(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Overnight News Digest February 14, 2023 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-14 Detroit Free Press: From East Lansing to metro Detroit and beyond, Michiganders gather to mourn by Lily Altavena, Mike Ellis, and Andrea May Sahouri Reeling from a frenzied night spent in fear, and a grim Valentine’s Day spent in shock, hundreds of Michiganders gathered at prayer services and vigils held across the state Tuesday night, revealing the magnitude of the heartbreak felt over the three students killed at Michigan State. And as their grief swelled, they questioned the senselessness of it all: Why Brian? Why Alexandria? Why Arielle? At the vigils, they came to grieve wearing Spartan green and white ― from Grosse Pointe, where Brian Fraser, 20, played lacrosse, to Clawson, where Alexandria Verner, 20, donned No. 24 on the basketball court, to East Lansing, where Arielle Anderson, 19, was working toward a career in medicine. Mourners converged solemnly across the state, and they plan to mourn through the week to honor the Spartans who were lost, injured and traumatized as shots rang out on campus, with vigils planned Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and beyond. MSU officials will hold a vigil on Wednesday around The Rock at 6 p.m., a boulder students decorate between North Shaw Lane and Auditorium Road on the MSU campus. x A survivor of the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting is a student at Michigan State University https://t.co/SQqKwUkkzh pic.twitter.com/SHtl3ohBYI — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 14, 2023 Cincinnati Enquirer: 'We're afraid we'll be forgotten:' East Palestine residents want answers after derailment by Brooks Sutherland EAST PALESTINE, Ohio − Tim Cumberlidge woke up on Feb. 4, stretched his legs and went through his morning routine for what was seemingly a normal Saturday morning. When he stepped outside, he realized it was anything but. Smoke was billowing over his house like a black cloud. The wind kept carrying the smoke down Chain School Road, where he lives. And a foul "ammonia-like" stench met him outside his door. "It immediately burnt the inside of my lungs," the 60-year-old hardware store worker said. "The stench was just like standing over a pit that's on fire. ... I've got a bad sniffer, it's hard for me to smell anything. But I could smell that." Cumberlidge had missed the news the night before. He didn't realize until making his way outside the next day that 50 cars of a large Norfolk Southern train had derailed yards from his employer Brushville Supply & Hardware the night before. Sacramento Bee: Newsom, California legislators pay homage to ‘daughter of San Francisco’ Sen. Dianne Feinstein by Jenavieve Hatch Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California leaders paid tribute to Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her announcement Tuesday that she won’t seek re-election in 2024. Feinstein, a San Francisco native like the governor, has been “a powerful champion for California and California values on the national stage for three decades,” Newsom said in a statement. She was the first woman to serve as the Mayor of San Francisco, taking office after Dan White assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978. “A daughter of San Francisco...the tragic events of that day led to her lifetime crusade for common-sense gun control laws, including her role as author of a federal assault weapons ban,” Newsom said. “Throughout her career, Senator Feinstein has worked tirelessly across the aisle to advance tremendous progress on priorities that matter deeply to Americans.” USA Today: Why a pipeline project in Houston is raising concerns over environmental racism by Nada Hassanein Days before the New Year, Angela King woke up to a nauseating scent of rotten egg wafting through her neighborhood in southwest Houston. The smell was a reminder of how close she lives to a storage facility bearing 300,000 gallons of liquid propane. And now, CenterPoint Energy plans to install natural gas pipeline transmission lines 4 feet underground. Initial construction will be just 50 feet from her home, King said. King has lived in Southwest Crossings, a mostly Black and brown neighborhood, for two decades, and she and her neighbors have protested the construction, fearing for their health and safety. Both propane and natural gas are highly flammable and come with risks of leaks, fires and explosions at facilities and pipelines. And their neighborhood — situated in the energy capital of the nation — isn’t alone. Evidence shows throughout the U.S., communities of color are more likely to be burdened by various industry infrastrucure,disproportionately jeopardizing the health of Black and brown people. Experts say Houston and the pipeline project are microcosms of the nation’s persistent environmental racism that subjects people of color to hazards. AlJazeera: Earthquake aid reaches NW Syria via newly opened crossing An aid convoy has passed through a re-opened border crossing into rebel-held northwestern Syria, where help has been slow to arrive since last week’s earthquake. As hopes fade of finding people alive under the