Lindsey Vonn 's defiant bid to win the Winter Olympic downhill at the age of 41, on a rebuilt right knee and a badly injured left knee, ended Sunday in a frightening crash that saw her taken to safety by a rescue helicopter for the second time in nine days.

Vonn lost control within moments of leaving the start house, clipping a gate with her right shoulder and pinwheeling down the slope before ending up awkwardly on her back, her skis crisscrossed below her and her screams ringing out soon after medical personnel arrived. She was treated for long, anguished minutes as a hush fell over the crowd waiting far below at the finish line.

She was strapped to a gurney and flown away, possibly ending the skier's storied career. The U.S. Ski Team did not disclose details of her injury but said Vonn "is in stable condition and in good hands with a team of American and Italian physicians.

Shell be OK, but its going to be a bit of a process, said Anouk Patty, chief of sport for U.S. Ski and Snowboard. This sports brutal and people need to remember when theyre watching (that) these athletes are throwing themselves down a mountain and going really, really fast.

Breezy Johnson, Vonn's teammate, became only the second American woman to win the Olympic downhill after Vonn did it 16 years ago. The 30-year-old Johnson held off Emma Aicher of Germany and Italys Sofia Goggia on a bittersweet day for the team.

I dont claim to know what shes going through, but I do know what it is to be here, to be fighting for the Olympics, and to have this course burn you and to watch those dreams die," said Johnson, whose injury in Cortina in 2022 ruined her hopes of sking in the Beijing Olympics. I cant imagine the pain that shes going through and its not the physical pain we can deal with physical pain but the emotional pain is something else.

Vonn had family in the stands, including her father, Alan Kildow, who stared down at the ground while his daughter was being treated after just 13 seconds on the course where she holds a record 12 World Cup titles. Others in the crowd, including rapper Snoop Dogg, watched quietly as the star skier was finally taken off the course. Fellow American star Mikaela Shiffrin posted a broken heart emoji on social media.

Vonns crash was tragic, but its ski racing," said Johan Eliasch, president of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation.

I can only say thank you for what she has done for our sport, he said, because this race has been the talk of the games and its put our sport in the best possible light.

All eyes had been on Vonn, the feel-good story heading into the Olympics. She returned to elite ski racing last season after nearly six years, a remarkable decision given her age but she also had a partial titanium knee replacement in her right knee, too. Many wondered how she would fare as she sought a gold medal to join the one she won in the downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

The four-time overall World Cup champion stunned everyone by being a contender almost immediately. She came to the Olympics as the leader in the World Cup downhill standings and was a gold-medal favorite before her crash in Switzerland nine days ago, when she suffered her latest knee injury. In addition to a ruptured ACL, she also had a bone bruise and meniscus damage.

Still, no one counted her out even then. In truth, she has skied through injuries for three decades at the top of the sport. In 2006, ahead of the Turin Olympics, Vonn took a bad fall during downhill training and went to the hospital. She competed less than 48 hours later, racing in all four events shed planned, with a top result of seventh in the super-G.

Cortina has had many treasured memories for Vonn beyond the record wins. She is called the queen of Cortina, and the Olympia delle Tofana is a course that had always suited Vonn. She tested out the knee twice in downill training runs over the past three days before the awful crash on Sunday in clear, sunny conditions.

This would be the best comeback Ive done so far, Vonn said before the race. Definitely the most dramatic.

The drama was of a different sort this time. Not since perhaps Hermann Maiers cartwheeling crash at the 1998 Nagano Games had there been such a high-profile and spectacular fall in Alpine skiing at the Olympics.

Dear Lindsey, were all thinking of you. You are an incredible inspiration, and will always be an Olympic champion, International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry said.

News of the crash spread quickly, including to the fan zone down the mountain in Cortina.

Its such a huge loss and bummer," American Megan Gunyou said. I feel like hearing her story and just like the redemption of her first fall and like fighting to come back to the Olympics this year, I mean, I feel so sad for her.

Dan Wilton of Vancouver, Canada, watched the race from the stands.

It was frightening, he said. Really, your heart goes out for such a champion who is coming to the end of her career. Everyone wanted a successful finish.

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The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epsteins bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the worlds most influential people.

But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused underage girls, they found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an Associated Press review of internal Justice Department records shows.

Videos and photos seized from Epsteins homes in New York, Florida and the Virgin Islands didnt depict victims being abused or implicate anyone else in his crimes, a prosecutor wrote in one 2025 memo.

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An examination of Epsteins financial records, including payments he made to entities linked to influential figures in academia, finance and global diplomacy, found no connection to criminal activity, said another internal memo in 2019.

