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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) hasannouncedan expansion of a 2025 recall on Chips Ahoy cookies due to a possible choking hazard. Mondelēz Global LLC initially initiated a recall for its Chips Ahoy Baked Bites Brookies on Dec. 24, 2025, for a potential hazard due to a mixing process error that may have left clumps of corn starch in the cookies. As of Feb. 4, 2026, Mondelēz Global LLC has expanded the recall to include one additional code date and two more universal product codes (UPCs) for the cookies.

How To Identify the Recalled Chips Ahoy Cookies

The recalled Chips Ahoy Baked Bites Brookies were sold in four packaging sizes and can be identified by the following information:

• 22.4-ounce Chips Ahoy Baked Bites Brookie eight-count Caddie with UPC 44000086688, Case GTN 10044000086678, and best-by dates of May 9, 10, 11, and 12 of 2026.

• 2.8-ounce Chips Ahoy Baked Bites Brookie Pouch with UPC 4400008667 and best-by dates of May 9, 10, 110, and 12 of 2026.

• 7.0-ounce Chips Ahoy! Baked Bites Brookie five-count with UPC 44000085650, Case GTN 10044000085657, and best-by dates of May 10, 12, and 18 of 2026.

• 1.4-ounce Chips Ahoy Baked Bites Brookie Pouch with UPC 4400008566 and best-by dates of May 10, 12, and 18 of 2026.

The recalled Chips Ahoy products were sold at retailers nationwide. No other Chips Ahoy or Mondelēz Global LLC products, other than those with best-by dates listed above, are impacted by this recall.

What To Do if You Have the Recalled Chips Ahoy Cookies

Mondelēz Global LLC recalled the Chips Ahoy cookies because of a mixing process error that "resulted in the formation of small corn starch clumps in the product." The company is concerned that the starch clumps may present a choking hazard, especially for children or the elderly.

While no illnesses or injuries have been reported at this time, it is still not safe to consume the product. If you have the recalled Chips Ahoy Baked Bites Brookies, you should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.

For questions regarding this recall, you can call Mondelēz Global LLC at 1-855-535-5948.

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SPARTANBURG, South Carolina/CHICAGO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Measles vaccinations have doubled in recent months in a South Carolina region hit hard by the disease's worst outbreak in the U.S. in more than two decades, but health ​officials warned that far more immunizations are needed to contain the virus' spread.

The outbreak, like those in other regions, has been ‌fueled by a rise in vaccine hesitancy since the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving many U.S. communities vulnerable to outbreaks of measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

The number of measles, mumps and ‌rubella (MMR) vaccine doses administered in Spartanburg County, near the North Carolina border and the epicenter of the latest outbreak, has increased 102% over the past four months compared with the same period a year earlier, according to state data shared with Reuters. More than 1,000 additional shots were delivered in January.

Statewide, MMR immunizations were up 28% during the same four-month period.

"These monthly totals are some of the highest we've seen in years," Dr. Linda Bell, ⁠South Carolina's state epidemiologist, said in emailed comments ‌to Reuters.

She said 1,178 doses of MMR vaccines were given to infants aged six to 11 months across the state. Of those, 55% were in Spartanburg County and neighboring Greenville County.

"These early doses are essential to protecting ‍young children from measles," she said.

Bell said there are likely a few thousand children and adults, however, who remain unvaccinated against measles in Spartanburg County.

HERD IMMUNITY REQUIRES 95% COVERAGE

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Measles, among the most infectious of pathogens, requires that 95% of the population be vaccinated in order to prevent its spread. In Spartanburg County, 89% of ​school children have received the required vaccinations, state data show.

Three pediatricians in the Spartanburg area told Reuters the increase in vaccinations likely ‌reflected a variety of patients and motives.

Many parents have sought early MMR shots for children who are six to 11 months old rather than waiting for the first dose normally given at 12 months, doctors said. Parents also have moved up the second dose, which is normally given at age four. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective after two doses.

