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Fox News Hourly Update

Eight Dead in Avalanche Near Lake Tahoe

18 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What happened in the avalanche near Lake Tahoe?

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A ski trip ends in tragedy. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News. Eight skiers are dead and one remains missing after an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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The group of 15 skiers, four guides and 11 of their clients, finishing up a three-day winter camping trip in Castle Peak. An avalanche warning was in effect at the time with heavy snow and gale force winds. It took hours for some 50 rescuers to get to a group of six that managed to survive the avalanche that was described as the length of a football field.

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They dug their way out and were able to send text messages with their emergency beacons and call for help.

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Chapter 2: What were the conditions during the avalanche incident?

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Those who survived ranged in age from 30 to 55. Two were not able to walk out, but they are expected to be okay.

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Fox's Claudia Cowan in Sausalito. The skiers were on the last day of the backcountry trip. The area near Donner's Summit was closed for nearly a century before it was reopened in 2020. The Pima County Sheriff says they continue to sift through evidence in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie after DNA collected on a glove found near the scene did not match any profile in the FBI database.

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The Sheriff's Department writing, investigators are currently looking into additional investigative genetic genealogy options for DNA evidence to check for matches. CODIS is one option of many databases that are available.

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Fox's Matt Finn in Tucson. The Department of Homeland Security remains shut down as members of Congress are in recess. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt criticized the plan from Democrats to end the stalemate.

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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.

104.824 - 118.007 Lisa Lucera

The shutdown does not affect ICE or Customs and Border Protection. They are paid with funding from the passage of last year's Big Beautiful Bill. It does affect the departments like FEMA and the TSA. America's listening to Fox News.

120.029 - 125.096 Ainsley Earhardt

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Chapter 3: How did the survivors manage to call for help?

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The House Oversight Committee has questioned a billionaire, former friend of Jeffrey Epstein. Staff attorneys went to the home of 88-year-old billionaire Les Wexner to take his deposition in New Albany, Ohio.

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Fox News Digital obtained his opening statement in which Wexner said he's pleased to testify to set the record straight that he's been the subject of outrageous and untrue statements, but also that his heart goes out to the survivors of Epstein's crimes.

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Now, as far as his relationship with Epstein, Wexner said he didn't socialize with him, but hired Epstein and gave him power of attorney over financial matters as Wexner's retail empire grew. However, as Epstein's legal troubles grew in 2007, Wexner and his wife found Epstein had been stealing from them and they cut ties nearly 20 years ago.

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Wexner said Epstein was a con man and he regrets ever having met him. Jessica Rosenthal, Fox News.

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180.347 - 182.69 Lisa Lucera

Uber expanding its rideshare services.

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Uber Technologies is investing more than $100 million to develop autonomous vehicle charging hubs. It's Uber's latest push to scale up its self-driving service. The move includes the depots where Uber runs day-to-day operations and at pit stops throughout priority cities. The charging expansion will start in California's Bay Area and Los Angeles, also in Dallas before expanding.

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Uber has partnered with Google's Waymo in the U.S., China's WeRide to offer robo-taxis on its ride app. It's also working on self-driving freight and delivery. Jenny Koselda, Fox News.

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A new exhibit coming to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this summer. The museum says the exhibit will feature instruments, outfits, handwritten lyrics, and other memorabilia of Paul McCartney and Wings. It tracks McCartney's path from his first solo album in 1970 through Wings' formation in 1971 and breakup in 1981. McCartney is in the hall as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist.

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The exhibit opens May 15th. I'm Lisa Lucera. This is Fox News.

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