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• Michelle Yeoh said at a film festival in Berlin that she "cannot presume to say I understand" the state of American politics.

• The Malaysian actress said it was "best not to talk about something I don't know about."

• Yeoh also said that working as a person of color in Hollywood "continues to be a struggle" despite some progress.

Michelle Yeohdoesn't want to weigh in on American politics.

After a journalist asked her to comment on the U.S. political environment at the Berlin International Film Festival, theEverything Everywhere All at Onceactress, who is Malaysian and lives in Switzerland,explainedwhy she'd prefer not to discuss the topic.

"I don't think I am in the position to really talk about the political situation in the U.S., and also I cannot presume to say I understand how it is," Yeoh said at a press conference Friday. "So, best not to talk about something I don't know about."

The actress then attempted to redirect the conference's focus to film. "I think I want to concentrate on what is important for us, which is cinema," she said. "You hear, 'Cinema is not going to survive because there are so many other things happening, the attention span is getting shorter,' but I truly don't believe that, because I believe when you go to the cinema, that is time for you."

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She continued, "Cinema is a place where we all come together. We laugh, we cry, we celebrate. And it's always important to keep that tradition alive. And I hope that's what we are here to do."

Elsewhere in the press conference, Yeoh said that working in Hollywood as a person of color "continues to be a struggle" despite the resounding success of many of her projects featuring predominantly Asian casts.

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"I don't think issues like that just go away overnight," she said. "I've been very blessed to be a part of some of the movies that have brought to light how lacking roles are for minorities. [When] we didCrazy Rich Asians, that was 26 years sinceJoy Luck Club[was an] all-Asian-cast movie. At the time we presented the movie, everybody was going, 'Oh my God, you ticked all the wrong boxes — all Asian cast, rom-com, this and that.'"

The actress also acknowledged that her career — including the successes ofCrazy Rich Asians,Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, andEverything Everywhere All at Once— exemplifies that Hollywood has witnessed some progress over the last decade.

"You could see that there is changes, otherwise I would not have been able to makeEverything Everywhere All at Once," she said, shouting out the film's directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. "I will be eternally grateful to my two Daniels, my little geniuses, to have been bold enough — it was courageous to do that film, because once again, we checked all the wrong boxes. But we prevailed."

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On Thursday, Yeoh accepted the Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear award for lifetime achievement, which was presented byAnorafilmmaker Sean Baker. At Friday's press conference, the actress said that she earned the award through sheer persistence.

"I think today I sit here with a Golden Bear, not because of just one movie, but the perseverance, the resilience, the stubbornness to say, 'I won't just go away,'" she mused. "I will stay until the right changes are made, not just for minorities but for everyone."

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More experts are weighing in on theinvestigationintoSavannah Guthrie's mother Nancy Guthrie's disappearance — particularly an issue they have with an important piece of evidence.

Savannah's formerTodaycolleagueKatie Couricspoke with retired FBI agent Kristy Kottis and 31-year FBI veteran Barbara Daly in a Katie Couric Mediainterviewpublished on Thursday, February 12. When asked about the evidence so far, Kottis shared a surprising opinion about thereleased security footageof a masked man on the front porch of Nancy's home in Tucson, Arizona.

"That seemed and felt like a staged video to me," Kottis stated. "It was an individual, we don't know whether it's a male or female, showing us what they want us to see: head down, approaching the house, clearly, to me, wearing two sets of gloves, two sets of pants, a bulky shirt, two masks. First they're like, 'Head down, don't look at me.' Then it's like, 'Oops, look at me. I looked right into the camera.' Then it's like, 'I've got a gun. I want you to think it's a gun strapped right to the front in my crotch area.' I've never seen a gun worn that way in any condition."

Kottis was also confused by how the individual proceeded to rip up some weeds from Nancy's yard and use them to cover the security camera. "If that was the lookout team or the team that's supposed to do something from the front, all you do is hide your face, walk up, and cover the ring camera, rip it off the wall right then," she stated. "So I don't necessarily assume that individual even went into the house."

