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Two forestry workers were killed and two soldiers were reported missing after an attack early Friday in southwestern Niger, the first in the region in almost a year, sources said. “Assailants targeted a position of the Nigerien armed forces and the water and forestry services early this morning in Tapoa,” 150 kilometres (95 miles) south of the capital Niamey, a local official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Two forestry workers died, three soldiers were wounded and two others are listed missing,” the source said. Another local official said the assailants, whose number was unknown, torched two vehicles and drove...

Justice Samuel Alito agreed on Thursday to review an appeal against the ruling of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that tossed a suit alleging the state’s mail-in voting was unconstitutional.

Found this video from red state dot com, but apparently cannot post the article here. Perhaps the hand off was of something completely legitimate, but why the attempt at secrecy.

In a blog post this week, YouTube has revealed some efforts to make the platform “more inclusive.” That includes showing a warning when a hateful comment is detected on a YouTube video, giving users the chance to be more “respectful.” “Toxic” comments are all too well-known on YouTube and can be a source of stress and anxiety for creators on the platform, and cleaning up the comments section is something that can make YouTube a better place for everyone. Now, to lessen how often those comments appear, YouTube is adding a new pop-up warning that appears when hateful or negative...

The New York Times asked 700 epidemiologists to describe their COVID-19 habits, how their thinking has changed since the pandemic began, and when they think it will be safe for normal life to resume. Dismayingly, several answered that last question with a resounding never. "I expect that wearing a mask will become part of my daily life, moving forward, even after a vaccine is deployed," Amy Hobbs, a research associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told The Times. Marilyn Tseng, an assistant professor at California Polytechnic State University, said life would never revert to the way...

Projection, Masks, Rapid rollout, Rapid rollout to high-risk, and Easing scenarios now include vaccine distribution.

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith’s legal team is pleading with a judge not to send him to prison for lying to secure surveillance orders against President Trump’s 2016 campaign adviser Carter Page. Clinesmith agreed in August to plead guilty to making false statements when he doctored an email submitted as evidence to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The discovery was made by US Attorney for Connecticut John Durham’s team reviewing the FBI’s Russia investigation. Durham will serve as a special counsel continuing his work under President-elect Joe Biden.

‘Those whom they want to kill with this law are future Argentines, compatriots, citizens of our country,’ said Dr. María José Mancino, president of Doctors for Life Argentina. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, December 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Thousands of pro-life Argentines in over 500 cities took to the streets on Nov. 28 in protest of a bill that would legalize elective abortion up to 14 weeks after conception. The bill, which was initiated by President Alberto Fernández, states that “Women and those with other gender identities who are able to get pregnant have the right to decide to terminate a pregnancy...

The company will delete what it says are ‘false claims about the safety, efficacy, ingredients or side effects of the vaccines.’ MENLO PARK, California, December 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Social media giant Facebook has announced it will be removing any posts regarding the upcoming COVID-19 vaccines from its platforms if the information is deemed to be “false.” The press release issued yesterday states that “[g]iven the recent news that COVID-19 vaccines will soon be rolling out around the world, over the coming weeks we will start removing false claims about these vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts...

‘In the COVID-19 pandemic, we judge that this grave reason exists and that one does not sin by receiving the vaccine,’ the bishops argue. LONDON, U.K., December 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Following the approval of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine by the U.K. government, the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) stated that Catholics would not sin by taking a vaccine developed with aborted fetal cells. The message, released only yesterday, comes as a follow-up to their September letter in which the CBCEW declared that a Catholic could use a vaccine derived from an aborted baby in “good conscience.”...

The Arizona House and Senate have called for an audit of the Maricopa County election software and equipment following allegations of fraud and other irregularities presented by President Donald Trump’s team earlier this week. In a news release Friday, GOP leaders of the Republican-controlled legislature sought an independent audit of Dominion Voting Systems software—used in Maricopa County—called for the audit. State Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, a Republican said that Maricopa County’s Board of Supervisors “is supportive of conducting an independent audit of their voting software and equipment,” adding: “It is important we maintain all of the voting public’s confidence in our...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world “can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic,” but he said rich and powerful nations must not trample the poor and marginalized “in the stampede for vaccines.” In an address to the U.N. General Assembly’s first high-level session on the pandemic, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned that while the virus can be stopped, “the path ahead remains treacherous.”

