Search and rescue teams are working in hazardous conditions in Northern California after an avalanche near Castle Peak left ten backcountry skiers missing on Tuesday, while authorities in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, continue to investigate a deadly shooting at a high school hockey game that targeted family members. Additionally, investigators are using advanced technology to locate a missing 84-year-old woman in Tucson, Arizona, and judges have rejected deportation cases against two pro-Palestinian college students.
The avalanche, reported around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, occurred in the Castle Peak area of the Sierra Nevada, according to the Nevada County Sheriff's Office (Source 1, 4). A group of 16 skiers, including four guides and 12 clients, were caught in the avalanche (Source 4). Six skiers survived and were rescued, but ten remain unaccounted for (Source 1, 4). The heavy snowstorm has closed Interstate 80 since Tuesday morning (Source 1). Search and rescue operations are ongoing amid "highly dangerous" conditions (Source 4).
In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, police are investigating a shooting at a high school hockey game that resulted in two deaths and three critical injuries (Source 2). The gunman, identified as 56-year-old Robert Dorgan, targeted family members (Source 2). Dorgan, who also used the name Roberta Esposito, killed his ex-wife, 52-year-old Rhonda Dorgan, and her son, 23-year-old Aidan Dorgan, according to acting public safety director and police chief Tina Goncalves (Source 2). The gunman died by suicide after the shooting (Source 2). Police are still searching for a motive (Source 2).
Meanwhile, in Tucson, Arizona, investigators are using a "signal sniffer" to locate 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home on February 1 (Source 3). The device can detect signals emitted from electronic devices (Source 3). David Kennedy, a former NSA hacker and inventor of the signal sniffer, told CBS News that the fact that Guthrie's pacemaker was disconnected from the app on her phone indicates the device is equipped with Bluetooth Low Energy technology (Source 3).
In other news, immigration courts have terminated deportation proceedings against two pro-Palestinian college students after Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed they posed a threat to foreign policy (Source 5). Attorneys for Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student, announced that a judge found the Department of Homeland Security "did not meet its burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence" that he is removable (Source 5). This marks the second time in just over a week that such a decision has been made (Source 5).
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