They added that some families are catching up on routine shots that were missed prior to the outbreak, while other patients may be seeking vaccination after exposure, which can exempt them from quarantine if administered within 72 ⁠hours.

Louis Eubank, deputy incident commander for South Carolina's measles response, said in an ​email that mobile health units have primarily vaccinated adults, while increases reported by clinics and ​pharmacies have predominantly been among children under the age of four.

Reaching people who are hesitant about all vaccines, however, and persuading them to come in for the MMR shot has proven difficult, the pediatricians said.

Stuart Simko, a pediatrician ‍at Prisma Health in Greer, South ⁠Carolina, in the state's northwest corner, said the escalation in cases and increased exposure at schools and in the community had recently encouraged more parents to get their children immunized.

"We are getting people who weren't vaccinated calling. I think we've reached that level of, 'Oh ⁠wow. This looks like it's more than just a smolder. This is starting to catch fire,'" Simko said.

"That fear is starting to pick up among people of going ‌out and understanding you can go to Walmart and be exposed."

(Reporting by Chad Terhune in Spartanburg and Julie Steenhuysen in ‌Chicago; Additional reporting by Siddhi Mahatole in Bengaluru; Editing by Edmund Klamann)

A CNN review of the Epstein documents identified several examples of people whose identities were blacked out possibly helping to connect him with women, including redacted co-conspirators in a much-anticipateddraft indictmentof Epstein from the 2000s.

A redacted individual wrote in one 2015 email to Epstein: "And this one is (i think) totally your girl."

Inanother 2014 emailin the files, a person wrote to Epstein: "Thank you for a fun night… Your littlest girl was a little naughty." But the name of the individual who wrote that message is redacted.

The Department of Justiceon Friday releasedwhat it said was the last of the Epstein files that it was required to disclose by law, but the documents have prompted widespread outcry about a continued lack of transparency and justice for Epstein's many survivors.

Epstein survivors are up in arms about the mishandled redactions, including blacked out statements that victims made to the FBI.

A DOJ official said in a statement that any fully redacted names are of victims. "In many instances, as it has been well documented publicly, those who were originally victims became participants and co-conspirators," the official said. "We did not redact any names of men, only female victims."

FBI and law enforcement names were also redacted, the DOJ official said.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department has been scrambling to fix the improper disclosure of victim information.

The Justice Department narrowly avoided a hearing in federal court on Wednesday byreaching an agreementlate Tuesday with lawyers for some of the Epstein survivors, who had accused DOJ of releasing information about nearly 100 Epstein victims in the files.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche acknowledged Monday that "mistakes were made" but argued that DOJ has moved expeditiously to correct any information unintentionally released.

For Epstein survivors, the DOJ's response is unacceptable.

"To have pieces of my life be out there on display in that way, was really troublesome," said Dani Bensky, who told CNNin a roundtable with Epstein survivorsthat her name, address and phone number were all initially in the files.

"And I know that I'm public now, yes, it hurts me — but it really hurts our survivor sisters who are still 'Jane Does' even more," she added.

The furor over what is and isn't included in the Epstein documents highlights how the department'srelease of more than 3 million documentson Friday is hardly the end of the fight over the Epstein files — even as both Blanche and President Donald Trump have said they think it's time to move on.

Congress forced the disclosure of the Epstein documentsafter passingthe Epstein Files Transparency Act last November over Trump's initial objections. But the bipartisan group of lawmakers who pushed for the law's passage say there are still millions of files that have not been released, which the DOJ argued fell within exceptions to the law not requiring their disclosure.

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California and GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who led the effort to release the files, have asked to view the unredacted files — and are still threatening Attorney General Pam Bondi with impeachment or contempt for failing to comply with the law if more are not disclosed.

