📱 Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse's lawyer, told that he has changed his cell phone due to death threats so numerous he "can't count," but it didn’t help a lot. He said that he currently uses his wife’s phone, but intimidators have reached it too.

"I would love for things to change, for people to talk to one another without fighting, but, unfortunately, I don't see it changing any time soon," the defence attorney noted.

Joe Biden 'ready to run for re-election in 2024' as president's approval rating hits new low

A counterpunch: a US professor who was fired for allegedly masturbating during a lecture via Zoom has sued the university. He says his civil rights were violated and he wants Fordham University in New York City to reinstate him.

69-year-old Howard Robinson claims he is incapable of masturbating because he suffers from erectile dysfunction, while he alleges that the student who captured the incident on video and reported it made a mistake: he says he was trying not to urinate.

Andrea Morin, who captured the alleged incident on video, has also sued the university. She claims she failed the class and lost her scholarship because of the matter and retaliation for lodging a complaint against the professor: "This event has caused enormous problems for me in my life. I have fallen behind in school and emotionally suffer from this incident".

About 80 looters in ski masks looted a Nordstrom store in Walnut Creek, near San Francisco.

According to witnesses, the scene was like something "out of a movie": "We probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks crowbars a bunch of weapons... The police were flying in. It was like a scene out of a movie. It was insane".

The US-based health organisation EcoHealth Alliance sent virus samples found in Laotian bats between June 2017 and May 2019 for studying at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the White Coat Waste Project non-profit discovered.

Evidence of the COVID-19 lab leak theory?

🔫 The tables turned: An Uber driver shot and killed one man and badly injured another during an attempted robbery overnight in Mayfair, Philadelphia.

The driver, who police say is licensed to carry a firearm, shot at least two of the alleged robbers several times and may have injured a third. The asuspected robbers, in their 20s, were taken to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital where one died.

🇨🇳"Kick their commie a*ses"; Ted Cruz says fully boycotting the Beijing Olympics is a mistake, instead offers a diplomatic boycott.

He thinks the US must do two things:

🔸 "We actually show the courage the Women's Tennis Association is showing to call out the murder, the genocide, the torture, the lies, the complicity in COVID-19 of the Chinese Communist government, to speak the truth,” Cruz said during a “Face the Nation” appearance on CBS.

🔸 “I really hope our young men and women - that they go over there and kick their commie asses - we need to win in the Olympics,” Cruz added.

The Texas senator suggested that corporations 'show a tiny bit of courage' and cut off ads for the Beijing Olympics.

All about Texas: Beto O’Rourke, running for governor of Texas, said that his campaign is “not going to be about Joe Biden” while blasting the POTUS for a lack of “urgency” on immigration.

🗣 “This campaign in Texas is not going to be about Joe Biden. It’s not going to be about Donald Trump. It’s not going to be about anyone from outside of our state,” O’Rourke said during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“This is going to be about the people of Texas and what the people of Texas want. And I have told you, they want the big things, like jobs, great schools, and making sure everyone can see a doctor. But they also want to see some competence in their government.” he added.

🧐As for Joe Biden, the former Democratic Representative said he doesn't see the urgency when it comes to rewriting US immigration laws to match need and the reality.

🇭🇹 Two of the 17 US and Canadian citizens, members of the religious organization Christian Aid Ministries, abducted in Haiti in October, have been released, the charity says.

⚡️ Multiple injuries reported in Wisconsin after car plows through Christmas parade

Latest on Waukesha Parade:

🔸 More than 20 people injured
🔸One person of interest identified
🔸Police have recovered vehicle
🔸No other active threats from incident

Shelter-in-place warning is issued in Waukesha amid Christmas parade tragedy

⚡️Wisconsin Police Chief: Unclear if attack on Christmas Parade is related to terrorism

Latest on #WaukeshaParade

🔸One person of interest in custody
🔸Unclear whether attack was related to terrorism
🔸‘Some fatalities’ confirmed
🔸11 adults, 12 children transported to hospitals

🇷🇺🇺🇦The hysteria continues?
American officials have reportedly shared intelligence with European allies that includes a map outlining an alleged Russian troop "buildup" near the Ukrainian border.

According to a Bloomberg report, one scenario outlined by US intel paints Russian troops allegedly attempting to enter Ukraine through Crimea, the Russian border, and through Belarus, a country currently in the midst of a migrant crisis with Poland.

The report is the latest in a series of accusations made against Russia, even as the Kremlin has consistently rejected any assertion that it is planning an invasion. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov recently lashed out at the allegations, saying earlier that "this hysteria is being whipped up artificially."

🇺🇸 ⚠️ Walnut Creek police are warning of possible organized theft events after about 80 people stole from a local Nordstrom store in California this weekend. Three looters have been arrested, one of them had a firearm.

🔎 "The remaining participants in this criminal mob fled from the area in cars at high speeds," the police said on Sunday.

Video credit: Jodi Hernandez with NBC News

⚡️Five people dead, over 40 injured after vehicle plows through Waukesha Christmas parade