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Now, the sport is seemingly headed back to court.

Joe Gibbs Racing filed a lawsuit in the Western District of North Carolina on Thursday against the team's former competition director, Chris Gabehart. Gibbs' team alleges that Gabehart "embarked on a brazen scheme to steal JGR's most sensitive information and use it for the benefit of a direct competitor in NASCAR — Spire Motorsports."

USA TODAY Sports obtained a copy of the lawsuit, where JGR seeks to recover damages of up to $8 million because Gabehart allegedly violated "his contractual obligations and wrongfully" used "JGR's confidential information and trade secrets."

JGR claims that Gabehart stole the team's trade secrets after his demands for additional authority with the organization were "rebuffed" and he became "dissatisfied" with his position at JGR.

The filing did not request an injunction preventing Gabehart from working for Spire, though it's unclear if he actually reached an employment agreement with the team. Gabehart is not listed on Spire's website in a leadership or crew chief position. Spire is also not named as a co-defendant in the lawsuit.

According to JGR's claims, Gabehart met with team owner Joe Gibbs on Nov. 6, 2025 and demanded authority that would give him "carte blanche" over all racing decisions. When Gibbs declined to give Gabehart that power, Gabehart informed Gibbs he preferred to leave JGR and the two parties began working towards what JGR believed was an "amicable" and "generous" separation agreement.

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However, JGR says it became "suspicious" of Gabehart's intentions when it learned he had already allegedly met with Jeff Dickerson, the owner of Spire. JGR says it then conducted a forensic investigation of Gabehart's JGR-owned laptop and found "shocking" results.

JGR claims that its forensic investigation revealed that Gabehart allegedly synced his personal Google Drive with his JGR laptop, repeatedly conducted online research about Spire while he was still employed by JGR, had a Google Drive folder titled "Spire," and captured "more than a dozen" photos the day after his meeting with Gibbs — Nov. 7 — that contained "images of JGR files containing Confidential Information and Trade Secrets."

Additionally, JGR alleges that the photos also contained "comprehensive post-race audit and analyses of team and driver performance" for the entire 2025 season, complete team payroll details and compensation plans, pit crew analytics for the 2024 NASCAR season, and "detailed analytics of racecar tires used to assess impact on race results."

JGR says it learned on Feb. 11 that Gabehart had taken the position as Spire's chief motorsports officer, a role in which he "would be responsible for all of Spire's racing strategy and operations," which JGR contends is similar to what he did for them as competition director. Previously, JGR claims, Gabehart told them in December that his position with Spire wouldn't be similar to the role he had with JGR.

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Considered to be one of the smartest minds around the NASCAR garage, the 44-year-old Gabehart began his career in NASCAR's Cup Series in 2012 as an engineer on Kyle Busch's car with JGR. He was then the crew chief for Erik Jones in the second-tier Xfinity Series, then became the crew chief for Denny Hamlin's No. 11 in 2019. With Gabehart leading his team, Hamlin won 22 races in a six-year stretch, including a pair of Daytona 500s. Hamlin also made the final championship four in three seasons.

The winner of three Super Bowls as the head coach of Washington, Joe Gibbs founded Joe Gibbs Racing in 1992. The team has won five Cup Series championships, most recently with Busch in 2019. Gibbs' grandson Ty — now a Cup Series driver — won the team's fourth Xfinity Series championship in 2022.

A member of both the Pro Football and NASCAR hall of fames, Gibbs now co-owns JGR with his daughter-in-law Heather. In addition to his grandson and Hamlin, the team also fields Cup Series cars driven by Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:NASCAR in court: Joe Gibbs Racing sues former competition director

But many of those calls are not from people seeking to provide potentially actionable leads, said Cecila Ochoa, dispatch manager for the Pima County Sheriff's Department. They're from people who want to share theories, premonitions and opinions, she said.