While one Epstein victim made highly public claims that he lent her to his rich friends, agents couldnt confirm that and found no other victims telling a similar story, the records said.

Summarizing the investigation in an email last July, agents said four or five Epstein accusers claimed other men or women had sexually abused them. But, the agents said, there was not enough evidence to federally charge these individuals, so the cases were referred to local law enforcement.

The AP and other media organizations are still reviewing millions of pages of documents, many of them previously confidential, that the Justice Department released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act and it is possible those records contain evidence overlooked by investigators.

But the documents, which include police reports, FBI interview notes and prosecutor emails, provide the clearest picture to date of the investigation and why U.S. authorities ultimately decided to close it without additional charges.

Dozens of victims come forward

The Epstein investigation began in 2005, when the parents of a 14-year-old girl reported she had been molested at the millionaires home in Palm Beach, Florida.

Police would identify at least 35 girls with similar stories: Epstein was paying high school age students $200 or $300 to give him sexualized massages.

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After the FBI joined the probe, federal prosecutors drafted indictments to charge Epstein and some personal assistants who had arranged the girls visits and payments. But instead, then-Miami U.S. attorney Alexander Acosta struck a deal letting Epstein plead guilty to state charges of soliciting prostitution from an underage girl. Sentenced to 18 months in jail, Epstein was free by mid-2009.

In 2018, a series of Miami Herald stories about the plea deal prompted New York federal prosecutors to take a fresh look at the accusations.

Epstein was arrested in July 2019. One month later, he killed himself in his jail cell.

A year later, prosecutors charged Epsteins longtime confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell, saying shed recruited several of his victims and sometimes joined the sexual abuse. Convicted in 2021, Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison term.

Prosecutors fail to find evidence backing most sensational claims

Prosecution memos, case summaries and other documents made public in the departments latest release of Epstein-related records show that FBI agents and federal prosecutors diligently pursued potential coconspirators. Even seemingly outlandish and incomprehensible claims, called in to tip lines, were examined.

Some allegations couldnt be verified, investigators wrote.

In 2011 and again in 2019, investigators interviewed Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who in lawsuits and news interviews had accused Epstein of arranging for her to have sexual encounters with numerous men, including Britains former Prince Andrew.

Investigators said they confirmed that Giuffre had been sexually abused by Epstein. But other parts of her story were problematic.

Two other Epstein victims who Giuffre had claimed were also lent out to powerful men told investigators they had no such experience, prosecutors wrote in a 2019 internal memo.

No other victim has described being expressly directed by either Maxwell or Epstein to engage in sexual activity with other men, the memo said.

Giuffre acknowledged writing a partly fictionalized memoir of her time with Epstein containing descriptions of things that didn't take place. She had also offered shifting accounts in interviews with investigators, they wrote, and had "engaged in a continuous stream of public interviews about her allegations, many of which have included sensationalized if not demonstrably inaccurate characterizations of her experiences." Those inaccuracies included false accounts of her interactions with the FBI, they said.

Still, U.S. prosecutors attempted to arrange an interview with Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. He refused to make himself available. Giuffre settled a lawsuit with Mountbatten-Windsor in which she had accused him of sexual misconduct.

In a memoir published after she killed herself last year, Giuffre wrote that prosecutors told her they didn't include her in the case against Maxwell because they didn't want her allegations to distract the jury. She insisted her accounts of being trafficked to elite men were true.

Prosecutors say photos and videos don't implicate others

Investigators seized a multitude of videos and photos from Epsteins electronic devices and homes in New York, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands. They found CDs, hard copy photographs and at least one videotape containing nude images of females, some of whom seemed as if they might be minors. One device contained 15 to 20 images depicting commercial child sex abuse material pictures investigators said Epstein obtained on the internet.

No videos or photos showed Epstein victims being sexually abused, none showed any males with any of the nude females, and none contained evidence implicating anyone other than Epstein and Maxwell, then-Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey wrote in an email for FBI officials last year.

Had they existed, the government would have pursued any leads they generated, Comey wrote. We did not, however, locate any such videos.

Investigators who scoured Epsteins bank records found payments to more than 25 women who appeared to be models but no evidence that he was engaged in prostituting women to other men, prosecutors wrote.

Epstein's close associates go uncharged

In 2019, prosecutors weighed the possibility of charging one of Epsteins longtime assistants but decided against it.

Prosecutors concluded that while the assistant was involved in helping Epstein pay girls for sex and may have been aware that some were underage, she herself was a victim of his sexual abuse and manipulation.

