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Canadian police say one person has died and another is critically injured after they were knocked out of a sightseeing gondola at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort MONTREAL -- One person died and another was critically injured when they were knocked out of a sightseeing gondola Sunday at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort , authorities said. Quebec provincial police said the crash occurred shortly before noon when a piece of construction equipment struck the gondola at the mountain resort around 105 kilometers (65 miles) northwest of Montreal. Police said in an email that the other passenger was taken to a Montreal-area hospital with life-threatening injuries. Investigators from the major crimes division were sent to the scene. The Tremblant Resort Association declined to comment on the accident, but said in a post on Facebook that activities at the mountain were suspended after the accident. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/1-dead-1-critically-injured-after-being-knocked-from-g...

In major news in the international basketball world, the United States of America is no longer ranked No. 1 in the world by FIBA in men's basketball. The Americans were knocked off the top spot for the first time in 12 years by Spain, who climbed to first place with 758.6 ranking points in the latest FIBA ranking s on Friday.  Here's a look at the top 10: Rank Country Points 1 Spain 758.6 2 USA 757.5 3 Australia 740.3 4 Argentina 734.3 5 France 715.0 6 Serbia 710.9 7 Slovenia 704.3 8 Lithuania 669.5 9 Greece 665.9 10 Italy 646.6 FIBA's ranking s are a somewhat convoluted system that looks at every game played by each national team over the most recent eight-year period. Teams receive ranking points based on the margin of victory and/or defeat, whether they were the home or away team, opponent and competition, with more recent games weighted more heavily. If you want a full explanation you can go he...