By Holly Yan, Emma Tucker, CNN

(CNN) — More than a week after a Columbus, Ohio, couple was shot dead in their home – the same place they exchanged wedding vows and were raising their young family – their killer is still at large and police have released few details about their investigation.

Spencer and Monique Tepe, 37 and 39, were killed in the early hours of December 30 while their two young children were inside the residence. Their children, ages 1 and 4, were not physically harmed, police said; they and the family’s dog are now in the care of relatives, their brother-in-law told CNN.

A notable development in the case came Monday, when the Columbus Division of Police released surveillance footage showing a “person of interest” walking in the alley near the couple’s home in the Weinland Park neighborhood, just north of downtown. It was taken during the timeframe investigators believe the couple was killed, police said.

Police have not discussed possible suspects or a motive in a case they are investigating as a double homicide. Mystery has shrouded the killings since police revealed early on there were no obvious signs of forced entry and no firearm was found at the scene, CNN affiliate WSYX reported.

As law enforcement continues to ask the public for information, here’s a timeline of what we’ve learned since the Tepes were killed:

December 29

The last publicly known sighting of Spencer Tepe is on this day, a Monday.

After a friend told a dispatcher the following day he saw a body, the dispatcher asked when he’d last spoken with Tepe, according to 911 calls reported by WSYX. The friend responded: “Yesterday, I suppose.”

In a follow-up question, the dispatcher asked whether Spencer Tepe had been ill. The friend responded, “No, no. I was just with him yesterday.”

December 30

Sometime between 2 and 5 a.m. is when the Tepes are killed, according to Columbus police. Detectives believe the Tepes were killed in the upstairs of their home.

Police have not responded to CNN’s questions about why or how they isolated that three-hour window. Investigators later asked for any video footage from that time period.

The first 911 call comes at 8:58 a.m. from Dr. Mark Valrose, the owner of Athens Dental Depot, where Spencer Tepe was a dentist. Valrose, calling from his vacation in Florida, says employees told him Spencer Tepe hadn’t shown up for work.

Valrose asks police to conduct a wellness check, saying: “He is always on time, and he would contact us if there were any issues,” according to the recording.

“I don’t know how else to say this, but we are very, very concerned. This is very out of character for him,” he continues. “We can’t get in touch with his wife, which is probably the more concerning thing.”

At 9:22 a.m., an officer arrives at the home to perform the check, but no one answers the door and they leave, WSYX reported, citing police records.

Around 30 minutes later, Spencer Tepe’s colleagues and a friend arrive at the home, but they also do not get a response, the dispatch records showed. A man at the scene calls 911 at 9:56 a.m., saying he hears children inside.

The dispatcher tells him the police are being sent back to the home.

Two minutes later comes a third 911 call, this time from another colleague who says they’ve been unable to reach Spencer Tepe for about three hours, according to the recordings.

Around 10:03 a.m., the friend who said he’d seen Spencer Tepe on Monday calls 911 a

By Alexandra Banner, CNN

The Justice Department says it has released less than 1% of its Jeffrey Epstein-related files and is still reviewing more than 2 million documents. Sorting through the files is painstaking, with each one carefully checked to shield victims’ identities, as required by law.

Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.

1⃣ Greenland takeover threat

The White House is discussing options to acquire Greenland — and has not ruled out the use of military force. President Donald Trump’s interest in the Arctic island centers on its strategic and economic value. The self-governing Danish territory sits at a critical location between the US, Europe and Russia. It is also believed to hold significant untapped resources, including oil, gas and rare earth minerals. European leaders on Tuesday issued a joint statement denouncing the idea, saying “Greenland belongs to its people.” Back in Washington, many lawmakers have warned that the administration’s rhetoric on Greenland and NATO ally Denmark could strain global alliances.

2⃣ California wildfires anniversary

Today marks one year since two California wildfires tore through Los Angeles, reducing neighborhoods to ashes and upending the lives of thousands. The Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire killed at least 31 people, destroyed over 16,000 structures and left communities reeling in grief. The fires rank as two of the three most destructive in California’s history. One year on, many residents of the fire zones have described anger, frustration and exhaustion as they cope with the fires’ long-term impact on their lives. At the same time, many have shown remarkable resilience as they navigate the complex process of rebuilding on burned lots.

