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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
KQED: Miles of Delta Levees Are at Risk of Floods. Repairs Could Cost $3 billion
Courthouse News Service: Athletes accuse NCAA of academic discrimination against Black students
Courthouse News Service: Mark Zuckerberg defends Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions in landmark antitrust trial
Courthouse News Service: Conservation groups challenge Trump’s removal of environmental justice resources
AP News: Core Democratic groups are preparing to be targeted by the Trump administration
NY Times : Opinion: Build Homes on Federal Land
The Hill: PBS president: Trump’s proposed funding cut would ‘devastate’ network
The Guardian: Millions tune in for three-week live stream of Sweden’s moose migration
The Guardian: Weedkiller maker moves to settle suit over Parkinson’s disease claims
County of Humboldt Meetings: Aviation Advisory Committee Agenda - Hybrid Meeting
Governor's Office: First Partner Siebel Newsom releases recommendations for improving support for survivors of sexual assault
County of Humboldt Meetings: Behavioral Health Board - SUD/Dual Recovery Committee - April 10, 2025
County of Humboldt Meetings: Behavioral Health Board - SUD/Dual Recovery Committee - March 13, 2025
SoHum Parlance: Once again, comedy is the last line of truth
Governor's Office: ICYMI: Crime dropped significantly last year, according to early data
Times-Standard : Supes modify Kernen Construction’s permit
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom, Legislature double down on state’s critical cap-and-trade program in face of federal threats
NY Times : This Company’s Surveillance Tech Makes Immigrants ‘Easy Pickings’ for Trump
Reuters: Exclusive: Nissan to cut Japanese production of top-selling US model due to tariffs, source says
NPR: DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated'
NPR: Scientists worry about free speech rights under the Trump administration
NPR: Climate activists were hacked. There was a link between the victims and an alleged attacker
NPR: Another baby orca spotted with Northwest's endangered J Pod
NPR: A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
Science Alert: Ozempic Reshapes The Kinds of Food People Eat. Here's What Happens.
Science Alert: Pornography's Prevalence Could Have a Dire Impact on Our Brain, Studies Show
Smithsonian Magazine: Destinations Hit by Natural Disasters Need Tourists Back—but Maybe Not in the Same Way as Before
NY Times : Older People Seeking Care for Cannabis Use at Greater Risk for Dementia, Study Finds
BBC: The Taliban banned Afghan girls from school. Low-paid carpet weaving is now their lifeline
Reuters: Egypt’s tourism push puts pristine Red Sea beach at risk, say environmentalists
AP News: Wisconsin clerk who failed to count almost 200 ballots resigns amid internal investigation
The Atlantic: What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
The Atlantic: Kleptocracy, Inc. - Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
The Atlantic: The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
Idaho Statesman: ‘It’s a dire time’: Bernie Sanders, AOC draw 12,000-plus to Idaho rally
Politico: The FDA fired its tobacco enforcers. Now it wants them back.
Washington Post: China, where fat equals rich, tries to tackle a growing obesity crisis
BBC: Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems
NY Times : Inside Trump’s Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations
Washington Post: DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs
The Hill: Big law spends top dollar as Trump takes aim at firms
The Guardian: Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science
Politico: Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half
Politico: Gold bars and an FBI probe: Inside Trump’s effort to pry back $20B from Biden’s climate spending
Politico: POLL: California insiders say ‘meh’ to a potential Kamala Harris for governor run
Ars Technica: CT scans could cause 5% of cancers, study finds; experts note uncertainty
The Hill: Trump administration sued after taking down public spending tracker
The Hill: DOGE’s IRS cuts will cost the average American a fortune
BBC: What Trump really wants from Canada
BBC: Trump blames Zelensky for starting war after massive Russian attack
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