Investigators examined Epstein's relationship with the French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who once was involved in an agency with Epstein in the U.S., and who was accused in a separate case of sexually assaulting women in Europe. Brunel killed himself in jail while awaiting trial on a rape charge in France.

Prosecutors also weighed whether to charge one of Epstein's girlfriends who had participated in sexual acts with some of his victims. Investigators interviewed the girlfriend, who was 18 to 20 years old at the time, but it was determined there was not enough evidence, according to a summary given to FBI Director Kash Patel last July.

Days before Epsteins July 2019 arrest, the FBI strategized about sending agents to serve grand jury subpoenas on people close to Epstein, including his pilots and longtime business client, retail mogul Les Wexner.

Wexners lawyers told investigators that neither he nor his wife had knowledge of Epsteins sexual misconduct. Epstein had managed Wexner's finances, but the couple's lawyers said they cut him off in 2007 after learning he'd stolen from them.

There is limited evidence regarding his involvement, an FBI agent wrote of Wexner in an Aug. 16, 2019, email.

In a statement to the AP, a legal representative for Wexner said prosecutors had informed him that he was neither a coconspirator nor target in any respect," and that Wexner had cooperated with investigators.

Prosecutors also examined accounts from women who said they'd given massages at Epstein's home to guests who'd tried to make the encounters sexual. One woman accused private equity investor Leon Black of initiating sexual contact during a massage in 2011 or 2012, causing her to flee the room.

The Manhattan district attorneys office subsequently investigated, but no charges were filed.

Black's lawyer, Susan Estrich, said he had paid Epstein for estate planning and tax advice. She said in a statement that Black didn't engage in misconduct and had no awareness of Epstein's criminal activities. Lawsuits by two women who accused Black of sexual misconduct were dismissed or withdrawn. One is pending.

No client list

Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News in February 2025 that Epsteins never-before-seen client list was sitting on my desk right now. A few months later, she claimed the FBI was reviewing tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child porn.

But FBI agents wrote superiors saying the client list didn't exist.

On Dec. 30, 2024, about three weeks before President Joe Biden left office, then-FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate reached out through subordinates to ask "whether our investigation to date indicates the client list, often referred to in the media, does or does not exist, according to an email summarizing his query.

A day later, an FBI official replied that the case agent had confirmed no client list existed.

On Feb. 19, 2025, two days before Bondis Fox News appearance, an FBI supervisory special agent wrote: While media coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein case references a client list,' investigators did not locate such a list during the course of the investigation.

Authorities in Arizona were seen Saturday night leaving the home of Today show co-host Savannah Guthries sister as the search for their missing 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, continues.

According to KGUN, the Scripps News Group station in Tucson, authorities spent several hours inside Annie Guthries home before leaving with what appeared to be a brown paper sack and another larger item. However, the Pima County Sheriffs Department (PCSD) did not say why they were at the home.

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Nancy Guthrie has now been missing for more than a week, and authorities believe she was taken from her home against her will. The Pima County Sheriffs Office has said they still do not have a suspect.

"The Nancy Guthrie investigation is ongoing. Follow-up continues at multiple locations," the PCSD said Sunday. "No suspects, persons of interest, or vehicles have been identified. No scheduled press briefings. If any significant developments occur in the case, a press conference will be called."

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Savannah Guthrie released a video message on Saturday, addressing the apparent kidnappers of her mother and offering to pay them.

We received your message, and we understand, Guthrie said in a video posted on social media. We beg you now to return our mother to us, so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.

Savannahs brother and sister also appear in the video but do not speak. The post was captioned with the words, Bring her home.

This comes after media outlets, including KGUN, previously received a ransom note demanding $6 million in Bitcoin for Guthries release. The note set a payment deadline of 5 p.m. on Monday.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmers chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Morgan McSweeney said he took responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, 72, to Britain's most important diplomatic post in 2024.

The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself, McSweeney said in a statement. When asked, I advised the Prime Minister to make that appointment and I take full responsibility for that advice."

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Starmer is facing a political storm and questions about his judgement after newly published documents, part of a huge trove of Epstein files made public in the United States, suggested that Mandelson sent market-sensitive information to the convicted sex offender when he was the U.K. governments business secretary during the 2008 financial crisis.

Starmers government has promised to release its own emails and other documentation related to Mandelsons appointment, which it says will show that Mandelson misled officials.

Mandelson, a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour Party, has not been arrested or charged.

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Metropolitan Police officers searched Mandelsons London home and another property linked to him on Friday. Police said the investigation is complex and will require a significant amount of further evidence gathering and analysis.

