- Sydney and Illawarra dodge east coast flooding after 500,000 people faced evacuation across state as climate disasters intensify (theguardian.com)
- White-tailed deer could become a reservoir for COVID, putting people and animals at risk, health experts say (nytimes.com)
- US cities scale back New Year’s Eve events and urge people to scrap parties (theguardian.com)
- This village was a book capital. What happens when people stop buying so many books? (washingtonpost.com)
- Capitol rioter Jenna Ryan says she watched TV, ate bologna sandwiches, and met ‘a lot of great people’ during her 60 days in prison (news.yahoo.com)
- JOBS JOBS JOBS! U.S. unemployment rate sinks to 3.9% as Biden Boom surges, many more people find jobs (post-gazette.com)
- Healthy, boosted people unlikely to develop severe omicron infections, but jury’s out on older, at-risk populations (washingtonpost.com)
- Racist slurs, violent messages: How Ahmaud Arbery’s killers talked about Black people (washingtonpost.com)
- 14-year-old killed 3 people at Texas gas station, and dad was his getaway driver: police (pennlive.com)
- The pandemic has caused nearly two years of collective trauma. Many people are near a breaking point. (washingtonpost.com)
