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.
Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023
Times-Standard : Eureka parking petition signatures submitted to city
CNBC: Meta says it has disrupted a massive disinformation campaign linked to Chinese law enforcement
NPR: Tropical Storm Idalia: Cars may stop working mid-evacuation due to fuel contamination
NPR: Another struggle after the Maui fires: keeping toxic runoff out of the ocean
NPR: She paid her husband's hospital bill. A year after his death, they wanted more money
The Atlantic: What Your Insurer Is Trying to Tell You About Climate Change
KCRA: Another bomb threat forces evacuations at Yolo County Library in Davis, police say
NY Times: California Tries Paying Drug Users to Stay Sober
NY Times: Preyed On by Gangs: Gun Violence Surges Within Israel’s Arab Communities
ABC News: Louisville lounge was celebrating its 'last hoorah' when 6 people were shot
Times-Standard : Court roundup | Homicide trial begins; case of man accused of attempted murder by arson delayed
NY Times: Arrest Isn’t a Good Path to Addiction Treatment
Politico: GOP silences ‘Tennessee 3’ Democrat on House floor
Politico: GOP salivates at the biggest campaign finance win since Citizens United
NY Times: America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow
CBS News : U.S. Dozens of wildfires burn in Louisiana amid scorching heat: "This is unprecedented"
Washington Post: Opinion: Babies need people, not devices. Stop giving them screen time.
Washington Post: The Christian home-schooling pioneer who helped craft a plan to siphon billions from public schools
The Guardian: Birds – and ornithologists – flock to huge rubbish dump in Spain
The Guardian: Prehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wild
The Guardian: ‘The burns can cook them’: searing sidewalks cause horrific injuries in US
Washington Post: A Tick-Born Epidemic in Mexico: Dogs are Key to Ending It
CNN: Idalia is now a hurricane moving toward Florida with powerful winds and life-threatening storm surge
East Bay Times: Police break up melee involving 1,000 juveniles at California mall
East Bay Times: One stabbed after violent brawls involving hundreds of young adults erupt at Emeryville mall
East Bay Times: Map: Smith River wildfire at edge of Northern California town
The Guardian: After two climate-decimated harvests, southern peach farmers wonder how to regroup
BBC: Live worm found in Australian woman's brain in world first
The Guardian: The remarkable story of how Yemen’s oil tanker disaster was averted by crowdfunding
The Guardian: China continues coal spree despite climate goals
The Guardian: Professor resigns after outrage over false claims of Native American roots; keeps benefits
The Guardian: ‘Brought to you by big oil’: US billboards call out companies for record heatwaves
The Hill: Mental health spending up 50 percent since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic: study
The Hill: Nixon-era intelligence reports on 1973 Chile coup declassified
The Hill: Sustained exposure to wildfire smoke reducing life expectancy in parts of California: report
The Hill: Opinion: No one is above the law? Biden’s Bureau of Land Management thinks it is.
The Hill: Here are the first 10 Medicare drugs the government will negotiate lower prices
KOMO : Teen diagnosed with hantavirus after exposure to mice bite, infestation in Issaquah home
The Oregonian: 2 semi trucks crash into Columbia River within hours of each other on I-84
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Grants Pass mayor to face recall election next month
KPTV: Portland farm uses corn maze to being attention to gun violence
The Oregonian: More resources expected as Oregon firefighters continue to battle several large wildfires
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Wildfire drives evacuations, trail closures in Willamette and Deschutes national forests
AP News: Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien Gap hits 300,000 so far this year
AP News: Police in Ohio fatally shot a pregnant shoplifting suspect
LA Times: Photos: El Segundo Little League champions return home to cheers, confetti
LA Times: Youth brawls draw hundreds to 2 California malls, including in Torrance
ap: California state Senate leader says she will step down from leadership post
LA Times: Locals fear getting priced out of Maui after fires: ‘There will be no option but to leave’
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