Starmer had fired Mandelson in September from his ambassadorial job over earlier revelations about his Epstein ties. But critics say the emails recently published by the U.S. Justice Department have brought serious concerns about Starmers judgment to the fore. They argue that he should have known better than to appoint Mandelson in the first place.

Jeremy Fears played one of his best games to help No. 10 Michigan State earn a much-needed win after his coach thought about benching him.

Fears started the game and finished with 26 points 11 in OT and 15 assists in 42 minutes, lifting the Spartans to an 85-82 win over No. 5 Illinois on Saturday night, after coach Tom Izzo debated whether to discipline the standout point guard after his sportsmanship was called into question in two straight games.

Late in the first half, Fears was scrutinized again.

If he breathes on somebody now, theres going to be a call," Izzo said after the game.

Fighting Illini coach Brad Underwood asked officials to review whether Fears intentionally tripped David Mirkovic after stopping in front of him.

I didnt have any worry that it wasnt a basketball play, Fears said.

Underwood lost the appeal.

They looked at it, Underwood said. It's always going to be a judgment. He stopped. It's what he does.

He was terrific. We didn't do a very good job of squaring him up.

Izzo said on the pregame radio show that he doesn't condone what Fears has done in recent games, adding he hasn't done anything to merit a suspension.

He's remorseful, Izzo said.

In a 76-73 loss at Minnesota on Wednesday night, Fears swung his leg backward into Langston Reynolds groin area after the whistle when Reynolds was called for a foul on Fears. Officials gave Fears a technical on review.

I had some mistakes that I made in past game that I dont want to let happen, Fears said. "I hurt my team.

In last weeks 83-71 loss to rival and second-ranked Michigan, Fears appeared to intentionally trip preseason All-America forward Yaxel Lendeborg.

The day before facing the Fighting Illini, Izzo said he still was considering benching Fears for at least a portion of the game. Izzo said the redshirt sophomore needed to grow up a little bit."

Entering the game against Illinois, Fears led the nation with 204 assists and was averaging nearly 15 points a game as Michigan State's leading scorer.

While Izzo was considering disciplining Fears, Izzo has made clear he remains upset about Michigan coach Dusty Mays public criticism of Fears. May accused the Spartans of several plays that are very dangerous," during a news conference.

Things got blown up," Izzo said.

Fears has had a breakout season in his third year at Michigan State, following up a bounce-back season.

His freshman year was cut short because he needed a 3-hour surgery to remove a bullet from his left thigh. While hanging out with friends on Dec. 23, 2023 during a holiday break from the team, Fears and a 19-year-old woman were shot by a male with a handgun after the man entered a residence and opened fire before fleeing.

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As bitterly cold temperatures grip southeast Michigan, the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation is deploying warming buses across Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties to help protect vulnerable community members from dangerous weather conditions.

I visited one of the mobile warming centers near Macomb Mall in Roseville, where the SMART bus remained stationary to serve as a refuge for anyone needing to escape the freezing temperatures.

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SMART provides warming buses across metro Detroit during extreme cold

"I think that's nice," said Sheila, a woman waiting for her regular bus near the mall. "It was very freezing cold, very freezing, very freezing cold."

The warming buses operate free of charge from Saturday, Feb. 7-Sunday, Feb. 8, running during two shifts: 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The mobile warming centers are stationed at various locations throughout metro Detroit, including:

Phoenix Center in Pontiac Southland Center in Taylor, 23000 Eureka Rd, Taylor, MI 48180 Fairlane Mall in Dearborn, 18900 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI 48126 Old Redford Meijer in Detroit, 21433 Grand River Ave, Detroit, MI 48219 Mack Avenue and Moross Road Greenfield and Joy roads (DDOT may be moved around based on usage) Macomb Mall,  32233 Gratiot Ave, Roseville, MI 48066

"This is something that is important to us; safety is a cornerstone," said Bernard Parker, chief marketing officer at SMART.

Parker explained the reasoning behind the warming bus program during our conversation aboard one of the mobile units.

"Michigan has had, I would say, this year alone, probably unprecedented temperatures below 20, and we want to do something for the greater good," Parker said.

The warming buses also attract community organizations looking to help those in need. Gail Marlow from Motor City Mitten Mission visited the different warming bus locations to distribute food, blankets, bus passes and other essential items.

"It's so important to have the buses because it's become quite the respite center for people who are struggling with homelessness and don't have any place to go to," Marlow said.

Parker emphasized the meaningful impact of the program on the community.

"To be able to help folk is a blessing," Parker said.

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Lindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early in the Olympic downhill on Sunday and was taken off the course by a helicopter after the 41-year-old American received medical attention on the snow for long, anguished minutes.

