Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Nine people are dead after a man went on a shooting spree in Hanau, Germany on Wednesday night. All nine people killed had a “migrant background,” although some were German citizens and it sparked an hours-long manhunt. Eventually, the suspect, identified as Tobias R. of Germany, was found dead alongside his 72-year-old mother in his home.
German police treating shootings in Hanau as terror attacks, with evidence that suspect was right-wing extremist https://t.co/9lrZBjjidU
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 20, 2020
The NFL’s upcoming CBA proposal has a couple of fairly notable rule changes that has football fans talking. The first would be extending the regular season to 17 games, which is one extra game per team. The second is adding another team to the playoffs in each conference, making it a seven-team playoff where only the top seed would earn a bye to the second round.
NFL playoff structure is about to be changed. Under the current CBA proposal, seven teams from each conference will make the playoffs, with only bye per conference, sources tell ESPN. It would go into effect this upcoming season. More coming on https://t.co/rDZaVFhcDQ.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 19, 2020
More details: Under the current CBA proposal that NFL owners are pushing for, the playoff field would be expanded to seven teams, while the regular season would be increased to 17 games per team, and the preseason shortened to three games per team, per sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 19, 2020
A commercial flight landed in Aleppo, Syria on Wednesday. While it doesn’t sound significant, it was the first time a commercial flight has taken off or landed at the airport in eight years. A motorway between the war-torn country’s two largest cities, Aleppo and Damascus, also opened earlier this week for the first time in eight years.
Aleppo Airport is open again after being closed for more than 8 years. Track the first flight at https://t.co/asX6Dwvqxb pic.twitter.com/HZ8sRIyVs9
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) February 19, 2020
A pair of elderly passengers have died aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship that’s been quarantined in Yokohama since Feb. 3. The couple was in their 80s and it raises the coronavirus death toll in Japan to three. Those on the cruise ship who have tested negative for the virus started to disembark on Wednesday.
BREAKING: Japan says 2 people who were on the cruise ship off Yokohama have died from the coronavirus, NHK reports https://t.co/Xaq2D8xn7N pic.twitter.com/STBRErcaJ7
— Bloomberg (@business) February 20, 2020
Tennis superstar Roger Federer will not be playing in this year’s French Open, the second major of the ATP season. He announced that he underwent arthroscopic surgery in Switzerland on Wednesday and would need a few months to recover. He’ll also miss notable tournaments in Dubai, Indian Wells, Bogota and Miami.
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) February 20, 2020
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