Tuesday, February 18, 2025

News roundup, 18 Feb 2025

- A Delta Air Lines jet crashed on landing at Pearson yesterday. There were no fatalities, but 18 people were injured, a few of them seriously.

- European leaders are holding an emergency summit on the Russia-Ukraine war in response to the US holding bilateral talks with Russia without the involvement of Ukraine or the EU.

- The mass layoffs at the US federal government have thrown the DC area's housing market into turmoil.

- The IRS is about to provide Musk's mob of teenagers with virtually unfettered access to the tax records of millions of Americans. 

- There are fears that the massive purge of the FBI could leave the US exposed to the risk of another 9/11.

- RightNow, a rightwing nonprofit, has endorsed Wally Daudrich for the leadership of Manitoba's Progressive Conservative Party. The organization calls him "pro-freedom, pro-life and [a] true conservative".

- A Canada-US hockey game at the 4 Nations Cup had three fights in the first 9 seconds of play.

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