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In Seaside Heights, New Jersey, NBC News had direct access to surveillance efforts by the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department on Friday evening. D’Amico used a tethered drone connected to a power source that has the ability to fly 200 feet straight into the air. Detective Anthony D’Amico with the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office launching surveillance drone near the beach on Friday. “I feel like everybody’s on the same page, we’re all feeling kind of frustrated that no one has any answers,” D’Amico added. Fast moving object observed by NBC News team on Sheriff’s thermal camera.

Persons: ” Anthony D’Amico, D’Amico, Anthony D’Amico, ” D’Amico, it’s, ”, Nikole, “ It’s, Martin, It’s, ” Nikole, they’ve, Pamela Westervelt, Doug Hendricks, Westervelt, ” Hendricks Organizations: NBC News, Sheriff’s Department, Office, NBC, Farmers, Investigation, NBC News Group Locations: N.J, East, Seaside Heights , New Jersey, Ocean, Seaside

☆ CEOs wanted Biden’s top business regulator gone. They’re about to get their wish
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Portrait of Andrew N. Ferguson Federal Trade Commission“At the FTC, we will end Big Tech’s vendetta against competition and free speech,” Ferguson posted to Xon Tuesday. Consolidation in tech makes it easier for governments to pressure social media companies to take down content, Ferguson told Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt. Schmitt, as the state’s attorney general in 2022, led a high-profile lawsuit about alleged social media censorship that wound up before the Supreme Court in its last term. Ferguson has weighed in on social media speech in other ways, too. In a June interview with the Mercatus Center, a libertarian think tank, Ferguson defended some initiatives spearheaded by Khan’s FTC.

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☆ Memecoins like Fartcoin are riding Trump's victory to huge valuations. Experts say it may have only begun
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Rob Wile | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

It's minting millionaires while potentially harming others — yet everyone, even the losers, seem to be in on the joke. For the most part, the greatest risk in trading memecoins, which tend to be based on the lifespan of viral internet memes, is the meme itself fading away from the cultural zeitgeist. Some believe memecoins are permitted because the Securities and Exchange Commission has never formally categorized bitcoin as a security. In fact, Trump world has already shown signs of accelerating its embrace of cryptocurrencies. Yet there is clearly a dark side to the memecoin world.

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☆ Plane with banner circles MetLife Stadium, demands Giants co-owner John Mara fires ‘everyone’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Charlotte Carroll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For the second straight week ahead of a New York Giants home game, a plane circled the stadium with a banner offering a message to the franchise’s co-owner John Mara. This week’s read: “MR MARA ENOUGH — WE WON’T STOP UNTIL YOU FIRE EVERYONE”Planes with banners are back at MetLife Stadium: “MR MARA ENOUGH – WE WON’T STOP UNTIL YOU FIRE EVERYONE” pic.twitter.com/n8eupv3RWD — Charlotte Carroll (@charlottecrrll) December 15, 2024Last week, the message read: “Mr. Mara enough — plz fix this dumpster fire.” That banner circled the stadium ahead of the Giants’ 14-11 loss to the New Orleans Saints. Last week, most players polled were unaware of the plane that flew over ahead of the game. After Sunday’s matchup, there is just one more home game – a Week 17 matchup versus the Indianapolis Colts.

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☆ Owen Wilson joined Travis Scott on stage at Rolling Loud, but it’s not as weird as you think
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Owen Wilson proved this weekend that he is the hype man we all need. The “Wedding Crashers” actor made an unexpected appearance during rapper Travis Scott’s rain-soaked set at Rolling Loud on Saturday, according to video footage from the Miami music festival. Wilson came on stage during Scott’s 2023 track “FE!N” and riled the crowd up when he exclaimed, “I’m feining for more!” to help kick off performing the song. While the Rolling Loud stage isn’t where you’d typically expect to find a comedic actor such as Wilson making a cameo, the appearance may not be quite as random as it seems. According to Deadline, the actor’s appearance during Scott’s set on Saturday was for a scene in the film.

