No arrests made as search for Nancy Guthrie enters third week

Authorities ask neighbors within two-mile radius to send in any home video footage as search draws national attention The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC’s Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie, has entered its third week, as investigators ask neighbors within a two-mile radius to send in any home video footage. Nancy Guthrie … Read more

US forces board second oil tanker linked to Venezuela – video

US military forces have boarded another oil tanker linked to Venezuela in the Indian Ocean. The Veronica III was tracked by the Pentagon from the Caribbean after it left Venezuela on the day Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, was captured by the US. This is the second tanker seized by US forces after the Aquila II … Read more

The Guardian view on Donald Trump and the climate crisis: the US is in reverse while China ploughs ahead | Editorial

The president’s destructive policies enrich fossil fuel billionaires, while Beijing has bet big on the green transition Devastating wildfires, flooding and winter storms were among the 23 extreme weather and climate-related disasters in the US which cost more than a billion dollars last year – at an estimated total loss of $115bn. The last three … Read more

Maryland woman says TPUSA high school event raised ‘serious concerns,’ says Child Protective Services notified

A student group affiliated with Turning Point USA is facing criticism for hosting an event at a Maryland high school in December, with one woman saying that Child Protective Services had been notified. A local community member, who was identified as Nancy, expressed “serious concern” about the December TPUSA-affiliated event at a February 12 board … Read more

Even amid rising economic uncertainty, now is not the time to hug your job

In a rapidly changing job market, it’s not necessarily good for workers to cling to their current employment After all the employee protests over the past few years – the “great resignations”, the “quiet quittings”, the “bare-minimum Mondays” and “coffee badgings” – we have finally arrived at “job hugging”. Amid all the economic uncertainty and … Read more

Rubio defends US operation in Venezuela, calls out reporter for trying to start a fight

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday, going on to call out a reporter for supposedly trying to stir up tension during a press conference. Rubio made the statement during a joint appearance with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico. A reporter referenced Fico’s previous criticism … Read more

Progressive Texas organizers hail shock win as far-right Republicans left reeling

Elation as anti-extremists fight back against influence of billionaire megadonors through grassroots organizing Chris Tackett started tracking extremism in Texas politics about a decade ago, whenever his schedule as a Little League coach and school board member would allow. At the time, he lived in Granbury, 40 minutes west of Fort Worth. He’d noticed that … Read more