A judge in Minnesota is upholding his decision to livestream the trial against the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd. In a ruling issued Friday, Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill cited the immense global interest in the case and limited courthouse space amid the "unique and unprecedented situation" brought by the coronavirus pandemic, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported. The trial is scheduled for March 2021. Cahill dismissed concerns by state prosecutors, who argued in a motion filed Nov. 25 that recording audio and visuals of the trial would violate court rules and scare away potential witnesses. Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office, which is leading the prosecution, asked that Cahill rescind his previous ruling issued on Nov. 4 or consider narrowing the scope of outside access.

A 5-year-old Colorado girl who was abducted by her non-custodial mother was found safe during a traffic stop in Ohio.

Lawmakers have finally settled on a nearly $900 billion COVID-19 relief package. Here's everything you need to know.

A Texas Democrat says cartels are telling migrants the ‘border will be open’ once Biden takes office, according to a DHS briefing he received.

MCALLEN, TX – A Texas congressman revealed that the Department of Homeland Security informed him that cartels south of the border are claiming that a Biden presidency will result in weaker southern border to residents in Mexico and Central America. As a result, the DHS are bracing themselves for a possible surge come 2021 in cartel-influenced attempts at breaching the southern border. Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar shared the DHS briefing details on December 11th, noting that the agency forewarned him of the following: “[T]he bad guys are starting to promote to people of Central America and Mexico that ‘the border will be open; it will be different so start getting ready to come.” (Read more)

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WINTER SPRINGS, FL – During the early morning hours of December 20th, the 501(c)(3) non-profit Running 4 Heroes had their Instagram account shutdown for “violating” the platform’s terms of service. Yet, the exact violations of said terms is completely unknown – even to the NPO. For those unfamiliar with Running 4 Heroes, the NPO centers around young Zechariah Cartledge, 12, who decided to start running a mile while hoisting the Thin Blue Line flag whenever a first responder passed away in the line of duty. The goal was simple for this young man – to help raise awareness of the line of duty deaths that can occur within the role of being a first responder. By all accounts, the mission and endeavors of Zechariah and the NPO are both noble and innocuous. There’s hardly any malice that can be extracted in an effort to honor and raise awareness to those who died in the line of duty. (Read more.)

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Canada A series of Covid-19 awareness-raising campaign videos have been praised after warning about the risks of house parties and family gatherings this Christmas

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Some lives matter more than others -- 25 US states want to 'prioritize' non-whites for vaccines. Twenty-five out of all 50 states have "committed to a focus on racial and ethnic communities" when deciding who should receive the coronavirus vaccine first. "According to our analysis, 25 states have committed to a focus on racial and ethnic communities as they decided which groups should be prioritized in receiving a coronavirus vaccine dose." The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has asked all American states to look at possible critical and vulnerable groups in order to prioritize them for the novel coronavirus vaccine, which has started to ship within the US as of Dec. 13, and have mentioned ethnic and minority communities as being good candidates for early delivery of the vaccine. (Read more.)