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☆ 'This has gone too far': N.Y. Gov. calls for federal assistance after mysterious drones shut down airport runways
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Mysterious drones in New York temporarily shut down runways at an Orange County airport, a frustrated governor said, calling for federal assistance and declaring that "this has gone too far." The New York Stewart International Airport was forced to close runways Friday night for about an hour "due to drone activity in the airspace," Gov. The drones have been spotted over New York, New Jersey, and other states in the Northeast, sparking concern and confusion. Hochul said she directed the New York State Intelligence Center to actively investigate the sightings and coordinate with federal law enforcement to address the drones. "Extending these powers to New York State and our peers is essential.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Hochul, Sen, Richard Blumenthal, Conn, Chris Smith, Jeff Van Drew, Biden Organizations: York Stewart International, Federal Aviation Administration, Port Authority of New, New, New Jersey Republican, New York State Intelligence Center, UAS Authority Security, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, FAA, Federal Bureau of Investigation, DHS Locations: New York, Orange County, Port Authority of New York, New Jersey, New York , New Jersey, New York State

☆ Father and son buried together in an Israeli strike that killed dozens in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The overnight strike on a residential block levelled homes, reduced streets to rubble, and killed at least 36 people, tearing some of them apart. Bayoumi had come to check on his cousin only to find “flesh and bodyparts,” and his cousin’s family, including his wife and son, buried beneath the rubble. “I swear, we don’t understand anything.”A boy walks through the aftermath of the Israeli strike on Nuseirat. A man stroked the round cheek of another dead child, and two others, tiny enough to be fit into a single stretcher, were carried by the crowd for burial. For the dozens of people weeping and mourning over the dead that day, the grief was no less raw for its regularity.

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Democrats ended up cleaning up in the Clinton districts and then padding their majority in the Trump districts in 2018. A majority of the Trump/House Democratic districts have a median household income of less than $65,000, which is also below the national median of $78,000. For Republicans, Trump has shifted their coalition to include more working-class voters and voters of color. The targets include some Trump seats that were not on this year’s battlefield, like Michigan’s 4th District, represented by GOP Rep. Bill Huizenga. Republicans, meanwhile, will try to ensure that Trump voters become reliable GOP voters, and some Republicans acknowledged those voters are not in their camp yet.

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☆ Images appear to show Russia dismantling military equipment in Syria
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

(©2024 Maxar Technologies/AFP via Getty Images) AFP - Getty ImagesAt Hmeimim, two An-124 heavy transport aircraft were observed on the airfield with their nose cones raised, ready to load equipment. Other forces, including Russian military convoys, appear to be heading toward the airbase. Another verified video showed Russian military vehicles driving through what appears to be Syria as bystanders waved their shoes at the cars. A separate video, posted by the prominent Russian military-themed Telegram channel "Military Informer," purportedly showed a Russian military column crossing through Kurdish-controlled territories in Syria. Russian military vehicles and artillery guns at the Russian airbase at Qamishli Airport in northeastern Syria on Thursday.

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The drones were first spotted in New Jersey on Nov. 18. NBC News has been tracking reports of possible drone sightings, mostly in New Jersey, since at least Dec. 3. The drones were first spotted in North Jersey, but now appear to be popping up throughout the state. A senior official briefed on the drone sightings in New Jersey said there were 79 reports of drone sightings overnight from Thursday to Friday in the state. Several New Jersey officials have said the drone sightings occur up to 180 times per night.

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☆ Jamie Foxx recovering after physical alteration at Beverly Hills restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Michelle Watson | Megan Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Jamie Foxx is recovering after an incident at a restaurant during his birthday dinner on Friday left him with injuries. “Jamie Foxx was at his birthday dinner when someone from another table threw a glass that hit him in the mouth,” a spokesperson for Foxx said. “Upon investigation, officers determined that the reported assault with a deadly weapon was unfounded,” BHPD said. “It is a mystery,” the Oscar-winning actor said in the Netflix special. After the operation, doctors said Foxx might make a full recovery, “but it’s going to be the worst year of his life,” Foxx said on Netflix.

