A Delta flight crashed while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, resulting in 17 individuals, including a child, transported to hospitals with injuries, but none are life-threatening. The cause of the crash, which happened during blowing snow and strong winds and left the plane upside down, is under investigation. (ABC News)
A polar vortex is bringing extreme cold to the Rockies and Northern Plains, with wind chills dropping to minus 60 Fahrenheit in North Dakota and minus 50 F in Montana. The National Weather Service issued extreme cold warnings for an 11-state area, and floods in the Eastern U.S. have now resulted in 13 deaths. (AP)
The measles outbreak in Texas has reached 48 cases, the state’s worst in 30 years, with 13 hospitalizations. Other states have also reported cases. Lower vaccination rates are fueling the spread, with public health authorities emphasizing the importance of high vaccination coverage. (CBS News)
Wyoming’s first human case of Type A H5N1 bird flu has been reported, with a woman hospitalized by the virus linked to her backyard flock. Nearly 70 cases have been reported so far in the US. Symptoms are mild in most cases, but the hospitalized woman experienced unusually severe symptoms. (NBC News)
The Trump administration fired hundreds of new support staff employees at the Federal Aviation Administration, despite understaffing concerns after a fatal crash in Washington, D.C. The workers’ union criticized the move for neglecting mission-critical needs and compromising public safety. (UPI)