Daly, for her part, added, "It's either the most amateurish thing ever — or it's what someone wants us to think. It was very strange…I think it tells us something about the individual." Daly also noted that adult kidnappings are "​​extremely rare," and Nancy's age (84) makes her case a "high-risk crime."

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"High-risk crimes like this are rarely spontaneous. There's usually pre-planning: knowing the person's patterns, whether there are cameras, the layout of the home, the method of egress," she explained. "We almost never see a spur-of-the-moment [kidnapping], which is what it would look like if this person is an amateur. … Also, removing an 84-year-old woman with mobility issues from inside a house would be very difficult for one person. It would be very risky."

Daly went on to state that it could be possible that more than one person was involved, and that the perpetrator(s) could be "someone who entered her circle at some point." She shared, "Law enforcement may be withholding information because negotiations could be happening. There may be details only known to investigators and the abductor."

Aside from the released security camera images and photos, authorities have yet to name any persons of interest in the case. Officials believe Nancy was taken from her home against her will and are offering a $100,000 reward to anyone with vital information about her disappearance or alleged abductors. Authorities also have not confirmed the authenticity of ransom note reports demanding millions in exchange for Nancy's return.

On Thursday, the FBI released adescription of the suspectin the security camera footage. "The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5'9′ – 5'10' tall, with an average build. In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter' Ozark Trail Hiker Pack' backpack," the organization shared viaX. "We hope this updated description will help concentrate the public tips we are receiving.

Since February 1, 2026, the FBI has received over 13,000 public tips related to this case. Every tip is reviewed for credibility, relevance, and information that can be acted upon by law enforcement."

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MALAKOFF, Texas (AP) — Some school districts in the U.S. dropped plans for class pictures after widespread social media posts linked a billionaire with ties toJeffrey Epsteinto the photography giant Lifetouch, which on Friday called the claims "completely false."

The disruption to school picture plans in Texas and elsewhere began after online posts linked Lifetouch, which photographs millions of students each year, to the investment fund manager Apollo Global Management. Apollo's former CEO is billionaire investor Leon Black, who met regularly with Epstein and was advised by Epstein on financial matters.

Black led the company in 2019, when funds managed by Apollo bought Lifetouch's parent company, Shutterfly. The $2.7 billion deal closed in September 2019 — a month after Epstein's death by suicide behind bars as he awaited trial over allegations from federal prosecutors that he sexually abused and trafficked dozens of girls.

Both Lifetouch and Apollo noted that timeline in statements Friday, two days after Lifetouch CEO Ken Murphy said in an Instagram post that neither Black nor any of Apollo's directors or investors ever had any access to Lifetouch photos.

"No Lifetouch executives have ever had any relationship or contact with Epstein and we have never shared student images with any third party, including Apollo," Lifetouch said in its statement Friday. "Apollo and its funds also have no role in Lifetouch's daily operations and have no access to student images."

The canceled school pictures are another ripple effect over the release of millions of files from the Epstein investigation, including documents showing Epstein's regular contacts with CEOs, journalists, scientists and prominent politicians long after a 2008 conviction on sex crimes charges.

In the small Texas town of Malakoff, the local school district canceled a student picture day after several parents told the district they weren't comfortable with Lifetouch photographing their children, spokesperson Katherine Smith said in a statement e-mailed Friday. Several other schools and districts in Texas also canceled or changed plans, as well as a charter school in Arizona, according to Facebook announcements posted by the schools.

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"We decided our students and families would be best served by keeping all of our pictures in-house for the rest of this year, and we are looking at all of our options for the 2026-2027 school year," Smith said.

Parents concerned about Lifetouch included MaKallie Gann, whose children attend schools in Howe, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Dallas. She said she was worried about how much information Lifetouch collects on students.

"Whenever you order the pictures, it has their name. It has the age, of course. It has their grade, their teacher, the school that they're in," she said.

