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Why video of a masked intruder is such a game-changer in the Nancy Guthrie investigation

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More than a week after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her Tucson home, authorities offered few clues.

No video surveillance.

No suspects.

No firm sense of exactly when she was abducted.

No sense of where she was being held or if she was still alive.

But that changed Tuesday morning with the release of surveillance footage of a masked ...Read more

Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS

Officials in Pa.'s Montgomery County condemn ICE's 'brutality' after federal agents arrest a man near Norristown

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PHILADELPHIA — Montgomery County elected officials forcefully condemned a Monday ICE arrest in which agents broke down a family’s front door, lambasting officers for what the leaders described as needless cruelty.

“We are here for one reason, to say that this kind of brutality is completely unacceptable,” said state Sen. Art Haywood, a ...Read more

Robert Willett/Raleigh News & Observer/TNS

Defense points to acne medication in North Carolina shooter's sentencing hearing

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Defense lawyers for the Raleigh teen who killed five people in a mass shooting began presenting their evidence in his sentencing hearing Tuesday, depicting a seemingly normal child subjected to a sudden mental episode brought on by his acne medication.

Austin Thompson, 18, was 15 years old when he killed his older brother and...Read more

Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News/TNS

North Carolina DMV reviewing all commercial driver's licenses issued to noncitizens

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RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles says it is reviewing all commercial driver’s licenses issued to people who are not U.S. citizens to ensure the licenses conform with federal rules.

The review comes a month after the Trump administration threatened to withhold nearly $49 million in transportation money from the ...Read more

Andy Morrison, The Detroit News/The Detroit News/TNS

Trump wants to amend key Gordie Howe Bridge permit for a cut of the toll revenue

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WASHINGTON ― The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants to renegotiate the 2013 permit that set in motion the construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge on the border between Detroit and Windsor, which Canada paid for, seeking a cut of the span's toll revenue.

The bridge construction deal that former Gov. Rick ...Read more

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

DOJ claims of 'improprieties' spurred Georgia ballot seizure

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The FBI claims it seized ballots and voting records from a Georgia county election office in connection with a criminal investigation into alleged “improprieties” with the 2020 election.

Information about the probe was included in a U.S. Justice Department filing in court that was unsealed Tuesday under order from a federal judge. The ...Read more

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Analysis: Trump's jabs at top Democrat could complicate immigration enforcement deal

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s recent verbal swipes at congressional Democratic leaders could complicate closing a deal on the opposition party’s demands for immigration enforcement changes.

White House officials and Trump himself had said after a deal was struck late last year to end a lengthy government shutdown that he and ...Read more

Luiz C. Ribeiro; Sheetal Banchariya/New York Daily News/TNS

LGBTQ Pride flag removed from NYC Stonewall National Monument after Trump administration directive

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NEW YORK — A rainbow pride flag has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village because of a directive from the Trump administration — outraging LGBTQ New Yorkers and local elected officials who feel the move will “erase our history.”

Apparently following orders from a Jan. 21 memo from the U.S. Department of ...Read more

Chris Leach/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS

Former Kentucky sheriff charged with killing judge says he has disability or illness

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The former Letcher County sheriff charged with killing a district judge is asking a court to preclude a potential death penalty punishment because he has a “serious intellectual disability” or mental illness.

In the filing made public Tuesday afternoon, Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 44, argues his disability or illness means...Read more

David Guralnick/The Detroit News/TNS

Judge to rule if 4 charged with boy's death in hyperbaric chamber should stand trial

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TROY, Mich. — A Troy judge is expected to announce Tuesday if the owner and three employees of a local medical facility, where a 5-year-old boy died last year in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber explosion, should stand trial on second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges.

Thomas Cooper of Royal Oak underwent dozens of hyperbaric ...Read more

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushing for free bus pilot program during FIFA World Cup

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NEW YORK — The Mamdani administration is pushing for a free bus pilot program to be conducted over five weeks this summer as New York hosts this year’s FIFA World Cup, a source familiar with the matter told the Daily News.

The mayor’s proposal is to run all city buses free of charge across the five boroughs for the length of the five-week...Read more

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Kimbal Musk addresses his inclusion in recent Epstein files release

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Colorado restaurateur Kimbal Musk on Monday addressed his inclusion in a recent release of more files related disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying he only met with him once in New York and never visited his island, according to a statement posted on social media.

Musk, who lives in Boulder and is the brother of Elon Musk, has come under ...Read more

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Senators press Lutnick over connections with Epstein

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WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told senators Tuesday that “I have nothing to hide” in relation to his interactions with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in his first appearance before Congress since the emergence of new details about their communications.

At a Senate Commerce-Justice-Science ...Read more

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FBI releases photos of masked person at Nancy Guthrie's front door in kidnapping case

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Investigators released surveillance photos and a video showing a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation Tuesday, marking a major update in the unusual case.

The images were circulated less than a day after a ransom deadline to pay Guthrie’s abductors $6 million in bitcoin passed with no sign of the 84-year-old.

The ...Read more

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FBI releases photos, video of possible Nancy Guthrie kidnapping suspect

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The FBI released video and photos Tuesday afternoon showing a person who may be involved in the disappearance of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie, from her home in Tuscon, Arizona.

FBI Director Kash Patel released the previously unseen images, which appear to have come from the missing woman’s doorbell camera, along ...Read more

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Weather pushes back SpaceX's Crew-12 window, opening door for 1st ULA launch of year

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NASA’s plans to get the first human spaceflight of the year off the pad have to hold off until at least Friday because of weather constraints along the flight path needed in case of emergency. That delay, though, opens the door for a national security mission aiming for liftoff on Thursday morning.

The SpaceX Crew-12 mission is now looking at...Read more

Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs school cellphone ban, saying it will benefit students

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LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed Tuesday that a new state policy to ban students from using cellphones in schools during instructional time will help improve their social skills and their ability to learn.

Whitmer, a Democrat, signed two bills on the subject into law during an event inside Waverly High School, three miles...Read more

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Authorities following up on 'new leads' in Nancy Guthrie disappearance

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Arizona authorities are taking another look at “new leads” in the suspected abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s elderly mother, Nancy, who has been missing for over a week, as the deadline for an alleged $6 million ransom passed without payment.

The 84-year-old matriarch was last seen at her Tucson home on the evening of...Read more

Tasha Poullard/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS

Bill introduced to allow universities to fire employees for 'financial reasons'

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — A new bill that would allow university employees to be removed for financial reasons passed out of a Kentucky House subcommittee on Tuesday morning.

House Bill 490 would add provisions to state law allowing universities to remove employees for “bona fide financial reasons,” including financial exigency, low enrollment in ...Read more

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FBI releases surveillance photos in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case

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Investigators have released surveillance photos showing a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation on Tuesday, marking a major update in the unusual case.

The images were circulated less than a day after a ransom deadline to pay Guthrie’s abductors $6 million in bitcoin passed with no sign of the 84-year-old.

The FBI ...Read more