3⃣ Venezuela oil

In the days since the US capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, tensions have flared over control of the country’s vast oil reserves. On Tuesday, President Trump said Venezuela will turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the US. It will be sold at market value for as much as $2.75 billion, with the proceeds controlled by the US. A senior Trump administration official tells CNN the oil has already been produced and will be shipped to the US for refining. Analysts say the move could slightly lower oil costs, but it is unlikely to have a major impact on Americans’ gas prices.

4⃣ Flu season

Doctor visits for flu symptoms have reached their highest level in 25 years, the CDC reports. This comes as nearly all US states are showing high or very high levels of flu activity, driven by a new variant called subclade K. Health officials urge vaccination to reduce the risk of severe illness, although current vaccines may provide only partial protection since subclade K began spreading after strains were chosen for this year’s flu shots. The CDC estimates that at least 11 million people have had the flu this season, 120,000 have been hospitalized as a result and 5,000 have died.

5⃣ Brown University shooting

The suspect in last month’s shooting at Brown University and subsequent killing of an MIT professor admitted to the attacks in a s

Por Priscilla Álvarez y Catalina E. Shoichet, CNN

El destino de cientos de miles de inmigrantes venezolanos en Estados Unidos sigue en el limbo tras la captura del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, que augura un futuro incierto para el país.

La línea dura del presidente Donald Trump frente a los abusos del Gobierno de Maduro contribuyó a su triunfo rotundo en el sur de Florida, donde los venezolanos constituyen una gran parte de la población.

Pero la relación entre su administración y la comunidad venezolana ha sido turbulenta.

El año pasado, una serie de medidas de la administración Trump que eliminaron las protecciones contra la deportación de los venezolanos, muchos de los cuales huyeron de su país en medio del deterioro de las condiciones económicas y el temor a la persecución política, generaron un sentimiento de traición.

Ahora, mientras muchos venezolanos en Estados Unidos celebraron la captura de Maduro y su esposa por parte de las fuerzas estadounidenses en Caracas, también siguen preocupados por el equipo que sigue en el poder allí y por lo que podría esperarles si la administración Trump los envía de regreso.

“Podría haber progreso. No sabemos cuándo. No sabemos si habrá progreso. Pero lo que sabemos es que vivimos actualmente y la situación se ve terriblemente mal para cualquiera que quiera ir a Venezuela ahora mismo”, declaró Adelys Ferro, directora ejecutiva del Caucus Venezolano-Americano. “La incertidumbre es enorme, más grande que nunca, y la desesperación es algo que ni siquiera puedo explicar”.

La administración Trump dejó en claro su intención de continuar deportando a venezolanos, incluso mediante el uso de la Ley de Enemigos Extranjeros, en una presentación judicial del lunes que citó la acusación del Departamento de Justicia contra Maduro para justificar el uso de la autoridad en tiempos de guerra, que está atrapada en un litigio en curso.

La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem, también manifestó durante el fin de semana que las decisiones de la administración sobre los programas de inmigración que benefician a los venezolanos no han cambiado tras la captura de Maduro.

Análisis por Aaron Blake, CNN

En 2008, Donald Trump acudió a CNN para lamentar los peligros de que un presidente lleve a Estados Unidos a la guerra mediante mentiras.

Dijo que George W. Bush era más merecedor de un juicio político que Bill Clinton. ¿Por qué? Las faltas de Clinton eran “totalmente sin importancia”, le dijo Trump a Wolf Blitzer. Pero con Iraq, dijo, “Bush nos metió en esta guerra horrible con mentiras; mintiendo, diciendo que tenían armas de destrucción masiva, diciendo todo tipo de cosas que resultaron no ser ciertas”.

Trump retomaría esta idea con frecuencia durante su exitosa campaña presidencial de 2016.

Dado eso, podrías pensar que sería especialmente cuidadoso al presentar su propio caso para una intervención militar.

Te equivocarías.

En cambio, el presidente y su administración trataron de construir un caso para derrocar a Nicolás Maduro y afirmar el control sobre Venezuela de la misma manera que Trump trata todo lo demás: con una andanada de afirmaciones hiperbólicas y cuestionables, donde los hechos son opcionales. Y esto, a pesar de lo enormemente alto de las apuestas involucradas.

