Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Nov. 2, 2020
NPR: FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims That Votes Shouldn't Be Counted After Election Day
NPR: Medicaid's Future Hinges On Who Wins The White House
Ars Technica: Dogs were domesticated once from a lost population of wolves
ESPN: How sports owners hide political donations from players and fans
New Yorker Magazine: Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose
Bloomberg: Trump’s Dismissal of Covid Risk Paved Way to White House Outbreak
Study Finds: Over half of Americans believe Nov. 3 will be most stressful day of their lives!
CNN: Federal authorities expected to erect 'non-scalable' fence around White House
Politico: Biden plans a beefed-up National Security Council
Politico: Pence absent from Covid-19 planning calls for more than a month
NY Times: The President Has Made Selfishness Our National Credo
NY Times: Mount Everest Empties as Covid-19 Strikes Tourism in Nepal
Washington Post: Getting to the polls can be hard in Navajo Nation. This woman is leading voters on horseback.
Washington Post: Peaceful march to the polls in North Carolina is met with police pepper spray and arrests, causing outcry on eve of election
Washington Post: Coronavirus updates: Trump suggests he will fire Fauci after election
NY Daily News: Falsified video of Joe Biden appearing to forget what state he’s in racks up 1 million-plus views
NY Post: Three people shot following dispute over Trump yard sign in Kansas
San Jose Mercury: 5 injured in California boat explosion
San Jose Mercury: Tempers flare in Marin County during pro-Trump convoy
KRCR: Attack on Afghan university leaves 19 dead, 22 wounded
Action News: OPERATION BOO IN SHASTA COUNTY RESULTS IN 4 ARRESTS
Action News Chico: A MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE TRINITY RIVER NEAR DEL LOMA
SF Chronicle: British court rules against Johnny Depp in libel case
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020
ABC News: 5 things states must do to curb the spread of COVID-19: ANALYSIS
Washington Post: Does the right to protest include the right to hound someone in their home?
LA Times: Huge Trump car caravan disrupted some voters in Temecula, authorities say
BBC: Machu Picchu reopens after eight month Covid closure
Reuters: Brazilians protest mandatory COVID-19 immunization, Chinese vaccine
Outside Online: Why Environmentalists Are Reclaiming Patriotism
Outside Online: Trump Strips Protections from Tongass National Forest:“America’s Amazon” is being sold to China
The Hill: Trump plans to declare victory if he takes election night lead: Axios
Politico: Spain rocked by second night of clashes over coronavirus measures
Politico: Trump adviser doubles down on baseless Trump claim doctors are profiting off coronavirus deaths
The Guardian: Positively shocking: Trump's boasts of help from Sean Connery fall apart
SF Chronicle: Biden campaign cancels 2 Texas events after vehicles with Trump flags surround Biden-Harris bus on I-35
Science Magazine: The inside story of how Trump’s COVID-19 coordinator undermined the world’s top health agency
The Guardian: Quebec City stabbing: police make arrest after attack by man in medieval clothing leaves two dead
The Guardian: Cubans lose access to vital dollar remittances after latest US sanctions
The Guardian: 'Crossroads of the climate crisis': swing state Arizona grapples with deadly heat
NY Times: Americans May Add Five Times More Plastic to the Oceans Than Thought
NY Times: Arrested, Tortured, Imprisoned: The U.S. Contractors Abandoned in Kuwait
NY Times: Trump Campaign Automatically Opts Donors Into Recurring Weekly Contributions
SF Chronicle: England to enter new lockdown; UK virus cases pass 1 million
SF Chronicle: Stanford study: Trump campaign rallies led to 30,000 COVID cases, 700 deaths
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020
Washington Post: Covid had spared Alaska’s most remote villages. Not anymore.
Washington Post: ‘A whole lot of hurt’: Fauci warns of covid-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump’s response
The Oregonian: Coronavirus cases in Oregon hit 600 for the first time
The Oregonian: 34 arrested in bust of Eugene-based international drug trafficking ring
Mt. Shasta News: Moon over Mt. Shasta: full moon will be visible Halloween night for first time in decades
Daily Beast: Biden Team Cancels Texas Event After Highway ‘Ambush’ by MAGA Cavalry