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Federal authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie said Sunday that a glove containing DNA that was recovered about two miles from her house appears to match those worn by the masked person seen outside her front door the night she vanished.

According to The Associated Press,the glove was found on the side of a road and was submitted for DNA testing. The FBI said it received preliminary results on Saturday but was still awaiting confirmation.

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The Pima County Sheriff's Office said several gloves have been recovered as part of the investigation. Officials said no gloves were recovered from on the property or inside the house, contrary to earlier unconfirmed reports.

Guthrie, 84, is the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie and has been missing since Feb. 1. Authorities confirmed that blood found on her front porch belonged to Guthrie. Officials have also said DNA belonging to someone other than Nancy Guthrie or her close contacts was recovered at an unspecified location on the property.

The sheriff's office issued a neighborhood alert last week asking residents to submit any video recorded within a two-mile radius of Guthrie's home between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2 that could assist in the investigation. Officials said they are seeking footage showing vehicles, vehicle traffic, pedestrians or anything residents consider unusual or potentially relevant to the case.

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The FBI hasincreased the reward to $100Kfor any information on Guthrie's whereabouts or the arrest and conviction of her suspected kidnapper. The FBI's Phoenix branch also released new identifying details on the suspect, including pictures of a black backpack that's believed to be in their possession.

"The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5'9" - 5'10" tall, with an average build," the statement read. "In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter 'Ozark Trail Hiker Pack' backpack."

Today, the FBI is increasing its reward up to $100,000 for information leading to the location of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.

New identifying details about the suspect in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie have been…pic.twitter.com/GJcx4ra6wX

— FBI Phoenix (@FBIPhoenix)February 12, 2026

Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna was on shift in Minneapolis on a Wednesday evening last month, making deliveries as a DoorDash driver, when he realized he was being followed by ICE agents, his attorney said.

He drove home and was tackled by an agent but broke free and ran into the house where his cousin Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was standing, the attorney said. As he shut the door and was trying to lock it, Sosa-Celis said he was shot in the leg by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

Coming just seven days after a federal agent fatally shotRenee Good, the incident spawned renewed protests andheated clasheswith police. An account of the events fromthe Department of Homeland Securitysoon after the incident conflicted with the narratives from the two men and their family members.

DHS claimed Sosa-Celis was driving the car and he, Aljorna and another man assaulted the agent before the agent fired his weapon.

The first inkling of the government questioning the DHS account came from the US Department of Justice. In a January 16 court filing supporting criminal charges against the two men, the DOJ asserted Aljorna was the one driving the vehicle.

In a stunning reversal, the Justice Department on Thursday filed a motion seeking to drop criminal charges against the two Venezuelan men. In it, the DOJ said federal prosecutors provided incorrect information to the court, while ICE issued a statement admitting its federal agents made "false statements" under oath.

The two federal agents involved have been placed on administrative leave while the Justice Department investigates their "untruthful statements," which were revealed by a review of video evidence, ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a statement.

The two officers may be fired and potentially face criminal prosecution, Lyons said.

DOJ's motion cited "newly discovered evidence" contradicting statements the agency included as the basis for filing criminal charges against the men.

It's not clear what video evidence was uncovered, described in the motion as "materially inconsistent with the allegations" from federal prosecutors in the charging document. CNN has reached out to DHS for further clarity on the evidence and whether it stands by the initial statement following the shooting but did not hear back. The DOJ declined to comment on the motion when contacted by CNN.

"This was an absolute unreasonable use of force, and the officer was fabricating claims against my client to justify that," said Aljorna's attorney, Frederick J. Goetz.

The dismissed case fits into a larger pattern in which the federal government has been quick to release accounts after a shooting by its law enforcement agents, which were later proven to be false, misleading or incomplete, according to CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig. Examples include video evidence after federal agents fatally shot Good andAlex Pretti, which appeared to undermine elements of the government's accounts of what happened.

Similarly, prosecutors last year filed to drop charges againstMarimar Martinezin Chicago, who the government said rammed a federal agent's vehicle before he shot her several times. A judge, who noted the government's case included omissions that caused her to tread carefully, dismissed the charges against Martinez last year.

