(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Overnight News Digest October 22, 2023 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-22 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, sometimes 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. BBC Argentina presidential election: Javier Milei and Sergio Massa head for run-off vote Argentines will have to choose between left-wing candidate Sergio Massa and the far-right Javier Milei in a run-off vote next month, partial results from Sunday's presidential election suggest. With most ballots now counted, no candidate has received more than 45% of votes - the threshold to be elected. The outcome has surprised most pollsters, who thought voters would punish Mr Massa for presiding over a major crisis as economy minister. Inflation in Argentina is nearing 140%. Front-runner Mr Milei was leading in the polls prior to the vote, but Mr Massa has received 36.2% of ballots so far. Mr Milei has received 30.2% of the votes, according to partial results. Sunday's election saw a voter turnout of 74%, according to local media. Argentina's pre-election polls are notoriously inaccurate, and failed to predict Mr Milei's rise in August's primaries. NPR Detroit police say no evidence of antisemitic motive in killing of synagogue president Police probing the killing of the president of a Detroit synagogue say their investigation is ongoing, but so far, "no evidence has surfaced suggesting that this crime was motivated by antisemitism." Samantha Woll, who led the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue, was found dead with stab wounds outside her home on Saturday morning, police said. "Investigators are working with the FBI to forensically analyze all of the information obtained up to this point in an effort to ascertain the timeline that ultimately led to Ms. Woll's death," Detroit Police Chief James White said in a statement on Sunday afternoon. "Individuals with information that may further this investigation are being interviewed." Woll had led the Isaac Agree synagogue since last year, according to theDetroit Free Press, which first reported her death. NPR Philippines says Chinese vessels hit two of its boats near disputed shoal MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea "in dangerous, irresponsible and illegal actions," Philippine officials said. They did not say if there were injuries or damage from the two incidents off the Second Thomas Shoal that the United States, a longtime treaty ally of the Philippines, immediately condemned. The Philippine government also condemned the latest confrontation in "the strongest degree" and called it a violation of Manila's sovereignty. A Philippine government task force said the collisions occurred as two Philippine supply boats escorted by two Philippine coast guard ships were heading to deliver food and other supplies to the atoll in the face of a years-long Chinese blockade. The Guardian Man arrested over alleged mass shooting plot at Oregon climbing event A man has been arrested in Oregon over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a rock climbing event. Samson Zebturiah Garner, 39, was taken into custody in Deschutes county after local police were informed by detectives in Portland, Oregon, that the suspect was “planning a violent attack during an event” in the area. According to the Bend Bulletin, Garner had told two acquaintances he intended to harm people at a climbing event in the county, most likely the Alpine Club Craggin’ Classic which is taking place this weekend. Law enforcement searched Garner’s vehicle and found “evidence of the planned attack”, including a number of firearms. Garner, who had no previous criminal record was charged with attempted murder, first and second-degree attempted assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Samson Zebturiah Garner being held on $10m bail. The Guardian Australia in ‘the midst of a food security crisis’ as 3.7m households struggle to buy enough to eat Across Australia, 3.7m households have experienced food insecurity over the past 12 months, a jump of almost 350,000 on the previous year, Foodbank’s annual hunger report has revealed. More than 2.3m of those households were “severely food insecure”, meaning they were actively going hungry, reducing food intake, skipping meals or going entire days without eating. The report, based on a survey of 4,342 people conducted in July, revealed that compared with 2022, about 383,000 additional households struggled to put food on the table. The biggest driver of food insecurity was the cost-of-living crisis, with 77% of households saying it was the main reason, up from 64% in 2022. This was followed by low-income employment and inadequate welfare payments, with 42% of respondents saying that was a contributing factor. Politico The opioid crisis has gotten much, much worse despite Congress’ efforts to stop it America’s drug overdose crisis is out of control. Washington, despite a bipartisan desire to combat it, is finding its addiction-fighting programs are failing. In 2018, Republicans, Democrats and then-President Donald Trump united around legislation that threw $20 billion into treatment, prevention and recovery. But five years later, the SUPPORT Act has