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Overnight News Digest September 5, 2023 [1]

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Date: 2023-09-05

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.

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Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago’s acting top cop shakes up command staff on way out the door by Tom Schuba

Chicago’s acting top cop has announced broad changes to the department’s leadership team, filling high-ranking positions before his replacement is expected to be confirmed. Interim Supt. Fred Waller told department members that the staffing overhaul was effective Friday, but sources said some of his picks had already been installed. Some of Waller’s choices have troubled records. Two commanders have been accused of fostering a hostile work environment and two others have been named in costly lawsuits. A fifth commander is closely tied to the interim superintendent. A police spokesperson declined to answer questions about the staffing changes on Tuesday, saying “we do not discuss internal personnel deliberations.”

New York Times: Ex-Leader of Proud Boys Sentenced to 22 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case by Alan Feuer

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for the central role he played in organizing a gang of his pro-Trump followers to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power. Mr. Tarrio’s sentence, stemming from his conviction this spring on charges of seditious conspiracy, was the most severe penalty handed down so far to any of the more than 1,100 people charged in connection with the Capitol attack — and was likely to remain that way, given that no other defendants currently face accusations as serious as the ones he did. Until now, the longest prison term connected to Jan. 6 had been 18 years. That sentence was issued last week to Ethan Nordean, one of Mr. Tarrio’s co-defendants. The same sentence was given in a separate case in May to Stewart Rhodes, the leader of another far-right group, the Oath Keepers militia, who also was found guilty of sedition in connection with the storming of the Capitol.

CNN: The Atlantic’s next major hurricane is expected by this weekend by Mary Gilbert

A newly-formed tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean has become Tropical Storm Lee and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane by Thursday as the season approaches its typical peak in early September. Tropical Depression 13 formed Tuesday morning in the central tropical Atlantic, almost 1,000 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center. The depression strengthened into a tropical storm later Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said in a 5 p.m. update. Lee is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane by Friday before it reaches Category 4 strength by Saturday, the update said. Tropical Storm Lee has winds of 45 mph with higher gusts and is moving west-northwest at 16 mph.

NBC News: Impeachment threats and shutdown fears: Congress returns for a chaotic September by Sahil Kapur

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