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Thursday, May 8

Courthouse News Service: Apaches make last-ditch effort to stop copper mine from destroying sacred land

Courthouse News Service: LPL Financial looks to dodge claims it put customers’ money into low-return cash sweep

Oregon Public Broadcasting: More allegations of widespread sexual abuse at Oregon’s youth prison

Oregon Public Broadcasting: NOAA looking for person of interest in seal pup stabbing on Oregon Coast

Oregon Public Broadcasting: 21 students suspended, banned after University of Washington protest

The Oregonian: ‘Freak accident’ sinks NW rescue boat trying to save 2 river rafters

AP News: How a Chinese delicacy from Washington got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Chinook Indian Nation federal status uncertain again after political break

The Oregonian: The new tunnel in the Columbia Gorge that you have to go see for yourself: Peak Northwest podcast

The Oregonian: How Trump’s tariffs could affect Nike and its factory workers

The Oregonian: Oregon coast mayor won’t be prosecuted after arrest at city council meeting, DA decides

SF Gate: Tourist gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park after getting too close

SF Gate: Search for missing camper on electric bike in California Sierra ramps up

SF Gate: 'Biggest nightmare': National Park Service quietly kills program after 15 years

KTLA: Catalytic converter theft ring in California raked in $38M, prosecutors say

CBS LA: 2 juveniles turn themselves in after 3 people were stabbed outside Santa Ana High School

East Bay Times: A woman drove into a California military facility by mistake. She now faces deportation.

East Bay Times: 3 California high school students stabbed; 1 fatally

East Bay Times: Antioch bicyclist dies after falling into passing driver’s path

East Bay Times: LDS church agrees to ‘settlement in principle’ of more than 100 sex abuse lawsuits in California

Marin Independent Journal: Marin County reports rise in tuberculosis cases

Marin Independent Journal: Marin lender claims bankruptcy, citing $70M in liabilities

CBS Bay Area: Trump dares Newsom to run for president, calls California high-speed rail project "out of control"

CBS News : Oakland continues encampment sweeps, heading to East 12th Street site next

SF Gate: 'Chaos ensued': California State Bar accuses testing vendor of fraud amid backlash

SF Gate: House Republicans push to sell hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in the West

SF Gate: Human remains separated by over 50 miles identified as Calif. schoolteacher

SF Chronicle: This California supermarket staple is expected to get cheaper under Trump tariffs

KRON: Former restaurant employee faces attempted murder in Santa Rosa cleaver attack

KRON: 2 coaches suspended after racist remarks fly at East Bay high school baseball game

KRON: Ford raises prices on three models amid pressures from Trump tariffs

Tuesday, May 6

NPR: Syrian Druze recall what they believe to be past lives — even vivid details

AP News: As Trump battles elite colleges, House GOP looks to hike endowment tax by at least tenfold

NY Times : Lego built full-size F1 cars for the Miami GP drivers’ parade: Here’s how they did it

NY Times : The Surprising Ways That Siblings Shape Our Lives

NPR: States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts

Ukiah Daily Journal: Ukiah man arrested for arson after exploding device in cart

KTLA: Building apartments in California costs more than double what it costs in Texas, study finds

KTLA: California beers named best in the world during international competition

KTLA: Driver in fatal hit-and-run was Downey PD officer

CBS San Diego: San Diegans facing steep fines from state's new crosswalk parking law

CBS San Diego: Five charged in Del Mar panga smuggling incident that left three dead

CBS Bay Area: United Airlines jet strikes wing of another aircraft at San Francisco International Airport

CBS Bay Area: Crime San Jose Police officer stabbed during confrontation with armed suspect

Smithsonian Magazine: Invasive Crab With Furry, Mitten-Like Claws Detected for the First Time in the Pacific Northwest

Smithsonian Magazine: Czech hikers Stumble Upon Gold Coins and Treasures That Could Be Worth $340,000

Smithsonian Magazine: Giant Sequoias Are Taking Root in an Unexpected Place: Detroit

Smithsonian Magazine: Spanish Shipwreck Reveals Evidence of Earliest Known Pet Cats to Arrive in the United States

CBS News : HealthWatch FDA picks critic of COVID boosters to be new top vaccines official

CBS News : National Institutes of Health lays off hundreds more staff, including at cancer research institute