- A Dash 8 with the regional carrier PAL Airlines made an emergency landing in St. John's with a wheel missing from one of its main gear assemblies. The aircraft landed safely, but what's notable is that this is the same plane that lost a wheel on landing a couple of weeks ago. I daresay PAL's maintenance procedures could do with some scrutiny from Transport Canada.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned as the scandal around him deepens. It appears that one of the women with whom he had an affair, Alice Huang (no relation) is an executive at the Singapore-based Megaspeed International; however she is a Chinese citizen and US authorities believe she has connections with that country's intelligence service (China denies this). There are allegations that Nvidia chips subject to US export restrictions were passed on to China in violation of said restrictions. Given Nvidia's outsize role in the US tech industry (and indeed the general economy, this has led to widespread stock selloffs. It has also focused scrutiny on the Trump regime, as the president had received intelligence reports at least twice over the last year warning that Nvidia might be using intermediaries such as Megaspeed to get around the export restrictions.
- A worldwide disruption of several Microsoft services, including Outlook, Teams, and the Copilot AI assistant has caused issues at numerous workplaces. At one point the company claimed that they were starting to get some of the affected servers up and running again, but later admitted that the solutions weren't working.
- With the count complete, it has been established that Scott Colom has won the Mississippi Senate race for the Democrats, becoming the state's first black senator since 1874, during the Reconstruction.
- At least eight people, including two children, have been killed in the collapse of a three storey building in Brooklyn. This happened while a neighbouring building was demolished; rescue efforts were hampered by heavy rain.
- An 11 month old infant survived being buried alive in South Carolina; his 25 year old father has been charged with attempted murder.
