US news anchor Savannah Guthrie and her family pleaded for the safe return of their mother, Nancy Guthrie, who disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona home last weekend, stating they "will pay" for her return. In other news, Italian police arrested six protesters in Milan, a host city for the Winter Olympic Games, after clashes erupted during the first day of competition. Meanwhile, American skier Lindsey Vonn crashed out of the women's downhill competition at the Winter Olympics, while her compatriot Breezy Johnson won gold.
Savannah Guthrie, flanked by her two siblings in a video posted to Instagram, addressed the situation, saying, "We received your message, and we understand." She continued, "We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her." The video did not provide details about the message referenced. Nancy Guthrie went missing in the middle of the night from her home.
In Milan, thousands took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the Winter Olympic Games and a range of issues, including the cost of living. Protesters released fireworks and threw stones at police, who responded with water cannons. The clashes came a week after more than 100 police officers were injured in another protest. The government had tightened protest laws following the demonstration in Turin.
At the Winter Olympics in Cortina, Lindsey Vonn, 41, crashed in the women's downhill competition. Vonn, competing nine days after rupturing ligaments in her left knee, hit the gate on her first jump, ending her hopes of winning a medal in what she said would be her final Olympic downhill. Vonn was airlifted off the piste after being tended to for a lengthy period.
In other news, the award-winning fantasy game series Baldur's Gate is being turned into a TV series by Craig Mazin, the man behind HBO's PlayStation adaptation The Last of Us. However, the game's developers, Larian Studios, will not be directly involved in the project.
Additionally, Google executives are facing pressure from nearly 900 full-time employees over the company's ties to the federal government's crackdown on immigration enforcement. In an open letter published on Friday, the employees demanded more transparency regarding how the company's technology is being used within the US government. A Google employee of seven years found it "mind-boggling" that Google was maintaining its ties with immigration enforcement, according to a call after the letter was published. Google has contracts to provide federal agencies with cloud services and has links to work being done on federal immigration enforcement.
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