This woman is a monster. During Wednesday night’s monumental hearing to expose vote fraud in the Michigan House Oversight Committee, one lawmaker stood out as being particularly reprehensible and belligerent: Democrat state representative Cynthia Johnson of Detroit. Johnson has a long history of being a psychotic far-left activist. She has even endorsed the idea of doing show trials in which conservatives are forced to defenestrate themselves before Democrat tribunals to atone the sin of supporting President Donald Trump. Her tweet supporting the idea has been archived here: Big League Politics has reported on how tens of thousands of mysterious ballots...

Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said in an interview with The 19th‘s Amanda Becker that while President Donald Trump has “the right” to exhaust his legal challenges, it looked like Joe Biden “will prevail.” Conway said, “Well, The president wants to exhaust all of his legal avenues, as he has made clear many times. His team is doing that. I see in the papers they are doing that, going to different states and trying to do that. And of course, that is his right.”

The latest video evidence that Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani calls a 'smoking gun' that 'proves' the election in Georgia to be fraudulent has been reviewed by the Republican Secretary of State's office, which found no such thing. Giuliani touted new video evidence as a revelation at a Thursday hearing in Atlanta Thursday – after taking his election fraud roadshow claims to Michigan, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. 'The video tape doesn't lie. Fulton County Democrats stole the election. It's now beyond doubt. Go to the tape! he tweeted. According to the fact check he tweeted, 'Two high-level officials with the Georgia...

Carmelo Duncan was shot multiple times and killed in his father's car driving in Washington DC on Wednesday night Police believe at least two gunman opened fire from a moving car in targeted attack, striking Duncan family's car 10 times Carmelo suffered gunshot wound to the head, in addition to other injuries Toddler's father and eight-year-old brother were not harmed Carmelo is the youngest shooting fatality so far this year in Washington DC, which has seen the number of killings reach 187

Explanation: A bright spiral galaxy of the northern sky, Messier 63 is nearby, about 30 million light-years distant toward the loyal constellation Canes Venatici. Also cataloged as NGC 5055, the majestic island universe is nearly 100,000 light-years across, about the size of our own Milky Way. Its bright core and majestic spiral arms lend the galaxy its popular name, The Sunflower Galaxy, while this exceptionally deep exposure also follows faint, arcing star streams far into the galaxy's halo. Extending nearly 180,000 light-years from the galactic center the star streams are likely remnants of tidally disrupted satellites of M63. Other satellite...

A former social worker accused of siphoning money from dozens of B.C.'s most vulnerable children for more than a decade has been arrested and now faces 13 criminal charges, the RCMP said Friday. Robert Riley Saunders, who eluded civil officials for months after the allegations first surfaced, was recently arrested in Alberta, the Mounties said. He was charged Wednesday with 10 counts of fraud over $5,000, one count of theft over $5,000, one count of breach of trust and one count of uttering a forged document. He remains in custody. Former foster children, the majority of whom are Indigenous, have...

Vatican City, Dec 2, 2020 / 11:30 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis said Wednesday that he was praying for Nigeria following a massacre of at least 110 farmers in which Islamist militants beheaded an estimated 30 people. “I want to assure my prayers for Nigeria, where blood has unfortunately been spilled once more in a terrorist massacre,” the pope said at the end of his general audience Dec. 2. “Last Saturday, in the northeast of the country, more than 100 farmers were brutally killed. May God welcome them in His peace and comfort their families, and convert the hearts of...

A job applicant spurned by New York Life Insurance Company has filed a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the company discriminated against applicants who had previously been arrested, even if no charges stemmed from the arrests. Aliea Hughes-Phillips and her lawyers at Outten & Golden alleged in a Manhattan federal court complaint Thursday that even though she was qualified for a customer service position, her job offer was revoked due to arrests in 2010 and 2017. She said she was not charged after either arrest.