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Overnight News Digest [1]

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Date: 2023-04-07  

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes09OP0az coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments.

First up is from the (UK) Star:

World's 'oldest easter egg': Rotherham family's 83-year-old uneaten chocolate Easter egg is 'world's oldest' You may not fancy eating it – because this chocolate Easter egg in a house near Sheffield is now some 83 years old! David Kessen By The foil wrapped egg was given to Alice Bennett by her son Frank Bennett in March 1940, as a present to commemorate him joining the army during World War II , and has been on display every year since. She said it was "too nice" to eat - and instead proudly displayed it in her lounge every Easter - a tradition carried on by Frank, and now his son Martin, 75.

And from Next Shark:

Other than that there isn’t that much that is cheerful in the news. Sorry about that. I’ve done what I can.

From ABC News:

Pilot forced to make emergency landing after deadly cobra snake slithers up his shirt By Gregory Wallace and Catherine Nicholls SOUTH AFRICA -- South African authorities are applauding a pilot's courage for safely landing an aircraft after feeling a venomous stowaway cobra slithering on his body mid-flight. The pilot, Rudolf Erasmus, told CNN he was piloting a small aircraft on Monday with four colleagues aboard when he felt a "cold sensation ... underneath my shirt at my hip area."

From NBC News:

Pope Francis says sex is a beautiful thing and it's 'normal' to meet people on Tinder Speaking to a group of young people, Francis discussed sex, masturbation, pornography and abortion in a new documentary. By Aina J. Khan Using dating apps like Tinder to meet potential partners is “normal” and the Catholic Church’s teaching about sex is “still in diapers,” Pope Francis said in a new documentary released this week. “Sex is one of the beautiful things God gave to human beings,” the pontiff said in a conversation with 10 Spanish-speaking young adults for a documentary called “The Pope: Answers.”

And a couple of maybe this will be better in the future. First from CBS News:

Chocolate Easter bunnies made with ecstasy seized at Brussels airport: "It's pure MDMA" Belgian bunnies will be an Easter treat for kids around the world this weekend, but not all are molded from the country's renowned chocolate. A batch of rabbits seized this week by veteran customs officer Pol Meuleneire was crafted from a solid lump of MDMA, the raw material for pills of the rave drug ecstasy.

From France24:

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