By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press

Investigators working on the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother are consulting with Walmart management to develop leads because a backpack the suspect was wearing is sold exclusively at the stores, the Pima County, Arizona, sheriff said Monday.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen at her Arizona home on Jan. 31 and was reported missing the following day. Authorities say her blood was found on the front porch. Purported ransom notes were sent to news outlets, but two deadlines for paying have passed.

Yellow flowers and signs remain at a vigil outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ty O’Neil)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation released surveillance videos of a masked person wearing a handgun holster outside Guthrie’s front door in Tucson the night she vanished. A porch camera recorded video of a person with a backpack who was wearing a ski mask, long pants, a jacket and gloves.

Pima Count Sheriff Chris Nanos said in a text message to The Associated Press on Monday that the 25-liter “Ozark Trail Hiker Pack” backpack was the only clothing item that has been “definitively identified.”

“This backpack is exclusive to Walmart and we are working with Walmart management to develop further leads,” Nanos said.

This combo from images provided by the FBI shows surveillance footage at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Ariz. (FBI via AP)

The suspect’s clothing “may have been purchased from Walmart but is not exclusively available at Walmart,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Monday. “This remains a possibility only.”

Investigators on Sunday announced that a glove discovered near the Guthrie home has been sent for DNA testing. The FBI said that it received preliminary results Saturday and was awaiting official confirmation. The development comes as law enforcement gathers more potential evidence and as the search for Guthrie’s mother heads into its third week. Authorities previously said they had not identified a suspect.

The FBI said the suspect in the surveillance footage is a man about 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a medium build.

Authorities have expressed concern about Nancy Guthrie’s health because she needs vital daily medicine. She is said to have a pacemaker and have dealt with high blood pressure and heart issues, according to sheriff’s dispatcher audio on broadcastify.com.

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People around Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year on Tuesday, Feb. 17, the start of the Year of the Horse.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors:

A worshiper wears a horse head decoration at Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Monks pray on the eve of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
A vendor, right, holds a grilled pig for selling for Lunar New Year celebrations on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, ahead of the Lunar New Year. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A humanoid robot wearing a traditional headdress is displayed during a media preview of a robotic temple fair ahead of Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Lion dancers perform at a market in preparation for the Lunar New Year celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.( AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
People attend the Lunar New Year festival at Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
People burn joss paper money as an offering to ancestors ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Feb 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A woman uses her mobile phone to take photos of a performance during the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Local Chinese artists group gather to perform during celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Horse at Thuwunna stadium Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Fire performers carry a dragon during a molten iron fireworks performance known as “fire dragon steel flowers” ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at an amusement park on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
People wearing South Korean traditional “Hanbok” costume take photos on the eve of the Lunar New Year at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

MILAN (AP) — Aerin Frankel stopped 21 shots for her third shutout of the Olympic women’s hockey tournament and the favored United States advanced to the gold-medal game by defeating Sweden 5-0 at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday.

Abbey Murphy, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Hayley Scamurra scored on consecutive shots over a 2:47 late in the second period to blow the game open and put the Americans up 5-0. Cayla Barnes opened the scoring and Taylor Heise also scored.

The Americans continued their roll through the tournament by improving to 6-0, and outscoring their opponents by a combined 31-1. The U.S. has yet to trail or be tied after 0-0, and in position to become the third women’s team to do so over the entire tournament, joining Canada in 2006 and 2010.

The U.S. also extended its shutout streak to 331 minutes, 23 seconds, going back to Czechia’s Barbora Jurickova beating Frankel on a breakaway in the second period of a tournament-opening 5-1 win.

The win over Sweden sets up what could well be a seventh gold-medal showdown against Canada on Thursday. The defending Olympic champion Canadians play Switzerland in the day’s other semifinal game.

The U.S. already beat Canada 5-0 in a preliminary round game last week. The Americans won Olympic gold in 1998 and 2018, with Canada winning the other five tournaments.

Sweden will play for bronze on Thursday in an effort to medal for the third time in team history, and first since winning silver at the 2006 Turin Games after upsetting the U.S. in the semifinals.

Ebba Svensson Traff stopped 19 of 23 shots before she was pulled after Coyne Schofield tipped in Laila Edwards’ shot from the blue line with 3:50 left in the second period.

Emma Soderberg took over in goal, and was beaten by Scamurra, who tapped in Britta Curl-Salemme’s centering pass 1:49 later. Soderberg finished with 10 saves.

