This weekend, Toronto is hosting the G20 Summit, where world leaders are discussing stabilizing the global economy, and, so far, over 480 people have been arrested in intense protests outside the conference. Toronto police chief Bill Blair said, "We have never seen that level of wanton criminality and vandalism and destruction on our streets." Torontoist has extensive coverage, including photographs and videos—see more here. Some photographs are above and here's video of a police car burning: more ›

President-elect Obama released his first address to the nation via YouTube, a groundbreaking move that is seen as the next step in presidents interacting with the public since FDR began giving fireside chats through the radio waves 75 years ago. more ›