"If you're thinking about calling in a tip or a lead or if you have specific information regarding the case, I ask that you take a moment and think — is this tip viable, is it credible?" she said. "What we don't want are the opinions and the thoughts and kind of wondering, are investigators doing a, b, c and d."

In an update Wednesday, the department said that it does not track how many Guthrie-related calls the center has received since her family reported her missing Feb. 1. But its overall call volume has soared.

In the first 18 days of February 2025, the department said, there were 20,808 calls. In the same time period this year, there were 31,608. More than 23,000 of those calls were administrative, including calls to the non-emergency line, the department said. The rest were 911 calls.

The FBI said Wednesday that it has received more than 19,000 tips, and the sheriff's department said that hundreds of personnel from various law enforcement agencies are involved in a case it has described as a possible abduction.

Some 400 FBI agents and sheriff's deputies are still working the case as the three-week mark quickly approaches.

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Guthrie, 84,was last seen around 9:45 p.m. Jan. 31. The FBIreleased security video and still images last weekfrom her home in Catalina Hills, an unincorporated community in the Tucson area, showing a masked man with a gun, backpack and gloves appearing to tamper with a doorbell camera in the overnight hours of Feb. 1.

The agency has since described that man, who is believed to be between 5' 9 inches tall and 5'10 " tall and was wearing a 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack, as a suspect.

That suspect was also seen wearing a holster. Firearms expert John Correia said it appears to be a universal fit holster and isn't one an experienced gun owner would use.

"This does not strike me as a highly trained professional," he told NBC News.

A glove that appeared to match the ones worn by the suspect was found roughly 2 miles from Guthrie's home and contained DNA from an unknown male, authorities have said. That DNA does not match samples gathered from Guthrie's home, nor does it match any samples in the FBI's DNA database, CODIS.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators plan to use genetic genealogy, a forensic tool that combines traditional genealogical research with DNA analysis, to test a partial biological sample found at Guthrie's home.

The department has not said whether there were signs of forced entry at the house. Blood found on Guthrie's porch is believed to be hers, Nanos said.

"TODAY" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie has posted several videos on social media, joined in some by her brother and sister, pleading for their mother's return and begging for her potential abductor to make contact with their family. Savannah Guthrie has said the family is willing to pay.

The BAFTAs will air live in the U.K. at 7 p.m. GMT this Sunday, Feb. 22, on BBC One (and stream on iPlayer). In the U.S., viewers can catch the show on a delay on E!, tune in live via BritBox or watch free with the help of a VPN, or virtual private network. Here's what to know about watching the 2026 BAFTAs.

When are the BAFTAs?

The 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards are this Sunday, Feb. 22.

What time are the BAFTAs on in the U.S.?

The BAFTAs will air at 7 p.m. GMT, meaning in the U.S., they'll be on at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.

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BAFTAs 2026 channel

This year's BAFTAs will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the U.K., and be rebroadcast on E! in the U.S. The show will also stream live on BritBox in the U.S., available via its own app or as a Prime Video add-on.

How to watch the 2026 BAFTAs live from the U.S.

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2026 BAFTAs host

Alan Cumming will host the 2026 BAFTAs.

2026 BAFTA presenters

This year's presenters include Aaron Pierre, Aimee Lou Wood, Alicia Vikander, Alia Bhatt, Bryan Cranston, Cillian Murphy, David Jonsson, Delroy Lindo, Emily Watson, Erin Doherty, Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson, Glenn Close, Hannah Waddingham, Karen Gillan, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Kerry Washington, Little Simz, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Milly Alcock, Minnie Driver, Monica Bellucci, Noah Jupe, Olivia Cooke, Patrick Dempsey, Regé-Jean Page, Riz Ahmed, Sadie Sink, Stellan Skargård, Stormzy and Warwick Davis.

2026 BAFTA performers

This year's BAFTAs will see the first performance outside the U.S. of "Golden," the Grammy-winning track fromKPop Demon Hunters, sung by JAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami (the voices of HUNTR/X). Jessie Ware will also perform during the in memoriam.