Martinez asked for evidence in the case to be released. When it was put out last week, the evidence bolstered Martinez's account that hers was the vehicle rammed, not the agent's. And text messages from the agent showed him bragging about the number of times he shot her. In anews release, the DHS called the shots "defensive fire."

The shifting narratives from the federal government in the case of Sosa-Celis and Aljorna have further chipped away at the Trump administration's credibility, as the motion to dismiss the charges with prejudice is a more dramatic admission from federal prosecutors because it indicates they put forth wrong information and means the case cannot be brought back, Honig said.

Lawyers for both Sosa-Celis and Aljorna commended the department's motion, calling it "extraordinary" and "exceedingly rare" in statements to CNN.

Here's what we know about the case and how it fell apart:

Federal agencies offered conflicting narratives

In a January 15news release, DHS claimed federal agents were targeting Sosa-Celis in a traffic stop – not Aljorna – as part of an immigration enforcement operation on January 14 when he attempted to evade arrest, crashed into a parked car and tried to flee on foot.

Sosa-Celis allegedly began to "resist and violently assault" one of the officers and the two were in a "struggle on the ground," then "got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick," at which point the officer fired a "defensive shot," DHS said. Two other people came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the officer, the agency said.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem described the men's actions as "an attempted murder of federal law enforcement." The agency stood by its initial statement a few days after the shooting when contacted by CNN.

On January 16, however, the Justice Department offered an account painting a different picture of the events in a filing supporting criminal charges against Sosa-Celis and Aljorna. That document said the driver of the car was Aljorna, who prosecutors said was zigzagging through traffic while agents pursued the vehicle.

Aljorna, the affidavit claimed, hit a light pole before fleeing from the car, with an ICE agent chasing him on foot toward the home. Both Sosa-Celis and Aljorna were accused of hitting one of the agents with a shovel or broom before the agent pointed his weapon at the two men, causing them to run toward the home, the affidavit said.

As Sosa-Celis and Aljorna ran inside, the agent fired one round from his pistol "towards the vicinity" of the two men but at the time, the officer was "uncertain if his shot struck any of them," the DOJ's affidavit said.

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Videos, interviews with family discredit DHS account

Aljorna's attorney told CNN the Trump administration's claims his client and Sosa-Celis attacked federal agents with a broomstick or shovel "never happened."

Sosa-Celis, speaking from a hospital room on a livestream video on his Facebook account, described engaging in some sort of struggle with federal agents as he was helping his cousin escape arrest and get inside their shared home.

As Aljorna was being followed in his car, the fatal shooting of Good the week prior was fresh in his mind and he was fearful, according to Goetz, his attorney. Aljorna called his family members, who told him to get home.

Approaching his home, Aljorna lost control of the car due to ice on the roadway and hit a snowbank, Goetz said. Aljorna was then tackled by an ICE agent after running from the car, just 10 feet away from the door, where Sosa-Celis had walked out and called for him to get inside, the attorney said.

Aljorna was able to slip out of his jacket, freeing himself from the agent's grasp, and ran to his cousin, Goetz said. They both got behind the door and closed it when a shot rang out, he added.

The accounts from the two men were reiterated by their family members in interviews and livestream videos of their 911 calls, which differed from DHS' statement.

One of them showed a video call made by Sosa-Celis' partner and reviewed by CNN, frantically describing to family members what she says happened, according to Alicia Celis, Sosa-Celis' mother, who spoke to CNN.

In one video call, Sosa-Celis' partner said, "Julio arrived first. They were chasing Alfredo – he had to jump from his car."

"He ran and they threw themselves on top of him. After, Julio threw open the door, and they shot," she added.

A different video obtained by CNN shows what was happening outside the home while the family waited inside, revealing agents approaching the home and setting off a flash-bang. Smoke can be seen, and ramming sounds are heard as someone says, "They're in! There's more than a dozen of them."

"He told me, 'Mom, ICE was chasing me," Aljorna's mother Mabel Aljorna later said. "Once we were inside, they shot at Julio,'" she added.

In his livestream from the hospital, Sosa-Celis said, "The shot that was fired happened when my cousin managed to escape, and he entered inside. I closed the door and as I was locking it, I heard the shot, and that's when I realized I had been shot in the leg."

