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Thursday, Jan. 9

NPR: Fluoride analysis triggers renewed debate over what levels are safe for kids

NPR: TikTok’s Fate Arrives at the Supreme Court Tomorrow

KQED: California Is Quick to Get Federal Aid for LA Fires. But Soon, Trump Will Make Such Calls

NPR: Photos: See the California wildfires' destructive force, in satellite images

NBC News: Firefighting aircraft hit by drone; lands safely

Washington Post: Toys are a scam

Reuters: 'The worst I've seen:' Reuters visuals journalists on the LA wildfires

Reuters: Breakingviews: Los Angeles fires expose inflated US home prices

The Guardian: Michael Jackson’s daughter reveals five years of sobriety after battling drug and alcohol addiction

OPB: BLM endorses plan to kill barred owls on federal land, as Oregon lawmakers push back

Press Democrat: Santa Rosa’s Macy’s stores safe from just released closure list

The Guardian: Before and after satellite images of California fires show devastation

East Bay Times: In historic deal, National Park Service, environmentalists and Point Reyes ranchers reach agreement on disputed land

Press Democrat: Santa Rosa shooting leaves 4, likely family members, dead in quiet senior community

Press Democrat: Napa clears Kennedy Park homeless encampment, a bittersweet end to a decade-long chapter

AP News: Stargazers’ delight: Efforts to cut unwanted light pollution in New Mexico win praise

AP News: Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic

AP News: Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

LA Times: More than 9,000 homes, structures damaged or destroyed in Palisades, Eaton fires, officials say

KTLA: Over 10,000 structures destroyed in Palisades, Eaton wildfires

Tuesday, Jan. 7

SF Gate: California couple's half-built home stirs dispute within Glacier National Park

Washington Post: Editorial Board: America needs a major culture shift on alcohol

NPR: Tiny fish on ketamine may show how drug eases depression

NPR: What America's top economists are saying about AI and inequality

Sacramento Bee: Wild chase of suspected DUI driver through snowbound Sierra ends in head-on crash, arrest

Sacramento Bee: ‘American Nightmare’ rapist confesses to crimes dating to 1993, California authorities say

The Hill: Dozens of lawmakers beat stock market: report

The Hill: White House readies nicotine proposal in administration’s final days

AP News: Many structures already destroyed in Pacific Palisades wildfire, California governor says

LA Times: ‘American Nightmare’ survivors turn the tables, investigating the man who kidnapped them

SF Gate: Map shows fast-moving Palisades Fire, forcing celebrity evacuations in Topanga Canyon

KTLA: LIVE COVERAGE Palisades Fire in Los Angeles scorches 1,262 acres, destroys homes

Texas Monthly: His Best Friend Was a 250-Pound Warthog. One Day It Decided to Kill Him.

AP News: More than 30 dolphins have died since an oil spill near southern Russia, experts say

Reuters: Big Booze speeds towards low-growth tobacco status

Washington Post: Zuckerberg ends fact checks on Facebook and Instagram, calling election ‘a cultural tipping point’ on free speech

The Atlantic: The Coming Assault on Birthright Citizenship

Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-roots-of-us-work-culture-and-why-the-american-dream-is-so-difficult-to-achieve-today-180985767/

Smithsonian Magazine: The Roots of U.S. Work Culture—and Why the American Dream Is So Difficult to Achieve Today

Smithsonian Magazine: Alcohol Consumption Raises the Risk of Seven Cancers, Says U.S. Surgeon General in a New Health Advisory

Reuters: Hong Kong struggles to improve conditions in tiny, crowded homes

Reuters: US opens probe 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over remote driving feature

AP News: Getty Images buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company

KEZI: Corvallis residents say collapse of train trestle is no big surprise

OPB: Jimmy Carter's funeral services begin in Washington, D.C., today

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Corvallis trestle collapse sends freight train into river

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tribes, environmentalists gather forces against Amazon’s Northwest nuclear plan

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland utility heads to trial over tribal fishing platform at Willamette Falls

Courthouse News Service: Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol’s cancer risk

The Guardian: Sugary drinks linked to millions of new diabetes and heart disease cases – study