Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, March 18, 2021
NY Times: Penny Stocks Are Booming, Which Is Good News for Swindlers
Washington Post: Amazon built its own health-care service for employees. Now it’s selling it to other companies.
Washington Post: Ford gives 30,000 employees option to work from home forever, another sign of workforce transformation
Washington Post: House members could get a coronavirus vaccine. But a quarter of them have not.
Washington Post: Which fruits and vegetables should count toward your ‘5 a day’? New study has answers.
Washington Post: Eureka Police suspended over leaked texts mocking homeless, discussing whether to ‘face shoot’ suspect
Washington Post: Postal Service finds no evidence of mail ballot fraud in Pa. case cited by top Republicans
The Hill: Report finds growing white nationalist threat
The Hill: Alcohol industry seeks to lock in pandemic gains
The Hill: Crowds in multiple cities protest violence against Asian Americans after Atlanta shootings
The Hill: Honda halts production at most US, Canadian auto plants
The Guardian: Three hospital patients bitten by mice as 'absolute plague' sweeps into Australia
The Guardian: 'Judith never came home': deadly fate of 'disappeared' women in Peru
The Guardian: Taiwan official urges people to stop changing their name to 'salmon'
The Guardian: Reddit investors use GameStop proceeds to adopt thousands of gorillas
The Guardian: Plummeting sperm counts, shrinking penises: toxic chemicals threaten humanity
The Guardian: Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal
Vanity Fair: The Atlanta Shootings and Our National Double Standard
Vanity Fair: COULD BRETT KAVANAUGH BE BOOTED FROM THE SUPREME COURT?
NY Times: How Amazon Crushes Unions
New Republic: The Covid Relief Bill Also Raises Taxes on the Rich
Seattle Times: States sue Biden in bid to revive Keystone XL pipeline
Seattle Times: Union drive at Amazon warehouse in Alabama could spur 'domino effect,' say state labor leaders here
The Oregonian: Asian American leaders in Oregon react to Atlanta shootings: ‘I am scared for our community’
The Oregonian: Facebook will add two more data centers at $2 billion Prineville complex
Mt. Shasta News: 'A historic day': Weed strikes deal for water source after years long battle
KRCR: Tribal, local scientists study, monitor Mad River temperatures to improve fish population
KRCR: Juvenile revived with Narcan after potential knock-off painkiller overdose in Hoopa
KRCR: Juvenile & 30 dogs found at Redding drug dealers home on Tuesday, arrest made
KRCR: Shasta County collects 24,232 recall Newsom signatures in time for the state deadline
KTVU: Lake County community rallies together to overcome vaccine delivery challenges
KTVU: IRS will delay tax filing deadline until May 17
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Federal judge: Consider relocating Santa Cruz homeless camp
East Bay Times: Northern California skydiving school to pay $40 million over death of 18-year-old
East Bay Times: Missing cousins tied to California house explosion that killed 2
East Bay Times: COVID-19 casualty: Mills College in Oakland will end as 4-year school in 2023
Press Democrat: Lake County man dead in 3-car Hwy. 101 crash in Cloverdale
Press Democrat: Local lookout cameras will be equipped with artificial intelligence to detect wildfires
Press Democrat: County commission takes up long-delayed revisions to pot farm regulations
Sacramento Bee: California sees sharp spike in gun ownership. Why new buyers are arming themselves
Sacramento Bee: Eureka police officers placed on leave after sending degrading, violent texts
LA Times: He was the king of water in the desert. His abusive reign revealed a troubling culture
LA Times: How Alaska achieved one of the highest vaccination rates in the U.S.
LA Times: Debate over immigration intensifies — at border and in Congress
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The Atlantic: The Great American Eye-Exam Scam
The Guardian: Global oil demand 'could exceed pre-Covid levels without clean energy moves'
The Guardian: Why mushrooms are the new houseplant everybody's growing
The Guardian: Sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack information
The Guardian: ‘They aren't used to losing’: wealthy New York enclave battles over offshore windfarm
Sacramento Bee: Eureka Police degraded women in texts, called COVID patient ‘outbreak monkey’