"The DOJ has protected the Epstein class with blanket redactions in some areas while failing to protect the identities of survivors in other areas," Khanna said in a statement to CNN. "Congress cannot properly assess DOJ's handling of the Epstein and Maxwell cases without access to the complete record."

'There's no reason to redact it'

The documents released on Friday include the names of numerous high-profile men who interacted with Epstein — who died by suicide in 2019 awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges — a list that includedTrump, former PresidentBill Clinton,Bill Gates,Elon Muskand theformer Prince Andrew, among many others. All have denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein and have never been charged by law enforcement with any crimes.

But Epstein survivors say the files appear to shield those who specifically enabled the convicted sex offender's abuse, as well as other men who may have been named in the survivors' statements that were completely redacted.

One Epstein survivor pointed to another FBI form contained in the files where full pages were blacked out.

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"It basically outlines everything that this person experienced and shared with the FBI. It was seven pages long and four of them looked like this," Jess Michaelstold CNNin an interview. "What happened to her and who did it is also reacted. So you cannot say in the same sentence: 'There were no men, there was no list' and redact this much of a statement. Because if there's no men, then there's no reason to redact it. There's no other reason."

One of the most anticipated documents in the files was the controversialdraft indictmentfrom the Southern District of Florida from the 2000s, which would have charged Epstein, along with three others, who were described as having been "employed" by Epstein.

The individuals are all described as having conspired to "persuade, induce, and entice individuals who had not attained the age of 18 years to engage in prostitution." But their names are redacted.

The files also include numerous email exchanges with Epstein that appear to describe the procurement of women.

A redacted individual from a Paris modeling agency wrote ina 2013 emailto Epstein: "New Brazilian just arrived, sexy and cute, 19yo ."

The email appears in the files twice: In one version, the modeling agency's nameis redacted, but in another, the agency is not redacted from the sender's email signature.

Ina 2018 emailto Epstein, another redacted individual wrote: "I found at least 3 very good young poor."

"Meet this one," the person continued. "Not the beauty queen but we both likes her a lot."

In aletter to Congresson Friday, the Justice Department detailed how it made redactions, saying it complied with the law by redacting victim information, child sex abuse materials and anything that would jeopardize an active investigation.

DOJ also withheld 200,000 pages "covered by various privileges, including deliberative process privilege, the work-product doctrine, and attorney-client privilege," according to the letter.

At his press conference last Friday announcing the release of the files, Blanche said they did not contain information about evidence that would lead to the prosecution of any men who abused women.

"I said this earlier, there's this built-in assumption that somehow there's this hidden tranche of information of men that we know about that we're covering up or that we're choosing not to prosecute. That is not the case," Blanche said. "I don't know whether there are men out there that abuse these women."

Scrambling to scrub files

In the hours after Friday's DOJ release, CNN reported that multiple survivors, including anonymous "Jane Doe" victims, wereseeing their names and informationthroughout the documents that were published.

Attorneys for some of the survivors sent a letter saying the DOJ's failure to properly redact victims' information had trigged an "unfolding emergency," asking two federal judges in New York for an "immediate judicial intervention."

Sunday's letter included testimony from various anonymous "Jane Doe" victims who described receiving death threats and harassment from the media since the publication of the files.

"When DOJ believed it was ready to publish, it needed only to type each victim's name into its own search function. Any resulting hit should have been redacted before publication. Had DOJ done that, the harm would have been avoided," the lawyers wrote.

DOJ said in a response filed to the judges that it had removed all documents that victims or their lawyers identified, and a Justice Department spokesperson had said it had 500 reviewers looking at the files "for this very reason."

"Mistakes were made by – you have really hard-working lawyers that worked for the past 60 days. Think about this though: you're talking about pieces of paper that stack from the ground to two Eiffel Towers," Blanche said Monday on Fox News. "The minute that a victim or their lawyer reached out to us since Friday, we immediately dealt with it and pulled it down."

Epstein's survivors say the release of names, even if corrected, is yet another example of how the Justice Department failed them.

