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FBI seeking DNA match from glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home
By Herbert Villarraga and Steve Gorman TUCSON, Arizona, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Investigators have obtained a DNA sample from a glove that was found near Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match t...
Julia Bradley Feb 16, 2026 The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department deputies process evidence from a late-model, gray Range Rover as they investigate the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, at a Culver’s in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Former Bradley Braves head coach, player Joe Stowell passes away
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University is mourning the passing of one of its basketball icons. The university announced on Sunday that former men's basketball coach and player Joe Stowell passed away. Stow...
TJ Carson Feb 15, 2026 (Bradley University Athletics)

Rubio strikes constructive tone but persists in US criticism of European allies
MUNICH, Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a message of unity to Europeans on Saturday, saying Washington was not looking to abandon the transatlantic alliance but that Europe...
TJ Carson Feb 14, 2026 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

Judge rules four people arrested by ICE without warrants should be released
Article Summary Federal Judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the Department of Homeland Security on Friday to release four people arrested without warrants amid 'Operation Midway Blitz' by Monday evening. H...
TJ Carson Feb 14, 2026 National Immigrant Justice Center attorneys Mark Fleming and Keren Zwick, right, and ACLU of Illinois attorney Michelle García speak to reporters at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago after a Feb. 13, 2026, hearing on warrantless immigration arrests amid Operation Midway Blitz. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)

Olympics-Figure skating-Malinin's Olympic dreams come to crashing halt at Milano Cortina Games
MILAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The pressure had been building, the glare of Olympic expectation, the scrutiny of a sport that demands not only athletic precision but artistic perfection. And on Friday, all...
TJ Carson Feb 14, 2026 Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Figure Skating - Men Single Skating - Free Skating - Milano Ice Skating Arena, Milan, Italy - February 13, 2026. Ilia Malinin of United States falls during the Free Skating REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Trump says he will seek to require voter ID for midterms regardless of Congress
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would seek to impose voter identification requirements for the November midterm elections whether Congress approves th...
TJ Carson Feb 13, 2026 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), flanked by House Republican leadership and activists, speaks during a press conference after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and when voting, ahead of the November midterm elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura

Man injured after many bullets fly early Friday morning in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was critically injured after a barrage of bullets in Peoria's East Bluff early Friday morning. Peoria Police says officers responded to the area of Prospect and Frye, just af...
TJ Carson Feb 13, 2026

Former Peoria High coach released from custody for second time after alleged sexual abuse allegations
PEORIA, Ill. - The former Peoria High boys' basketball coach has been released from jail again after allegations of sexual abuse against a student at the school. The Peoria County State's Attorney's O...
TJ Carson Feb 13, 2026 Daniel Ruffin mugshot (Peoria County Jail Records)

Dunlap High School students protest immigration enforcement efforts
DUNLAP, Ill. - Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement have come to one central Illinois high school. On Friday afternoon, at the end of a half-day of school, around 40 Dunlap High School...
TJ Carson Feb 13, 2026 Dunlap High School students gather outside the district office building to protest ICE after the end of a half-day of school on February 13th, 2026. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Journalist Don Lemon to enter plea in Minnesota ICE protest case
By Jack Queen MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is set to enter a plea on Friday in a criminal case stemming from his coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church against Pres...
Julia Bradley Feb 13, 2026 Former CNN anchor Don Lemon (L) appears in a hearing following his arrest for involvement in a protest at a church in Minnesota, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 30, 2026, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Mona Edwards MANDATORY CREDIT MONA EDWARDS
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