Extra, Extra

B.C. Mass Shooting: “Nine people were killed and 27 more were injured after a mass shooting in the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C.” Here’s the latest on the tragedy from CBC.

+ El Paso the Buck: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport. “Sean Duffy, the Secretary of Transportation, and officials from the White House and the Pentagon said Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace, prompting the temporary closure of airspace over El Paso. But two people briefed by Trump administration officials said the shutdown was prompted by the Defense Department’s use of new counter-drone technology and concerns about the risks it could pose to other aircraft in the area.” (Weird not to be able to get a straight answer from these guys…)

+ Bridge Financing: “A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada, officials said.” NYT (Gift Article): Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada. (If you don’t think every decision and every post is driven by overt corruption, I’ve got a bridge that will never open to sell you…)

+ Five Ring Circus: The ex-girlfriend of the Olympian who expressed public regret for cheating isn’t ready to give the story a happy ending. “It’s hard to forgive. Even after a declaration of love in front of the whole world.” (This combination of Olympic sports with Love Island intrigue could actually work…) “The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has been warned that he faces disqualification from the Winter Olympics if he wears a ‘helmet of memory’ for his country’s war dead when the men’s competition starts on Thursday.” I wonder if there’s a lesson here: French biathlete guilty of fraud wins Olympic gold while scammed teammate comes 80th. This seems like a reasonable request: Olympic Photographers: Stop Doing The Lugers Dirty. And watching J.H. Klaebo ski uphill faster than many of us ski downhill is quite something.

+ External Revenue Service: “The Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.” (The fire walls have been burned the ground.)

+ One Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: “The vaccine maker Moderna said on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration had notified the company that the agency would not review its mRNA flu vaccine, the latest sign of federal health policy that has become hostile to vaccine development.”