Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Here’s this week’s reading list.
The Economist: How will calamity change Los Angeles?
NPR: How the L.A. wildfires may be contaminating drinking water
L.A. Times: Faults on power grid skyrocketed in hours before L.A. firestorm began
L.A. Times: Rents likely to balloon in wake of L.A. wildfires, experts say
Associated Press: Earth records hottest year ever in 2024, exceeds 1.5 C
The Washington Post: HHS chief Becerra describes frustrations combating social media misinformation
Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Meta bid to avoid advertisers’ lawsuit
The Economist: Russia is being set aflame by hundreds of arson attacks
Associated Press: Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students
Curbed: Imagining a city of wood
The Economist: Researchers are questioning if ADHD should be seen as a disorder
Reuters: Corona beer maker Constellation Brands cuts annual sales forecast
StateScoop: FCC moves to tighten industry reporting rules for robocalls
RouteFifty: Coming federal cyber executive order includes a push to mobile drivers licenses
The Washington Post: Police use facial recognition as it was never intended: As a shortcut to finding and arresting suspects without further evidence
Associated Press: Surging job market could prove costly for households, businesses as odds of quick rate cuts fade
WBUR: How processed is your food? A new database from MGH can help you find out
The Washington Post: How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block
DefenseScoop: What Deputy Defense Secretary Hicks is prioritizing during the presidential transition
Tampa Bay Times: States are walking away from high school exit tests. Is Florida next?
StateScoop: Ransomware attacks on education declined in 2024, report shows
Reuters: U.S. probe finds China unfairly dominates shipbuilding, paving way for penalties
The New Yorker: Why is the American diet so deadly?
The New York Times: Why it’s so hard to make a robot chef
Serious Eats: How Honeycrisp apples went from marvel to mediocre
