https://www.airforcetimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2021/12/02/money-for-afghan-refugees-but-not-military-pay-boost-in-latest-federal-budget-plan/
House Democrats on Thursday offered a two-month budget extension which includes $7 billion in new funding for evacuating U.S. allies out of Afghanistan but not enough money to offset the cost of the military pay raise set to go into effect Jan. 1.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-york-new-mexico-halyna-hutchins-abc-news-dave-b1968602.html
The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer, backs up the actor’s assertion that he did not pull the trigger.
Lisa Torraco, a lawyer for assistant director David Halls, told ABC News that her client has always said Baldwin never pulled the trigger. “He told me since day one he thought it was a misfire,” Torraco said.
“Until Alec said that, it was just really hard to believe, but Dave has told me since the very first day I met him, that Alec did not pull that trigger.”
ABC released a clip Wednesday in which Baldwin said he did not pull the trigger before the gun fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding the film’s director.
https://time.com/6125014/cows-agricultural-emissions/
animals raised for livestock, are responsible for releasing the methane equivalent of some 3.1 gigatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year
https://www.wptv.com/news/national/coronavirus/1st-case-of-omicron-variant-identified-in-minnesota-officials-say
Health officials in Minnesota say they have identified the state's first case of the omicron variant.
On Thursday, the Minnesota Department of Health said the person tested positive for the variant after returning from New York City.
"This news is concerning, but it is not a surprise," Governor Tim Walz said in a news release. "We know that this virus is highly infectious and moves quickly throughout the world. Minnesotans know what to do to keep each other safe now — get the vaccine, get tested, wear a mask indoors, and get a booster. Together, we can fight this virus and help keep Minnesotans safe.”
Health officials said the person is an adult male who lives in Hennepin County and is vaccinated.
They said the man began developing mild symptoms on Nov. 22 and tested for COVID-19 on Nov. 24.
The man told officials he traveled to NYC to attend the Anime NYC 2021 convention at the Javits Center from Nov. 19-21.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/it-s-a-trump-day-as-stocks-tied-to-ex-president-stage-a-rally-1.1690219
(Bloomberg) – Donald Trump is helping to spark a rally in some stocks Thursday following a report that the former president’s media group is in talks to raise as much as $1 billion.
Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check company set to bring Trump Media & Technology Group to the market, surged as much 22% after Reuters reported that the nascent social venture is holding discussions on financing. The news is boosting other stocks with ties to Trump.
For example, Phunware Inc., a software company that worked on Trump’s re-election campaign, leaped as much as 24%. And CF Acquisition Corp. VI, a blank-check firm sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, rocketed up 47% before paring some of those gains as it agreed to merge with video platform Rumble Inc., which touted Trump as among its top creators and highlighted an “acceleration of big tech censorship” in an investor presentation.
On social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit, investors were quick to compare CF Acquisition to Digital World Acquisition. The outperformance of CF Acquisition could be partly driven by its lower valuation, as investors rush to trade stocks exposed to the former President, according to Tuttle Capital Management Chief Executive Matthew Tuttle.
“I don’t think this has anything to do with Rumble, it’s all Donald Trump, it’s a Trump day with the fundraising news,” he said by telephone. “But at the end of the day, DWAC is the pure play. While CFVI is a platform he’s on but isn’t the pure-play Trump.”
https://www.rt.com/usa/542027-police-man-gun-un/
Heavily armed New York City police have surrounded the area outside the UN headquarters on East River and are reportedly negotiating with a person carrying a gun.
The NYPD has issued a traffic alert for the intersection of 42nd Street and 1st Avenue – right outside the UN HQ – and said the public should “expect emergency vehicles in the surrounding area.”
A video posted on Twitter by Newsmax host Greg Kelly shows emergency vehicles blocking the road and SWAT personnel with long rifles standing by.
Put down the firearm. There are better ways to get your message across,” police can be heard telling the suspect, who appears to be a grey-haired white man, wearing a red sweater and a brown jacket.
It wasn’t clear from the video if the item in the man's hand is a gun, but Kelly’s video shows him holding on to something that appears to be a weapon. There was also a black bag of some kind on the ground by his feet.