No evidence of Epstein or anyone in his orbit seeing Lifetouch photos has emerged from news organizations' review ofthousands of documents released this monthby the U.S. Department of Justice, though there are at least 1.7 million records.

The review shows Black's name appeared 8,200 times, though that figure likely includes some duplicate records.Black stepped downas Apollo's CEO in March 2021, saying he wanted to focus on his family, health, and "many other interests."

That was two months after a committee of the company's boardissued a reportconcluding that Epstein had advised Black personally on estate planning, tax issues, charitable giving and running his "family office," but provided no services to Apollo or invested in no Apollo funds.

The report also said the review — which Black requested — found "no evidence" that he was involved with Epstein's alleged criminal activities "in any way" or "at any time." ___

Hanna reported from Topeka, Kansas. Also contributing was Associated Press writer Jack Dura in Bismarck, North Dakota.

A day after the US announced it took the unusual step of shuttering it's Drug Enforcement Administration office in the Dominican Republic — a key site in the agency's effort to combatdrug traffickingin the Caribbean — a top agent there was charged with running a visa fraud scheme.

US Ambassador Leah F. Campos announced on social media Thursday that she had closed the DEA's office, writing "It is a disgusting and disgraceful violation of public trust to use one's official capacity for personal gain."

"I will not tolerate even the perception of corruption anywhere in the Embassy I lead," Campos added.

The Justice Department announced Friday the charges against supervisory special agent Meliton Cordero, who the DOJ said in a press release was assigned to the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic for six years. Cordero was arrested Thursday.

Cordero is charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and visa fraud, according to the Justice Department. Prosecutors didn't ask that he be detained, but he was ordered to surrender his passport.

Prosecutors say Cordero accepted thousands of dollars in exchange for assisting foreign nationals with securing nonimmigrant visas that would allow them to visit the US for a temporary period.

"During his assignment at the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic, Cordero expedited at least 119 visa applications, at least one of which is alleged to have been fraudulent, often coaching individuals in preparation for their visa interview with U.S. Consular Officers," the Justice Department said.

Charging documents against Cordero have not yet been unsealed in court records.

The US ambassador made the extraordinary move to shut down the DEA's office in the Dominican Republic in recent days, in response to the corruption probe,

The decision could hamper US anti-narcotics efforts in the region, which the Trump administration has cited as a high priority.

The office is a major base of operations for monitoring and cutting off traffickers using the Caribbean as a route to traffic cocaine from South America to Europe and the US.

The Dominican government has allowed the Defense Department to use its military facilities as part of a broader effort that includes military strikes on purported trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

"The temporary closure of the DEA office in Santo Domingo is to allow time for an investigation internal to this Embassy. The Dominican Republic remains a critical partner in our work to combat narco-terrorism throughout the region," the US embassy in the Dominican Republic said in a statement on X. "That work will continue at the same robust pace between the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo and our Dominican partners even as our internal investigation ensues."

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A gynecologist at Ohio State University whose name appeared in the Epstein files as having received thousands of dollars in payments from the convicted sex offender for consulting work is being investigated by the university, an official there confirmed Friday.

Dr. Mark Landon is cooperating with the investigation, Serena Smith, a spokesperson for OSU's Wexner Medical Center, said in an email.

Landon "has stated he had no knowledge of any criminal activities and his consulting work did not involve any patient care," Smith said.

"We continue to review the situation and have received no information to date that contradicts Dr. Landon's statement," Smith said.

Landon, who chairs OSU's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and specializes in high-risk pregnancies, released a statement on Monday after his name was found in the files.

"I did not provide any clinical care for Jeffrey Epstein or any of his victims," it said. "I was a paid consultant for the New York Strategy Group regarding potential biotech investments from 2001 to 2005. I had no knowledge of any criminal activities; I find them reprehensible and I feel terrible for Epstein's victims."

The New York Strategy Group was Epstein's money management firm, records show.

