Savannah Guthrie lays flowers outside missing mother Nancy's home and embraces sister and brother-in-law

  Daily Mail Online  

"Savannah also plans to return home to New York City soon, the Daily Mail previously revealed. "The mother of two young children, who is married to former Democratic political adviser Michael Feldman, has decided she must get her other life back on track as the search for her mother continues." 

"Savannah Guthrie was seen placing flowers outside her missing mother Nancy's home as the search for her marks a month. 

"The Today show host looked visibly heartbroken as she united with her older sister Annie and her brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni on Monday, a video obtained by NewsNation correspondent Brian Entin showed. 

"The three of them were seen locked arm in arm, laying flowers down as Annie wept and held onto her husband and sister for support. 

"Savannah leaned on her family members as they joined for a group hug in front of the many flowers and messages left for their missing 84-year-old mother. 

"The emotional moment comes a month after Nancy was abducted from her home on the morning of February 1, after she failed to show up for her church service. 

"Nancy was last seen on January 31, after being dropped off by Cioni, following a dinner and game night at Annie's home. 

"The Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI have been on the case ever since, but the few leads they have received have been fruitless, as Nancy's whereabouts still remain unknown. 

"The FBI recently announced that the agency would be scaling back its search for Nancy, with agents moving to a new command post more than 100 miles away from Phoenix. 

"Some agents will also stay behind in Tucson, sources with knowledge of the investigation told ABC News. Agents in Phoenix, meanwhile, will work the case from there". . . . More...

Kuwait 'mistakenly' shot down three $31M US fighter jets . . .

Cheering on Gen Z hangouts begins in three...two...

 . . . "all crew safely ejected: military  

"With “friends” like this, who needs enemies. Thankfully the pilots all were able to eject safefully(sp), but Kuwait needs to reimburse the U.S. for their “mistake” either with cash or oil. We’ve saved their derrières in the past when they were invaded at no charge, but this time they need to pay up." Reader comment.

"Three US F-15s involved in the attack on Iran were shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses in a case of friendly fire, the American military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement early Monday.

"All six crew members on board the F-15E Strike Eagles were able to eject safely and are in stable condition.

"“Kuwait has acknowledged this incident, and we are grateful for the efforts of the Kuwaiti defense forces and their support in this ongoing operation,” Tampa, Fla.-based CENTCOM went on.

"The jet crashes, captured in dramatic video footage, were reported shortly after an apparent Iranian missile and drone barrage struck the US Embassy compound in Kuwait City — which had earlier issued a blunt warning to Americans, telling them to remain indoors, take cover, and “Do not come to the Embassy.”

"Fire and smoke were seen rising from inside the compound, though there were no immediate reports of any casualties.

"Explosions could be heard as one of the planes fell from the sky in flames, said witness Ahmed al-Asar, who rushed to the scene with about a dozen others as an airman parachuted to the ground.

"Al-Asar initially thought the pilot was Iranian, but recognized he was American before rescuers whisked him away." . . .  More...

Iranians flood social media with videos of them 'doing the Trump dance' to thank president for eliminating Khamenei

 Daily Mail Online

Lefties Losing It: Iranians celebrate imminent liberation as Lefties fume

"Iranians have taken to social media to share videos of them doing the famous 'Trump dance' after a joint US-Israel military operation killed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday.

President Donald Trump announced on Saturday evening that the US had killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

'Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,' the president wrote on Truth Social.

Khamenei, the chief Islamic cleric and ruler of Iran for over 36 years since 1989, has long been an adversary of the US for decades throughout multiple presidential administrations.

His rule saw the increased Islamification of Iran and the growth of its proxy forces in Yemen, Lebanon, Gaza and beyond. 

His strong religious views long unsettled the Middle East and placed Iran opposite its more western-embracing neighbors like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain.  

The president also used his announcement to call on Iranian citizens to stand up to the Islamic regime, saying it is 'the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.'

Now, Iranians celebrating all over the world are publicly thanking the US president by copying his signature dance set to the song 'YMCA' performed at many of his rallies." . . .

. . . "In London, members of the Persian community took to North Finchley on Saturday night, with footage showing residents of the London borough blaring music from their cars and cheering, while some were seen handing out roses.

Local resident Jessica came out of her house to find a scene of literally thousands descending on Ballards Lane.

She told The Daily Mail: 'It's absolute mayhem, it's pandemonium. It's a scene of absolute jubilation." . . .

