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Guthrie family thanks Tucson, asks people to not forget mother’s case

Guthrie family thanks Tucson, asks people to not forget mother’s case

Published by Sam Flores

The Guthrie family on Saturday evening expressed their gratitude to the Tucson community where their missing mother Nancy lived before her disappearance and suspected abduction seven weeks ago. They asked residents not to forget her case. “We are deeply grateful for the outpouring from neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson. We are all family now,” the Guthrie family told NBC affiliate KVOA of Tucson for a special report that aired Saturday. People stop at a makeshift memorial at the entrance to Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 12.Brandon Bell / Getty Images file The family asked the community to look at camera footage and to search their memories for anything that may assist in the search for Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of “TODAY” co-host Savannah Guthrie. It asked community members to focus on “key timelines” of Jan. 31, Feb. 1 and Jan. 11. The family said any footage, journal notes, text messages, observations and conversations may offer evidence or clues. “It’s possible a member of this community has information that they …

Iran’s World Cup uncertainty leaves Tucson training facility in limbo

Iran’s World Cup uncertainty leaves Tucson training facility in limbo

Published by Sam Flores

(Adds missing quotation mark in paragraph nine) By Erica Stapleton TUCSON, Arizona, March 5 : Eighteen months of preparation hang in the balance at a Tucson-based multi-use sports facility, where organisers say they remain in daily contact with FIFA about hosting Iran’s national soccer team, even as geopolitical turmoil threatens to upend their World Cup plans. Iran are scheduled to play their World Cup group stage matches on U.S. soil – two in Los Angeles and one in Seattle – with Tucson’s sprawling Kino Sports Complex selected as the team’s base camp training site for the June 11-July 19 tournament. But those plans were thrown into doubt when the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran began last weekend with strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The campaign entered its sixth day on Thursday. “We do know there’s a lot of geopolitical activities going on right now,” Sarah Horvath, director of the Kino Sports Complex, told Reuters. “That being said, we are in communication daily with FIFA. Team Iran is still coming here as of right now, …