Judges call out government's credibility issues

Sosa-Celis is "relieved that the federal criminal case is over," his attorney Robin Wolpert said on his behalf, adding he is "determined to seek justice and hold the ICE officer accountable for his unlawful conduct."

Confrontations involving federal agents have routinely been captured on video from multiple angles, which later served to discount parts of the government's narrative of events. Videos fromthe killing of Renee Good, a mother of three, in her vehicle, raised questions about the federal agent's tactics and decision to use deadly force.

Similarly, footage showing federal agents killing Alex Pretti revealed the ICU nurse was holding a phone in his right hand, and an officer removing a gun from his back waistband before the shooting. The Trump administration claimed an agent "fired defensive shots" and asserted Pretti was "brandishing" a firearm.

"It's mind-boggling that DHS continues this pattern of making immediate, definitive statements about what happened that are very quickly disproved by actual evidence," said senior CNN legal analyst Honig.

Judges across the country who were appointed to the bench by presidents of both political parties have made findings on record about DHS not being forthcoming, truthful or credible, according to Honig.

The Trump administration has faced mounting credibility issues as its immigration crackdown has rolled out in blue cities nationwide. Even as several judges have acknowledged parts of its narratives may be true, others have described the government's claims in court as "unreliable," "untethered to the facts" and "simply not credible,"CNN previously reported.

The motion to dismiss the charges against Sosa-Celis and Aljorna with prejudice is "remarkably unusual," said Honig. It speaks to how the government has rushed to put out possibly premature statements, which are at times incomplete or inaccurate, only later to be contradicted by emerging facts, he added.

Federal prosecutors are put in a "very difficult position" when they realize later "that something they've said to a court is not true," Honig said, but they nevertheless have a duty to correct the record.

"While judges ordinarily give the Justice Department a lot of deference and a lot of implied credibility, that's changing now," he continued. "You have credibility only until you give it away."

CNN's Diego Mendoza, Caroll Alvarado and Alaa Elassar contributed to this report.

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The Israeli government has advanced the registration of territory in theoccupied West Bankas state land in a move that Palestinians have decried as "de facto annexation."

For the first time sinceIsrael occupied the territory in 1967,the government will create a mechanism to officially register large swaths of land under the state.

Israel's Foreign Ministry defended the move as an "administrative measure" which would "bring order" to land registration. But government ministers made clear the intent was to increase settlement and entrench Israel's grip on the land.

Far-right Finance Minister Bezalal Smotrich said the land registry would continue "the settlement and governance revolution across all parts of our land" as he referenced Judea and Samaria, the biblical term for the West Bank. And Justice Minister Yariv Levin said Israel is "committed to strengthening its hold over all parts of our land, and this decision expresses that commitment."

The government's new measure will apply to what is known as Area C of the West Bank, about 60% of the territory and home to an estimated 180,000-300,000 Palestinians and to a settler population of at least 325,500, according to Israeli human rights group Btselem.

The Palestinian Presidency said the decision violated international law and amounted to "de facto annexation of occupied Palestinian territory." In a statement, the president's office warned that the move was a "declaration of the annexation plans aimed at entrenching the occupation through illegal settlement activity."

Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 war and subsequently began establishingJewish settlementsthere, which are considered illegal under international law, by the United Nations and by much of the international community. The UN also regards the West Bank and East Jerusalem as occupied territory, which the Palestinians seek for a future state.

Peace Now, an Israeli settlement watchdog, described the government's move as "a massive land grab in the West Bank … completely against the will of the people and contrary to Israel's best interests."

The Israeli government approved the measure despite US President Donald Trump's stated opposition to annexation of the West Bank.

"We warn President Trump - Netanyahu is deceiving you! You said you wouldn't allow annexation, but he's carrying it out right under your nose," Peace Now said, adding that the move would lead to the dispossession of thousands of Palestinians from their land.

"The process requires landowners to prove ownership in ways that are almost impossible for most Palestinians to do; if they fail, the land will be automatically registered as state land," Peace Now asserted.

This latest measure comes after Israel's securitycabinet approved a move last weekthat expanded Israeli rule and governance over the West Bank. The move drew international condemnation, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling it as a flagrant violation of international law and the European Union saying it is a "step in the wrong direction."

