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Overnight News Digest December 13, 2022 [1]

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Date: 2022-12-13

Chicago Sun-Times: Is Chuy running away with race for Chicago mayor? Local 150 poll shows he is. By Fran Spielman

U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia appears to be running away with the race for mayor of Chicago, according to a poll bankrolled by a powerful construction union before Operating Engineers Local 150 made a $1 million commitment to Garcia’s campaign. The poll of 700 likely Chicago voters conducted Nov. 10-17 by Impact Research shows Garcia leading Mayor Lori Lightfoot by 7 percentage points in Round One of the mayoral sweepstakes and clobbering the incumbent in a runoff by 31 percentage points. The margin in that hypothetical 55%-to-24% runoff result is more than three times the nine-percentage-point spread in an earlier survey Garcia himself commissioned before entering the race. Garcia’s poll — conducted Oct. 26-27 by Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, North Carolina — showed Lightfoot finishing first in Round One with 22% of the vote to Garcia’s 14%, then Garcia pulling away in the runoff with 43% to Lightfoot’s 34%.

NBC News: Congressional negotiators reach bipartisan agreement on framework for funding deal by Zoe Richards

Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal Tuesday on the framework for a massive government funding package they hope to pass before the holidays. "Today, Vice Chairman Shelby, Chair DeLauro, and I reached a bipartisan, bicameral framework that should allow us to finish an omnibus appropriations bill that can pass the House and Senate and be signed into law by the President," Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said in a statement. "The pain of inflation is real, and it is being felt across the federal government and by American families right now. We cannot delay our work any further." Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., is the vice chair of the Senate Appropriation Committee. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., is the chair of the House Appropriations Committee. Shelby confirmed the deal in a statement Tuesday. “If all goes well, we should be able to finish an omnibus appropriations package by December 23rd," Shelby said.

Washington Post: DeSantis forms panel to counter CDC, a move decried by health professionals by Lori Rozsa

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he is forming a new state committee to counter policy recommendations from federal health agencies — a decision that medical professionals said will further politicize medicine in the Sunshine State. At a news conference in South Florida, DeSantis also said he is requesting a statewide grand jury investigation into alleged “crimes and wrongdoing” related to the coronavirus vaccine. He provided few details on what specifically he wants a panel to probe, but in a press release, his office noted side effects like myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, that have been observed in rare cases. “In Florida, you know, it is against the law to mislead and to misrepresent, particularly when you’re talking about the efficacy of a drug,” DeSantis said. Lisa Gwynn, the past president of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said she and her colleagues were “stunned” by the announcement that DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo are forming a public health policy committee to review what experts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend.

CNN: Oregon governor calls death penalty ‘immoral,’ commutes sentences for all 17 inmates on death row by Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy

Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is commuting the sentences of all 17 people on death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, according to a news release Tuesday from her office. “Since taking office in 2015, I have continued Oregon’s moratorium on executions because the death penalty is both dysfunctional and immoral. Today I am commuting Oregon’s death row so that we will no longer have anyone serving a sentence of death and facing execution in this state,” Brown, a Democrat, said. Brown also talked about the long wait for victims and their families. “I also recognize the pain and uncertainty victims experience as they wait for decades while individuals sit on death row – especially in states with moratoriums on executions – without resolution,” she said. “My hope is that this commutation will bring us a significant step closer to finality in these cases.” The governor will use executive clemency powers to commute the sentences, and the order is set to take effect Wednesday.

Guardian: Iran sentences 400 people to jail terms of up to 10 years over protests by Oliver Holmes

Courts in and around the Iranian capital have jailed 400 people on charges related to recent protests, for terms of up to 10 years. Ali Alghasi-Mehr, the judiciary chief for Tehran province, said judges had handed down the rulings to “rioters” – a term officials use for all demonstrators who defy Iran’s hardline theocratic rule. In comments quoted by the judiciary’s Mizan Online website, Alghasi-Mehr said: “One hundred and sixty people were sentenced to between five and 10 years in prison, 80 people to two to five years and 160 people to up to two years.” Tehran is one of 31 provinces in the country, meaning the total number of jail sentences is likely to be several times higher. UN human rights experts estimate that more than 14,000 people have been arrested across the country since mid-September.

Euronews: Socialist MEPs step down from key roles as European Parliament corruption scandal widens by Jorge Liboreiro

The socialist group in the European Parliament has asked several of its members to step down from key posts and legislative files as the graft scandal involving one of its most well-known colleagues, Eva Kaili, continues to widen and send shockwaves through Brussels. The Socialists & Democrats (S&D), the second largest formation in the hemicycle, has come under intense scrutiny after Kaili was arrested on suspicion of illicit lobbying in favour of a Persian Gulf state, believed to be Qatar, the controversial host of the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup. Kaili was later stripped of her role as one of the parliament's vice presidents. Her lawyer has said her client is innocent and "had nothing to do with bribery from Qatar." The move follows a new update by the Belgian federal prosecutor, who in a press release said the IT resources of ten parliamentary had been "frozen" to prevent the disappearance of data. A total of 20 searches have been carried out since Friday, with more than €750,000 seized.

El Pais in English: Defiant Castillo insists he remains Peru’s leader from prison cell by Juan Diego Quesada

Those who saw Pedro Castillo following his arrest say that he appeared confused and disoriented. In just a few hours, he had passed from the seat of power as the president of Peru to being detained in a bare room containing a table and six chairs. It was not the outcome Castillo had envisaged when he staged an attempted coup, dissolving Congress and decreeing a “government of exception” hours before he was due to face the third impeachment vote of his 18-month presidency. Peruvians have been attempting to understand what pushed him to take such a Bad diet causes cognitive decline: Fact or myth?drastic decision, but nobody has provided a convincing answer. Castillo failed to garner support from the military, the business community or the media. The general consensus seems to be that it was one of clumsiest attempts ever made by an aspiring autocrat. The first few days of Castillo’s detention were the most difficult. He was irascible. He complained that he was being denied the right to speak to his wife and children, according to a member of his inner circle. Former president Alberto Fujimori is being held in the same facility, although he is in the prison wings while Castillo bunks down in the remand area. There is no communication permitted between the two zones. Fujimori, who dissolved Congress and governed for eight years as he saw fit has not crossed paths with the former elementary school teacher who tried unsuccessfully to do the same thing.

DW: Bad diet causes cognitive decline: Fact or myth? By Fred Schwaller

More than 400-500 calories per day of ultra-processed foods such as burgers, chips and packaged cookies is enough to increase the risk of cognitive decline, a new study suggests. That's roughly equivalent to two donuts or half a frozen pizza, depending on which brand you choose. The study, involving 10,775 men and women in Brazil, found people who ate more ultra-processed foods had a 28% faster rate of global cognitive decline compared to people who ate the least amount of ultra-processed foods over an 8-year period. With people in countries like the US and the UK getting over 50% of their dietary intake from ultra-processed foods, the study, published in JAMA Neurology, indicates concerning health consequences. However, experts have been quick to point out the evidence isn't so clear cut.

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