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Insanities of the Left

Why the left’s serial insanities keep becoming the law of the land - Victor Davis Hanson

"In sum, just five years ago, when Joe Biden and his masters took control of the government, the orthodoxy was that we were to restructure the entire economy along failed European lines in order to save the planet."

More scary than funny

. . . "Yesterday’s radical new policy becomes today’s wishy-washy cop-out, as tomorrow’s once-unthinkable radical idea becomes commonplace and institutionalized.

"So it was that a few years ago, the public was told of a new and huge victimized group in the shadows, suffering from “gender dysphoria” — an age-old malady known to the ancients and, according to modern researchers before the millennium, affecting about one in 10,000 to 30,000 people.

"No matter — almost overnight, transgenderism joined the gay and lesbian community to become the new LGBT oppressed.

"Drag shows, once confined to enclaves in San Francisco or New York, were suddenly mainstreamed into military bases, children’s libraries and cruise ships.

"On some campuses, 30% of students polled said that they might consider “transitioning.”

"Abruptly, professors and students began reading emails appearing from their finger-in-the-wind administrators with strange new runes under their titles and names, identifying their “preferred pronouns” — sometimes the standard “she/her/hers” or “he/him/his,” and sometimes the unfathomable, such as “Ze/hir/hirs” or the plural “they/them.” . . .

The Growing Threat of Political Violence From the Left - Newsweek

"We're witnessing the alarming rise of what the NCRI calls an 'assassination culture,'" said Max Horder of the NCRI, in an interview with Newsweek. "Violence targeting figures like Donald Trump or Elon Musk has gone beyond normalization—it's being sanctified as resistance by parts of the political left."

Who Really Are the Lawless and the Dictatorial? - Victor Davis Hanson  " . . .In Trump’s first 120 days, I don’t recall FBI Director Kash Patel leaking confidential presidential conversations to the New York Times, or ordering the FBI to collect dirt on Democratic candidates, or hiring a fraudulent ex-British spy to compile a lurid dossier on AOC or Bernie Sanders. Has Patel lied four times to federal investigators following the prompt of Andrew McCabe?

"Nor has Patel ordered his agents to work with Facebook and Twitter to suppress embarrassing press coverage about the Trump family.

"The Trump Secret Service is not a private retrieval service that hunts down his children’s missing, lurid diaries or incriminating lost laptops or illegally acquired lost handguns.

"Is there now a White House-conservative media cabal covering up a Trump cancer diagnosis or demonstrable senility?

"So far, the Trump CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, have not repeatedly lied under oath to Congress, following the precedents of the Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan and DNI James Clapper.

"So please, spare us the sanctimonious lectures on “tyranny” and “dictatorship” from the very ideologues who have done and are doing more to wreck the Constitution and destroy the confidence of the American people in the rule of law than any generation in modern memory."

Newsom’s ‘play dumb’ routine is not new — in fact, it has a clinical name

 The Hill

 "A genuine ally does not walk into your community and lead with what they assume you have failed at. They speak to your aspirations, your excellence, and your future"... 

"When California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) took the stage before a predominantly Black audience in Georgia recently, something revealing happened. He leaned into the microphone and offered his credentials for relatability: a 960 SAT score, a confession that he can’t read well, and a childhood sustained by frozen lasagna and mac and cheese.

"Newsom’s intention was for the crowd to feel seen. But that he actually exposed was a pattern that has been hiding in plain sight for thirty years — a pattern so well-documented that researchers at Yale and Princeton have given it a clinical name.

"In 2019, social psychologists Cydney Dupree of Yale and Susan Fiske of Princeton published a peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology with a striking conclusion: White liberals systematically present themselves as less competent when speaking to Black audiences than when speaking to white ones.

"They called it “competence downshift.”

"Analyzing 25 years of presidential campaign speeches — 74 speeches delivered to mostly white or mostly minority audiences — they found that Democratic candidates consistently used fewer words associated with intelligence, ability, and status when addressing Black crowds. Republican candidates showed no such pattern. The difference was not random. It was consistent, measurable, and unique to white liberals." . . . More...

Let's Take a Trip Down Memory Lane With Iran's Mullahs

 PJ Media

First this update: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s ex-president who said ‘Israel must be wiped off the map,’ killed in Israeli airstrikes

"Before all the signs, bricks, and whistles are placed in the hands of malign actors at NGO-sponsored “protests” planned in Seattle, New York, and elsewhere over the joint Israel–America strikes on Iran, we need to have a talk. Before the sounds of drum circles, whistles, and "Orange Man Bad" dozens take hold in the media, you take a seat for a minute. We've got 47 years to cover in our short window, but I'll make it quick. 

