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Three Junior Hockey Players Killed in Alberta Crash
Three junior hockey players from the Southern Alberta Mustangs were killed in a vehicle crash Monday morning while traveling to practice. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) responded to the crash, which occurred at an intersection on Highway 2 in Stavely, Alberta, approximately an hour south of Calgary, according to ABC News.
The deceased were identified as JJ Wright and Cameron Casorso, both 18 and from Kamloops, British Columbia, and 17-year-old Caden Fine of Birmingham, Alabama, ABC News reported. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith offered condolences to the players' families and teammates in a social media post, stating that "the whole Alberta hockey family is stand" with them.
In other news, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify in the congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender, according to BBC World. This decision comes days before a vote on whether to hold the couple in criminal contempt for refusing to appear before the House Oversight Committee after a months-long standoff. Bill Clinton was acquainted with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, but has denied knowledge of his sex offending and says he cut off contact two decades ago. The timing of the depositions remains unclear.
Meanwhile, in Norway, the rape trial of Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, began at Oslo district court on Tuesday, BBC World reported. Høiby is facing 38 charges, including four counts of rape, in what is considered one of the biggest cases in Norway in recent years. The seven-week trial is unfolding against a backdrop of almost daily revelations surrounding him and his mother.
In the United States, federal immigration agents deployed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will soon be equipped with body cameras, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced. According to BBC World, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X on Monday, "Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis." The announcement follows a backlash over the deaths of two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, after a surge of federal immigration officers into the Minneapolis area as part of an immigration crackdown. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled Pretti's death on January 24 a homicide.
Globally, China has banned hidden door handles on electric vehicles (EVs) over safety concerns, BBC World reported. The new regulations, set to take effect on January 1, 2027, require cars to have a mechanical release both on the inside and outside of their doors. This decision makes China the first country to stop the use of the controversial designs, popularized by Tesla. The move comes as EVs face increased scrutiny from safety watchdogs after several deadly incidents, including two fatal crashes in China involving Xiaomi EVs where power failures were suspected to have prevented doors from being opened.
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