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Overnight News Digest May 9, 2023 [1]

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Date: 2023-05-09

Chicago Sun-Times: Lightfoot declares emergency amid new surge of immigrant arrivals: ‘We’ve reached a breaking point’ by Fran Spielman and Elvia Malagón

Claiming Chicago’s migrant crisis has reached “a breaking point,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday issued an emergency declaration as the city tries to deal with a surge of new arrivals in recent weeks. The migrants, asylum-seekers and others, with many families among them, include another 48 people “inhumanely” bused here by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, arriving Tuesday, according to Lightfoot. Though Chicago welcomes new arrivals, “we’ve reached a breaking point” with a new surge expected later this week, Lightfoot said at an afternoon news conference. Border controls imposed during the pandemic expire.

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy emerged from a critical meeting at the White House on Tuesday with no consensus on how to end their impasse over the federal debt and spending just weeks before the nation is set to default on its obligations for the first time. With the economy hanging in the balance, the two leaders stuck to their opening positions, with Mr. Biden demanding that Congress raise the debt ceiling unconditionally to avoid a default and Mr. McCarthy insisting such a move be accompanied by serious spending restraints. But the two agreed to have aides meet later in the day and to reconvene themselves on Friday. The session in the Oval Office, the first such meeting in three months between the Democratic president and Republican speaker, was the opening act in a drama expected to play out over the next few weeks as the nation hurtles toward a deadline around June 1 before running out of authority to pay its debts. Neither side expected the meeting to produce a breakthrough, and it did not. Instead, it was a chance for both camps to lay down markers for the make-or-break debate.

Washington Post: Driver of SUV in crash that killed 8 had drugs in his system, police say by Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Paulina Villegas

George Alvarez, the man charged in the deaths of eight people after his vehicle rammed a crowd in front of a Brownsville, Tex., migrant shelter, had cocaine, benzodiazepines and marijuana in his system at the time, police said Tuesday. Police are awaiting more toxicology reports before they determine a motive in the crash, Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval said. Witnesses said they heard the driver expressing anti-immigrant sentiments after he attempted to flee the scene. The first toxicology report, which Sandoval said did not list levels of drugs in Alvarez’s bloodstream, was prepared by Valley Regional Hospital, where Alvarez was taken for treatment of injuries after the crash. Sandoval said police took a second sample, which they are testing to determine the drug levels. That report will then be turned over to the Cameron County district attorney for a determination of whether charges should be altered or added, he said.

NBC News: More Americans are so worried about money, it's hurting their mental health by Rob Wile

Worries about money are taking a toll on Americans, leading to some negative impacts on their mental health. That's according to a new survey from the financial information group Bankrate. The survey found 52% of respondents listed money as the thing that takes the biggest toll on their mental health, compared with 42% who blamed worries about their own health and 41% who listed current events as their top concern. The latest finding compares with 42% of U.S. adults who said money was their top concern last year. Mental health distress can manifest in many ways. For the Bankrate survey, that definition includes feelings of anxiety, stress, worried thoughts, difficulty sleeping and depression.

BBC News: Imran Khan: Mass protests across Pakistan after ex-PM arrest by Simon Fraser and Caroline Davies

Violent clashes have broken out in Pakistan between security forces and supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan after he was arrested on Tuesday. Protests are erupting nationwide, and at least one person has been killed in the city of Quetta. The United States and UK have called for adherence to the "rule of law". Mr Khan was arrested by security forces at the High Court in the capital, Islamabad. Dramatic footage showed dozens of officers arriving and detaining the 70-year-old, who was bundled into a vehicle and driven away. He was appearing in court on charges of corruption, which he says are politically motivated.

DW: Ukraine updates: Wagner boss says Russian army fled Bakhmut

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group that leads the ongoing assault on Bakhmut, on Tuesday accused the Russian army of fleeing its positions around the city. "Today one of the units of the Defense Ministry fled from one of our flanks ... exposing the front," said Prigozhin. Prigozhin, popularly known as Putin's chef because of the lucrative catering contracts he once held with the Kremlin, accused the Russian Defense Ministry of "scheming all the time" instead of fighting. Prigozhin said soldiers were abandoning their positions because of the "stupidity" of Russian army commanders, who he said were giving "criminal orders." "Soldiers should not die because of the absolute stupidity of their leadership," Prigozhin said, repeating his threat that Wagner would withdraw from the frontline city if Russia does not supply more ammunition soon.

POLITICO Europe: Turkey’s Erdogan risks alienating conservative women voters by Elçin Poyrazlar

How did a popular soap opera called “Cranberry Sherbet” suddenly become one of the most heated discussion points before Turkey’s crucial elections on Sunday? It’s all to do with a character called Nursema, and her shocking fate is pushing viewers to pose a tricky question: Who would she vote for? The answers are not comforting for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is seeking to extend his 20-year rule in the impending vote. Nursema is a strong, bright and devout Muslim in the show, and millions of Turkish women can easily identify with her. Turkey’s legions of soap addicts were stunned by a brutal plot twist in which she is married off to an abusive husband by her conservative family. He attempts to rape her, then shoves her out of a window when she resists, almost killing her. In early April, Turkey’s media watchdog reacted harshly to the harrowing storyline, doling out a fine to the makers of the series and slapping the drama with a temporary ban, which was revoked this week. The official version was that the authorities needed to step in to prevent the depiction of violence against women, but many observers say the government was disturbed by the critical portrayal of a religious family, in which women have little voice.

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