""The important point about Iran's mullahs is that no one has to use hyperbolic language to convey the acts of pure evil leveled against the U.S. and others in the 47 years since Jimmy Carter let them sack Iran. 

"Iran's Islamic Nazis are the worst progenitors of state-sponsored terrorism this side of Genghis Khan, except old Genghis was more tolerant than the mullahs of others' religious beliefs.

" 'We begin in 1979 because that’s the most logical spot for our purposes. That year, the so‑called "college students" raped, ransacked, and stole the wealth of Iran — bankrolling the mullahs’ conversion of one of the most successful, wealthy, and modern nations in the region into an Islamic hellscape and weapons‑grade nut farm.

"When someone asks, show them these reasons why the U.S. has beef with Iran." . . .

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1988 - Colonel William R. Higgins was kidnapped tortured for months. An autopsy found that he had been starved, the skin on his face had been partially removed along with his tongue and he had also been castrated.
Finally his body was dumped near a mosque.
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— Daniel Greenfield - "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) June 18, 2025

SOTU and Iran: not Democrats finest moments

"They invoke the Constitution against Trump — even as history and their own record tell a different story." And they support those wearing Hamas scarves while they assault Jews in Western cities. TD

 The Democrats’ Epic Fury Over Iran Strikes | The American Spectator

"And no Trump-ordered operation would be complete without a denunciation from that widely-respected foreign policy authority, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez " 

"It was hardly necessary to consult Nostradamus to predict that the Democrats, who profess to abhor oppressive authoritarian theocracies, would denounce President Trump’s decision to topple the government of Iran — the very definition of such a regime. Nor was it a surprise that they downplay or simply ignore the obvious elation with which the Iranians themselves greeted the long overdue demise of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It is striking, however, that the Democrats fail to see that their reflexive attacks on Trump for taking action against such a dangerous regime and indifference to the response of the Iranian people reinforces the public perception that their party is weak and out of touch.

"The last two Democrat Presidents have already damaged their party’s credibility where Iran is concerned by coddling the Khamenei regime with financial, diplomatic, and political concessions. Nonetheless a key architect of the Obama administration’s disastrous 2015 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), Ben Rhodes, had the unmitigated  audacity to post the following on social media: “Trump lied about being against forever wars, he broke the most basic promise he made to his own supporters.” Rhodes’ comments were not well received. Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard A. Grenell responded, “You were part of the team who gave billions of dollars to the Iranian Regime … Once again, President Trump is cleaning up your mess.” . . .  More...

War With Iran: Justified Strike, Uncertain Horizon  . . . "It is a prime responsibility of reporters and columnists to get the facts straight. In war, this is almost impossible to do with any speed so the urge to get a scoop that beats the competition is a recipe for getting the facts wrong.

"We have to assume that the air strikes — which may not be accompanied by landing forces in Iran — will go on for days, weeks and, possibly, months. Mr. Trump and his administration have also to be prepared for other hotspots — such as Taiwan — which could erupt in days or weeks because other nations will want to take advantage of our preoccupation with Iran. If a war breaks out over Taiwan, it’s highly questionable whether we can cope with that while operations are going on in Iran. Russian President Putin will be tempted to try to push his luck in Ukraine.

"Chinese intervention is also possible if we bomb Iran’s principal oil export facility at Kharg Island. If we hit Kharg Island quickly, we could cripple both Iran’s and China’s economies. It would be entirely worthwhile to do so but there are risks.

"Mr. Trump has indicated that regime change in Iran is his — and our Israeli allies’ — goal. That will take more than air strikes to accomplish.

"Who will govern Iran after the ayatollahs’ regime falls?" . . .More... 

Here's the Geopolitical Mistake Iran Made That Only Led to More Nations Lining Up Against Them

 How must Democrats feel? What if Kamala had been President? How have the enslaved people of Iran fared under other Democrats in office? Jimmy Carter? Barack Obama, who forsook them to feel that he and the Iranians he feared were friends who would not harm him?