Landon's consulting work for Epstein's firm was before the financier was branded a registered sex offender in 2008, following a conviction in Florida for procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.

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In the files, the doctor's name appears in a 2006 email written to Epstein by Darren Indyke, an attorney who worked for him.

"Are we still paying Mark Landon?" it began.

Indyke wrote that "Landon's agreement requires quarterly payments of $30k to be made to Landon on the 15th of January, April, July and October."

"The previous payment made to Landon was for $25,000 and not $30,000. The contract is terminable at will on 15 days' prior notice. Is NYSG to make payment to Landon by January 15th and if so for $25K or $30K? Please advise."

"75 per year," Epstein responded.

The email did not specify what work Landon was paid for.

There are also multiple FedEx receipts in the files for packages sent to Landon at the Wexner Medical Center between 2001 and 2004. They do not indicate what was sent in the packages.

NBC News has reached out to Indyke for comment.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Mike Tyson was developing as a young fighter in New York in 1980s, he had plenty of chances to test the skills that would one day make him the world's best and fiercest heavyweight.

Now Tyson looks at the state of boxing in the United States and doesn't like what he sees. The title of heavyweight champion has gone from among the most prestigious in sports to one that's nearly anonymous.

That's what drove the 59-year-old Hall-of-Famer to help launch the Mike Tyson Invitational on March 12–14 in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas. Tyson's team sought out the nation's top amateur boxers to give them this forum to go against each other with the long-range goal of elevating boxing to where it used to stand as a conversation-driving sport.

"I was watching some of the amateur fights and I was wondering, 'We don't have enough boxing clubs,'" Tyson said Friday. "Before, when I was fighting, we could fight at the Ohio state fair. Then I'd go to Colorado the next two weeks and fight in the national tournament. That's what we need to be able to compete with the other countries. We need more competition."

He is particularly concerned about boxing's future in the Olympics. Until the International Olympic Committee announced last March that boxing would be included in the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, there was doubt whether the sport's longtime presence in the quadrennial event would end.

Tyson's main focus is making boxing big again in the U.S. There is the occasional major event, such as theCanelo Alvarez-Terence Crawfordunified super middleweight title fight Sept. 13 before 70,482 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

But those attention-grabbing bouts only temporarily push back on the notion that boxing is in trouble at the grassroots level.

"Listen, boxing is dying, and that is what's driving me," Tyson said. "If I can be involved in any way in the uplifting and development of boxing, I'll be happy with that."

That would include working with UFC CEO and President Dana White, who grew up loving boxing before building his mixed-martial arts empire. Through TKO, the company at that owns the UFC and WWE, White is in amultiyear agreementwith the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, and Sela, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

The Alvarez-Crawford card was their first under this partnership. Tyson was among a number of former boxing greats and celebrities in attendance.

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While the UFC is a one-man show, boxing is much more splintered with different sponsoring organizations and promoters competing against each other.

"I kind of like that organization," Tyson said of the UFC. "It's just one guy and we deal with everything. That might not work for boxing, but I like the idea. In the UFC, if they have one bad fight, the guy might not be in the fold. It's for entertainment. That's what it's about. In (boxing), if the guy stinks up the joint, they keep using him. So that has to be the criteria. Either you make exciting fights or you're not able to participate."

There was no lack of excitement when Tyson was putting together his career that resulted in a 50-7 record with 44 knockouts. The self-proclaimed "baddest man on the planet" came as advertised, winning his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, 12 in the first round.

His fights became a must-watch event, and Tyson was all business entering the ring, once declaring, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched."

"We're all entertainers, trust me, especially fighters," Tyson said. "If you don't perform well, people give their opinion about you. You may not like it. My job was always to make the people happy as a fighter."

Now he's searching for the next Mike Tyson — or, rather, Mike Tysons — who can bring spark to the sport.

His invitational won't be a cure-all, but it could be a start.

"I was taught as a kid, boxing is about putting asses in seats," Tyson said. "That's where greatness comes from."

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