Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Jan. 25, 2021
CNN: White House staff welcomes new first family: 'The residence has life again'
CNN: Janet Yellen is confirmed as the first female Treasury secretary in US history
Politico: MAGA media looks to turn White House briefing room into a battlefield
Reuters: CVS completes first round of COVID-19 vaccination at 8,000 U.S. nursing homes
LA Times: California banned indiscriminate fishing nets. Now these porpoises are on the rebound
Washington Post: The pandemic destroyed 225 million jobs worldwide, but billionaires got richer, reports find
Washington Post: The rivers run through it, and Jon Tester wants them protected for Montana
The Hill: In huge step, California governor lifts stay-at-home orders across the state
CBS News : SpaceX Falcon 9 boosts record 143 satellites into orbit on "rideshare" mission
NY Times: In Europe's Largest Shantytown, Biggest Snowfall in Half Century Deepens Misery
NY Times: The Complete List of Trump’s Twitter Insults (2015-2021)
NY Times: The World’s Rarest Turtle Has a Shot at Escaping Extinction
NY Times: Two Masks Are the New Masks
NY Times: In Rural Montana, a Hope That Biden Will Reopen the Rails
NY Times: Even for Bargain Hunters, Green Cars Make Sense
NY Times: Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like
Washington Post: In Big Sky country, a pandemic-era fly-fishing getaway
Washington Post: Sold into Syrian servitude, Filipina workers tell of abuse, rape and imprisonment
Washington Post: Deborah Birx said Trump was being given ‘parallel data’ on covid-19
Washington Post: Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims as president. Nearly half came in his final year.
Washington Post: Moderna vaccine protects against British and South African variants, company says
NY Post: Nasal spray that blocks COVID-19 could be available by summer: report
The Hill: Dominion Voting Systems files $1.3B defamation suit against Giuliani
The Hill: Germany purchases 200K doses of COVID-19 treatment given to Trump
Politico: State Republicans push new voting restrictions after Trump’s loss
Politico: California prosecutors revolt against Los Angeles DA’s social justice changes
Politico: Biden confronts a budget office broken by Trump
Seattle Times: COVID-19 spikes fourfold among Washington’s Latinos, and it’s reaching almost every corner of the population
The Oregonian: California discovers homegrown coronavirus strain that spreads even faster than any other
Scientific American: The Second-Generation COVID Vaccines Are Coming
The Guardian: How to make Bernie Sanders’ inauguration mittens
The Guardian: Global ice loss accelerating at record rate, study finds
The Guardian: Officials hail 'encouraging' number of north Atlantic right whale births
NPR: New Zealand Records 1st Suspected COVID-19 Community Case Since November
NPR: Mexican President López Obrador Tests Positive For COVID-19
NPR: Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns
LA Times: Growing food without dirt? Yes, you should try it at home
USA Today: Indianapolis shooting: 5 people, unborn child found dead in home early Sunday
USA Today: Buy American: Biden to direct federal government to purchase more U.S.-made goods
AP News: Budweiser joins Coke, Pepsi brands in sitting out Super Bowl
AP News: Job losses from virus 4 times as bad as ’09 financial crisis
AP News: Source: Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial
KCRA: Modesto PD: 5 arrested after large bicyclist group ignored rules of the road
San Jose Mercury: Coronavirus: Gov. Newsom may lift statewide stay-at-home order Monday
San Jose Mercury: Google Maps will soon display Covid-19 vaccination sites
San Jose Mercury: Atmospheric river set to inundate Bay Area with rain
SF Chronicle: Ex-Trump spokeswoman Sanders running for Arkansas governor
SF Chronicle: Parts of Santa Cruz County receive evacuation warnings with 10inches of rain in forecast
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021
Fox News: Romney on Trump impeachment: 'If we're going to have unity,' there must be 'accountability'