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Breakthrough for long Covid patients who lost sense of smell

‘I will never take my senses for granted ever again,’ one patient says

The Independent UK

Patients have sense of smell restored thanks to surgery to treat long Covid

All patients taking part in the research had an impaired sense of smell for longer than two years.

Evening Standard

Steven Soderbergh: 'I'm the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it'

Steven Soderbergh isn’t just the director and cinematographer of his latest film

The Independent UK

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Flooded farmers keep afloat with regenerative methods

Recent flooding in parts of Australia has left some farmers swamped but those using regenerative farming practices say their recovery has been accelerated.

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Ed Burke ‘had his hand out for money.’ Powerful politician convicted of extortion, bribery in historic verdict

A jury of nine women and three men heard from 38 witnesses over 16 days of testimony as prosecutors made their case that Burke was “a bribe taker” and “an extortionist.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Feds play recording of call with Gery Chico as they allege Ed Burke used threats over permits ‘to extort benefits’ from businesses

Prosecutors in Burke’s corruption trial say the call in 2017 demonstrated the former alderman’s “modus operandi.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Defense: ‘Computer mistake,’ not pressure from Ed Burke, caused delays in Burger King work

City Hall bureaucracy took center stage in former Ald. Ed Burke’s corruption trial Thursday as one of the finer disputed points in the case came to a head.

Chicago Sun-Times

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‘Do you have memory issues?’ Defense hammers at credibility of witness at Burke corruption trial

Witness is pressed why he didn’t initially tell FBI agents about the former alderperson’s apparent interest in getting private business from Burger King owners.

Chicago Sun-Times

COVID-19 dogs Burke trial, but no plans to halt rest of week’s testimony

COVID-19 is arguably one of the reasons it took so long for the feds to take former Ald. Ed Burke to trial in the first place. The FBI raided his offices five years ago this week. Criminal charges followed in 2019, but the pandemic helped scuttle plans to begin the…

Chicago Sun-Times

Feds dropped in on Burger King owner the same day they raided Ed Burke’s aldermanic offices

“I was relieved when they said it before they got in the house that I’m not in trouble,” Shoukat Dhanani testified. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have let them in.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Burger King owner’s ‘gut feeling’ told him he should have hired Ed Burke’s law firm

Prosecutors called Shoukat Dhanani to the witness stand and played secretly recorded calls as they began showing jurors evidence of a second scheme outlined in Burke’s 2019 indictment.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ed Burke’s corruption trial to shift into high gear, jury seated, opening statements to begin soon

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, prosecutors and defense attorneys have chosen 12 jurors at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse who will hear evidence that was used in 2019 to level criminal charges against Burke in a push against old-school, Chicago-style corruption.

Chicago Sun-Times

The nose bidet: can nasal rinses cure hay fever? I tried them for two weeks to find out

Nasal irrigation is popular in south Asia and on the rise in Europe and the US. A chronic hay fever sufferer sees if it can help him defeat the pollen bomb

The Guardian - UK

Lismore floods aftermath debate asks if land management could slow flow of water

As the painstakingly slow recovery continues for flooded communities across parts of Australia, a land management group says it's possible to take more than 2 metres off the flood peak by slowing the flow of water across the landscape.

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Kwarteng was out of his depth: Tory members give views on ex-chancellor

Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked by his close friend and ideological ally Liz Truss.

Leeds Live

The race for votes in controversy-ridden Leeds suburb 'blighted' by sex trade where prostitutes walk past schoolchildren

The Leeds 'red light district' scheme has come to an end, but issues with the sex trade are still spilling onto residential streets in Beeston and Holbeck

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Supreme Court rules no overall ban on pols using campaign funds to pay criminal defense lawyers

The case involved former Ald. Danny Solis (25th), who was under federal investigation, but his successor, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, had hoped state’s top court would set a precedent that could have broader implications for other politicians, such as former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and…

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