Canada School Shooting, Guthrie Suspect, and Olympic Ice

 Need To Know 

Breaking news:  At least eight people, including the suspect, are dead following a shooting at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. Two additional people were found dead at a residence believed to be connected to the attack. At least 25 others were wounded. The suspect's motive remains unclear as of this writing. See updates here.

Guthrie Abduction Footage 

The FBI yesterday released the first surveillance footage of a potential suspect in the presumed kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show coanchor Savannah Guthrie. As of this writing, a person has reportedly been detained for questioning, though it is unclear whether they are the same individual seen in the footage.

The six images and three videos (watch here) show a masked person, who appears to be carrying a handgun, tampering with Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera hours before she was reported missing Feb. 1. FBI Director Kash Patel said his agency and local law enforcement worked with the private sector to recover the footage from residual data on back-end systems. The content was not stored on an easily accessible server because Nancy Guthrie did not have a paid subscription for her security cameras.

News outlets have received at least two presumed ransom notes since Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, and her children have posted social media videos saying they would pay a ransom. However, as of Monday, the FBI said it was unaware of any ongoing communication between the Guthrie family and a possible abductor.

History on Skis

US skier Ben Ogden won silver yesterday in the men’s cross-country sprint at the Winter Olympics, ending a 50-year US men’s medal drought in the sport. The 25-year-old Vermonter is only the second American man to medal in Olympic cross-country skiing, joining 1976 silver medalist Bill Koch. Ogden finished just behind Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, who captured his seventh Olympic gold.

Americans Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan took bronze in the women’s team combined skiing event, while the US duo of Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin finished fourth—missing the podium by 0.06 seconds. Defending Olympic champion Alex Hall took home silver in the men’s slopestyle event. Team USA also secured silver in mixed doubles curling, becoming the first US mixed doubles Olympic medalists. The US women's hockey team beat rival Canada 5-0 in a preliminary matchup. See the current medal count here.

Eight gold medals are up for grabs today, including in figure skating and skiing events. See the full schedule of events here.

Cuba's Fuel Shortage

Cuba’s government began cutting off jet fuel to nine airports yesterday, as the country undergoes an acute fuel shortage. Regional flights may not be impacted, but some long-haul flights may be forced to reroute, straining Cuba’s travel industry.

Cuba produces about 40% of its oil needs; the majority has historically come from Venezuela and Mexico. However, the US seized Venezuela’s oil industry last month, cutting Cuba off from its lead supplier. Trump also issued an executive order last month threatening tariffs on any country that supplies oil to Cuba as the US seeks to end communist rule on the island. Cuba is now expected to run out of reserves by April and has imposed rations. Air Canada this week announced it would suspend flights to Havana, while other airlines may reroute or stock their own fuel on flights.

Cuba’s tourism industry once raked in up to $3B but has since fallen to near-record lows. See a documentary here.

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