The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, entered its second week as of Sunday, February 9, 2026, with a purported deadline looming, according to NPR News. The family, desperate for her safe return, has indicated a willingness to pay for her release.
Savannah Guthrie, flanked by her siblings, released a social media video Saturday stating, "We received your message and that: This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay," according to Fortune. An FBI spokesman confirmed the message was sent to a Tucson-based television station, KOLD, which declined to release details about the message's contents while the FBI conducted its review. Detectives and agents continued follow-up work, as reported by Fortune.
The elder Guthrie was last seen by her family on January 31, according to NPR News. A sign of support from Nancy Guthrie's neighbors stands near her driveway in the Tucson, Ariz., area, as shown in a photo from NPR News.
In other news, Jody Allen, the billionaire owner of the Seattle Seahawks, is reportedly planning to sell the team and donate the proceeds to charity, according to sources who spoke with ESPN last week, as reported by Fortune. This comes after the Seahawks' decisive 29-13 win Sunday night over the New England Patriots, where Allen triumphantly hoisted the Lombardi trophy. The 67-year-old is the chair and trustee of the Seahawks and the Portland Trail Blazers, inheriting ownership after the 2018 death of her brother.
Also, Lindsey Vonn's recent Olympic downhill crash in Milan-Cortina has become a reminder that millennial nostalgia can sell a story, but reality can pan out differently, according to Fortune. Vonn, skiing on a torn ACL and a rebuilt knee, clipped a gate in midair and tumbled down the course, screaming in pain. She was airlifted to a hospital where doctors confirmed a fracture in her left leg, requiring emergency surgery and an intensive care stay.
Finally, Jenny Just, co-founder of financial services firm PEAK6 Investments, believes that playing poker is a crash course in making high-stakes decisions with incomplete information, a skill that she said could have sped up her success, according to Fortune. "I think I could have saved 10 years of losses off my career if I had learned poker sooner," Just told CNBC. She added that the repetitions poker provides "build muscles that translate directly" to business decisions.
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