Among those in attendance was former NFL center Jason Kelce, who was shown on the scoreboard applauding the goal initially credited to Edwards. Kelce is from Edwards’ hometown of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and he and his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, contributed to a GoFundMe drive to help pay for Edwards’ family to attend the Milan Cortina Games.

Sweden enjoyed a break-through this year with a young, talented group that features seven players competing in the U.S. college ranks. Sweden went 4-0 to win Group B, and then upset Czechia 2-0 in the in the quarterfinals.

Though the Swedes kept the game close through 35 minutes, the Americans eventually wore them down.

And the U.S certainly didn’t resemble a team that didn’t want to play Sweden, as coach Ulf Lundberg suggested after the Swedes beat Czechia in the quarterfinals.

Though the Swedes kept the U.S. mostly to the perimeter in the opening period, they were still outshot 13-2.

Barnes scored with a snap shot from the top of the right circle and beat Svensson Traff high on the short side. Barnes’ goal was her first point of the tournament, leaving seventh defender Rory Guilday as the lone American skater to not yet register a point through six games.

Heise made it 2-0 at the 9:08 mark of the second period by one-timing in Hannah Bilka’s backhand pass through the middle. Svensson Traff got her glove on the shot, but the puck deflected across her body and into the net off the inside of her stick.

MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 16: Players of Team United States celebrate the team’s 5-0 victory in the Women’s Playoffs Semifinal match between United States and Sweden on Day 10 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on February 16, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
United States’ Aerin Frankel , center left, is on her back during a women’s ice hockey semifinal game between the United States and Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
United States goalkeeper Aerin Frankel (31) is congratulated by Kelly Pannek (12) after a 5-0 win over Sweden in a women’s ice hockey semifinal match at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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MILAN, Italy — After realizing his team would have to play in the qualification round at the Milan Cortina Olympics, Sweden coach Sam Hallam was quick to reference what Canada did 16 years ago after a rough start on home ice in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Canada also had to play the extra game and went on to win it all on Sidney Crosby’s golden goal in overtime in the final against the United States. If the Swedes do the same this time, they will have earned every carat of their gold medals.

Sweden as the seventh seed has an incredibly difficult path through the men’s hockey tournament, starting in the qualification playoffs on Tuesday against 10th-seeded Latvia. The winner of that game faces the unbeaten U.S. in the quarterfinals Wednesday night.

“We’re going to have to play … one more game than some other teams, but that’s an opportunity for us to come together even more as a team, work on our details, work on our game as a unit out there,” forward Adrian Kempe said. “That’s just the way I’m seeing it.”

Sweden dropped out of the No. 3 spot only because it allowed a last-minute goal to Slovakia that changed who won the group based on a tiebreaker. That 5-3 victory Saturday was arguably the best Sweden has played thus far in Milan, from goaltender Jacob Markstrom out.

“Everyone contributed,” alternate captain Victor Hedman said. “Marky played great. A lot to build on and look forward to the next one.”

Hallam has a decision to make in net given the back-to-back scheduling. Markstrom may have played well enough to become Sweden’s starter, but Filip Gustavsson could get the nod against Latvia.

“Let us see,” Hallam said. “(Markstrom) showed good presence. I like the way he plays with the puck. He started a couple of breakouts for us. He felt big, felt solid, so he did a good impression on me, yeah.”

No. 5 Switzerland vs. No. 12 Italy

Switzerland beating Czechia in overtime Sunday on Dean Kukan’s goal was a big one to play winless host Italy, which was outscored 19-4 in round-robin play. The Swiss should be able to get into the quarterfinals and face Finland, even after losing one of their top forwards, Kevin Fiala, to a leg injury that required surgery and ended his Olympics and probably his NHL season.

No. 6 Germany vs. No. 11 France

The other team with what should be a safe path into the quarterfinals is Germany against France, which lost 10-2 to Canada on Sunday. France made things interesting against Czechia but like Italy went 0-3-0 and was outscored by 15 goals.

Led by 2020 NHL MVP Leon Draisaitl, Germany lost to the U.S. on Sunday but still finds itself with a plausible path through to the semifinals. If Germany beats France, it would play third-seeded Slovakia on Wednesday.

No. 8 Czechia vs. No. 9 Denmark

Martin Necas was not happy after he and the Czechs lost to Switzerland, knowing what it would mean for their seeding. Denmark defeating Latvia thanks to a 33-save performance by Frederik Andersen moved it up in what’s a positive bounce for Czechia.

“If we want to win, we have to get through everybody,” defenseman Radko Gudas said. “(We have) a lot of guys who have been around these type of games. For us that means playing smart, putting pucks in the right places and make the other team go 200 feet and make go through all of us at all times.”

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