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Overnight News Digest Jan. 9th 2025 [1]

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Date: 2025-01-09

x President Jimmy Carter U.S. Capitol Departure — Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2025-01-09T14:20:08.746Z

x I went to the Jimmy Carter public visitation in the Capitol Rotunda last night. My friend and I arrived around 9pm. It was below 20 degrees with the wind chill. Wait time? 3.5 hours. Thousands of people were waiting outside in the freezing cold for hours late at night to honor Jimmy Carter. — Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) 2025-01-09T18:13:30.443Z

x Taps is played and the American flag is folded at the grave site of President Jimmy Carter. pic.twitter.com/7DgnjaLZgl — CSPAN (@cspan) January 10, 2025

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, JeremyBloom, and doomandgloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man (RIP), 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 since 2007, 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.

x These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph... — News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) 2025-01-09T12:44:21.738Z

x A Canadair CL 415 water bomber developed by Canada specifically to fight forest fires. Newfoundland has a fleet of these that we routinely sent to America every year to help them fight their wild fires. That is who we are. Good neighbours and Newfoundlanders are damn proud of it. pic.twitter.com/VqRrOjembp — Stan Collins (@stan_sdcollins) January 9, 2025

Anita Bryant, singer and anti-gay rights crusader, dies aged 84

Anita Bryant, a multi-Grammy nominated singer and former Miss Oklahoma who later became a high-profile campaigner against gay rights in America, has died at the age of 84. In an announcement on Thursday, Bryant’s family announced that Bryant died at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, on 16 December 2024. “May Anita’s memory and her faith in eternal life through Christ comfort all who embraced her,” her family said. Born on 25 March 1940 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Bryant quickly rose to fame through her musical career with hit songs including Till There Was You, In My Little Corner of the World and Paper Roses. At the age of 18, Bryant was crowned Miss Oklahoma.

Anita is why I choose to be a Democrat forever!! I looked in 1971 to how the parties treated Gay people. I knew I was gay, Dems were the better about it! the rest is history

The Getty Villa survived LA's firestorms while everything around it burned, revealing a key lesson for homeowners

As the Palisades and Eaton fires burned through thousands of acres on Tuesday, razing nearly 2,000 homes , the iconic Getty Villa remained standing with minor damage. Meanwhile, homes and trees around it went up in flames. "We deeply appreciate the tireless work and dedication of the Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and other agencies," the museum said in a statement Wednesday morning. The Getty Villa is part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, which includes the largest endowment of any museum in the world, estimated at more than $8 billion in 2023. It houses the trust's collection of Ancient Greek and Roman art.

Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the planet's north pole. The European Space Agency released the stunning snapshots Thursday, showing the permanently shadowed craters at the top of of our solar system’s smallest, innermost planet. Cameras also captured views of neighboring volcanic plains and Mercury's largest impact crater, which spans more than 930 miles (1,500 kilometers). This was the sixth and final flyby of Mercury for the BepiColombo spacecraft since its launch in 2018. The maneuver put the spacecraft on course to enter orbit around Mercury late next year. The spacecraft holds two orbiters, one for Europe and the other for Japan, that will circle the planet's poles.

Busted! Trump’s Greenland Supporters Were Homeless and Socially Disadvantaged People Bribed With Hotel Dinners

As it turns out, sources have told Danish news outlet DR News that the supporters wearing fresh MAGA hats during a visit from Trump’s representatives Don Jr and Charlie Kirk were homeless and socially disadvantaged people who were bribed with hotel dinners: “Several sources now tell DR that a portion of the people who appear in the video from Trump's campaign people …are homeless and socially disadvantaged, who often find themselves outside the Brugsen in Nuuk …which is located directly opposite Hotel Hans Egede.”

x NEW: The ACLU of Florida filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a couple voters against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for failing to call special elections for two vacant seats in the state legislature. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... — Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-01-10T00:03:40.377Z

x You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million. That is a lie. The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million. — Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-01-09T15:05:32.001Z

x These days are not good at all for so many people around here, so I'll try to brighten the mood, even for a second, with a new Hubble image! 🔭 This is the NGC-5530 galaxy, as seen by Hubble earlier today. This galaxy is located some 40 million light years away. HD: flic.kr/p/2qEpfnz — Thomas Carpentier (@thocarp.bsky.social) 2025-01-09T20:00:42.320Z

Sorry for the lack of news, I worked till 8:00 pm tonight! I also didn’t collect anything before going to work @ noon today!

And just because

x An 8-yr- old and her mom were driving when they saw a group of bikers get into an accident. The mom, who was a nurse, ran to help to treat the victims.



The next year, the girl opened a lemonade stand.



This is how the bikers said thank you.pic.twitter.com/vJYZilFOoe — Kevin W. (@Brink_Thinker) January 8, 2025

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