Vonn lost control over the opening traverse after cutting the line too tight and was spun around in the air. She was heard screaming out after the crash as she was surrounded by medical personnel before she was strapped to a gurney and flown away by a helicopter, possibly ending the skier's storied career. Her condition was not immediately known, with the U.S. Ski Team saying simply she would be evaluated.

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Breezy Johnson, Vonn's teammate, won gold and became only the second American woman to win the Olympic downhill after Vonn did it 16 years ago. The 30-year-old Johnson held off Emma Aicher of Germany and Italys Sofia Goggia on a bittersweet day for Team USA.

Vonn had family in the stands, including her father, Alan Kildow, who stared down at the ground while his daughter was being treated after just 13 seconds on the course. Others in the crowd, including rapper Snoop Dogg, watched quietly as the star skier was finally taken off the course she knows so well and holds a record 12 World Cup wins.

Vonns crash was tragic, but its ski racing," said Johan Eliasch, president of the Internationl Ski and Snowboard Federation.

I can only say thank you for what she has done for our sport, he said, because this race has been the talk of the games and its put our sport in the best possible light.

All eyes had been on Vonn, the feel-good story heading into the Olympics. She had returned to elite ski racing last season after nearly six years, a remarkable decision given her age but she also had a partial titanium knee replacement in her right knee, too. Many wondered how she would fare as she sought a gold medal to join the one she won in the downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

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The four-time overall World Cup champion stunned everyone by being a contender almost immediately. She came to the Olympics as the leader in the World Cup downhill standings and was a gold-medal favorite before her crash in Switzerland nine days ago, when she suffered her latest knee injury. In addition to a ruptured ACL, she also had a bone bruise and meniscus damage.

Still, no one counted her out even then. In truth, she has skied through injuries for three decades at the top of the sport. In 2006, ahead of the Turin Olympics, Vonn took a bad fall during downhill training and went to the hospital. She competed less than 48 hours later, racing in all four events shed planned, with a top result of seventh in the super-G.

Its definitely weird, she said then, going from the hospital bed to the start gate.

Cortina has always had many treasured memories for Vonn beyond the record wins. She is called the queen of Cortina, and the Olympia delle Tofana is a course that had always suited Vonn. She tested out the knee twice in downill training runs over the past three days before the awful crash on Sunday in clear, sunny conditions.

This would be the best comeback Ive done so far, Vonn said before the race. Definitely the most dramatic.

After the crash, the celebration for the medalists was held and fellow skiers thought about Vonn's legacy.

She has been my idol since I started watching ski racing, said Kajsa Vickhoff Lie of Norway. We still have a World Cup to do after Olympics ... I wouldnt be surprised if she suddenly shows up on the start gate, but the crash didnt look good.

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Savannah Guthrie, co-host of the "Today" show, released a video message on Saturday, telling the apparent kidnappers of her mother, Nancy, that she has received their message.

"We received your message, and we understand," Guthrie says in a video posted on social media. "We beg you now to return our mother to us, so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way that we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay."

Savannah's brother and sister also appear in the video, but do not speak. The post was captioned with the words, "Bring her home."

It's unclear whether the message Savannah Guthrie is referring to is a new message or older messages that have been sent to news organizations, including KGUN, the Scripps station in Tucson.

Nancy Guthrie has now been missing for a week. Authorities believe she was taken from her home against her will. The Pima County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday that they still have no suspects in the case

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Just hours earlier, however, President Donald Trump, who has ordered federal resources to assist in the case, said he believes a "solution" could be possible soon.

"I think we're doing very well on that regard. You're probably surprised to hear that. I think we're doing very well, very well, meaning we have some clues, I think that are very strong, and I think we could have some answers coming up fairly soon," Trump said.

While there have been no leads on a suspect, the Pima County Sheriff's Office was seen towing a car from Nancy Guthrie's residence Friday night.

Authorities would not say why the vehicle was closed nearly a week after Nancy Guthrie was first reported missing.

"This remains an active and ongoing investigation, which includes the review of multiple pieces of evidence," the Pima County Sheriff's Office said in a statement on Saturday. "At this time, we will not confirm or release additional details regarding what is being analyzed."

More than 6,000 bags of peanut and classic M&Ms are being recalled after packaging failed to disclose that the products contain milk, soy or peanuts.

The recalled candy was sold in roughly 20 states, some in promotional packages marked with the Make Your Mark logo, the company said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 6% of adults and 8% of children live with a food allergy, with peanuts among the foods causing the most severe reactions.

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Peanut allergies can cause diarrhea, difficulty breathing, hives, skin rash, nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and swelling, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Severe reactions can include anaphylaxis, which can make it hard or impossible to breathe.

