DISCLAIMER: None of the stuff below is written or endorsed by the Outpost, and we’d be willing to bet that at least some of it is crazy and/or wrong. Use critical thinking.
Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024
Governor's Office: Organized retail crime enforcement results in 800+ arrests, recovery of $7.2 million in stolen goods
/r/humboldt: Violin Folk At Winco, An Investigation
/r/humboldt: Bumble for friends
RHBB: As Fire Season Intensifies, Fire Restrictions Expand on Six Rivers National Forest
/r/humboldt: South Jetty Beach Litter 👎
/r/humboldt: Best spots on Trinity River
Times-Standard : Wildfires | Boise Fire near Orleans grows to more than 10,000 acres
Washington Post: A giant wind turbine blade fell into the sea. It washed up on Nantucket.
Washington Post: Only 7 red wolves remained in the wild. Here’s how the species began to recover.
ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Video shows suspected family of mountain lions at East Bay hiking trail
The Guardian: Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project
The Guardian: Mars agrees $36bn deal to buy Pringles maker Kellanova
The Guardian: Hundreds of cases of femicide recorded in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover are ‘tip of the iceberg’
Centralia Chronicle: Researchers discover eelgrass superpower in Washington’s Puget Sound
Times-Standard : Eureka quadruple stabbing suspect may change his plea
The Guardian: The surprising shame of pet loss: ‘You are supposed to think humans are more important than animals’
AP News: Montana Supreme Court rules minors don’t need parental permission for abortion
Study Finds: Do plastics cause autism? The newest research revealed
Study Finds: Magic mushroom-based medicine twice as effective as the best antidepressants
Smithsonian Magazine: Common Artificial Sweetener Linked to Increased Heart Attack Risk in Small Study
Smithsonian Magazine: More Than 200 Dead Bodies Have Been Left Behind on Mount Everest, and Many Mark the Path to the Summit
BBC: Video: The surprising benefits of self-touch
AP News: Australian Olympic Committee hits out at criticism of controversial breaker Rachael Gunn
NY Times : How the World’s Oldest Humpback Whale Has Survived Is a Mystery
The Guardian: Survivors of climate disasters demand US inquiry into big oil’s ‘climate crimes’
The Guardian: Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60
The Guardian: Ukrainian team blew up Nord Stream pipeline, claims report
LA Times: Data centers are hungry, thirsty and growing. What’s that mean for California’s energy future?
The Oregonian: NW coastal tribes face severe climate change problems but can’t get money for help: report
Courthouse News Service: California coastal watchdog OKs Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
The Oregonian: Florida man rescued from Devils Churn on Oregon coast; one of few ‘ever pulled out of here alive’
The Oregonian: ‘Just in awe’: PDX main airport terminal reopens with trees and 9-acre wood-beamed ceiling
Courthouse News Service: Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates
Courthouse News Service: Researchers link changing molecules to health concerns of aging adults
SF Chronicle: Photos: Clint Eastwood’s palatial former home in Carmel listed for $21 million
LA Times: Human Rights Watch slams L.A. and state for criminalizing homelessness
Sacramento Bee: 19-year-old fled scene of deadly crash, then her dad helped hide car, CA police say
LA Times: California seizes 2.2 million illicit cannabis packages designed to look like candy, sweets
LA Times: ‘Our city is not an RV park’: L.A. to study widespread RV parking ban
AP News: Police fatally shoot teen in Alaska’s largest city, the fourth such killing since mid-May
BBC: On the frontline of Greece’s wildfire 'hell'
AP News: How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism
AP News: White House says deals struck to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost $50 billion yearly
BBC: More than half of Puerto Rico without power as Hurricane Ernesto strengthens
KTLA: Study ranks California’s best community colleges