2026 BAFTA nominees

Best film

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

Outstanding British film

• 28 Years Later

• The Ballad of Wallis Island

• Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy

• Die My Love

• H Is For Hawk

• Hamnet

• I Swear

• Mr Burton

• Pillion

• Steve

Leading actress

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue

• Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another

• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

• Emma Stone, Bugonia

Leading actor

• Robert Aramayo, I Swear

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

• Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

Supporting actress

• Odessa A'zion, Marty Supreme

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

• Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island

• Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

• Emily Watson, Hamnet

Supporting actor

• Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

• Paul Mescal, Hamnet

• Peter Mullan, I Swear

• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Director

• Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

• The Ceremony

• My Father's Shadow

• Pillion

• A Want In Her

• Wasteman

Film not in the English language

• It Was Just An Accident

• The Secret Agent

• Sentimental Value

• Sirât

• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Documentary

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka

• Apocalypse in the Tropics

• Cover-Up

• Mr Nobody Against Putin

• The Perfect Neighbor

Animated film

• Elio

• Little Amélie

• Zootropolis 2

Children's and family film

• Arco

• Boong

• Lilo & Stitch

• Zootropolis 2

Original screenplay

• I Swear

• Marty Supreme

• The Secret Agent

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

Adapted screenplay

• The Ballad of Wallis Island

• Bugonia

• Hamnet

• One Battle After Another

• Pillion

EE BAFTA Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

• Robert Aramayo

• Miles Caton

• Chase Infiniti

• Archie Madekwe

• Posy Sterling

Original score

• Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia

• Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein

• Max Richter, Hamnet

• Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

• Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

Casting

• I Swear

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

Cinematography

• Frankenstein

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

• Train Dreams

Costume design

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• Sinners

• Wicked: For Good

Editing

• F1

• A House of Dynamite

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

Production design

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

Makeup and hair

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• Sinners

• Wicked: For Good

Sound

• F1

• Frankenstein

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

• Warfare

Special visual effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash

• F1

• Frankenstein

• How to Train Your Dragon

• The Lost Bus

British short film

• Magid / Zafar

• Nostalgie

• Terence

• This Is Endometriosis

• Welcome Home Freckles

British short animation

• Cardboard

• Solstice

• Two Black Boys in Paradise

Ripa, 53,celebrated the quarter-century TV milestone alongside co-host and husband of nearly 30 years, Mark Consuelos, during a special "Live with Kelly and Mark" episode on Friday, Feb. 20.

The episode on the nationally syndicated show features appearances from old friends (including frequent co-hostJerry O'Connell), the couple'sson Michael, 28,and voice messages from their other children, Lola, 24, and Joaquin, 22, who couldn't attend.

"The one thing my children, and others, said was, 'Here's to the next 25 years,'" Ripa tells USA TODAY. "I was thinking, 'Next 25 years? If I make it through the next 25 minutes, it'll be incredible.' Listening to people talk about me was torture. Like attending your own funeral."

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Here's what to know about Ripa's milestone:

Ripa recalls the psychic who saw her pregnancy on the first episode

Ripa insists she has very few specific recollections from Feb. 5, 2001, when "All My Children" star succeeded Kathie Lee Gifford as Regis Philbin's permanent co-host and the show became "Live with Regis and Kelly." She does remember psychicChar Margolistelling Ripa on air about her pregnancy with daughter Lola.

"I knew, Mark knew, but no one else knew. Not even our families," says Ripa. "It was too early to tell people. So that's a very cohesive memory."

But many of the other TV moments replayed during the celebration were almost surprises to Ripa, who felt as if she was watching them for the first time.

"I kept saying to Mark, 'I have no memory of that,'" says Ripa. "Then I realized I was either pregnant or nursing for a substantial amount of the time. It's a lot of foggy, grainy memories."

