(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Overnight News Digest October 24, 2023 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-24 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. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments. Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago’s top cop vows ‘stringent’ efforts to root out officers with extremist ties after investigation by WBEZ, Sun-Times by Tom Schuba and Dan Mihalopoulos Chicago’s new police superintendent on Tuesday vowed “thorough investigations” after WBEZ and the Sun-Times revealed misconduct records of cops tied to the extremist Oath Keepers. But neither he nor other police brass explained the department’s lack of action since a membership list was leaked two years ago. Supt. Larry Snelling told a City Council hearing there would be “stringent” efforts to root out extremists and “remove those members from our ranks.” “It serves the Chicago Police Department in no way, in no way good, to have members amongst our department who are filled with bias or members of hate groups,” Snelling said. “And we will not tolerate it.” His comments came days after WBEZ, the Sun-Times and the Organized Crime and Corruption Project began publishing a joint investigation, “Extremism in the Ranks,” which found 27 current and former Chicago police officers whose names appeared in leaked membership records for the Oath Keepers. New York Times: In Texas, Local Laws to Prevent Travel for Abortions Gain Momentum by J. David Goodman In recent months, abortion opponents in Texas have succeeded in passing a growing number of local ordinances to prevent people from helping women travel to have abortions in nearby states that still allow the procedure. On Monday, Lubbock County, a conservative hub of more than 300,000 residents near the border with New Mexico, became the largest county yet to enact such a ban. The county commissioners court, after a public meeting that drew occasionally impassioned testimony, voted to make it illegal for anyone to transport a pregnant woman through the county, or pay for her travel, for the purpose of seeking an abortion. The county, which includes the city of Lubbock and Texas Tech University, joined three other far smaller counties — one along the New Mexico border and two others in the middle of the state — in passing ordinances that were drafted in part by the architect of Texas’s six-week abortion ban, adopted in 2021 even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned of Roe v. Wade last year. The city of Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle, on Tuesday discussed a similar ordinance, which would apply to a network of roads and highways that pass through the city of 200,000 and lead toward New Mexico and Colorado, states where many Texas women have traveled for procedures. Washington Post: Government moves to protect students from avaricious college practices by Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Education Department on Tuesday finalized a package of regulations to safeguard vulnerable college students. It will heighten oversight of colleges on the brink of closure and the administration of federal financial aid programs. “These final rules will raise the bar for accountability and protect students and taxpayers. They’ll make the department a better cop on the beat,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said on a call with reporters Tuesday. The rules, which take effect in July, make it easier for regulators to police colleges at risk of closure. Federal officials will be able to require more schools to set aside money to protect the department from absorbing student-aid liabilities. Those circumstances include a college entering bankruptcy or facing large financial liabilities from a lawsuit by state or federal authorities. CBS News: California DMV suspends permits for Cruise driverless robotaxis by Tim Fang SAN FRANCISCO – The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Tuesday that the agency has suspended permits of autonomous vehicle firm Cruise LLC. In a statement, the DMV said it notified the San Francisco-based company, a subsidiary of General Motors, that their autonomous vehicle deployment and driverless testing permits have been suspended, effective immediately. The decision does not impact the company's permit for testing with a safety driver. According to the DMV, the suspensions are based on several issues: 13 CCR §228.20 (b) (6) - Based upon the performance of the vehicles, the Department determines the manufacturer's vehicles are not safe for the public's operation. 