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Overnight News Digest August 29, 2023 [1]
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Date: 2023-08-29
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Chicago Sun-Times: New South Side, North Side migrant shelters planned as crisis intensifies at police stations by Michael Loria
As the number of migrants sleeping at police stations and airports balloons, the city is moving to open a pair of new shelters — one on the South Side and another on the North Side. The South Side shelter, the Lake Shore Hotel in Kenwood, 4900B S. Lake Shore Drive, is expected to open as soon as next week, said local Ald. Desmon Yancy (5th), who first learned about the city’s plan to open the shelter last week and called for a public meeting about it Friday. “My concern,” Yancy said, “is making sure the community is brought into the room” to have a conversation about it. The shelter opening was first reported by the Hyde Park Herald on Monday. The city did not respond to requests for comment about whether it would be for families or singles, when it would open and what the cost would be. Yancy said it could fit around 300 people.
Time: Long COVID Recovery Remains Rare. Doctors Are Struggling to Understand Why by Jamie Ducharme
Since August 2020, David Putrino, director of rehabilitation innovation at New York’s Mount Sinai Health System, has helped treat more than 3,000 people with Long COVID. These patients, in his experience, fit into one of three groups. A small number, no more than 10%, have stubborn symptoms that don’t get better, no matter what Putrino and his team try. A big chunk see some improvement, but remain sick. And about 15% to 20% report full recovery—an elusive benchmark that Putrino greets with cautious optimism. “I call it ‘fully recovered for now,’” Putrino says, since lots of people’s symptoms eventually come back, sometimes if they catch COVID-19 again , which can land them back at square one. Putrino’s outlook isn’t purposely gloomy; it’s one informed by the difficult realities of treating Long COVID, a condition with no known cure and is defined by long-lasting symptoms following a case of COVID-19. More than 200 symptoms are associated with Long COVID, commonly including fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, intolerance to exercise , chronic pain, and more. Millions of people around the world have developed Long COVID, and an uncertain number have completely recovered.
USA Today: 'Don't mess around': Idalia now a Cat-2 hurricane; 28 Florida counties told to flee. Live updates by John Bacon, Dinah Voyles Pulver, and Christopher Cann
Historic Hurricane Idalia intensified to a Category 2 storm Tuesday as it powered through the Gulf of Mexico, a treacherous tropical cyclone driving a potentially deadly storm surge toward the Big Bend area of Florida's west coast. The National Weather Service warned of a "life-threatening, dangerous situation," saying the storm could make landfall as a major hurricane Wednesday − meaning winds in excess of 110 mph. "To put this system into the historical context, there are no major hurricanes in the historical dataset going back to 1851 that have tracked into Apalachee Bay. None," the advisory said. "Don't mess around with this." Idalia, steering winds of 100 mph, was centered about 195 miles southwest of Tampa on Tuesday afternoon. A hurricane warning was in place along hundreds of miles of Florida coastline as the storm headed toward an apparent landfall along Florida's Big Bend.
New York Times: U.N.C. Graduate Student Is Charged in Fatal Shooting of Professor by Michael Levenson
A graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been charged in the fatal shooting of one of his professors on Monday, a killing that spread fear across the campus and forced an hourslong lockdown, according to court documents. The student, Tailei Qi, 34, was charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm on educational property in the killing of Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the applied physical sciences department, inside a campus lab, according to court documents filed in Orange County Court in Hillsborough, N.C. Mr. Qi made a brief appearance in court on Tuesday afternoon and was ordered held without bond until his next court appearance on Sept. 18. He did not enter a plea. The public defender who represented him did not immediately respond to an email and phone call seeking comment. Although first-degree murder is a capital crime in North Carolina, Jeffrey L. Nieman, the Orange County district attorney, said he would not seek a death sentence. The charge carries a minimum sentence of life without parole, Mr. Nieman said.
BBC News: Prigozhin buried in private funeral - Wagner chief's press service by Jaroslav Lukiv
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in a private funeral in St Petersburg, his press service has said. It said the ceremony, in his home city, was held in "a closed format", and all those "wishing to say goodbye can visit the Porokhovskoe cemetery". The mercenary chief was confirmed dead by Russian officials after genetic analysis of 10 bodies found in a crashed plane on 23 August near Moscow. The Kremlin has denied speculation it was to blame for the crash. But a number of Russia watchers - both in the country and abroad - have described Prigozhin, 62, as a "dead man walking" since an aborted armed mutiny he led back in June. All 10 people on board - including Prigozhin's right-hand man Dmitry Utkin - died in the crash in the Tver region, north-west of Moscow.
DW: Thailand: Progressive voters disillusioned about the future by Tommy Walker
Last week's appointment of Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin followed three months of post-election turmoil that saw runner-up Pheu Thai Party at the head of a governing coalition. The May election was seen as pivotal for Thailand, with the country's recent political history marred by coups and demands for reform. Thailand's political system was under military control from 2014 to 2019 following a coup led by army general Prayuth Chan-ocha. Starting in 2020, the country was rocked by protests calling for several democratic reforms, including amending the role of the monarchy in the country's politics. The 2023 election saw a record-breaking turnout of over 39 million voters, and the progressive Move Forward Party, led by Pita Limjaroenrat, won by campaigning on a platform of change.
In one corner of the ring stands Javier Milei, 52, self-described former tantric sex coach, outsider anarcho-capitalist and frontrunner in Argentina’s upcoming presidential elections; in the other, his compatriot Pope Francis, 86, world champion of the poor, repeatedly derided by Argentina’s likely next president as “a fucking communist” and “the representative of the evil one on Earth” for promoting the doctrine of “social justice” to aid the underprivileged. Milei, a political unknown until 2020, has pledged to wage a “cultural battle” to transform Argentina into a libertarian paradise where capitalist efficiency replaces social assistance, taxes are reduced to a minimum and cash-strapped individuals are allowed to sell their body organs on the open market. From Rome, Pope Francis has expressed grave concern about the rise of such callous policies in his home country. “The extreme right always reconstructs itself, it is the triumph of selfishness over communitarianism,” he said in a television interview in March when asked about Argentina’s upcoming elections.
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