Off-trail Avalanche in Italy Claims Two Lives, Former Ukrainian Minister Detained
Courmayeur, Italy/Tucson, Arizona/Las Cruces, New Mexico/Kyiv, Ukraine - February 15, 2026 - A series of separate incidents have dominated headlines, including a deadly avalanche in Italy, the ongoing search for a missing woman in Arizona, the arrest of a former Ukrainian official, and a New Mexico woman charged in the death of her newborn.
In Italy, an off-trail avalanche on the Italian side of Mont Blanc claimed the lives of two skiers and injured another on Sunday morning, according to ABC News. The avalanche occurred in the Couloir Vesses, a well-known freeride route in Courmayeur, near the border between France and Switzerland. Fifteen rescuers, three canine units, and two helicopters participated in the search and rescue efforts, according to Italy's Alpine Rescue. One of the victims was taken to a hospital in serious condition but later died.
Meanwhile, in Tucson, Arizona, the FBI is analyzing a recovered glove in the case of missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. The glove, found near the side of the road about two miles from Guthrie's home, appears to match those worn by a suspect in doorbell camera footage taken the night she disappeared, according to BBC World. Preliminary DNA test results have been received, and the agency is awaiting "quality control and official confirmation" before entering an "unknown male profile" into its database. A law enforcement source, speaking to Fox News, pushed back on the theory that a burglary gone wrong was the cause of Guthrie's disappearance, stating that it is "not the working theory inside the unit."
In New Mexico, a woman is facing charges after allegedly giving birth in a portable toilet and drowning her newborn in the holding tank, according to Fox News. Sonia Cristal Jimenez, 38, arrived at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces on February 7, appearing as if she had just given birth but without a baby. Her boyfriend told police they had been at Burn Lake when the incident occurred.
Finally, in Ukraine, a former energy minister was detained while attempting to leave the country, BBC World reported. German Galushchenko, who was forced out of his government role last year after being implicated in an alleged corruption scandal, was apprehended while on a train leaving Ukraine. He was one of several government figures implicated in an alleged 100 million euro embezzlement scheme in November.
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