Matt Vespa; Townhall   

“Many people in the Gulf woke up Saturday pissed off at the United States and Israel, and went to sleep pissed off at Iran,” 

Broc Smith –

Iran had to act, but it only worsened their situation: the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was dead, and their military leadership was eliminated. They responded with missile strikes against Israel and other Gulf nations. The idea was that this would turn those countries against the United States and pressure them to stop the air campaign. However, it backfired, causing the entire region to turn against Iran—Saudi Arabia, in particular, sided with the US, which is expected. While the kingdom often follows a narrative to placate anti-Israel sentiments, it remains a rival of Iran both geopolitically and religiously—the Saudis are Sunni and the Iranians are majority Shiite, two branches that aren’t too cozy with one another (via WSJ):

So far, this calculus seems to have backfired. Gulf states, rattled by volleys of Iranian drones and missiles targeting their hotels, ports and airports, are concluding the Iranian peril must be confronted. Rather than seeking an offramp, the prevailing mood in the Gulf—at least for now—is that the Iranian regime can’t be allowed to get away with this unprecedented onslaught on its neighbors.

"The subplot to Iran’s nuclear ambitions was Saudi Arabia’s declaration some 20 years ago that it would start its own nuclear weapons program if Tehran acquired the bomb. No one wants a nuclear arms race in the Middle East."  . . .

"Iranian Exiles Dance to Trump's YMCA After Khamenei's Death in Strikes "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, died on February 28, 2026, in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian leadership amid rising tensions; Trump confirmed the action due to imminent threats, and Iranian media verified it the next day with 40 days of mourning declared. Exiles in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco celebrated with Trump's signature YMCA moves to the Village People's song, led by monarchist supporters hoping for regime change after decades of Khamenei's rule. While some condemned the festivities as tasteless, the scenes highlighted deep diaspora resentment and rare unity with America and Israel." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HaIkAVRmuaI

Gavin Newsom slammed for talking out of both sides of his mouth in bizarre response to Trump's Iran attack

Daily Mail Online

"A third commenter urged the governor to back the country during a time of conflict: 'I know this is hard for you Gavin, so let's try saying it together: 'I support America.' "

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a fierce backlash after critics accused him of 'talking out of both sides of his mouth' in a blistering response to President Donald Trump's unprecedented strike on Iran.

" 'Newsom's statement both called for the end of Tehran's regime while condemning the military operation targeting it as 'illegal' and 'dangerous.'

"Newsom posted a sharply worded message on X in the hours following the coordinated US-Israeli assault on Iranian targets.

"'The corrupt and repressive Iranian regime must never have nuclear weapons. The leadership of Iran must go,' Newsom wrote. 

"'But that does not justify the President of the United States engaging in an illegal, dangerous war that will risk the lives of our American service members and our friends without justification to the American people. 

"'President Trump is putting Americans at risk abroad because he is unpopular at home.'

"Within minutes, critics pounced - arguing the governor's position was contradictory." . . .More

"Hey, I'm a lover, not a governor!"

More  "As Gavin Newsom prepares to announce his presidential bid, likely sometime at the beginning of next year, and is set to release his memoir next week, he is attracting increased press scrutiny into his early political career.

"That invites all sorts of risks for Newsom, as his early history is filled with colorful scandals and controversies. Of course, that’s likely why Newsom is putting his book out now: It will get the media scrutiny out of the way, thereby preventing things from blowing up in his face during his official presidential campaign." . . . More ...

Gavin Newsom Runs Into Trouble With Intelligence Comments | The American Spectator   "Gavin Newsom has been busy touring around the country to promote his memoir, Young Man in a Hurry. While speaking to a crowd in Atlanta about his book, he told the audience that he is just like them because he scored a 960 on his SAT."  More...

AOC’s Ignorance Is No Laughing Matter

  American Greatness  "AOC’s ignorance isn’t just about cowboys, in other words. It’s also about the greatest and most profound tragedies in world history. Her ignorance is dangerous."

"As I have noted before in these pages, “Marcuse conceded that the capitalist system was simply too good at providing goods and services that made the masses comfortable and happy. It therefore deprived them of ever knowing or caring about their true oppressed consciousness. Workers had become one-dimensional consumers, distracted from their fate by their egos and the creature comforts of capitalism.'”....... The warmth of capitalism!

 

 "Over the past week or so, many on the political Right have understandably enjoyed a laugh or two at the expense of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D, N.Y.). AOC went to the Munich Security Conference to provide “balance” to the Trump administration’s presence and to burnish her own credentials on the global stage. Instead, she mostly just made a fool of herself. Not only did she stutter, stammer, and offer a Kamala Harris-esque non-answer when asked about American interests in and obligations to Taiwan, but she also demonstrated a comically poor grasp of geography and a righteously ignorant understanding of history. In an effort to rebut and embarrass U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, AOC embarrassed only herself, showing that historical facts mean far less to her than identity-inspired fiction.