The Food and Drug Administration requires food producers to properly label products containing major allergens such as peanuts, milk, fish and others.

The recall was issued for the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Full lot codes are on the FDA's website.

The U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a deal to end the nearly fouryear war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters, as Russian strikes on energy infrastructure forced nuclear power plants to cut output on Saturday.

If the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration will likely put pressure on both sides to meet it, he added.

The Americans are proposing the parties end the war by the beginning of this summer and will probably put pressure on the parties precisely according to this schedule, Zelenskyy said, speaking to reporters on Friday. Zelenskyys comments were embargoed until Saturday morning.

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And they say that they want to do everything by June. And they will do everything to end the war. And they want a clear schedule of all events, he said.

He said the U.S. proposed holding the next round of trilateral talks next week in their country for the first time, likely in Miami, Zelenskyy said. We confirmed our participation, he added.

Zelenskyy said Russia presented the U.S. with a $12 trillion economic proposal which he dubbed the Dmitriev package after Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev. Bilateral economic deals with the U.S. form part of the broader negotiating process.

Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure continued with over 400 drones and about 40 missiles launched overnight Saturday, Zelenskyy said in a post on X. Targets included the energy grid, generation facilities and distribution networks.

Ukrenergo, the state energy transmission operator, said the attack was the second mass strike on energy infrastructure since the start of the year, forcing nuclear power plants to reduce output. Eight facilities in eight regions came under attack, it said in a statement.

As a result of missile strikes on key high-voltage substations that ensured the output of nuclear power units, all nuclear power plants in the territories under control were forced to reduce their load, the statement said.

It said the power deficit in the country has increased significantly as a result of the attacks forcing an extension of hourly power outages in all regions of Ukraine.

The latest deadline follows U.S.-brokered trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi that produced no breakthrough as the warring parties cling to mutually exclusive demands. Russia is pressing Ukraine to withdraw from the Donbas, where fighting remains intense a condition Kyiv says it will never accept.

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Difficult issues remained difficult. Ukraine once again confirmed its positions on the Donbas issue. We stand where we stand is the fairest and most reliable model for a ceasefire today, in our opinion, Zelenskyy said. He reiterated that the most challenging topics would be reserved for a trilateral meeting between leaders.

Zelenskyy said no common ground was reached on managing the Russianheld Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and expressed skepticism about a U.S. proposal to turn the Donbas region, coveted by Russia, into a free economic zone as a compromise.

I do not know whether this can be implemented, because when we talked about a free economic zone, we had different views on it, he said.

He said in the last round of talks the negotiators discussed how a ceasefire would be technically monitored. He added that the U.S. has reaffirmed it would play a role in that process.

Repeated Russian aerial assaults have in recent months focused on Ukraines power grid, causing blackouts and disrupting the heating and water supply for families during a bitterly cold winter, putting more pressure on Kyiv.

Zelenskyy said the U.S. again proposed a ceasefire banning strikes on energy infrastructure. Ukraine is ready to observe such a pause if Russia commits; but he added that when Moscow previously agreed to a one-week pause suggested by the U.S., it was violated after just four days.

Bad Bunny, the six-time Grammy Award winner and upcoming Super Bowl 60 halftime performer, has become the subject of an academic course at San Diego State University that examines his cultural influence on a global scale.

The Puerto Rican artist recently won the 2026 Album of the Year Grammy for "Debi Tirar Mas Fotos" (translated as "I Should Have Taken More Pictures"). During his acceptance speech, Bad Bunny dedicated the award to people who left their homeland to follow their dreams.

"He's everywhere and I think he just keeps growing bigger and bigger and he is in every single aspect of media whether it's the music he does, the halftime show, he does WWE, movies, commercials," San Diego State Professor Nathian Rodriguez said.

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Rodriguez is teaching "Bad Bunny: Perreo, Performance and Pop Culture Politics" at SDSU as a case study on the artist. Perreo is a popular dance style originating from Puerto Rico that's connected to reggaeton music.

The class aims to give students a global perspective on Bad Bunny's impact across different spheres of influence.

"When students leave the class, I think they're gonna have one, a newfound appreciation for the culture and the music but also a lot better understanding of themselves and how music and videos and all pop culture really relates to them and how they relate to it," Rodriguez said.

The course will focus on topics including the global flow of music from South America to North America, social justice and politics.

Looking ahead to Sunday's Super Bowl 60 halftime show, Rodriguez anticipates a memorable performance from the cultural icon.