Y ahora que Trump efectivamente ha derrocado a Maduro y ha dejado claro que va en serio respecto al expansionismo estadounidense en el hemisferio occidental, esas afirmaciones cuestionables han cobrado relevancia.

La acusación recientemente publicada contra Maduro es un buen ejemplo.

En el periodo previo a su destitución, Trump y su administración mencionaron repetidamente a Maduro como el líder de una organización de narcotráfico llamada Cartel de los Soles.

La primera administración Trump lo hizo en su acusación inicial contra Maduro en 2020, y luego nuevamente el año pasado cuando los departamentos del Tesoro y de Estado designaron a este supuesto cártel como organización terrorista. Trump y el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio también han presentado a Maduro como jefe de este cártel en los últimos días.

Pero mientras tanto, la afirmación desconcertaba a los expertos. Aunque se creía ampliamente que el Gobierno de Maduro estaba involucrado en el narcotráfico, también se entendía que el Cartel de los Soles era más bien un nombre atribuido a una confederación poco conectada de funcionarios corruptos, más que a una organización real.

“Están designando como organización terrorista algo que no existe y que no es una organización terrorista”, dijo el exabogado del Departamento de Estado Brian Finucane a CNN en noviembre.

Y, efectivamente, ahora que la administración tiene a Maduro bajo custodia y debe defender sus afirmaciones públicas ante la justicia, ¿qué hace? Las suaviza; significativamente.

Como escribió Charlie Savage del New York Times el lunes, la nueva acusación de la administración contra Maduro trata al Cartel de los Soles más como una abstracción que como una organización real.

La acusación dice, en cambio, que la frase se utiliza para referirse a un “sistema de clientelismo” dirigido por altos funcionarios venezolanos.

La acusación de 2020 mencionaba el supuesto cartel más de 30 veces; la nueva solo lo menciona dos veces.

Y no es solo que la nueva acusación carezca de detalles. De hecho, entra en detalle sobre una serie de otras organizaciones e incluso cárteles; pero no sobre

By Lex Harvey, CNN

(CNN) — On the heels of the US capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump has ramped up his rhetoric around his desire to acquire Greenland, once again raising the prospect of military intervention, sparking fears across Europe and widespread condemnation.

But while American expansionism has regained steam under Trump, the idea of the US controlling the self-governing Danish territory long predates the current president.

Greenland, a vast island of 836,000 square miles, occupies a strategic geopolitical position, sitting between the US and Europe and astride the so-called GIUK gap – a maritime passage between Greenland, Iceland, and the UK that links the Arctic to the Atlantic Ocean. It’s also home to rich deposits of natural resources, including oil, gas and rare earth minerals, making it even more strategically important.

US interest in Greenland dates back to the 19th century, when then-Secretary of State William H. Seward, fresh off the purchase of Alaska from the Russians in 1867, floated the idea of buying Greenland and Iceland from Denmark.

While the sale never materialized, the US continued to eye the world’s largest island at multiple moments throughout history, at one point discussing a possible swap with Denmark for US territory in the Philippines.

In 1946, following World War II, during which the US took over the defense of Greenland, President Harry Truman offered Denmark $100 million in gold for the island, though Denmark rejected the bid.

Here’s a deeper look back at the history of US interest in Greenland:

1867: The Alaska sale and US Arctic ambitions

In the years following the end of the Civil War, then-President Andrew Johnson’s administration sought to expand US influence in the Pacific.

After successfully purchasing Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867, Seward, Johnson’s Secretary of State, set his sights on other Arctic territories.

At the behest of Seward, Robert J. Walker, a former treasury secretary and ardent expansionist who helped broker the Alaska deal, recommended that the US add Greenland and Iceland to its inventory, “but especially the latter,” according to a report by the US State Department.

“The reasons are political and commercial,” he wrote in the report, emphasizing Greenland’s vast landscape and mineral wealth.

“The shores of Greenland much more than those of any other country are indented with deep bays, inlets, estuaries, and fiords, some of them possibly extending from the western to the eastern coast, presenting an immense shore line, and furnishing most extensive and protected fishing grounds,” Walker wrote.

“The rocks and geology of Greenland … besides the valuable coal discovered, indicate vast mineral wealth,” he went on.

Acquiring Greenland, he argued, would help the US “command the commerce of the world.”

However, no formal offer to Denmark was made.

1910: A ‘very audacious suggestion’

In 1910, then-US A