Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020
The Guardian: Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming
The Guardian: Australian pro surfer Matt Wilkinson's narrow escape from shark caught on camera
The Guardian: Provider of Trump Covid drug is president's golf friend
The Guardian: Trump enjoys top Covid care that could cost ordinary Americans millions
NY Times: How Much Would Trump’s Coronavirus Treatment Cost Most Americans?
NY Times: Alarmed by Scope of Wildfires, Officials Turn to Native Americans for Help
NY Times: ‘We Are Losing Parts of Our Culture’: Virus Tears Through Choctaw Community
NY Times: How a Virus Surge Among Orthodox Jews Became a Crisis for New York
NY Times: Trump Objects to Commission’s Virtual Debate Plan
Daily Beast: White House Quietly Told Vets Group It Might Have Exposed Them to COVID
Daily Beast: They Made a Top-Secret Film Exposing Trump’s COVID Cover-Up. Then He Got COVID.
NY Post: 1,000 birds flew into Philadelphia skyscrapers — in just one day
NY Daily News: It’s the instability, stupid: Trump’s erratic term is danger to the Republic
Washington Post: Let’s not lose sight of the real Trump story: his tax returns
Washington Post: ICE announces 128 immigration arrests in Calif. ‘sanctuary’ cities, part of wider pre-election operation
Washington Post: Is Subway’s bread actually bread? The dispute is a reminder of how much sugar lurks in our food.
Washington Post: The New England Journal of Medicine avoided politics for 208 years. Now it’s urging voters to oust Trump.
Washington Post: Trump says he won’t participate in virtual debate shortly after format is announced
The Oregonian: Federal police use tear gas, crowd control munitions in S. Portland protest; 4 arrested
The Oregonian: Oregon among states to independently review COVID-19 vaccine from feds; experts raise red flags
CNN: Only two US states report a decline of new cases and nationwide hospitalizations are increasing
Audubon Magazine: The Remarkable Life of Roxie Laybourne, a Forensic Ornithologist
CNN: Prestigious medical journal calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure
Reuters: Still recovering from last storm, Louisiana braces for Hurricane Delta
Reuters: American poet Louise Gluck wins Nobel literature prize
Willits News: COVID-19: New outbreaks in Covelo, Point Arena
LA Times: Eight charged in California-to-Alaska drug distribution network
LA Times: 700-year-old Chinese scroll sells for $41.8 million in Hong Kong
LA Times: BREAKING: Trump says he will not participate in virtual debate with Biden
San Jose Mercury: Second debate with Joe Biden going virtual amid President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis
San Jose Mercury: ICE arrests in Bay Area, Los Angeles anger local officials
San Jose Mercury: Gov. Newsom: ‘No hurry’ to reopen Disneyland and other California theme parks
Mt. Shasta News: Mount Shasta's Measure L: How would it affect the city's cannabis businesses?
Redding Searchlight: Shasta County COVID-19 updates: 2 more deaths; county has highest case rate in state
Redding Searchlight: Bethel responds to virus outbreak linked to its school
Press Democrat: Man dies after being shot by Napa County deputy during traffic stop
Press Democrat: Despite community opposition, judge releases elderly sexually violent predator to Napa County residence
Sacramento Bee: There’s a big cool-down coming to Northern California. How much will it rain?
Sacramento Bee: Placer County officials purchase Lake Tahoe motel for homeless housing
Sacramento Bee: Fact check: Where does Kamala Harris stand on marijuana?
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020
Electrive: Electric cars reached over 60% market share in Norway
Inquistr: Global Study Of Hospitalized Patients Confirms Coronavirus Is Nothing Like The Flu
The Verge: AMERICA’S INTERNET WASN’T PREPARED FOR ONLINE SCHOOL
CNBC: These 4 states are voting to legalize and tax marijuana sales
San Jose Mercury: Newsom announces plan to conserve 30% of California’s land and coastal waters
SF Chronicle: ICE announces 128 immigration arrests in California 'sanctuary' cities, part of wider pre-election operation
LA Times: Staff member in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office tests positive for COVID-19
LA Times: Serious COVID-19 outbreaks hit California colleges despite intense preparation
LA Times: L.A. County reports highest daily COVID-19 case count in 6 weeks