Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021
CBS News : Biden to tie vaccines for nursing home staff to Medicare and Medicaid funding
KOMO: Nominee would be 1st Native American to head national parks
KOMO: Reports claim Amazon is planning to open several large department stores
NY Times: Richard Sackler Says Family and Purdue Bear No Responsibility for Opioid Crisis
NY Times: Agriculture: Attack of the Superweeds
NY Times: Alabama has no more I.C.U. beds available, the state authorities said.
NY Times: Series of U.S. Actions Left Afghan Allies Frantic, Stranded and Eager to Get Out
Washington Post: A mom of 4 who died of covid days after her husband makes one final wish: ‘Make sure my kids get vaccinated’
Washington Post: A Capitol riot suspect was hours away from sentencing. Then prosecutors received video of an assault on police.
Washington Post: Federal judge rejects Trump-era permits for major Alaska oil project
Washington Post: An Alabama doctor watched patients reject the coronavirus vaccine. Now he’s refusing to treat them.
Slate: How a Board Game About Birds Became a Surprise Blockbuster
The Guardian: Ex-Afghanistan women’s captain tells footballers to burn kits, delete photos
LA Times: Sacramento-area megachurch pastor offers religious exemption letters for COVID-19 vaccines
LA Times: Europeans frustrated by U.S. COVID-19 travel restrictions
LA Times: California faces unprecedented dangers as record heat, dryness combine with fierce winds
The Oregonian: Biden nominates Chuck Sams, longtime Oregon tribal leader, as National Parks Service Director
The Oregonian: Oregon sports card powerhouse PWCC kicked off eBay, accused of ‘shill bidding’
Marin Independent Journal: Hundreds of Marin’s Roots of Peace employees trapped in Afghanistan
San Diego Union Tribune: Two studies find vitamin C can prevent and treat leukemia
San Diego Union Tribune: Controversial Jacumba solar project approved by county but residents say fight not over
Press Democrat: Cache fire rips through blocks in Clearlake, destroying dozens of homes, displacing 1,300 evacuees
SFGate: Several dozen homes destroyed in explosive Lake County fire
SFGate: Hurricane Grace makes landfall near Mexico's Tulum temples
SFGate: Where the water used for fighting California wildfires comes from
SFGate: More than a third of Lassen Volcanic National Park has been torched
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021
USA Today: Federal judge throws out Trump-era permits for large Alaska oil project
Mt. Shasta News: Antelope Fire travels southwest, prompts evacuation warnings in areas near McCloud
KRCR: Dixie Fire grows to 635,728 acres Wednesday morning under Red Flag Warning
KRCR: Monument Fire grows to more than 128,000 acres, just over a mile from Hayfork
KRCR: Redding's COVID surge is impacting hospitals, canceling certain medical procedures
NY Times: Israel, Once the Model for Beating Covid, Faces New Surge of Infections
The Hill: 1K beds in Mississippi empty due to staff shortage as state sees record hospitalizations
The Hill: Harvard's happiness expert shares the two secrets to being happy
The Hill: Kushner associate pardoned by Trump charged with 2 felonies in New York
The Hill: North Carolina legislature passes bill eliminating pistol permit system
The Guardian: Cancer Alley: Multibillion-dollar Louisiana plastics plant put on pause in a win for activists
East Bay Times: Missing Northern California family of 3 found dead near remote Yosemite hiking area
East Bay Times: Gov. Newsom says mandatory statewide water restrictions for California may be on the way
East Bay Times: Fremont woman arrested as arson suspect in Sierra wildland fire
Sacramento Bee: Live updates: ‘Unprecedented’ Caldor Fire prompts evacuation of Pollock Pines, Kyburz
Redding Record Searchlight: Northern California fires burn through a million acres
KRCR: A large portion of Hayfork area ordered to evacuate as activity on the Monument Fire increases
KRCR: Firefighters work to protect their hometown from the Monument Fire
LA Times: Colorado governor voids an 1864 order to kill Native Americans
SFGate: Pollock Pines evacuates as Caldor Fire near Tahoe triples in size
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021
DW Akademie: Farmers reap double benefits with solar power in fields
The Hill: September unemployment cliff looms for 7 million Americans
The Hill: Percentage of Americans who have tried marijuana rises to new high: Gallup
Seattle Times: This retired Seattle couple sold their house and have traveled the world living in Airbnbs