lapsed and the number of Americans dying from overdoses has grown more than 60 percent, driven by illicit fentanyl. The battle has turned into a slog. Even though 105,000 Americans died last year, Congress is showing little urgency about reupping the law since it expired on Sept. 30. That’s not because of partisan division, but a realization that there are no quick fixes a new law could bring to bear. “We are in the middle of a crisis of proportions we couldn’t have imagined even five years ago when the original SUPPORT Act was passed,” said Libby Jones, program director of the Overdose Prevention Initiative at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator. “If they can’t pass this, it’s really sad.” Congress is not coming to the rescue. Reuters US budget gap soars to $1.7 trillion, largest outside COVID era WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday posted a $1.695 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2023, a 23% jump from the prior year as revenues fell and outlays for Social Security, Medicare and record-high interest costs on the federal debt rose. The Treasury Department said the deficit was the largest since a COVID-fueled $2.78 trillion gap in 2021. It marks a major return to ballooning deficits after back-to-back declines during President Joe Biden's first two years in office. The deficit comes as Biden is asking Congress for $100 billion in new foreign aid and security spending, including $60 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel, along with funding for U.S. border security and the Indo-Pacific region. The big deficit, which exceeded all pre-COVID deficits, including those brought about by Republican tax cuts passed under Donald Trump and from the financial crisis years, is likely to enflame Biden's fiscal battles with Republicans in the House of Representatives, whose demands for spending cuts pushed the U.S. to the brink of default in early June over the debt ceiling. Deutsche Welle Afghan earthquake response exposes Taliban's inability Recent earthquakes have killed and displaced thousands in western Afghanistan. The UN says around $100 million is needed, but there are fears the funds could end up in the hands of the Taliban. A series of earthquakes have devastated western Herat province in Afghanistan, resulting in the reported death of approximately 2,400 people, according to figures provided by the country's Taliban government. However, the UN has estimated the death toll to be around 1,384. In either case, the quakes have wiped out entire families and completely flattened most villages, inflicting further suffering on a population already enduring severe conditions due to extreme poverty. "Nine members of my family have been killed," said Mahmud, who, like many Afghans, is known by his first name. "My father, two of my daughters, two of my sisters-in-law, and their children were all killed in the earthquake," he added, standing in front of his home, which the quake had turned to rubble. This natural disaster struck the most impoverished districts of western Afghanistan that had already experienced a two-decade-long, bloody war until the Taliban took control of in August 2021. Al jazeera Israeli air raids kill at least 55 in Gaza overnight, Hamas says Israel’s overnight air raids have killed at least 55 people and destroyed 30 homes in Gaza, authorities in the besieged enclave said, marking an escalation in Israel’s air campaign in advance of an expected ground invasion. The Hamas government press office said in a statement that “more than 55” people were killed in Saturday night’s attacks. The casualties add to the more than 4,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians, who have been killed in Israel’s bombing campaign on Gaza, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Israel has pledged to eliminate Hamas after the armed group’s October 7 attacks inside the country, which Israeli officials say killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians. Israeli air raids have damaged or destroyed 40 percent of Gaza’s housing, according to the United Nations, reducing much of the enclave to ruins. Raw Story 'Trump wanted me to be attorney general': Giuliani explains how he was nearly DOJ chief Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani revealed over the weekend that former President Donald Trump sought to make him attorney general even though he wanted to be secretary of state. On his Sunday WABC broadcast, Giuliani complained about anti-Semites in the Department of State. "The State Department is filled with anti-Semites," he opined. "It was easily turned to being pro-Palestinian... But the State Department, you might as well just give up on it. "I wanted to be Secretary of State, and Trump wanted me to be attorney general," Giuliani claimed. "And I wanted to be Secretary of State because I wanted to fire them all and bring in a whole new group of people that would put America first.” Washington Post Drugstore closures are leaving millions without easy access to a pharmacy [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/22/2201028/-Overnight-News-Digest-October-22-2023?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web 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/