Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Feb. 22, 2021
NY Times: Deb Haaland, First Native American Cabinet Pick, Embodies Partisan Chasm
NY Times: What Happens When People Stop Going to the Doctor? We’re About to Find Out
The Guardian: Guardian investigation finds 3,400 US healthcare workers died fighting Covid
SF Chronicle: Humboldt resident from Hawaii leads online petition to save sacred area on the Big Island
The Hill: Trump lashes out after Supreme Court decision on his financial records
The Hill: Wife of 'El Chapo' arrested in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges
The Hill: Trump closer to legal jeopardy after court ruling on tax returns
NY Times: The Lost Hours: How Confusion and Inaction at the Capitol Delayed a Troop Deployment
Washington Post: The Health 202: The Supreme Court could review state abortion restrictions. Here's what to expect.
Washington Post: The Smithsonian is turning 175. It’s celebrating with robots, flying cars and hope.
Washington Post: U.S. ban on China’s Xinjiang cotton fractures fashion industry supply chains
Daily Beast: This Is What’s Passing as ‘Food’ in Texas Prisons Right Now
The Hill: Refineries released tons of pollution into air during Texas winter storm
The Hill: Almost half of Republicans would join Trump party: poll
The Hill: Texas governor blocks power companies from disconnecting service over nonpayment
The Guardian: Trump to tell CPAC he is Republican 'presumptive 2024 nominee' – report
The Guardian: The Zoom boom is horrible. I can no longer look at my face for hours on end
The Guardian: Woody Allen denies claims in Allen v Farrow HBO documentary
The Guardian: Republicans aim to purge anti-Trump officials from state parties in sign of battles ahead
California Globe: Proposed Legislation Prohibits Employers From ‘Discriminating’ Against Job Applicant For Positive Marijuana Test
San Jose Mercury: Bubble Watch: California housing has hottest month in 17 years
LA Times: At the border, confusion, anxiety and hope as U.S. unveils new process for asylum seekers
The Oregonian: Some Jewish Portlanders alarmed or annoyed after seemingly targeted proselytizing book arrives in mail
KOMO News: WA: All three major cross-state passes to close due to heavy rains, increased avalanche danger
KTLA: Biden will mark 500,000 American lives lost to virus with solemn White House tribute
East Bay Times: Coronavirus: When will there be enough vaccine?
Siskiyou Daily News: Local tribal chief ordered to pay over $13,000 restitution in home-care fraud case
Del Norte Triplicate: Earthquake Alert System: USGS announces Pacific Northwest system
KRCR: 'The whole thing has been a nightmare:' Why some Texans are getting sky-high energy bills
Press Democrat: Officer, gunman seen in Sequoia National Park wounded in shootout
Press Democrat: Rare pygmy sperm whale washes up on Sonoma Coast
SF Chronicle: SF school board pauses renaming 44 schools, promises to consult historians in future
SF Chronicle: Why Bay Area locals are willing to pay high prices for rare tropical plants
SF Chronicle: Airbnb Is Driving Hosts Elsewhere With Costly Pandemic Policies
Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021
Press Democrat: California disparity in suspending Black boys is widest in early grades, report says
Press Democrat: Great Redwood Trail, years from completion, enters planning phase
Fox Boston: 1 dead, 4 wounded in American Legion shooting in Missouri
AP News: Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases
AP News: 139-year-old house rolls to new San Francisco address
NY Times: When There’s No Heat: ‘You Need Wood, You Get Wood’
NY Times: What Are Sperm Telling Us?
NY Times: His Lights Stayed on During Texas’ Storm. Now He Owes $16,752.
NY Times: Texas Blackouts Point to Coast-to-Coast Crises Waiting to Happen
CNN: These two charts show how much minimum wage workers have fallen behind
CNN: Texas officials are investigating outrageous energy bills in storm price surge
The Oregonian: First Oregon missing and murdered Indigenous persons report released
The Oregonian: Bust of York, member of Lewis and Clark expedition, appears in place of Harvey Scott statue on Mount Tabor
East Bay Times: Customers, staff fired back in gun store shooting; 3 dead
USA Today: As millions of kids skip kindergarten, the learning gap widens — and schools may lose funding