Yoon Suk Yeol becomes South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested. / BBC News Stories from inside "Shein village," factories that supply the world's largest fast fashion retailer. / BBC News Spain has experienced a migration of outsiders thanks to its golden visa program, which
The National Weather Service issues a "particularly dangerous situation" warning for Southern California. / NPR Since 2021, state authorities have declined to fund wildfire prevention efforts in communities devastated by the Palisades fire. / The Los Angeles Times "Altadena Girls," a recovery fund for LA teenagers, is run
There are now at least 24 dead in the Los Angeles wildfires, with increasing winds bringing the potential this week for "explosive fire growth." / Los Angeles Times "We're feeling the magnitude of shared suffering." TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin on the injustice of the
Even as calm winds are providing firefighters in Los Angeles a chance to get ahead of the wildfires, forecasts show more rounds of wind are on the way. / Accuweather As bad as the stress is right now for Angelenos, erroneous emergency alerts urging evacuations are only adding to the trauma.
California Governor Gavin Newsom says "there's no fire season—it's fire year." / The Los Angeles Times A climate reporter in Pacific Palisades relates what it was like to lose her home. Similar: watching your home burn on a Ring camera. / New York Magazine, Curbed
Migrants who successfully reach the United States use TikTok to document their new lives. / The New Yorker New documents reveal how the CIA monitored Latino civil rights pioneers. / axios The Heritage Foundation wants to "identify and target" editors at Wikipedia who it says are "abusing their position.
An Italian village forbids its residents from becoming ill—to highlight the country's decimated healthcare system. / BBC News Unhoused people explain what it's like when city workers trash their belongings. / ProPublica New and ongoing programs may be solving Los Angeles's biggest problems: traffic and
"Technically, all pandemic flus start as bird flus." Everything you never wanted to know about H5N1. / Astral Codex Ten Following the user exodus from X, Russia's "Matryoshka" disinformation network heads to Bluesky, posting videos to undermine US support of Ukraine. / The Insider A violent
"Of those 200 casualties, only 10 were confirmed as known Hamas operatives." Interviews with active-duty IDF soldiers about what's really happening in Gaza. (Content warning) / Haaretz See also: 10 conflicts to watch in 2025. / International Crisis Group As Biden departs office, a federal appeals court
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