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He should ditch the 5-iron and stick to gridiron.

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce inadvertently struck a spectator in the head with a golf ball on the last hole of the AT&TPebble Beach Pro-AmFriday, the fourth time the Super Bowl champion has errantly walloped a fan on the course.

The 36-year-old tight end blasted his 18th-hole drive wide out of bounds, shouting "Fore" to any spectators in the vicinity, but the ball still found one woman who was hit in the head.

Kelce ran over to the woman — identified as Edenne Flinn – to apologize for the errant drive as she was receiving medical attention at a golf cart,KSBW reported.

The three-time Super Bowl champion, who was partnered up with pro golfer Keith Mitchell during the celebrity-filled event, was captured on video speaking with Flinn as other spectators gathered around the two, accordingto a TikTok post.

Flinn reassured Kelce that she was fine, but the amateur golfer signed an autograph before parting ways.

Kelce withdrew from the rest of the hole after the incident, which resulted in his team finishing with a two-day score of 10 under par.

Friday's mishap was the third time Kelce accidentally struck a fan on the golf course

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In 2024, Kelcehad two wayward shotson the same day while playing at the American Century Championship in Stateline, Nevada, on Lake Tahoe.

A young female spectator in her 20s was left bloodied when a Kelce's shot on the 16th hole struck her in the head, causing her to remain on the ground for several minutes while event staff checked her out.

Streaks of blood were visible in her hair after the chaotic moment, according to People.

Earlier in the day, Kelce had accidentally drove a ball off course that hit a fan in the arm.

In July 2025, Kelce, again playing at the American Century Championship and accidentally drove aball into the neck of an onlookerduring a booze-filled round.

The injured fan didn't suffer any serious injuries and managed to find laughter despite the errant shot.

The 11-time Pro Bowler has been the subject ofretirement rumors since the Chiefs' seasonended without a playoff appearance.

Kelce is eyeing a return to Kansas City for the 2026 season, with the team making it known they would like him back,according to NFL Network.

The 13-year veteran, who is engaged to pop star Taylor Swift, has yet to make a decision on continuing his Hall of Fame career.

Philadelphia Phillies' president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski chose an odd time to call out one of his star players last season. Following the team's postseason departure in October, Dombrowski suggested that first baseman Bryce Harper, a two-time National League MVP, was no longer an elite player.

With spring training getting underway soon, Harper was asked by reporters what he thought of Dombrowski's comments.

Bryce Harper on "not elite" shirt and Dave Dombrowski's comments(Via@TimKellySports)pic.twitter.com/9GgCf4WVyS

— OnPattison (@OnPattison)February 15, 2026

Harper stayed mostly professional throughout his answer, but did express some discontent.

"For me it was kinda wild the whole situation of that happening," Harper said.

"I think the big thing for me was when we first met with this organization it was, 'Hey we're always going to keep things in-house and we expect you to do the same thing.' So when that didn't happen it kind of took me for a run a little bit."

Harper also claimed that the "Not Elite" shirt he wore in a DecemberTikTokof him taking batting practice was not a statement against Dombrowski, merely a shirt that was made for him. Harper claimed, "If they're going to make [the shirts] for me, I'm going to wear them." However, the timing seems odd considering Dombrowski had spent the previous monthclaiminghe and Harper had cleared the air.

Harper is entering his age-33 season.

Did Harper struggle in 2025?

By Harper's standards, absolutely.

In 2025, Harper posted his second-lowest batting average (.261), lowest on-base percentage (.357), and lowest slugging percentage (.487) of his Phillies' career.

That said, he still posted a 129 OPS+, which is a high-end figure by any metric. Furthermore, his strikeout rate dropped between 2024 (21.9%) and 2025 (20.9%) as well as his average exit velocity (91.3) and barrel percentage (12.3%).

When do the Phillies begin spring training?

The Phillies begin spring training on February 21 with a matchup against the reigning American League champion Toronto Blue Jays. The game is scheduled for a 1:07 p.m. ET start time.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Bryce Harper finally speaks on Dombrowski's "no longer elite" comment

Australian tennis player Destanee Aiava announced she would be retiring from professional play in an open letter that condemned what she called the "racist, misogynistic, homophobic and hostile" culture within the sport.

