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Scary landing leaves Delta jet upside down

Rebecca Morin   Paste BN

A Delta Air Lines passenger plane crashes at a Canadian airport. The Trump administration lays off more government workers. And an American comedy institution marked a half-century of sketches, gags and musical guests.

👋 Hello! Rebecca Morin here. Happy Presidents’ Day! And as self-proclaimed president of this newsletter, I hereby sign into law that you must read today’s news.

But first: This is bananas. 🍌 A venomous snake was found by a New Hampshire grocery store worker in banana shipment.

Delta Air Lines flight crashes in Toronto

A Delta Air Lines regional jet crashed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon, just weeks after a midair disaster involving an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that there were no fatalities among the 80 people on board. Photos showed the plane, a Bombardier CRJ-900 that departed from Minneapolis, upside down on the tarmac. 👉 Follow our live coverage.

Federal workers incensed by mass layoffs

“A lie.” “A government takeover.” Those were just a few words that some former federal workers used to describe their recent termination amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut the government workforce. In recent interviews with Paste BN, fired federal workers expressed anger and frustration over the loss of their jobs, as well as termination letters citing “performance” issues they say are unfounded. 👉 We reviewed 10 of those letters.

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New winter storm headed east, Kentucky hit by flooding

Is snowy weather over for the East Coast? Fingers crossed it ends soon. A storm is taking shape Monday that could hit parts of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, where some cities could get 6 inches or more of snow. The storm will then roll across the country to North Carolina before heading up north. Though the storm will miss cities like Boston and New York, it’s unclear whether it will dump snow on the nation’s capital. ❄️ See the forecast here.

Reeling from flooding: Kentucky and other communities across the eastern U.S. were grappling with flooding caused by heavy rains and strong winds over the weekend. The storm caused widespread power outages, evacuations, water rescues and over a dozen deaths. 👉 Follow today’s coverage.

Live from New York – for 50 years

I don’t know about you, but I laughed, I cried, and I may have fallen asleep a little early. But the star-studded 50th-anniversary episode of "Saturday Night Live" took us through time (literally one sketch went through New York in the 1970s to the present day). Sunday night's special honored popular sketches like “Black Jeopardy!” and had a crossover between Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler for "Bronx Beat," with Mike Myers' classic "Coffee Talk" character Linda Richman. Beloved alums like Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell were among the many featured. And one little-known actress named Meryl Streep even made her "SNL" debut. 🎬 Read our review.

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Rebecca Morin is a senior national news reporter at Paste BN. Got any thoughts or feedback? Reach out to her at rdmorin@usatoday.com.

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