"Publishing images of victims while shielding predators is just a failure of complete justice," Epstein survivor Sharlene Rochard told CNN. "There's this deep sense of betrayal when the systems meant to protect you becomes the one causing all of this harm."

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Once again, there will be five Olympic figure skating medal events: men's singles, women's singles, pairs, ice dance and the team event.

There is no doubt that all eyes will be onIlia Malinin, who will be the overwhelming favorite to take home the gold medal in the men's singles. The Americans are striving for back-to-back gold medals in the event afterNathan Chen topped the podium at the 2022 Gamesin Beijing and helped the USA score gold in the team event.

The last American woman to win gold in the women's singles competition was Sarah Hughes, who stunned the sport with her victory at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Here is the schedule for the figure skating events. All times listed are Eastern and will stream onPeacockunless otherwise noted.

Alysa Liu poses for a photo during the U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit in preparation for the 2026 Milan Olympic Winter Games.

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Alysa Liu poses for a photo during the U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit in preparation for the 2026 Milan Olympic Winter Games.

Friday, Feb. 6, 2026

• 3:55–8:55 a.m.: Team Event | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan)

  • Team Event, Ice Dance/Rhythm Dance: 3:55 a.m. (USA Network)

  • Team Event, Pairs' Short Program: 5:35 a.m. (USA Network)

  • Team Event, Women's Singles Short Program: 7:35 a.m. (USA Network)

Saturday, Feb.y 7, 2026

• 1:45 p.m.: Team Event | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan)

  • Team Event, Men's Singles Short Program: 1:45 p.m. (NBC)

  • Team Event, Ice Dance Free Dance:  4:05 p.m. (NBC)

Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026

• 1:30–5 p.m.: Team Event | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) | Medal Event 

  • Team event, Pair Skating, Free Skate: 1:30 p.m. (USA Network)

  • Team event, Women Singles Skating, Free Skate: 2:45 p.m. (USA Network)

  • Team event, Men Singles Skating, Free Skate: 3:55 p.m. (USA Network)

Monday, Feb. 9, 2026

• 1:20–4:55 p.m.: Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) (USA Network, NBC)

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026

• 12:30–4:45 p.m.: Men's Short Program | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) (USA Network, NBC)

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026

• 1:30–5:05 p.m.: Ice Dance - Free Dance | Medal Event | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) (USA Network, NBC)

Friday, Feb. 13, 2026

• 1–5:10 p.m.: Figure Skating – Men's Free Skate | Medal Event | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) (USA Network, NBC)

Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026

• 1:45–4:55 p.m.: Figure Skating — Pairs' Short Program | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) (USA Network, NBC)

Monday, Feb. 16, 2026

• 2–5:15 p.m.: Figure Skating — Pairs' Free Skate | Medal Event | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) (USA Network, NBC)

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026

• 12:45–5 p.m.: Figure Skating — Women's Short Program | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) (USA Network, NBC)

Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026

• 1 p.m.: Figure Skating — Women's Free Skate | Medal Event | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) (NBC)

Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026

• 2 p.m.: Figure Skating — Exhibition Gala | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan) (NBC)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Here's full Olympic figure skating schedule for 2026 Winter Games

Olympic sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has pleaded not guilty after she was arrested andaccused of super speedingin Florida last week.

Richardson, 25, an Olympic gold medalist, pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of dangerous excessive speeding of 100 mph or more, according to Orange County court records.

She was pulled over on Jan. 29 and accused of hitting speeds of 104 mph on State Road 429 in the area of Stoney Brook Parkway in Winter Park, which has a posted speed limit of 65 mph, according to the arrest affidavit.

Richardson changed lanes several times, flashed her lights at other cars and drove too close to other vehicles, the affidavit said.

After the Orange County Sheriff's Office pulled her over, she said she was speeding because a back tire was underinflated. She said that her car was new and that she did not mean to go the speed she was traveling, the affidavit said.