The 25-year-old posted on Instagram Saturday to say that this will be her final year on tour, adding that tennis has become her entire life. Aiava said she questioned whether everything she sacrificed was actually worth it.

"There was a time in my career when I had reached the point that comes just before you make your big breakthrough, when the world is at your feet and nothing can touch you," she wrote. "I was only 17, unprepared and dangerously naive to the consequences of trusting the wrong people."

At age 17, Aiava's world ranking as a singles player was No. 147 and it remained the peak of her career. She is currently ranked No. 235, according to herWomen's Tennis Association profile.

Aiava described tennis as her "toxic boyfriend," writing that she sometimes played just because she felt that she owed it to people or because she was too scared to start again from scratch. Tennis may have given her friendships and dream experiences, but it also took things from her, she wrote.

"Behind the white outfits and traditions is a culture that's racist, misogynistic, homophobic and hostile to anyone who doesn't fit its mould," Aiava wrote. "Life is not meant to be lived in misery or half assed."

Aiava acknowledged her Samoan heritage in her letter by thanking the Pacific Islander community for their support. She added that she was "deeply humbled" by the young girls and boys who have been inspired by her.

"I am proud to have been one of the few you saw on a stage that wasn't built for us," Aiava said. "I am proud to have made history for our people. And I am proud of where I come from — because of all of you."

In her letter, Aiava gave a "ginormous f--- you" to the people who made her feel "less than." She also directed that sentiment to people who have sent her death threats and those online who made comments on her body and career.

The comment section of Aiava's post was full of support, including a few heart emoji from 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens. Stephens, 32, won her eighth singles title in 2024.

Aiava said she looks forward to a life led by "purpose, creativity, and passion."

"I don't know what this year will look like or where tennis fits into it," Aiava said. "What I do know is that this chapter will end on my terms."

A Chicago teen who spoke out for her father's release after he was detained last fall by immigration officials in a deportation case has died after battling a rare form of cancer.

Ofelia Giselle Torres Hidalgo, 16, died Friday from stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, the family said in a statement. Funeral arrangements are private.

The teenager was diagnosed in December 2024 with the aggressive form of soft tissue cancer and had been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

An immigration judge in Chicago ruled three days before Ofelia's death that her father,Ruben Torres Maldonado, was conditionally entitled to receive "cancellation of removal" due to the hardships his deportation would cause his children who were born in the United States and are US citizens, according to the statement sent by an attorney representing Torres Maldonado.

The ruling provides Torres Maldonado with a path to becoming a lawful permanent resident and eventual US citizenship, the statement said.

Ofelia was present via Zoom at last week's hearing.

"Ofelia was heroic and brave in the face of ICE's detention and threatened deportation of her father," said Kalman Resnick, Torres Maldonado's attorney. "We mourn Ofelia's passing, and we hope that she will serve as a model for us all for how to be courageous and to fight for what's right to our last breaths."

Torres Maldonado, a painter and home renovator, was detained October 18 at a Home Depot store in suburban Chicago as the area was at the center of a majorimmigration crackdowndubbed "Operation Midway Blitz," which began in early September.

Ofelia was undergoing treatment when she appeared in October in a video posted on a GoFundMe page set up for the family.

"My dad, like many other fathers, is a hard-working person who wakes up early in the morning and goes to work without complaining, thinking about his family," she said in the video. "I find it so unfair that hardworking immigrant families are being targeted just because they were not born here."

In a wheelchair,she attended a hearing for her father in October. The family's attorneys told a judge at that time that she was released from the hospital just a day before her father's arrest so she could see family and friends. They added Ofelia had been unable to continue treatment "because of the stress and disruption."

Torres Maldonado's attorneys petitioned for his release as his deportation case went through the system. A judge ordered a bond hearing after ruling in October his detention was illegal and violated Torres Maldonado's due process rights.

A judge later cited Torres Maldonado's lack of criminal historywhile allowing his release on a $2,000 bond.

Lawyers said Torres Maldonado entered the US in 2003. He and his partner, Sandibell Hidalgo, also have a younger son.

The Department of Homeland Security had alleged he had been living illegally in the US for years and has a history of driving offenses, including driving without a valid license, without insurance and speeding.

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