"It's gonna be dance, it's gonna be culture, it's gonna be Spanish, it's gonna be this sort of diversity of all these artists that he's worked with in the past and I think it's just gonna be a super performance that's what he's good at," Rodriguez said.

The class is being offered this spring as both an undergraduate and graduate course but has reached capacity. It will also be offered this summer.

This article was written by Jane Kim for the Scripps News Group in San Diego.

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Mootz Pizzeria + Bar is a stylish parlor serving up old-fashioned pizzas with classic toppings, plus sliders, pasta, and spirits.

And this year the chain is offering two new flavors just in time for National Pizza Day. The tasty holiday will be celebrated on Monday, February 9th. To learn more, visit

mootzpizzeria.com.

Pizza Hut plans to close nearly 250 underperforming locations as parent company Yum Brands undertakes a strategic review of the brand.

Yum Brands said the closures represent a very small portion of Pizza Huts global footprint of just under 20,000 restaurants. The chain operates about 6,700 locations in the United States.

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On a call with investors, Yum Brands did not provide details on the review, but Matthew Morris, head of investor relations, said the company is pleased with Pizza Huts near-term performance.

Same-store sales at Pizza Hut fell 1% globally in 2025. U.S. sales were down 5%. The brand had a net loss of 500 locations worldwide last year. About 40% of Pizza Huts sales come from the U.S.

Founded in 1958, Pizza Hut is among the nations oldest pizza chains. It is the second-largest in the U.S., according to PMQ Pizza, trailing slightly behind Dominos and ahead of Little Caesars.

The annual sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Northern Michigan lasted just 48 minutes this year, according to the DNR.

Text updates from the DNR throughout the morning on Saturday showed the fishing season ended at 8:48 a.m. after starting at 8 a.m.

The annual limit for sturgeon fishing on Black Lake is six, and it ends when either the sixth fish is harvested or five fish have been harvested by the end of any fishing day.

Last year, the season lasted just 17 minutes. The times each fish was harvested are below.

8:07 a.m. 8:09 a.m. 8:18 a.m. 8:20 a.m. 8:20 a.m. 8:48 a.m.

The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein starting on Monday, according to a letter that was sent to lawmakers.

The letter obtained by The Associated Press says that lawmakers will be able to review unredacted versions of the more than 3 million files that the Justice Department has released to comply with a law passed by Congress last year.

To access the files, lawmakers will need to give the Justice Department 24 hours notice. They will be able to review the files on computers at the Department of Justice. Only lawmakers, not their staff, will have access to the files, and they will be permitted to take notes, but not make electronic copies.

RELATED STORY | Rep. Khanna calls for those who emailed Epstein to testify before House panel

The arrangement, first reported by NBC News, showed the continued demand for information on Epstein and his crimes by lawmakers, even after the Justice Department devoted large numbers of its staff to comply with the law passed by Congress last year. The Justice Department has come under criticism for delays in the release of information, failing to redact the personal information and photos of victims and not releasing the entire 6 million documents collected in relation to Epstein.

Still, lawmakers central to the push for transparency, described the concession by the Justice Department as a victory.

When Congress pushes back, Congress can prevail, Rep. Ro Khanna, who sponsored what's known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act, posted on social media.

Khanna has pointed to several emails between Epstein and individuals whose information was redacted that appeared to refer to the sexual abuse of underage girls. The release of the case files has prompted inquiries around the world about men who cavorted with the well-connected financier. Still, lawmakers are pressing for a further reckoning over anyone who may have had knowledge of Epstein's abuse or could have helped facilitate it.

RELATED STORY | Judge will hear from Epstein survivors after released documents published their names

Epstein killed himself in a New York jail cell in 2019 while he faced charges that he sexually abused and trafficked dozens of underage girls. The case was brought more than a decade after he secretly cut a deal with federal prosecutors in Florida to dispose of nearly identical allegations. Epstein was accused of paying underage girls hundreds of dollars in cash for massages and then molesting them.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. If you're still looking for the perfect sweet treats for that special someone, Busch's Fresh Food Market has you covered.

Buschs bakery will be hosting a new Curate Your Own Dessert Flight event in stores on Friday, Feb. 13 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sat., Feb 14 from 11a.m. to 3 p.m., where specialists will help guests create the perfect assortment of petite fours, truffles and chocolate-dipped berries.

Busch's Fresh Food Market is also offering a limited edition "Better Together Box" charcuterie pack for two.

To learn more about the market and its special offers, visit

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lberto Castaeda Mondragn's memory was jumbled after he says he was badly beaten last month while being taken into custody by immigration officers. He did not remember much of his past, but the violence of the Jan. 8 arrest in Minnesota was seared into his battered brain.

The Mexican immigrant told The Associated Press this week that he remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friends car outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, and then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton.

He remembers being taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. Then came the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

Castaeda Mondragn, 31, is one of an unknown number of immigration detainees who, despite avoiding deportation, have been left with lasting injuries following violent encounters with ICE. While the Trump administration insists ICE limits its enforcement operations to immigrants with violent rap sheets, he has no criminal record.

RELATED STORY | 'No way' he ran into a wall: Nurses say ICE story on injuries doesnt add up

Heres what to know about the case, one of the excessive-force claims the federal government has thus far declined to investigate.

Immigrant says attack was unprovoked

ICE officers who arrested Castaeda Mondragn on Jan. 8 told nurses the man purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall, an account Hennepin County Medical Center staff immediately doubted. A CT scan showed fractures to the front, back and both sides of his skull injuries a doctor told AP were inconsistent with a fall.

ICE's account evolved as Castaeda Mondragn lay stricken in the hospital. At least one officer told staff the man "got his (expletive) rocked, according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release and nurses who treated him.

There was never a wall, Castaeda Mondragn told AP, recalling ICE officers striking him with the same metal rod used to break the windows of the vehicle he was in. He later identified it as a telescoping baton routinely carried by law enforcement.

Training materials and police use-of-force policies across the U.S. say such a baton can be used to hit the arms, legs and body. But striking the head, neck or spine is considered potentially deadly force.

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Once he was taken to an ICE holding facility in suburban Minneapolis, Castaeda Mondragn said, officers resumed beating him. He said he pleaded with them to get a doctor, but they just laughed at me and hit me again."

DHS will not discuss the case

The Trump administration this week announced a broad rollout of body cameras for immigration officers in Minneapolis even as the government draws down ICEs presence there. But it's not clear whether Castaeda Mondragn's arrest was captured on body-camera footage or if there might be additional recordings from security cameras at the detention center.

The Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE, has not responded to repeated requests for comment on the case.

The government's only acknowledgment of the injuries came in a Jan. 20 court filing that said it was learned during his arrest that had a head injury that required emergency medical treatment."

The same filing said Castaeda Mondragn entered the U.S. legally in March 2022 and that the agency determined only after his arrest that he had overstayed his visa. A federal judge ruled his arrest had been unlawful and ordered him released from ICE custody.

Elected officials call for accountability

The case has drawn the attention of several officeholders in Minnesota, including Gov. Tim Walz, who this week posted an AP story about the case on X. But it's not clear whether any state authorities are investigating how Castaeda Mondragn was injured.

The Ramsey County Attorneys Office, which oversees St. Paul, urged Castaeda Mondragn to file a police report to prompt an investigation. He said he plans to file a complaint. A St. Paul police spokesperson said the department would investigate all alleged crimes that are reported to us.

We are seeing a repeated pattern of Trump Administration officials attempting to lie and gaslight the American people when it comes to the cruelty of this ICE operation in Minnesota, Sen. Tina Smith, a Minnesota Democrat, said in a statement.

Rep. Kelly Morrison, another Democrat and a doctor, recently toured the Whipple Building, the ICE facility at Ft. Snelling. She said she saw severe overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and an almost complete lack of medical care. She and other Minnesota Democrats say injuries that occur in ICE custody should be investigated.

If any one of our police officers did this, you know what just happened in Minnesota with George Floyd, we hold them accountable, said Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum, whose district includes St. Paul. Theres no reason why federal agents should not be held to the same high standard.

President Donald Trump claims he's heard encouraging news in the search for Nancy Guthrie.

Talking to reporters on Air Force One Friday, Trump said he believes a "solution" could be possible soon.

"I think we're doing very well on that regard. You're probably surprised to hear that. I think we're doing very well, very well, meaning we have some clues, I think that are very strong, and I think we could have some answers coming up fairly soon," Trump said.

The statement came as authorities ended day six of the search for the mother of TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.

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While there have been no leads on a suspect, the Pima County Sheriff's Office was seen towing a car from Nancy Guthrie's residence Friday night.

The Pima County Sheriffs Office said Friday it is investigating the legitimacy of a new message related to the disappearance of Guthrie.

Authorities did not disclose the contents of the latest message. Media outlets, including KGUN, previously received a ransom note demanding several million dollars in Bitcoin. The note set a payment deadline of Thursday, followed by a second deadline of Monday, and threatened to kill Nancy Guthrie if the money was not received.

The FBI is offering a $50,000 dollar reward for any information leading to an arrest and conviction.

This article was written by JJ McKinney for the Scripps News Group in Tucson.