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TUCSON, Ariz. — More than 80 days after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home in the Catalina Foothills area north of Tucson, the investigation remains active but without a named suspect or identified motive, as authorities continue analyzing DNA evidence and the family maintains a $1 million reward for information leading to her safe return.

NEW YORK — The New York Times Strands puzzle on April 22, 2026, challenged solvers with a clever "Baking Tools" theme that rewarded careful scanning and pattern recognition, as players uncovered a spangram and five themed words centered on kitchen implements used in baking.

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than 80 days after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home in Catalina Foothills, authorities continue to treat her disappearance as an active abduction case, with the FBI now analyzing potentially critical DNA evidence recovered from the property and no arrests made despite extensive investigation.

TUCSON, Arizona — More than 11 weeks after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home in a quiet Catalina Foothills neighborhood near Tucson, authorities have made no arrests and named no suspect, with the FBI now conducting advanced analysis on DNA recovered from the scene as the high-profile investigation enters a more challenging phase.

TOKYO — A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast on Monday afternoon, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a tsunami warning for waves up to 3 meters high along parts of the Pacific coastline in Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures.

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TUCSON, Arizona — Investigators probing the February abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, have sent a key DNA sample recovered from her Tucson-area home to the FBI for advanced analysis using new forensic technology, marking the most significant development in the case in recent weeks as the search stretched into its third month on April 20, 2026.

NEW YORK — Word game enthusiasts woke up Sunday to a deceptively clever edition of the New York Times Connections puzzle that blended sassy synonyms, tailoring terms, poker lingo and a sweet hidden theme, leaving many players reaching for hints by midday on April 19, 2026.

TUCSON, Arizona — More than 75 days after her abduction from her Catalina Foothills home, concerns about Nancy Guthrie's health have intensified, with medical experts warning that the 84-year-old's survival without her critical heart medications remains highly uncertain and increasingly unlikely as time passes.

TUCSON, Arizona — More than two months after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson, authorities and her family continue to urge the public to come forward with any information that could help locate her and bring her home safely.

NEW YORK — The New York Times Connections puzzle for Saturday, April 18, 2026, delivered a mix of straightforward vocabulary links and clever wordplay that left some players stumped on the trickiest purple category.

Nearly nine in 10 people admit to checking their ex's Facebook profile after a breakup, according to recurring research that continues to circulate widely in 2026, even as broader cyberstalking statistics show technology playing an ever-larger role in monitoring former partners.

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than 75 days after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home in Catalina Foothills near Tucson, authorities and criminal profilers continue to search for clues about her whereabouts while the investigation remains active but without an arrest.

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than two and a half months after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Catalina Foothills home, authorities and medical experts continue to express grave concerns about her fragile health, with no confirmed sightings or proof she remains alive despite ongoing FBI DNA analysis and new ransom claims.

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than 75 days after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson, authorities and forensic experts say the chances of finding her alive have grown increasingly slim, even as the high-profile investigation continues with DNA analysis, genetic genealogy and thousands of public tips.

DES MOINES, Iowa — No ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, leaving the estimated $58 million jackpot unclaimed and setting the stage for a larger prize Saturday as the game continues its rollover streak.

TUCSON, Ariz. (April 16, 2026) — Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC's "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, remained missing Thursday as authorities marked more than two months since her suspected abduction from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson.

SYDNEY — In what authorities describe as an Australian first, a father and son commercial fishermen have each been fined $15,000 for deliberately sinking their 16-metre trawler off the New South Wales South Coast, marking the inaugural successful prosecution under federal sea-dumping laws for the illegal scuttling of a vessel.

TUCSON, Arizona — On day 74 since Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Catalina Foothills home, investigators continue pursuing leads on a masked man captured on doorbell camera footage while the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie remains missing in what authorities describe as an abduction.

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than two months after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home in the upscale Catalina Foothills suburb north of Tucson, authorities still have no suspect in what Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has repeatedly described as an abduction carried out against her will in the dead of night.

NEW YORK — The New York Times Wordle answer for Wednesday, April 15, 2026, is "BEGUN," the past participle of the verb "begin," marking puzzle number 1,761 in the popular daily word game that continues to captivate millions of players worldwide with its simple yet addictive format.

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than two months after Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Catalina Foothills home, authorities and experts continue to grapple with a baffling kidnapping case that has produced surveillance footage, blood evidence, potential DNA leads and mysterious ransom notes — yet no arrest, no suspect identification and no confirmed trace of the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie.

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. — A 26-year-old man from San Marcos, California, drowned Monday morning in the Colorado River near Davis Camp Park after his hat blew off a pontoon boat and he jumped in to retrieve it, authorities said.

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. — A 1-year-old boy from this Walton County community died Thursday morning after he walked into the path of a pickup truck traveling on private property at a residence, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than 70 days after Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her Catalina Foothills home, the case remains one of the most unusual abduction investigations in recent memory — not only because of the victim's age and family prominence, but because elderly women in their 80s represent less than 0.2 percent of reported abduction victims nationwide.

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than two months after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home in Catalina Foothills, authorities have made no arrests and her whereabouts remain unknown, even as new ransom notes surface and experts speculate the kidnapping may have been motivated by ransom or personal retribution tied to her famous daughter.

NEW YORK — Wordle players logging in Tuesday morning discovered the answer to today's puzzle was "CYCLE," a five-letter noun that stumped some while rewarding others with quick solves in the popular New York Times-owned word game.

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than 10 weeks after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson, the investigation into her suspected abduction remains active but without arrests or confirmed sightings of the mother of NBC's "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.

TOKYO — A viral X post warning that population collapse poses a greater threat to humanity than overpopulation has drawn hundreds of thousands of views after spotlighting Japan's grim 2025 demographic data. The post by user @XFreeze highlighted the country's record-low 705,809 births last year and a near-1-million population drop, arguing that declining human numbers imperil innovation and the future itself. The message, posted Monday, quickly resonated amid growing international concern over fertility rates falling below replacement levels in much of the developed world.