"But while it’s inarguably fun to chuckle at and mock the ignorance of the smug congresswoman and presumed presidential aspirant, it is also important to acknowledge that her historical and political illiteracy extends beyond the superficial and touches on matters of real and critical importance. Notably, this purported champion of the working class does not know the history of working-class politics, does not understand the reasons for the collapse of the working-class-centered ideology, and, as a result, has never contemplated the dangers inherent in attempting to resuscitate that failed doctrine.

"Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has long emphasized her biography and working-class roots to enhance her political status—and justifiably so. Her childhood may not have been quite the struggle she pretends it was, but she nevertheless endured economic hardships—especially after her father’s death—and was unable to find employment commensurate with her education. She was, famously, a bartender and a cocktail waitress before her election to Congress and, as a result, has long fashioned herself a champion of the working class and its purported priorities.

"Indeed, on her trip to Munich, AOC emphasized her affinity with the working class and admonished democratic nations to erect a bulwark against totalitarianism by focusing on workers, workers’ rights, and worker-centered politics. “It is of utmost urgent priority that we get our economic houses in order and deliver material gains for the working class,” the congresswoman said, “or else we will fall to a more isolated world governed by authoritarians that also do not deliver to working people.” She railed against large corporations and especially billionaires, insisting that they had to be stopped from “throwing their weight around” in domestic and international politics. In short, the good congresswoman used her trip to Munich to urge the workers of the world to unite, because, as she sees it, they have nothing to lose but their chains." 

"There’s only one little problem with AOC’s exhortation: it’s ridiculous. Indeed, it’s been tried . . . and tried . . . and tried. It doesn’t work. And when I say that, I don’t mean that socialism doesn’t work or that communism has been tried countless times before and failed every time. That much is obvious by now. Rather, what I mean is that the workers of the world don’t care about the rest of the workers of the world." . . . More...

Iran: How are Democrats handling it all? Whom do they hate most: Hamas, the Ayatollahs, or President Donald Trump?

The Usual Idiots Are on the Job As America Crushes the Iranian Tyrants

 . . . "There are also various Democrats who are mad and frightened – not for our troops but because they know Trump's track record of success and are terrified that he pulls off this incredible strategic coup. Senator Fetterman was the exception; the rest were craven enough to whine about Trump even though they know this mission is both necessary and just."

The Iranian Airstrikes Created a Tale of Two Liberal Media Reactions. It Was Quite Entertaining.

WAKE UP! Watch Dana Bash's Face Closely As Democrat Iranian-American Goes Off on Her Own Party (Video) – Twitchy

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. CNN was just FORCED to air a Democrat Iranian-American EVISCERATING her own party for attacking President Trump!
"It's imperative the Democrat Party WAKE UP and get past their dislike of President Trump!"
"I AM a huge Democrat. I am INCREDIBLY disappointed with… pic.twitter.com/RGAmS6Fzal

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 1, 2026

Masih Alinejad Takes Ilhan Omar APART by Sharing Letter Wounded Iranian Woman Wrote to the Squad Member – Twitchy

"Ilhan Omar is very angry with the Trump administration for going into Iran and (now that we know) taking Khamenei out.

"Why oh why are Democrats always on the wrong side of history?

"Masih Alinejad shared a letter from a woman wounded by the regime to Omar, which likely fell on deaf (and dumb) ears:.

"Sadly, since she included a picture of the woman after her injury, X will not allow us to embed her post. HOWEVER, we are able to copy and paste the content of her post including the letter so you can see it as well.

"We only hope Omar took a moment to read it, although if we're being honest, we sincerely doubt she did.

"This is so powerful:" (Lengthy article from which only the below is quoted:) 

" . . .Your hatred of President Trump appears stronger than your love for America, stronger than your love for Manhattan, for freedom, for women’s rights. That is why you sound sympathetic to the Islamic Republic while remaining silent about women like Sara, like me, and like millions of Iranians who are victims of this barbaric regime. You celebrating hijab day in Manhattan in beautiful New York and watching women get killed in Iran for not wearing hijab. I dare you to share the picture of Sara, and say no to the war being wage by Islamist terrorist on us, Iranians" . . .

