Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/8/23)

Happy Sunday! I hope you get to relax a bit today.

Hong Kong reopens to China, with anxiety over covid and painkiller access (WaPo)

U.N. warns that more Rohingya refugees are likely to wash ashore in Indonesia (NPR)

Oh god, remember THIS? Russian Art Dealer Identified As Victim Of Gruesome 2013 Dutch Case (RFE)

With Congress divided, Democrat-led states may take the lead in expanding paid family and sick leave (The 19th*)

I'm undecided about this one! Proposed constitutional amendment seeks to boost NH judge retirement age to 75 (NHPR)

Arizona’s New Governor Katie Hobbs Issued LGBTQ+ Protections on Her First Day in Office (them)

How Climate Change Is Shaping California’s Winter Storms (NYT)

Report: Pandemic increased safety concerns and economic disparities for N.H. women (NHPR)

FDA approves breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug Lecanemab (The Guardian)

‘Abbott Elementary’ and DonorsChoose Set Initiative to Donate Up to $1 Million to Public School Teachers (Variety)

And some longer reads:

To save himself, McCarthy just destroyed the House (WaPo)

What Israel’s New Far-Right Government Means for Palestinians (New Yorker)

Putin Wants Fealty, and He’s Found It in Africa (NYT)

There were some big climate policy moves in 2022. What’s on tap for the new year? (Grid)

What Fingerprints Tell Us About Jerusalem’s Ancient Artisans (Smithsonian)