Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, May 20, 2021
East Bay Times: Newsom signs law streamlining environmental reviews for big projects
PC Magazine: These Apps Drain Your Phone's Battery the Most
Climate Connections: Bladeless wind turbine generates electricity by vibrating with air movements
NPR: Sick But Hate Hospitals? In-Home Medical Care Is A Growing Option
NPR: A New, Infectious Coronavirus Is Detected In Malaysia – And It's Coming From Dogs
The Oregonian: 17-year-old dies week after alleged Marion County kidnapping, shootout between suspect, officers
Washington Post: Senators reach bipartisan deal to overhaul USPS finances, tighten accountability requirements
Washington Post: Florida GOP eases path for Trump to pursue casino license
NY Times: Blazes That Refuse to Die: ‘Zombie Fires’
NY Times: A New $260 Million Park Floats on the Hudson. It’s a Charmer.
The Guardian: What’s Going On at 50: Marvin Gaye’s masterpiece is still so true to life
Politico: Trump, even in exile, is the Republican Party’s cash cow
The Guardian: World’s largest iceberg, nearly four times size of New York City, forms in Antarctica
The Guardian: Right seizes Trump playbook to blame migrants for environmental harm
The Guardian: CBS 60 Minutes report on UFOs stirs interest across the country
The Hill: Registered apprenticeships: The foundation America needs
The Hill: Oregon counties vote to secede to Idaho
The Hill: Anonymous Capitol Police letter to spur support for Jan. 6 probe causes stir
AP News: 10 seconds of terror: Alaska man survives brown bear mauling
AP News: Portland to increase homeless camp removals
AP News: US, Russia at odds over military activity in the Arctic
LA Times: What’s missing in Newsom’s budget that has public health officials worried
LA Times: Addicted to menthol: Big Tobacco’s targeting of Black communities could soon end
KTLA: Olympic gold medalist living in car outside her Villa Park home amid identity theft legal battle
Modesto Bee: Bluetech workforce and desal could help solve California water crises
East Bay Times: Brentwood teens posed as a girl to bust a pedophile online. They did!
East Bay Times: California man gets 15 years in prison after leading police on chase with 75 pounds of cocaine in his car
SF Chronicle: Major Mexican tourist destination at 'imminent risk' of lockdown
SF Chronicle: Winds howl across SF Bay Area: When will they stop?
Press Democrat: Woman bursts into Santa Rosa classroom, punches teacher, students, police say
KRCR: Californians flock to abandoned gas station to get whiffs of foul-smelling 'corpse flower'
KRCR: California upgrades power grid to prevent rolling blackouts
KRCR: Kidnapping suspect leads deputies on pursuit near Red Bluff
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Marin Independent Journal: Drought: MMWD might suspend water hookups, complicating housing
The Oregonian: Dave Hunt, former Oregon House speaker arrested in prostitution sting, wins landslide reelection to Clackamas Community College board
KRON: Crews work to contain 2-acre fire burning near Cloverdale
KRON: Woman assaults teacher, students at Santa Rosa school; vandalizes classroom
Press Democrat: Judge rules against Sheriff Essick’s bid to conceal records on harassment probe
Washington Post: To make pandemic recess fun, one principal turns to ‘old school’ games from her childhood
Politico: Experts weigh in on the Wuhan lab leak hypothesis
Washington Post: Darwin’s Arch, famed Galápagos rock formation, collapses from erosion
Washington Post: A prosecutor says no to a rape charge, so a college student calls her own grand jury
Politico: ‘Public Health 101 failure’: CDC mask decision may knock out Biden’s workplace Covid crackdown
The Guardian: ‘They kill the person twice’: police spread falsehoods after using deadly force, analysis finds
The Guardian: Ford launching electric F-150 truck in ‘huge’ shift for low-emission vehicles
The Guardian: Acid test: scientists show how LSD opens doors of perception
NPR: With Lethal Injections Harder To Come By, Some States Are Turning To Firing Squads
NPR: A Fungus Is Pushing Cicada Sex Into Hyperdrive And Leaving Them Dismembered
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: Six essential stories on the origins of COVID-19
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: The origin of COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan?