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Following a multi-state investigation by theU.S. Food & Drug Administration(FDA) andCenters for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), the FDA has announced a voluntary recall by Raw Farm, LLC, of several Cheddar cheese products that were linked to anoutbreak of E. coli. At this time, nine cases of E. coli have been reported, three of which required hospitalization.

According tothe FDA announcement, Raw Farm is issuing the voluntary recall "under protest," and the company continues to contest the FDA's epidemiological evidence linking its raw Cheddar cheese to the E. coli outbreak. However, it is still recalling several varieties of Cheddar cheese that were made from milk that is not pasteurized or thermalized "as a path forward."

How To Identify the Recalled Cheddar Cheese

Whilethe FDA previously issued an advisoryinstructing customers not to consume, sell, or serve any of the block and shredded Cheddar cheeses produced by Raw Farm after Jan. 4, 2026, we now have a list of exact batches and cheeses subject to recall. The following cheeses are subject to the voluntary recall:

Item Description

8 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Block

835204001177

80 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Block

835204001160

16 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Block

835204000156

80 oz Bag of Original Cheddar Shred

835204000194

16 oz Jalapeno Cheddar Block

20251128-1J

835204000354

8 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Shred

835204001184

8 oz Jalapeno Cheddar Block

20251128-2J

835204000330

Any batches of these cheeses produced prior to these dates are also subject to recall.

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You can find photos of the affected products on the originalFDA advisory page.

What To Do if You Have the Recalled Cheddar Cheese

Consumers are urged not to consume any of the batches of Cheddar cheese included in this voluntary recall. Instead, return the products to the original place of purchase for a full refund.

As of March 26, 2026, the FDA investigation is still ongoing. So far, nine cases of E. coli in three states—California, Florida, and Texas—have been reported, three of which required hospitalization, and one of which resulted in hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious condition that can cause kidney failure.

If you consumed the Raw Farm raw Cheddar cheeses, you should monitor yourself for symptoms of E. coli, which can include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting. If you are experiencing any symptoms of an E. coli infection, contact a healthcare provider immediately. If you have questions regarding the recall, you can contact Raw Farm via this form:https://rawfarmusa.com/contact.

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More than 3 million bottles of eye drops sold at CVS, HEB, Kroger, Meijer, Walgreens and other stores nationwide have been voluntarily recalled due to a "lack of assurance of sterility," according to anoticefrom the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The recalled eye drops were produced by KC Pharmaceuticals Inc., a private label maker, and were sold under multiple brand names, including Best Choice, CVS, Discount Drug Mart, Gericare, Kroger and Walgreens.

The drops were initially recalled on March 3, according to the FDA.

On March 31, the FDA assigned the recall a Class II designation,definedby the agency as a recall in which use of the affected product may cause "temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote."

Voluntary recall issued for eye drops sold nationwide

The recall impacts 3,111,072 bottles of eye drops with the following labels:

• 182,424 bottles of Sterile Eye Drops AC (tetrahydrozoline HCl 0.05%, zinc sulfate 0.25%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles

• 303,216 bottles of Eye Drops Advanced Relief (dextran 70 0.1%, polyethylene glycol 400 1% and tetrahydrozoline HCl 0.05%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles, sterile

• 1,023,096 bottles of Dry Eye Relief Eye Drops (glycerin 0.2%, hypromellose 0.2% and polyethylene glycol 400 1%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles

• 245,184 bottles of Ultra Lubricating Eye Drops (polyethylene 400 0.4%, propylene glycol 0.3%), sterile, 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles

• 378,144 bottles of Sterile Eye Drops Original Formula (tetrahydrozoline HCl 0.05%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles

• 315,144 bottles of Sterile Eye Drops Redness Lubricant (glycerin 0.25% and naphazoline HCl 0.012%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles

• 74,016 bottles of Sterile Eye Drops Soothing Tears (polyethylene glycol 400 0.4% and propylene glycol 0.3%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles

• 589,848 bottles of Artificial Tears Sterile Lubricant Eye Drops (polyvinyl alcohol 0.5%, povidone 0.6%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles

A full list of recalled eye drops and their brand names, lot numbers, UPC codes and expiration dates can be found on theFDA website.

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CVS shared several recall notices on its website forGeriCare Artificial Tears Lubricant Eye Drops,CVS Lubricant Eye Drops Redness Reliever, CVS Lubricant Eye Drops Dry Eye, and two-packs of CVS Lubricant Eye Drops Redness Reliever, citing potential microbial contamination.

In a statement to ABC News on Friday, a CVS spokesperson said the four products were "discontinued nearly a year ago," and that the company was "fully cooperating" with the manufacturer recall.

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"We're committed to ensuring the products we offer are safe, work as intended, comply with regulations, and satisfy customers' needs," the spokesperson said.

Customers who purchased the products may return it to any CVS Pharmacy for a refund, they added.

ABC News has reached out to KC Pharmaceuticals Inc. for comment.

Editor's note: This article has been updated to include new comments from a CVS spokesperson.

ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — Almost made homeless duringIsraeli bombingthat badly damaged her home in Tyre, southern Lebanon, two years ago, Rose El Khoury salvaged what she could and rebuilt.

Two years later, the home in Tyre that she shared with her husband and three children is a pile of rubble.

"In 2024, it was livable, even though we didn't have the money to fix it," El Khoury, a housewife in her 30s whose husband is serving with the Lebanese army, told NBC News in a telephone interview earlier this week. Today, she said, "my house is on the ground. So there is no hope to return."

El Khoury and her children are among more than 1 million people who have beenforcibly displaced from their homes in Lebanon, mainly in the south, amid a sweeping aerial and ground assault by Israeli forces as Israel looks toestablish a "security zone"there.

'No place to go back'

Israel began its invasion after Iranian proxy group Hezbollah launched strikes on the country from Lebanon in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, which has escalated into a wider regional conflict.

In the weeks since,fears of a long-term occupation of southern Lebanonhave grown, with Israel moving to establish a buffer zone in the area, leveling homes and destroying bridges over the Litani River, which connects the south to the rest of Lebanon, while taking control of what crossings remain.

Israel says the buffer zone is necessary to keep the threat of Hezbollah's rockets away from its border, and its Defense Minister Israel Katz has warned that the hundreds of thousands of families displaced from the south will not be able to return to their homes, or what is left of them, until the safety of the residents of northern Israel can be guaranteed.

More than 1,300 people have been killed across Lebanon and over 4,000 injured since the current war began, according to the Lebanese government.

"It is devastating," said El Khoury, who is now living in a single room at a temporary shelter in Sehayleh in the Keserwan District, northeast of Beirut, with her three children, ages 8, 6 and 4. She says they have struggled to get access to enough food and basic supplies.

"There is no place to go back."

Dire circumstances

Humanitarian workers on the ground have described dire circumstances for hundreds of thousands of people displaced across the country, with many sleeping on city streets and in cars in and around the country's capital, Beirut, as aid groups call for more funding to prepare for the possibility of "long-term displacement."

"Even if there was some sort of ceasefire, we already know that there are some regions in the south that have been taken over," Dr. Tania Baban, the Lebanon country director for the Chicago-based nonprofit MedGlobal, told NBC News in a phone interview Friday.

"So, now you have the concern of people who will not be able to — I hope not — but possibly ever go back to their land," she said.

Abbas Bazoun, 46, said he, his wife and their four children have been living out of their van for weeks now after being displaced from their home in Deir Aames in southern Lebanon.

He said they were barred from bringing their family dog into shelters and, refusing to abandon their pet, had little choice but to sleep in their vehicle.

"My dog is very dear to me, and I cannot give him away," said Bazoun. He said his family still had yet to learn whether their home remained intact, but that his small shop selling fruits and vegetables had been destroyed in Israel's offensive.

He said his wife has been left traumatized and suffered a "nervous breakdown" from living through the Israeli fire. "We faced a lot of bombing before we left," he said.

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Sectarian tensions 'brewing'

Meanwhile, humanitarian groups have also warned of growing sectarian tensions, with displaced people being turned away from communities they have sought refuge in over fears they could potentially be Hezbollah members.

Multiple groups, including the United Nations and MedGlobal, previously told NBC News that they had heard of local municipalities seeking to discourage residents from renting homes to displaced people coming from the south over fears they could be targeted if suspected Hezbollah members were among them.

The New York Times separately reported this week that the Israeli military has told leaders of Christian and Druze communities in southern Lebanon that they can remain in evacuation zones, but has pressed them to force out any Lebanese from neighboring Shia Muslim communities seeking refuge in their communities.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News on the allegations.

"I think there's a lot of anxiety. There's a lot of concern," Imran Riza, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon, said in a phone interview on Friday.

"Compared to 2024, there is much more of a sense of insecurity and tension amongst both the host populations and the displaced population," he said.

Dany Makhlouf, a social activist from Achrafieh, a Christian neighborhood in Beirut, said people there did not want shelters set up in the area after past "issues" during previous rounds of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.

He said in some instances, displaced people had "put Hezbollah flags in the schools, which created tensions among the residents."

"Remember, we belong to different political parties, and to us, Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into this war and previous wars," he said.

Israel occupied southern Lebanon until 2000 and has frequently launched attacks on the area in recent decades, striking out at Hezbollah, which was first founded in the 1980s when Israel occupied southern Lebanon following attacks between the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Israeli military. Hezbollah has long supported the destruction of Israel.

The Lebanese government vowed in 2024 to disarm the militant group as part of a U.N.-brokered effort to bring the previous conflict to an end, but there has been little progress in doing so since.

Bechara Gholam, the mayor of Rmeil, a Beirut neighborhood in the area of Achrafieh, said there were no shelters for displaced people there.

Gholam said that if displaced people do seek to rent apartments in the area, their names are sent to the government for confirmation that they are not known to be involved in "any activity related to Hezbollah." If they are cleared, Gholam said, "we don't have any problem."

"The security of our neighborhood is a priority to us," the mayor said.

Baban said she was growing increasingly concerned about the "local tension that is brewing" and by reports of Israel trying "to ignite that type of sectarian tension."

Meanwhile, she worried what would happen to displaced families if Israel does press on with a longer-term occupation of southern Lebanon.

"To be honest, we're all hoping for a miracle," she said.

Rapper Gucci Mane was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint in Dallas earlier this year, leading to the arrests of eight men, including a fellow artist signed to his label, officials say.

Prosecutors allege rapper Pooh Shiesty, born Lontrell Williams Jr, led the ambush under the guise of a meeting, holding Mane captive inside a recording studio and forcing him to sign papers releasing him from his contract.

Mane is an Atlanta-based artist who has collaborated with Usher, Doja Cat, Drake and other stars. He founded his label, 1017 Records, in 2007 and Williams Jr signed as an artist in 2020.

The defendants, who are yet to enter their pleas, could face life in prison if convicted.

Eight of the nine defendants were arrested on Wednesday in Dallas, Memphis and Nashville, and charged in federal court with kidnapping and armed robbery.

One suspect remains at large, and investigators are working with authorities in the state of Georgia to locate him, US Attorney Ryan Raybould told a news conference on Thursday.

The incident took place on 10 January, a federal complaint says, when Williams Jr was supposed to be under house arrest for a previous firearms conspiracy conviction.

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He was allegedly joined by eight co-defendants, including his father, Lontrell Williams Sr, all of whom are accused of participating in the crime.

A sworn statement from the FBI says Williams Jr pointed a "black AK-style pistol" at Mane and forced him to sign the papers. He also allegedly stole Mane's wedding ring, watch, earrings and cash.

The other suspects allegedly brandished pistols as well, demanding property from additional victims in the room, identified in the complaint only by initials.

One of the victims was choked and injured, and had his Rolex watch, Louis Vuitton bag, AirPods and wallet stolen from him, according to the complaint.

"Within hours of leaving the Dallas studio, a number of the defendants were on social media displaying some of the items that appeared to be the jewellery that had been robbed from the victims," Raybould said.

Prosecutors say the rapper and the other victims believed "they were going to be executed" before the defendants ordered them to leave the building and go to their cars.

Representatives for Williams Jr and Mane did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The invasion is returning to a small screen near you thanks toRyan Coogler!

The Oscar-winning filmmaker is executive producing anAnimorphsTV series currently in early development at Disney+,Entertainment Weeklyhas learned. Coogler will serve as an executive producer alongside Proximity Media partners Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler, with Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman executive producing for Scholastic. The children's book publisher is the original distributor of K. A. Applegate's 54-book youth sci-fi series, initially published between 1996 and 2001.

The TestamentsandThe Summer I Turned Prettyscribe Bayan Wolcott has been attached to write and executive produce the series for 20th Television. Proximity Media's Simone Harris, vice president and head of TV, and Dezi Gallegos, director of TV development, will also oversee the project.

The show's official logline reads, "Animorphsfollows a group of teenagers who uncover a hidden threat lurking beneath their everyday lives, all while juggling relationships, curfews, and the chaos of high school."

The beloved book series, created by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, followed a group of teenagers — Jake, Marco, Cassie, Rachel, and Tobias — who gain the ability to morph into any animal they touch after meeting a dying alien of the Andalite race. They learn that the Andalite has been fighting a parasitic alien race known as Yeerks, who are looking to take over the Earth in a bid to expand their empire across the galaxy.

The teens unite to use their powers within a secret resistance against the Yeerks and to save the world. Casual after-school activities.

The chapter books were first adapted for TV for a live-action series that aired on Nickelodeon for two seasons, from 1998 to 2000. The series starredX-Menactor Shawn Ashmore, Brooke Nevin, Boris Cabrera, Nadia Nascimento, and Christopher Ralph as the titular animorphs. Paulo Costanzo later joined the cast as Ax, a young Andalite stranded on Earth.

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The news of Coogler's latest comes after the filmmaker wonBest Original Screenplayat the2026 Oscarsfor his critically acclaimed vampire period piece,Sinners. Fellow collaborator Autumn Durald Arkapaw also became thefirst woman to win Best Cinematographyin Academy Awards history, while Ludwig Göransson picked up his third Oscar for Best Original Score.

And the film's leading man,Michael B. Jordan, took home the trophy for Best Actor after playing both twins Smoke and Stack.

The series is the second project under Coogler and Proximity Media's TV overall deal with Disney. The director's other project, a reboot ofThe X Filesstarring Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel, was given thegreen light for a pilotby Hulu in February.

Original series starGillian Andersonhaspraised Coogler's vision for the new series, telling fans that the project is "different" and "special," so fans should "give it a break."

"We've had a few conversations," Anderson said of Cooglerduring an appearance at Awesome Con. "He's such a cool guy, and so talented. And the pilot script is really good. I would say, have an open mind and give it a chance, because it's gonna be f---ing cool. It really is."

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