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What are the details of the avalanche incident involving missing skiers?
This is a Fox News alert. Multiple deaths confirmed in a search for missing skiers. I'm Lisa Brady. A California sheriff just making the announcement that eight skiers have been found dead after a backcountry avalanche yesterday. Their bodies not yet recovered. One other skier remains missing.
Please understand that this incident remains ongoing. Our focus remains on recovering. But the snow and the unsure conditions are creating an issue to making sure that we can safely do that.
Nevada County Sheriff Shannon Moon says they've spoken to the families about shifting from rescue to recovery. Six other skiers were found alive and rescued yesterday. That avalanche in the mountains near Lake Tahoe, now the deadliest in the U.S. in more than four decades. On day 18 of the search for Nancy Guthrie, the FBI now using genetic genealogy on DNA found in Guthrie's home, hoping to generate new leads after there was no match found in federal databases. Each side still blaming the other for the Homeland Security funding shutdown that began over the weekend as Democrats keep pushing for changes in immigration enforcement.
ICE needs to be reformed in a dramatic, bold, meaningful, and transformational manner. And if that doesn't happen, the DHS funding bill... will not move forward.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt says they've been negotiating with Democrats in good faith.
Last night they sent over a counterproposal that frankly was very unserious and we hope they get serious very soon because Americans are going to be impacted by this.
She accuses Democrats of wanting to pick a fight with the president. Just getting reports that hundreds of truck and bus driving schools in the U.S. are being ordered to close over safety deficiencies. There's been a review by federal transportation officials as part of a crackdown on commercial drivers who are in the country illegally. America is listening to Fox News.
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The White House says President Trump will open tomorrow's first meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington.
Where he will announce that member states have pledged more than $5 billion towards the Gaza humanitarian and reconstruction efforts.
Spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt adding that members have also committed thousands of personnel to an international stabilization force and local police. to maintain security and peace for Gazans. She also says more than 20 countries plan to attend tomorrow's meeting, though some longtime allies, including the UK, France and Germany, declined to join the board. And the Vatican now says it's also opting out, in part over concern that the UN should be leading Gaza rebuilding efforts. The Super Bowl champions are for sale. The estate of late team owner Paul Allen confirming it has started the process of selling the Seattle Seahawks in accordance with Allen's wishes to eventually sell and direct proceeds to philanthropy.
His sister Jody has owned the Seahawks and the NBA's Trailblazers since Allen died in 2018. The estate already agreed to sell the Trailblazers to an investment group led by the Carolina Hurricanes owner. Some restaurant gift cards are being recalled by Costco after the company that issued the cards shut down.
The cards are a third-party product from Synergy World, which has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The multi-merchant restaurant card program had partnered with local restaurants across Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas, operating a network of more than 100 restaurants. Its shutting down means its cards are unusable. Costco, however, is accepting returns of the unusable cards and refunding the remaining balance for customers who bought the cards between October 27, 2025 and this January 26.
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