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☆ Pop music is messier, for the better, because of Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Part of why Charli, Roan and Carpenter are so magnetic is because their music wasn’t made for everyone. Charli, Roan and Carpenter take the same approach to their music. Enter Charli, Roan and Carpenter. But the candid, confident music these pop stars make is meaningful during this turbulent moment, Errico said. “They’re building a new army for a newly perilous time, while also having a blast.”The future of pop, Murphy says, is tipping toward honest excess.

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☆ Iran will not impede IAEA access, head of its atomic organization says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The flag of Iran is seen in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarters on May 24, 2021 in Vienna, Austria. Iran will not impede U.N. nuclear watchdog's access and inspection of its sites, the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization said on Saturday. According to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) earlier this week, Iran has agreed to tougher monitoring by the agency at its Fordow site after it greatly accelerated uranium enrichment to close to weapons grade there. Last week, the IAEA reported that Iran had multiplied the pace of its enrichment to up to 60% purity, close to the 90% of weapons grade, at Fordow. "We have not created and will not create any obstacles for the agency's inspections and access," Atomic Energy Organization head Mohammad Eslami was quoted as saying by Iranian media.

Persons: Mohammad Eslami Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Headquarters, country's Atomic Energy Organization, Atomic Energy Organization Locations: Iran, Vienna, Austria, Fordow

However, experts warn, that doesn’t mean residents should take matters into their own hands: Shooting drones is illegal and could end in serious injury. Officials say the drones flying over New Jersey in the past few weeks appear to be commercial-grade, not recreational. “A private citizen shooting at any aircraft — including unmanned aircraft — poses a significant safety hazard. Abichandani said shooting drones could also set off fires. “If you shoot at it, assuming you target it correctly and you actually hit the drone, the drone is going to fall somewhere.

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The hundreds of mysterious New Jersey drone sightings are sparking mounting demands for a more forceful federal response, calls that come as even more sightings are being reported in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Overnight, 79 sightings were reported across New Jersey alone, a senior official briefed on the drone sightings told NBC News. An ongoing investigation leads officials to believe previously reported New Jersey sightings over the Picatinny Arsenal in Morris County and Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster were indeed drones, a senior official briefed on the drone sightings told NBC News. “The feds can’t control the air space, and yesterday my phone didn’t stop with drone sightings messages,” he said. “These are drones, unmanned aerial systems that have been used as weapons of war around the globe.”

Persons: Nicole Malliotakis, “, ” Malliotakis, ”, Kathy Hochul, —, Larry Hogan, ” Hogan, Phil Murphy, Joe Biden, Sens, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, Murphy, ” Sen, Richard Blumenthal, Conn, ” Blumenthal, Vito Fosella, Malliotakis, ” Fossella, Montvale, Montvale , New Jersey Mayor Michael Ghassali, Ghassali, Sen, Andy Kim, Gillibrand, Schumer, Booker, Kim, ” Kim, ” Gillibrand Organizations: Department of Homeland Security, FBI, NBC News, Secret Service, AP New York Gov, Former Republican Maryland Gov, White, Security, Secret, Democratic New, Democratic New Jersey Gov, DHS, FAA, Department of Defense, Coast Guard, Arsenal, Trump National Golf Club, Naval, Station, New Jersey ”, Montvale , New Jersey Mayor, Sens, Homeland, MSNBC Locations: Jersey, New York , Pennsylvania, Maryland, Staten Island, United States of America, U.S, New Jersey, New York, Randolph, N.J, Democratic New Jersey, New England, Staten, Island, Morris County, Bedminster, Colts Neck , New Jersey, Montvale , New Jersey, “

☆ Questions about drone sightings and new findings about human evolution: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

The White House said drones flying over New Jersey and New York don’t pose a public threat, but lawmakers still want more answers. And a couple’s $92,000 medical debt is wiped away after a NBC News report. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day. It also clarifies the significance of fossilized human remains in Europe, and the time frame in which humans interbred another extinct species. Staff Pick: $92,000 debt forgiven after NBC News reportDonna and Gary Lindabury had a lien on their N.C. home due to medical debt.