debris more than 200 hours after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck, the focus has switched to providing food and shelter to the vast numbers of survivors. The death toll in the region surpassed 40,000 on Tuesday. The passage marked the first time a United Nations convoy has used the crossing to deliver aid since its closure in 2020. Eleven International Organization for Migration trucks carrying humanitarian assistance passed through the Bab al-Salam crossing, the UN said. Guardian: BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Jim Waterson BBC offices in India have been raided by tax department officials, just weeks after the release of a documentary critical of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, which was later blocked by the government. According to those working at the broadcaster, more than a dozen officials from the country’s income tax department turned up at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai, where hundreds of employees are based, to conduct a “survey”. Documents and phones of several journalists were taken and the offices sealed. India and several accounts and financial files were seized. Officers told local media the searches on Tuesday morning were part of a tax evasion investigation into the business operations of the BBC inand several accounts and financial files were seized. The BBC said it was fully cooperating with the raids, with some employees still in the offices on Tuesday evening. “Many staff have now left the building but some have been asked to remain and are continuing to cooperate with the ongoing inquiries,” it said. “We are supporting our staff during this time and continue to hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible. Our output and journalism continues as normal and we are committed to serving our audiences in India.” El País in English: Why Russia has failed to win the cyberwar in Ukraine by Manuel G. Pascual The printers of the offices of the European Commission, in Brussels, were working at full capacity in the spring of 2022. Names, phone numbers and other staff contact details were being put on paper, along with other documents containing all the necessary information for the European Union to continue to be operational in the event of an IT blackout, a genuine concern after Russia invaded Ukraine in February of that year. However, such a blow has not materialized. Although the shadow of a major cyberattack with international consequences has loomed over Europe since the beginning of the war, a week before the first anniversary of the Kremlin’s assault, cyberwarfare still has not played a significant role in the conflict. There were persuasive reasons to believe it would be a more decisive factor. Between 2015 and 2016, not long after Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, Russia launched one of the most sophisticated attacks on energy infrastructure in history – the BlackEnergy virus – which left several Ukrainian cities without heating in the dead of winter. Later, in 2017, Kremlin-related groups launched the NotPetya attack. Initially aimed at Ukrainian companies and public institutions, this cyberweapon took on the appearance of ransomware, which encrypts a system and releases it in exchange for money, although NotPetya didn’t offer that option: it simply destroyed information. It eventually spread to a large part of the world, with at least 300,000 computers affected, and is still considered one of the most powerful cyberattacks in history. But no digital attacks on that scale have been staged by Moscow since the invasion began. “Russian cyber forces as well as their traditional military forces have underperformed against expectations,” Mieke Eoyang, deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy at the Pentagon, said in November. “Russia was not prepared for the conflict to go on as long as it did.” The CEO of the UK-based National Cyber Security Centre, Lindy Cameron, has also stated that Russian cyberattacks “simply have not had the intended impact.” Washington Post: Long maligned, the Black quarterback emerges as an NFL standard by Jerry Brewer PHOENIX — Just a football generation ago, Tony Dungy walked into a job interview with an inspired idea. Okay, he thought it was inspired. He was going to correct one of the most egregious quarterback oversights in NFL history. If hired as the head coach, he wanted to sign Charlie Ward. Ward, the 1993 Heisman Trophy winner at Florida State, went undrafted in 1994. Dungy, then the Minnesota Vikings’ defensive coordinator, pitched his plan as a creative and prudent decision for the quarterback-needy franchise (which he declined to name). “You’re getting a quarterback basically for free,” he remembered saying. “You don’t need to use a draft pick. You don’t have to make a trade. You don’t have to guarantee the starting job. Just sign him as a free agent at an affordable price.” The reaction: silence. While I generally like this article, how could there not be even one mention of the Houston Oilers Warren Moon? Have a good evening, everyone! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/14/2153053/-Overnight-News-Digest-February-14-2023 Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/