13 CCR §228.20 (b) (3) - The manufacturer has misrepresented any information related to safety of the autonomous technology of its vehicles. Guardian: Argentina: leftists celebrate after far-right Milei fails to win election victory by Tom Phillips and Facundo Iglesia Leading Latin American leftists have celebrated the thwarting of Javier Milei’s attempt to claim a first-round victory in Argentina’s presidential election after the far-right populist was beaten by his centrist rival Sergio Massa. Milei, an oddball economist who has called climate change a “socialist lie” and the pope “a lefty son of a bitch”, had hoped an explosion of anti-establishment rage would catapult him into the presidency on Sunday as 27 million Argentinians turned out to vote amid the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. But Milei, who was widely regarded as the election frontrunner, was pipped to the post by the Peronist finance minister Massa, who received 36.6% of votes to Milei’s 29.9%. The two men will now face off in a second-round showdown on 19 November. Colombia’s leftist president, Gustavo Petro, led the celebration of Milei’s unexpected setback, which dealt a bitter blow to members of the global far right hoping a Milei victory would allow them to make a powerful show of strength. BBC News: Black models boycott Melbourne fashion week citing racism by Antoinette Radford More than a dozen black models are boycotting Melbourne Fashion Week (MFW), hoping to draw attention to the mistreatment they say they experience in Australia's fashion industry. The models said they had witnessed staff use racial slurs in front of them, had hairdressers make derogatory comments about their hair, and were underpaid in comparison to white models. A City of Melbourne spokesperson said the event prided itself on being one of the industry's most inclusive fashion destinations for people "from diverse ethnic backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community and those with disabilities". "We were not aware of any concerns relating to diversity or race involving Melbourne Fashion Week. Discrimination of any kind is not tolerated," the statement added. But 29-year-old model Jeffrey Kissubi told the BBC that MFW was just "one of the fashion bodies within the industry" that he and his colleagues were boycotting. DW: Paris Olympics fuel gentrification fears in poor district by Lisa Louis The 52-hectare (128-acre) area is bustling with trucks, a constant hammering is in the air. It's the final stretch for construction works at the village for the Summer Olympics 2024 which is to be completed by the end of this year. And these grey, white and red buildings could not only provide a temporary home for the games' 14,500 Olympic and 6,000 Paralympic athletes. Local authorities are hoping the village will also, ultimately, upgrade the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, a Paris suburb and mainland France's poorest area. But some residents most of all fear the project's negative impact. The Hollywood Reporter: Richard Roundtree, Suave Star of ‘Shaft,’ Dies at 81 by Chris Koseluk Richard Roundtree, the ultracool actor who helped open the door to a generation of Black filmmakers and performers with his portrayal of private eye John Shaft, “the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about,” died Tuesday. He was 81. Roundtree died at his home in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer, his manager, Patrick McMinn, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and had a double mastectomy. “Breast cancer is not gender specific,” he said four years later. “And men have this cavalier attitude about health issues. I got such positive feedback because I spoke out about it, and it’s been quite a number of years now. I’m a survivor.” Roundtree also portrayed the title character opposite Peter O’Toole as Robinson Crusoe in Man Friday, was featured as an army sergeant opposite Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Korean War drama Inchon (1981), and played Burt Reynolds‘ partner in a private-eye business in City Heat (1984). Medical Xpress: Tai chi may curb Parkinson's disease symptoms and complications for several years Tai chi, the Chinese martial art that involves sequences of very slow controlled movements, may curb the symptoms and complications of Parkinson's disease for several years, reveals research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Its practice was associated with slower disease progression and lower doses of required drugs over time, the findings show. Parkinson's disease is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by slowness of movement, resting tremor, and stiff and inflexible muscles. It is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world, with the numbers of those affected projected to reach nearly 5 million by 2030 in China alone. In the UK, two people are diagnosed with the disease every hour according to the charity Parkinson's UK. As yet, there is no cure for Parkinson's, and while drugs can improve clinical symptoms, they don't treat all the manifestations of the disease. There's no evidence that they slow progression either, explain the researchers. Previously published research suggests that tai chi eases Parkinson's symptoms in the short term, but whether this improvement can be sustained over the long term isn't known. AP College Football Top 10 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. Ohio State 4. Florida State 5. Washington 6. Oklahoma 7. Texas 8. Oregon 9. Alabama 10. Penn State Detroit Free Press: How Michigan football allegations compare to Patriots, Astros sign-stealing scandals by Jared Ramsey Have the best possible evening everyone! 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