Redding Searchlight: Shasta County sees more people leave while California population rebounds post-COVID
Modesto Bee: One saved by chance encounter during Stanislaus water rescues, authorities report
CBS Sacramento: USDA to purchase $3M of dried cherries amid poor San Joaquin County harvest
KQED: Diseases Are Spreading. The CDC Isn't Warning the Public Like It Was Months Ago
NPR: 27 hospitalized, including 4 children, after car plows into Liverpool FC parade
NPR LA: Irvine's Great Park: Spending on gondola project raises questions
KQED: ‘In Crisis Mode’: Former National Park Leaders Say Cuts Will Hit Public Lands Hard
SF Gate: Man allegedly swung sledgehammer at California hikers in a forest, reports say
East Bay Times: Some indicators shows competition is cooling in the Bay Area housing market
CBS Bay Area: Marine veteran helping correct history on San Francisco National Cemetery headstones
East Bay Times: ‘Money in the pockets of administrators’: California charter school network steers millions in taxpayer money to opaque firm tied to execs
Marin Independent Journal: Study: San Francisco Bay fish laced with ‘forever chemicals’
SF Gate: 3 workers were killed in a Bay Area store. It may have been an inside job.
East Bay Times: Two Marin women announce plans to open the county’s first women’s sports bar
KRON: Alameda County rapist suspected of killing cellmate
KRON: Private high school in Oakland named among 10 best in US
SF Gate: Officials: Terrifying break-in at Calif. billionaire's home leaves woman in coma
CBS : Ocean-Cleaning Sailboat ‘Kaisei’ Sinks in Oakland Estuary at Alameda Dock
SF Gate: 'A lot of hysteria': Wealthy Calif. coastal city is now a high-risk fire zone
Sunday, May 25, 2025
The Guardian: Trump vowed to help US farmers. These four say his policies are ‘wreaking havoc’
NY Times : Why Is This Supreme Court Handing Trump More and More Power?
NY Times : As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests
Washington Post: It was an extreme week in antisemitism. Except for all the others.
Smithsonian Magazine: A Young Cooper’s Hawk Learned to Use a Crosswalk Signal to Launch Surprise Attacks on Other Birds
CNN: These companies will raise prices because of Trump’s tariffs
Indian Country Today: Tribes ‘decolonizing’ child welfare practices with their own rules
AP News: Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them
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