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Southwest Airlines is grappling with weather-related flight disruptions across the Midwest as Winter Storm Iona brings heavy snow and strong winds to the region, prompting the carrier to issue a travel advisory warning of potential delays and cancellations through Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced a transformative $42 million donation to Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black college and university in northeastern North Carolina, marking one of the largest gifts in the institution's 135-year history.

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, entered its seventh week Sunday with Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos indicating investigators are "definitely closer" to identifying a suspect or suspects in the high-profile kidnapping case.

The New York Times and The Athletic teamed up once again to deliver a timely brain teaser with Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #538 on Sunday, perfectly aligned with the excitement of Selection Sunday for the 2026 NCAA men's basketball tournament.

A growing number of major U.S. airports are appealing to travelers for donations to support Transportation Security Administration employees working without pay during a partial government shutdown that began Feb. 14, 2026, leaving roughly 50,000 TSA officers to miss their first full paycheck on March 13 amid mounting financial hardship.

National Pi Day on March 14, 2026, brought a wave of promotions from pizza chains and other eateries, with deals centered on $3.14 prices, buy-one-get-one offers and discounted pies to celebrate the mathematical constant 3.14.

More than six weeks after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Tucson home, the investigation into her disappearance remains active but without a named suspect or confirmed arrest, authorities said March 13, 2026, as the case entered its 41st day.

The Federal Aviation Administration lifted ground stops Friday evening at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and other major airports serving the Washington, D.C., region after a strong chemical smell at a key air traffic control facility forced a temporary halt to operations

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, entered its 41st day Friday with authorities emphasizing that the February abduction from her Tucson-area home appears to have been targeted, though no suspect has been publicly identified.

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into its sixth week with authorities reporting no significant breakthroughs but emphasizing that the investigation remains highly active and targeted.

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, entered its 41st day on March 13, 2026, with authorities reporting no major breakthroughs but insisting the investigation remains active and promising.

A man suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting Saturday evening in Norfolk near Old Dominion University, heightening unease among students already on edge from prior incidents in the area.

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, remains missing more than five weeks after she was believed to have been abducted from her home near Tucson, Arizona, in the early morning hours of February 1, 2026.

Ian Huntley, the former school caretaker convicted of murdering two 10-year-old schoolgirls in the notorious 2002 Soham killings, has died at age 52 following a severe attack by another inmate at a high-security prison, authorities confirmed Saturday, March 7, 2026.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck northwestern Louisiana early Thursday, March 5, 2026, awakening residents across the region and marking the second-strongest recorded tremor in the state's history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Hoda Niku, an Iranian-born model and influencer based in South Korea, has strongly criticized her homeland's regime as tyrannical and violent in the wake of recent U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran, questioning the government's nuclear intentions and highlighting its history of repression against its own people.

Authorities have identified the gunman in a deadly mass shooting early Sunday outside Buford's Backyard Beer Garden on West Sixth Street as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Senegal, as the FBI investigates possible ties to terrorism amid reports the suspect wore clothing featuring an Iranian flag and phrases like "Property of Allah."

Nine people suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds in a mass shooting early Sunday at Riverfront Live, a popular music and event venue along the Ohio River in Cincinnati's East End, authorities said.

A mass shooting erupted early Sunday in the heart of Austin's bustling West 6th Street entertainment district, injuring as many as 20 people and prompting a swift police response that ended with officers fatally shooting the suspect, authorities said.

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into its fourth week with no major breakthroughs, as authorities comb through thousands of hours of surveillance footage and the family renews public pleas for information amid a $1 million reward offer.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation activated a statewide Blue Alert shortly before midnight Thursday for 40-year-old Danell Maxwell, wanted in connection with the shooting of a Memphis police officer in the Parkway Village neighborhood.

Authorities investigating the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie acknowledged February 26, 2026, that DNA evidence recovered from her Catalina Foothills home may be "unusable" due to degradation or contamination

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, entered its 25th day on February 26, 2026, with no major breakthroughs reported despite thousands of tips, extensive canvassing, and a newly announced family reward of up to $1 million for information leading to her recovery.

Mexican authorities tracked down and killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as "El Mencho," by surveilling one of his romantic partners, who led them to a secluded mountain cabin where the operation unfolded fatally on February 22, 2026.

A neighbor of missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie has come forward with new details about a "suspicious" young man observed walking in the Catalina Foothills community about two weeks before the elderly woman is believed to have been abducted from her home, adding another layer to the ongoing investigation now in its fourth week.

In a dramatic break from tradition during his 2026 State of the Union address on February 24, President Donald Trump presented the nation's highest military decoration

Longtime WHO 13 meteorologist Jeriann Ritter has revealed she is facing a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease with no known cure or treatment, signaling a probable end to her on-air career after more than two decades delivering weather forecasts to central Iowa viewers.

Retaliatory violence exploded across Mexico on Monday following the killing of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as "El Mencho," as suspected cartel members torched vehicles, blocked highways and clashed with security forces in at least 20 states.

A ferocious nor'easter pounded Massachusetts on Monday, February 23, 2026, dumping heavy, wet snow and unleashing damaging winds that toppled trees, snapped power lines and plunged more than 210,000 customers into darkness across the state.