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Flood of Tips Comes In as FBI Expands Nancy Guthrie Search

Investigators scour Tucson roads, review surveillance footage

(Newser) - Investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie who is believed to have been abducted nearly two weeks ago, have shifted some of their effort to the roads that may have carried her away, CBS News reports. The FBI on Wednesday described an "extensive...

Guthrie's Recovered Camera Footage Raises Big Questions

Chief among them, how?

(Newser) - Doorbell camera video of a masked person outside Nancy Guthrie's home has emerged as "the most significant public development" in the case, reports NBC News —and the fact that it emerged at all is somewhat remarkable. NBC notes the internet-connected Google Nest camera was taken offline, and...

Here's How the FBI Justified the 2020 Georgia Ballot Seizure

Affidavit references possible 'deficiencies' that have already been thoroughly investigated

(Newser) - The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday that shows the investigation began with a referral from an administration official who tried to help...

Police Chief Said Trump Called Him About Epstein in 2006

'Thank goodness you're stopping him, everyone has known he's been doing this'

(Newser) - When it became public knowledge that detectives in Palm Beach were investigating Jeffrey Epstein, one of the first people to call the police chief was Donald Trump, according to newly released Justice Department records. Then-Chief Michael Reiter told the FBI in 2019 that Trump told him in 2006, "Thank...

FBI Releases First Photos of Suspect in Guthrie Case

Images show masked man at Guthrie's front door

(Newser) - Federal authorities have released the first photos of a suspect in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie in Arizona. FBI chief Kash Patel posted four black-and-white images of an armed, masked man at Guthrie's front door the night the 84-year-old disappeared, reports NBC News . The man appears to be trying...

Savannah Guthrie: 'We Are at an Hour of Desperation'

'We believe our mother is still out there,' she says

(Newser) - Savannah Guthrie says her family is "at an hour of desperation" as the search for her missing mother in Arizona stretches into a second week , with investigators still without a suspect and combing through a tangle of ransom messages, tips, and digital clues. In a video posted on Instagram...

FBI Launches Billboards for Nancy Guthrie in Texas

Agency hopes the signs will bring tips as search for her enters 2nd week

(Newser) - Drivers in several Texas cities are now seeing Nancy Guthrie's face on digital billboards. With the search for the missing mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie entering its second week, the FBI has activated its billboard network in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and El Paso to help find the...

Authorities Tow SUV From Nancy Guthrie's Home

Investigators also inspect new message in hunt for Savannah Guthrie's missing mom

(Newser) - Authorities in Arizona appeared to haul away a vehicle from the home of Nancy Guthrie on Friday as investigators pursued what they called a new lead in the search for the missing mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, reports CBS News . The Pima County Sheriff's Department said on social...

Anna Kepner's Stepbrother Arrested Over Cruise Killing

It's not yet clear what charges boy, 16, will face after Carnival cruise death of 18-year-old

(Newser) - The stepbrother of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, who was found dead aboard a Carnival cruise ship in November, has been arrested in connection with her death, according to his stepfather. Chris Kepner says that the unnamed 16-year-old, who faces unspecified charges in the death that has been ruled a homicide by...

TMZ Says Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Set 2 Deadlines

Levin says it warned of Monday 'consequence' if demand for bitcoin wasn't met

(Newser) - TMZ founder Harvey Levin says the ransom note the outlet received after Nancy Guthrie disappeared came with not one but two deadlines attached. Speaking on CNN Thursday, Levin described the letter as a tightly written demand that laid out "precisely" what the writer wanted and what would happen if...

Fulton County Wants the FBI to Return Seized 2020 Ballots

Georgia county asks court to unseal search affidavit

(Newser) - Fulton County officials want their 2020 election materials back, and a look at why the FBI took them in the first place. On Wednesday, the Georgia county asked a federal court to order the return of all files confiscated by the FBI last week, a county spokesperson said, per ABC...

Sheriff Probes Ransom Note in Nancy Guthrie's Disappearance

It's not yet clear whether note is legitimate, or a hoax

(Newser) - Arizona investigators are analyzing what appears to be a ransom note linked to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, who vanished from her Tucson home over the weekend, CBS News reports. The note was sent Monday to a local TV station and included...

DOJ Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Pretti Shooting

Deputy AG Blanche calls it a routine move

(Newser) - Federal officials are now taking a closer look at a Minneapolis shooting that had initially been left in the hands of the agency whose officers opened fire. The Justice Department on Friday said it has launched a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents last...

FBI Executes Search Warrant at Georgia Elections Office

Sources say Fulton County search is linked to 2020 election

(Newser) - FBI agents were executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday, an agency spokesperson confirmed. An FBI spokesperson said agents were "executing a court authorized law enforcement action" at the county's main election office in Union City, just south of Atlanta, the...

'End Times' Mom's 4 Kids Found in Croatian Orphanage

Utah children to remain with Croatian state as investigation continues

(Newser) - A Utah father says his missing kids have been found in a Croatian orphanage—and their mother is now under arrest hundreds of miles away. Croatian officials confirmed that a woman was detained in Dubrovnik in a case involving violation of children's rights, local outlets report. US media identify...

'Level 2' Disturbance on Flight Forces Emergency Landing

FBI says crew used drink carts to box in an unruly passenger who was disoriented from the start

(Newser) - Flight attendants on a Delta flight to Tokyo reportedly turned their drink carts into barricades when a passenger's behavior spiraled midair, according to a federal complaint. The incident unfolded Jan. 18 on a Minneapolis-to-Tokyo flight, and was classified as a "Level 2" disturbance in court documents filed in...

Family-Commissioned Autopsy Is In for Renee Good

Independent pathologist says 37-year-old was shot at least 3 times, including once in the head

(Newser) - An autopsy privately ordered by the family of Renee Good concludes she was likely killed by a gunshot to the head, attorneys for her relatives said Wednesday, per NBC News . The independent pathologist found that Good, 37, had three distinct gunshot wounds and a graze injury, according to the family'...

FBI Barred From Accessing Devices Seized From Reporter

Judge says FBI must wait until court further reviews the case

(Newser) - A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the FBI cannot examine the electronic devices it seized from the home of a Washington Post reporter last week—at least for now. The judge, responding to a motion filed by the newspaper and the reporter in question asking that the devices be...

Suspected Serial Killer's Tally Raised to 6

DNA evidence links Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. to 2 additional Colonial Parkway murders

(Newser) - A string of unsolved killings that loomed over Virginia's Colonial Parkway for decades just came into sharper focus. The FBI on Tuesday revealed a dead man previously implicated in two of at least eight killings and disappearances of young people along or near the parkway between 1986 and 1989...

FBI Says It Hasn't Found Video of Portland Shooting

Border Patrol agents had body cameras turned off, court filing says

(Newser) - The FBI said in a court document made public Monday that it had found no surveillance or other video of a Border Patrol agent shooting and wounding two people in a pickup truck during an immigration enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, last week. Agents told investigators that one of their...

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