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As President Joe Biden makes a final push to confirm judicial nominees before his term in office ends, he is on track to have appointed more federal judges of color than any president before him. If Cheeks is approved, Biden will have appointed 63 Black federal judges, the most of a presidency of any length, according to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Both Obama and Bill Clinton each appointed 62 Black judges over the course of their two terms. Senate Democrats vowed to confirm as many Biden nominees as possible before Trump takes office in January and Republicans take control of the Senate. They’ve confirmed dozens since Election Day, but these circuit nominees are in limbo amid some opposition from Democrats as well as GOP senators.

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The Lindaburys' debt to Atrium Health from 2009 grew over time to include almost $100,000 in interest charges. Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt, according to KFF, a nonprofit health policy research, polling and news organization. Research conducted by the Urban Institute found that medical debt is more common in the South and among people in low-income ZIP codes. In 2021, the institute found that three North Carolina counties were among the 10 U.S. counties whose residents held the most medical debt. Recognizing the burden that medical debt places on consumers, some states have moved in recent years to remedy the problem.

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☆ I Traded My News Apps for Rumble, the Right-Wing YouTube. Here’s What I Saw.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Stuart A. Thompson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

athletes doing Mr. Trump’s dance moves were a sign, the hosts said, that Mr. Trump had recaptured popular culture from the clutches of Hollywood liberals. Blame for any hiccups in Mr. Trump’s strategy was assigned to Democrats or even Republicans who were not sufficiently obedient. Perhaps the biggest cheerleader for Mr. Trump was Mr. Bongino, the eponymous host of Rumble’s most-watched show, with 3.4 million followers. I don’t remember seeing Mr. Bongino criticize Mr. Trump — not once. When Mr. Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration later that week after significant pushback, Mr. Bongino never faulted Mr. Trump for the whole ordeal.

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☆ Buffalo and Detroit, forever connected, can finally dream of a Rust Belt Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Tim Graham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

AdvertisementAnd, for generations, the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions have deprived them. “It would be a Super Bowl made in heaven,” said Mary Wilson, widow of Bills founder and Detroit businessman Ralph Wilson. Lions coach Dan Campbell is the clear favorite for Coach of the Year. Bills coach Sean McDermott locked up his fifth straight AFC East crown with a month’s worth of games remaining. Recent data shows they rank similarly among large metros in unionization (Buffalo first, Detroit seventh), poverty (Detroit second, Buffalo third) and excessive drinking (Buffalo fourth, Detroit 13th).

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WASHINGTON — A group of House Republicans representing high-tax states is demanding an increase to the federal deduction for state and local taxes, also known as “SALT,” in order to support an extension of President-elect Donald Trump's tax law next year. The battle centers on the $10,000 limit on deductions for state and local taxes, which Republicans established in a 2017 tax cut bill. You guys can do the math on that one,” Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., a proponent of a bigger SALT deduction, told NBC News. Because an expiration of [the 2017 tax law] would completely eliminate [the cap on] SALT,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., a member of the tax-writing Ways & Means Committee, said in an interview. “I think it would be fiscally irresponsible not to have a SALT cap,” said Tillis, who represents a state where taxpayers don’t use the deduction as much.

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WASHINGTON — Key House and Senate lawmakers are demanding top federal law enforcement officials immediately brief them about mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and New York, as the White House downplayed any potential threats to national security or the public. But lawmakers say that they — and the public — need more information after weeks of sightings in New Jersey and other states. “But the public deserves to know more, and it’s up to the FBI and Homeland Security to brief the public immediately. For weeks, residents have been spotting and taking videos of drones, which officials have described as commercial-grade devices and not typical “hobbyist” drones. "We’re going to try to get answers, and we’ll go from there.”So far, an all-member House briefing on the drones has not been scheduled, though some individual members have been briefed.