Watching the time on air inspired Ripa to give her younger self one piece of advice:

"It would be, 'Don't wear that,'" Ripa says. "I will say in my defense, maternity clothes in 2026 look very different from those in 2000. The options were very limited in maternity fashion, specifically."

Ripa has passed Regis Philbin in the all-time 'Live!' hosting

Ripa had a complicated relationship with Philbin, whodied in 2020,as she discussed in her 2022 memoir"Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories." Philbin was first paired with Kathie Lee for a morning show in 1985, but "Live!" didn't take its current format until it became nationally syndicated in 1988. Philbin retired in 2011, after 23 hears as the show's headlining host.

Ripa has now been the top host 25 years, taking the chair with co-hosts Michael Strahan (2012–16) and Ryan Seacrest (2017–23), and now Mark.

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"I still think of it as Regis' show, and I'm the interloper," says Ripa. "My producer,Cindy MacDonald,one of my best friends, still calls me 'new girl.' This show is bigger than the host. And then we move on, and other people step into our shoes."

Ripa and Consuelos thought hosting together was 'a terrible idea'

Ripa insists that both she and her husband initially thought permanent joint hosting wouldn't work.

"We thought it was a terrible idea. It's like who wants to see two married people bicker every morning," says Ripa. "It turns out it's very interesting and relatable."

Happy birthday, Kelly Ripa! The beloved TV host turns 55 on Oct. 2, 2025. To celebrate her big day, we've rounded up photos of her life and career through the years.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ripa and Mark Consuelos cohost "Live with Kelly and Mark." Consuelos, Ripa's husband and former "All My Children" costar, joined "Live with Kelly" as her cohost on April 17, 2023.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ripa and Consuelos cohost "Live with Kelly and Mark" for the last time at 7 Lincoln Square on April 1, 2025. Ripa marked 25 years on "Live" in 2025, tying Oprah Winfrey's record as the longest-running female daytime talk show host.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ripa and Consuelos cohost "Live with Kelly and Mark" on Oct. 1, 2024. The couple won, as cohosts, the Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding talk show host in June 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ripa attended the 91st Academy Awards with her husband, Consuelos. The two tied the knot in May 1996 and have three children together: Michael, Lola, and Joaquin. 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> From left, Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa and former "Live!" cohost Ryan Seacrest attends the 95th annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023, in Hollywood.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> The actress and TV personality officially got her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in October 2015.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Talk about a grand appearance! Ripa came onstage at the 10th annual TV Land Awards in April 2012 in a Catwoman costume. 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Aw, throwback! Philbin surprised his "Live with Regis" viewers when revealing that Kelly Ripa would be his permanent cohost in 2001. 

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Kelly Ripa's career, from soap operas to 'Live!' TV host success with Mark Consuelos

Happy birthday, Kelly Ripa! The beloved TV host turns 55 on Oct. 2, 2025. To celebrate her big day, we've rounded up photos of her life and career through the years.

The two share intimate home details, including Ripa assuring her "All My Children" alum husband this week that he'd score a "gold medal" for farting while discussing a reportabout "smart underwear."

"We like to put our own experience into these news articles," says Ripa, who says there are no-go discussion areas. "I think we reveal just enough, and sometimes we don't go far enough. I'm sure Mark would say that we always go too far. I'll say that for him."

Ripa says there are no post-show recriminations for what's discussed on air, and, even on the well-choreographed show, there is no "safe" word to avoid topics that may get sensitive.

"We know each other so well, we don't need a 'safe' word. But there's a 'safe' glance," says Ripa. "We already know what the other person is thinking."

Ripa will 'tap out' of future physical show feats

Ripa has been game for on-air physical feats, from scaling a 30-ft wall with Cirque de Soleil to hangingupside down on a bungee cordwith magician David Blaine.

In 2012, Ripa and executive producer Michael Gelman consumed copious amounts of alcohol and went night skiing with torches.

"That was definitely dangerous, particularly because we had all consumed alcohol before we did it," says Ripa. "We have this theory that as long as we're doing it on camera, nothing bad can happen."

