📈👩 Disney has chosen Susan Arnold the chairperson of the board, marking the first female appointment to this position in the history of the company.

Robert Iger, who is also Disney CEO, will leave the company at the end of the year, while Arnold, who has been a part of the board for 14 years, will assume her new position on December 31, 2021.

Photo credit: The Walt Disney Company website

Ethan Crumbley, the 15-year old suspected Oxford High School shooter in Oxford, Michigan was brought to the school with his parents for a “face-to-face meeting” with administrators mere hours before the shooting, report says.

According to the information, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard revealed that the meeting was apparently related to Crumbley’s behaviour in the classroom.

At the same time, the sheriff said there’s no indication of Crumbley having prior disciplinary issues or being expelled from school before, and that school officials said there was no record of Crumbley ever being bullied.

💬 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's main statements from at the 28th OSCE Ministerial Council:

🔸 the architecture of strategic stability is rapidly collapsing;
🔸 NATO is refusing to constructively consider Russia's proposals to de-escalate tensions and prevent dangerous incidents;
🔸 the military infrastructure of the alliance is being brought closer to Russia's borders;
🔸 nightmare scenario of a military confrontation is returning;
🔸 in the dialogue with the United States and its allies, Russia will insist on the development of agreements that would exclude any further NATO advances to the east and the deployment of weapons systems that threaten Russia.

Joe "Thug Life" Biden: Watch how he answered the reporter's question – "Do you think the former President put you at risk?"

Students at Arizona State University are protesting the possibility of Kyle Rittenhouse studying there.

Protesters, led by Students for Socialism ASU, Students for Justice in Palestine, Multicultural Solidarity Coalition, and MECHA de ASU have been heard chanting "killer Kyle off our campus."

One of the participants, Farha, said that "killer Kyle should not be going to this campus, that is White supremacy at its peak."

California Governor Gavin Newsom has blamed local officials for not prosecuting shoplifting crimes: "If people are breaking in, people stealing your property, they need to be arrested. Police need to arrest them. Prosecutors need to prosecute them. Judges need to hold people accountable for breaking the law," he said. "These are not victimless crimes, and I have no empathy for these criminal elements."

Watch counter protesters shouting “Let’s Go Brandon” at the ASU Kyle Rittenhouse protest (warning, strong language)

Waukesha runaway driver suspect Darrell Brooks told judge in 2011 that he couldn't pay child support because he "was getting incarcerated," Fox News reports. Darrell Brooks owes over $41K in child support.

At the same time, the mother of his son who asked for her name to be withheld due to concerns about her safety, said she’s barely interacted with Brooks in the last two decades: "He’s always been in and out of jail – he hasn’t been present. I raised my son without him."

WATCH LIVE: Blinken holds press conference on sidelines of OSCE Ministerial Council in Stockholm

A family in California lost four members after a crash with a drunken driver on 20 November (the suspect is now arrested). But this week brought more bad news: the family’s home in North Highlands, near Sacramento, was burgled.

Their relatives have started a crowdfunding campaign to help the family and have already raised more than $100,000.

💬 Putin and Biden will have direct contact in the near future, Blinken says

Blinken: Moscow is "well aware" of the range of possible consequences that will come in case of aggression against Ukraine

❗ The United States has approved a new package of sanctions against Belarus: the new restrictions target 20 individuals, 12 organisations, and three aircraft. The sanctions also affect Lukashenko's middle son Dmitry, the Belarusian Potash Company, and the Presidential Sports Club.

⚡ US issues directive restricting transactions in Belarusian sovereign debt

Paul Whelan told his relatives that Russian prosecutors have started investigating his complaints about "corruption" in the colony

Nearly half of American households report financial hardship, a Gallup poll said: "45 percent of Americans report financial hardship triggered by increased prices; 10% describe the hardship as threatening their current standard of living [and] Seven in 10 lower-income Americans (those making less than $40,000 a year) experiencing hardship."

After a notorious smash-and-grab attack at a Nordstrom store last month, the Walnut Creek City Council raised its security budget by $2 million to beef up its police presence

⚡ Democratic, Republican Senate Leaders reach deal on funding government to avoid shutdown