Shortly afterward, fellow Olympian Christian Coleman, 29, stopped his black Jeep on the shoulder of the road in front of Richardson's car. He told the deputy he was her boyfriend and walked into the area of the traffic stop, the filing said.

At first he complied with orders to wait by his car, but later he returned and defended Richardson's driving, it said.

Later, another vehicle, driven by fellow Olympic sprinter Twanisha Terry, stopped on the side of the road. Terry, 27, was also told to wait by her car, but both she and Coleman started to speak with Richardson, the affidavit said.

Both were cited for stopping on a limited access highway. Terry complied with the deputy and presented her identification, was cited and left the scene, the affidavit said.

Coleman refused to identify himself and was arrested on a charge of resisting, the affidavit said.

Inside his car, a sergeant found "a glass smoking device" with "green leafy plant material clinging to the bowl area" in the center console, the affidavit said.

Coleman was issued citations for stopping on a limited access roadway and having an expired registration over six months. He was further charged with resisting an officer without violence and possession of drug paraphernalia. He also pleaded not guilty Monday, court records show.

He and Richardson were taken to the Orange County Booking and Release Center, and both were released after they posted bond that day. Their attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Court records did not list an attorney for Terry. A representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

USA Track and Field said it had no comment Wednesday.

Delanie Walker, a former tight end who played for San Francisco from 2006 to 2012, told The California Post on Wednesday a substation near the 49ers' training facilities in Santa Clara, Calif. is absolutely not the reason so many Niners over the last few years have been getting hurt.

"That power plant has nothing to do with injuries," Walker said, matter-of-factly. "It can't have anything to do with injuries. If it had something to do with injuries, all the houses that are right across the street from it, people would have been suffering injuries.

"It's football, you're going to get hurt."

Walker — who appeared at Super Bowl LX Radio Row on behalf of Novartis to promote prostate cancer screening awareness — said he understood why fans have latched on to the theory, but he just doesn't see how it's possibly true.

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"I get it," he said. "But, to be honest with you, that's been there since the '80s.

"They won multiple Super Bowls. I went to Super Bowls with the 49ers. We never had injuries like that. I don't know why that is happening, but I do not believe the power plant is the reason why players are getting hurt."

Niners owner Jed York shared a similar sentiment on "Up & Adams" on Wednesday, when he told Kay Adams the power plant has "been there since 1987."

"Jerry Rice was there. It didn't seem to affect Jerry Rice. It seems like Jerry Rice can still play today. I don't believe that that's something that is a real issue."

York later added, "I think we can debunk it."

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 5 (Reuters) - All 166 worshippers kidnapped during attacks on ​two churches in Kurmin Wali in northern Nigeria's ‌Kaduna state last month have been released, the Christian Association of Nigeria ‌said on Thursday.

Reverend John Hayab, chairman of the northern chapter of CAN, said every abducted worshipper had now returned, without giving details on whether a ransom was paid or ⁠how the release ‌was secured.

CAN leader in Kaduna, Reverend Caleb Ma'aji, also confirmed the release, saying he just ‍returned from the government house in Kaduna where the governor is set to receive the worshippers.

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"The stage is set for them to ​be brought... His Excellency will meet with them. This ‌is a result of the prayers we have offered," he said.

Nigerian government officials have yet to comment publicly on the release.

The assault on the Kaduna churches was among the latest in a string of mass abductions that ⁠has intensified pressure on the Nigerian ​government. Nigeria has also faced scrutiny ​from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has accused the country of failing to stop the persecution ‍of Christians. ⁠U.S. forces struck what they described as terrorist targets on December 25.

Abuja says it is working with Washington ⁠to improve security and denies any systematic persecution of Christians.

(Additional reporting ‌by Hamza Ibrahim in Kano, Writing by Elisha ‌Bala-Gbogbo; Editing by Alex Richardson)