Ripa admits she'll be cutting back on the TV stunts going forward.

"I'm older and wiser and more afraid of breaking a hip," says Ripa. "Now, I'd probably tap out."

Ripa has no fears of A.I. couple replacement

Ripa does not say how long she'll continue with "Live!," but the co-host does not fear being pushed out by A.I. simulations.

"There are certain things that A.I. cannot recreate," Ripa says. "A.I. could never be as exciting or as boring as we are on anything."

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Kelly Ripa hits 25 years on 'Live!', still loves oversharing with Mark

Most days, the country's top newspapers have a wide range of photos gracing their front pages. But on Friday, every image topping the British front pages was identical:

A snap ofAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor, slouched in the back of a car, looking shell-shocked on his 66th birthday as he left the police station.

On Thursday, Mountbatten-Windsor became the first member of the UK royal family to bearrestedin modern history, spending more than 10 hours in police custody at a station in the small town of Aylsham, England, about an hour away from his new home on the royal Sandringham Estate.

"The photo gods were on my side yesterday," said Phil Noble, a senior photographer at Reuters news agency who captured the incredible image.

Noble, based in northern England, drove roughly five hours south to Norfolk on Thursday morning – racing to get there after the news of the arrest broke.

Through guesswork and some well-placed sources, his two-person team zeroed in what they thoughtmightbe the correct police station,maybe.There are roughly 20 Thames Valley Police stations where the former prince could have been taken, so they had to wait to see.

"This was probably the fourth or fifth police station that Reuters had visited that night," Noble said. "When I arrived, it didn't look anything out of the ordinary. There was no cars. There was no increased activity."

"To be honest, just before he arrived, I'd left to go back to the hotel… and my colleague Marissa messaged me and said, 'Look, two cars have just arrived I think you should come back,'" Nobel said candidly in a video explaining how he got the shot.

Then the race really began. The Reuters photographer said he "spun the car around, got back, and within a minute of arriving back, the shutters on the garage at the police station came up and two cars left. And one of them, he (Mountbatten-Windsor) was in."

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Stakeout photography has a lot of variables, Noble explained. Part of the job is preparation, skill and experience. It also requires a willingness to stand on the side of a British country road in the dark for hours at a time, without knowing if it will lead to anything noteworthy.

"Probably half an hour before I took the photo, I'd done some test shots of other cars leaving the police station, so I had a rough idea of… the camera settings maybe," explained Noble, who has been working at Reuters for more than 20 years. Before that, he worked in photography at the UK's Press Association and the Manchester Evening News.

"But it's still, you know, more than luck than judgment when the car comes out. You've got to try and guess where he's sitting, which side of the car is he? Is he in the front? Is he in the back? Will the flash recycle in time?"

He took six frames in all, according to Reuters. Two were blank, one was out of focus and two showed police officers. But one captured the extraordinary moment.

"For every car shot that you do, the hit rate is really, really low," he added. "So last night was, it was one of those, kind of, pinch-me moments where you look at the back of the camera, you're tired, it's been a long day… you can't believe that you've got him."

Mountbatten-Windsor wasreleased "under investigation"late Thursday evening. Police have not said what led them to arrest the former prince on suspicion of misconduct in public office, but he previously spent a decade as UK trade envoy starting in 2001. He stepped down in 2011 after coming under fire over his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The former prince has not publicly responded to the latest allegations to emerge after the US Department of Justice released millions of documents related to Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied all allegations of wrongdoing and said he never witnessed or suspected any of the behavior that Epstein was accused of.

Asked about the photo, Noble said it's no work of art, but it's definitely among the most newsworthy he has ever snapped.

"Best photo-photo? It's probably not. You know, it's a man shot at night through the back of a windscreen," Noble said, laughing a bit. "Is that the best photo I've ever taken? No. Is it up there with one of the most important? A hundred percent."

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