Another Ayatollah-to-Be Passes & Iran's New Leaders Want to Talk . . . "There is a lot going on today, with a potential Ayatollah dying and Iranian leaders allegedly wanting to talk with President Trump.

"We have a temporary supreme leader, Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, who may or may not be made permanent. Iran better tuck him away in a safe place if there is such a place. President Trump says 47 years of this radical regime is long enough.

"Khamenei’s son Mojtaba has long been in line for the position. However, Open Source Intel said he has recently passed away, although Iranian officials have not confirmed his sudden death. One must wonder how long the temporary replacement would last. If it’s anything like Hamas leadership, as soon as one takes the helm, we hear of his passing."   

The Atlantic: “Asked whether his conversation with the Iranians would happen today or tomorrow, Trump responded, ‘I can’t tell you that.’ He noted that some of the Iranians involved in negotiations in recent weeks were no longer alive. ‘Most of those people are gone. Some of the people we were dealing with are gone, because that was a big—that was a big hit,’ he told me. ‘They should have done it sooner, Michael. They could have made a deal. They should’ve done it sooner. They played too cute.’”

Nancy Guthrie Case: Everything We Know as Investigation Reaches One Month Mark

 Extra.com

"It’s been one month since Savannah Guthrie’s mom Nancy Guthrie disappeared without a trace from her Tucson, Arizona, home.

"While investigators still continue to search for Nancy and her abductor, Savannah has upped the ante, offering up to $1 million for any information that leads to her mom’s recovery.

"In a video, Savannah said, "She may be lost, she may already be gone… If this is what is to be, then we will accept it. But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home.”

"Since Savannah’s reward announcement, the FBI reports more than 1,500 tips have come in." . . .

What to Know About the Search for Nancy Guthrie - The New York Times    . . . "Federal agents and sheriff’s deputies streamed into the quiet desert subdivision by night. They stepped past spiky agave plants and surrounded a house, preparing to serve a search warrant. A couple of miles away, investigators descended on a parked Range Rover and draped it with evidence tape.

"For the second time in the excruciating weeks since Nancy Guthrie vanished, Friday’s burst of law enforcement activity in a southern Arizona neighborhood signaled a possible break in a case that has transfixed the country.

"But, once again, the authorities later announced a disappointing result: Even after one person was questioned and the S.U.V. was towed away, no arrests had been made and there had been no trace of the 84-year-old Ms. Guthrie.

"On Monday, there were few visible signs of significant progress in an investigation that for more than 16 days has frustrated the police and tormented Ms. Guthrie’s family — most visibly, her daughter, “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, whose public pleas for help have reached millions around the world." . . .

Here are the details on the disappearance and investigation.

How AI-generated images are being used to deny the massacre of protesters in Iran

 France 24 

Posted are excerpts from this article. The full article is at the link. TD

Pixabay

"After a widely-shared image showing hundreds of bodies piled up in a morgue in Tehran turned out to have been AI-generated, supporters of the Iranian regime have been using the picture to cast doubt on a real photo taken in the same morgue." . .

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. . . "Our team was able to verify the authenticity of a number of different videos from the Kahrizak morgue, some filmed in the same courtyard where the woman in the photo is standing. These videos helped us confirm that the scene captured in the photo did take place. Other videos and photos taken from different angles also show that there were many bodies laid on the ground of the morgue’s courtyard. 

"In the upper left is the authentic photo of a young woman that pro-government accounts falsely claimed was AI-generated. The images to the bottom left and centre are screenshots taken from two videos filmed in the Kahrizak morgue. You can see the same wall (outlined in red) in all three images. At right is a satellite image of the morgue. The wall is outlined in red. A building that also appears in the photo of the young woman in mourning is outlined in blue in the satellite image. Marked in yellow is the chimney of one of the morgue’s buildings that appears in one of the videos. The star represents the location where the young woman is standing. The outlines were added by the FRANCE 24 Observers team. © X/Telegram, Observers, Vantor.

"This footage allows us to establish that the image of the woman in mourning was indeed taken at the Kahrizak morgue. Using a satellite image of the morgue that was provided to our team by the satellite image company Vantor, as well as two verified videos filmed in the courtyard of the morgue, it is possible to establish where the young woman was standing: in front of the entrance to a large building with a red roof. A brown-and-beige wall appears in both videos and the photo. Moreover, a white building in the background of the photo of the young woman can be seen in the satellite image." . . . More...