By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN

(CNN) — On a day meant for family and rest, a father’s holiday joy turned to fear in Texas when his 15-year-old daughter didn’t come back from walking her dog, authorities said.

When she was out past the time it normally takes to complete the walk, her parents became concerned, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a social media post.

Distressed, the father turned to parental controls on the teen’s cellphone and tracked her location to a secluded and partially wooded area in Harris County, about 2 miles from their home in Porter – less than 30 miles outside of Houston.

The father followed the location into the woods.

When he arrived, he found his daughter and her dog inside a maroon pickup truck with a partially nude stranger inside.

The father helped his daughter escape the truck and contacted authorities who were able to, with the help of eyewitnesses at the scene, locate the truck and identify the driver as 23-year-old, Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, also from Porter, although the family told CNN affiliate KHOU they didn’t know him.

The teen and her family have not been publicly identified at this time.

The rescue underscores the growing popularity of parental-tracking tools – from smartphone location sharing to dedicated safety apps – as research shows children are getting smartphones at younger ages and more families are turning to these layers for added peace of mind.

An investigation revealed the suspect threatened the victim with a knife, abducting her from the street, according to Montgomery County detectives.

Espinoza was taken into custody without incident and charged with aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child, according to inmate arrest records.

Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle complimented his deputies and detectives for their work to apprehend Espinoza and assured the community the department is committed to keeping families safe.

“Christmas is a day meant for joy, but this man chose to shatter that joy by targeting a child,” Doolittle said.

Espinoza is currently being held without bond at Montgomery County Jail. It’s unclear if he has an attorney at this time.

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By Issy Ronald, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Darya Tarasova, CNN

(CNN) — Russia’s foreign minister alleged that a Ukrainian drone attack targeted one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences on Monday, in a claim that was immediately rejected by Kyiv.

As a result of the alleged attack in the Novgorod region, Sergey Lavrov said “Russia’s negotiating position will be revised” in the ongoing peace talks seeking to end Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Lavrov said there was no damage or casualties resulting from the incident.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky immediately rejected the claim as “another lie” from Russia.

“It is clear that we had a meeting with (US President Donald) Trump yesterday,” Zelensky told reporters via a voice message. “And it is clear that for the Russians, if there is no scandal between us and America, and we are making progress, for them it is a failure, because they do not want to end this war.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN

New York (CNN) — Lululemon’s former CEO Chip Wilson is once again slamming the struggling company he founded, and he’s launching a campaign to shake up its board.

Wilson, Lululemon’s controversial founder and second largest shareholder, announced Monday that he nominated three new directors, including former executives from ESPN and Activision, as well as a former leader from rival On. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the proxy fight.

The battle comes a few weeks after Lululemon announced that its CEO Calvin McDonald is leaving the company, capping off a tumultuous seven-year stint. The athleisure brand failed to keep up with competitors toward the end of McDonald’s tenure, and its stock has lost more than 40% of its value in 2025.

In a press release, Wilson said that Lululemon “needs visionary creative leadership to thrive,” and its current board members “lack these skills.” He said that the new leaders are “needed to redefine Lululemon and begin this company’s next chapter of success.”

Wilson might not be alone in his fight for control of Lululemon: Elliott Investment Management, a prominent activist investment firm, has built up a $1 billion stake in the company and is fighting with management to name former Ralph Lauren executive Jane Nielsen as its next CEO, the Journal reported.

Lululemon, based in Vancouver, didn’t immediately respond to comment.

Wilson has also criticized Lululemon’s CEO change announcement, saying it was a “total failure of board oversight with no clear succession plan in place” and that shareholders have lost faith in the current board.

But Wilson isn’t nominating himself to the board, which he left in 2015. Instead, he said that the changes are “about recommitting Lululemon to genuine creative leadership that will re-establish a brand of enduring strength.”

One notable nomination is Marc Maurer, the former co-CEO of On, the high-end Roger Federer-backed Swiss shoe and apparel company. On is one of Lululemon’s main rivals and partly why Lululemon is struggling, especially in its home market of North America.

Lululemon is hurting because of growing competition, a softening market for athleisure, and clothing that looks dated, said Neil Saunders, managing director and retail analyst at GlobalData.

“This can be seen in current collections which do not feel all that well differentiated, and where the company has made pivots, it seems to be going into junkification territory with heavily branded hoodies and tops that simply do not speak to the traditional finesse and quality of the Lululemon brand,” he wrote in a previous note.

Saunders told CNN Monday that company has “run out of steam” under its current leade