- At least 20 people, including 5 journalists, were killed when the Israelis bombed one of Gaza's main hospitals. Two separate strikes occurred, the second as staff were preparing to evacuate from the first.
- The Trump regime is trying to fire a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. One of Trump's appointees, Bill Pulte, who is involved in regulating mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, alleges that Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud; Cook has not been charged with a crime, though. Investors are concerned about the implications for the central bank's independence; stock futures and the US dollar have declined since the story broke.
- A Norwegian hiker who had gone missing in the wilderness of northern Manitoba has been found dead. Steffen Skjottelvik had been trying to reach York Factory from Fort Severn First Nation in northern Ontario and almost made it, but his body was found along the Hayes River, only a short distance from his destination.
- Steinbach city council has rejected a bid to hold a referendum on allowing cannabis stores in Manitoba's third largest city. Activists are now gathering signatures in the hope of getting 20% of registered voters in the city to approve, which would force a referendum whether council wants it or not.
- A parking enforcement officer in Ottawa was attacked after ticketing a vehicle parked outside City Hall. Another city employee intervened, and police captured a suspect. The same thing happened in Toronto last month; it appears that being a parking officer (and most likely also an animal services officer or other bylaw officer) is not a risk-free job.
- British musician Paul Weller is suing his former accounting firm, after the firm dropped him as a client over his use of the G word to describe what Israel is doing to Palestine.
- Dylan Desclos, a French Justin Bieber impersonator, managed to convince the staff at a Las Vegas nightclub that he was the real deal; he not only performed a number of Bieber's hits but racked up a $10,000 tab before the ruse was discovered.
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