Persons: Mike Johnson, it’s, he’s, John Kirby, Kirby, Cory Booker, Andy Kim, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Alejandro Mayorkas, Chris Wray, Michael Whitaker, UAS, Sen, Richard Blumenthal, Conn, Adam Smith, ” Smith, Josh Gottheimer, ” Gottheimer, Phil Murphy, ”, Murphy, Jeff Van Drew, ” Van Drew’s, Sabrina Singh, “, Jason Crow, we’ll, Andre Carson Organizations: WASHINGTON, White, Homeland Security, FBI, National Security Council, NBC News, Homeland, Federal Aviation Administration, Armed, ”, Intelligence, Homeland Security Department, New, New Jersey Gov, Democrat, “, Department of Homeland Security, New Jersey Republican, Fox News, Pentagon Locations: New Jersey, New York, . New Jersey Sens, New York Sens, United States, Iranian, Coast, United States of America

Phil Murphy’s office, a representative from Homeland Security joined via Skype to speak alongside state officials, addressing local officials on the issue. As such sightings continue, New Jersey residents have taken to social media to share images and videos of the drones flying above them. Another Facebook user, Ernie Oporto, told NBC News that he filmed a drone in Woodbridge near the town’s police station. On Monday, a group of 20 mayors from Morris County wrote a letter to Murphy expressing “deep concern” and emphasizing the impact on 500,000 county residents and officials. The letter requested a formal investigation into the flights, clear communication to officials and an implementation of preventative measures to tackle unsafe drone operations.

Persons: Tony Perry, “ I’m, ” Perry, —, Phil Murphy’s, Murphy, Perry, Jeff Van Drew, Sabrina Singh, Dawn Fantasia, ”, ” Murphy, Joe Biden, Station Earle, Sam Morris, who’s, ” Robert W, Wheeler Jr, Wheeler, Sen, Jon Bramnick, Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden, Verity Lee, Ernie Oporto, Morris County, Chris Smith, Austin Lloyd, “, ” Smith, Cory Booker Organizations: Middletown, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Homeland, Gov, Homeland Security, Skype, NBC News, Pentagon, U.S . Police, Naval, Station, Arsenal, Washington , D.C, U.S . Northern Command, of Defense, ”, New, Monmouth County Sheriff, Facebook, State Locations: New Jersey, Flanders, N.J, U.S, Iranian, East Coast, United States, United Kingdom, Monmouth County, Morris County, Mine, Washington ,, Monmouth, Woodbridge, Morris

Phone companies maintain records like which phone numbers participated in calls and when those calls happened and potentially the locations of the cell towers their phones connected to. Alan Butler, the executive director and president of the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center, said having one’s phone metadata exposed is a clear violation of privacy. The hacking campaign accessed the metadata of more than a million people, an industry source briefed on the matter said. While some consider phone metadata to be less sensitive than the contents of communications, it can still provide enormous value to intelligence services. That would not typically fall to CISA or the FBI,” the FBI official said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Alan Butler, ” Butler, Verizon’s, ”, Michael Hayden, “, Dakota Cary, ” Cary, China’s, CISA, Jeff Simon, Simon Organizations: FBI, Verizon, NBC News, D.C, Privacy, Federal Communications Commission, White, Embassy, CIA, National Security Agency, Sentinel, National Capital, intel, White House, Infrastructure Security Agency, Typhoon, Charter Communications, Mobile, Salt Locations: U.S, Washington, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, China, Western, CISA, Louisiana, Salt

☆ 11-year-old girl survives three days in the sea after shipwreck
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

An 11-year-old girl survived three days in stormy seas by clinging to two tire inner-tubes after the migrant boat she was traveling on sank off the coast of Italy, a charity said. Rubber inner tubes, which the 11 year old girl used as floatation devices. She was found with the two inner-tubes and a life-vest and “had no drinking water or food with her, and although she was suffering from hypothermia, she was responsive and alert,” Compass Collective added. While they typically assist larger vessels, the crew of the 13-meter-long German Trotamar III sometimes perform urgent sea rescues as they did in this case. The vessel has saved 1,653 people in distress at sea since it began its operation in August 2023, Compass Collective said.

Persons: ” Matthias Wiedenlübbert, “, Wiedenlübbert, ” Nicola Dell’Arciprete, ” Organizations: International Organization for Migration, IOM, Compass, Unicef Locations: Italy, Lampedusa, Rome, Sfax, Tunisia's, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Libya, Malta

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