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Parents already have enough to worry about at meal time, but another baby food recall is adding to the stress. One baby food maker has recalled a popular fruit puree that's been sold nationwide, so it's up to parents to check their pantries for the affected product. Here's everything you need to know about the Tippy Toes baby food recall.

What's Wrong With the Baby Food?

The recalled baby food has elevated levels of patulin, according to therecall notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Patulin is a naturally occurring mycotoxin that is produced by mold, including mold that can be found in fruit like apples.

"Long-term exposure resulting from ingestion of patulin can lead to various adverse health consequences, including a potential for immune suppression, nerve damage, headache, fever, and nausea," according to the FDA.

The contamination was found during testing for theTotal Diet Study, a nutrient and contaminant monitoring system started by the FDA in 1961. Thankfully, there have been no illnesses related to the patulin contamination so far.

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Which Baby Food Was Recalled?

Initiative Foods, a private label baby food manufacturer located in California, is recalling one lot of Tippy Toes brand Apple Pear Banana baby food. It was packaged in a two-pack of plastic tubs with a cardboard sleeve holding them together.

Here is the identifying information of the recalled Tippy Toes Apple Pear Banana you should look for on the package.

• 8-ounce total weight

• UPCs: 036800 or 265783

• Lot # 07174

• Best By Date: "BB 07/17/2026"

• Package code identifier: INIA0120

The baby food was sold at various grocery stores in every state except Alaska. It may have also been distributed to Guam and Puerto Rico, according to the FDA.

What Should I Do if I Have the Recalled Tippy Toes Baby Food?

If you have any of the recalled packages of Tippy Toes Apple Pear Banana baby food, the FDA is advising you to not feed it to anyone and either dispose of it or return it to the store where you purchased it for a refund. You can contact your doctor if you have health concerns related to consumption of the baby food.

For more information, including any updates on the Tippy Toes recall, consumers can call 1-855-215-5730, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST.

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Earlier this month, as the latest disclosures inthe Epstein filesrippled through right-wing media, the conservative morning television show "American Sunrise" devoted several segments to calls for harsher consequences and sustained attention on the scandal.

"We need to make an example of all of this," co-host Emily Finn said during the February 9 broadcast on the pro-Trump cable channel Real America's Voice. "And not just let this go and let this slip under the radar."

Moments later, the program handed off to the conservative network's marquee show, "War Room," hosted by Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist. Over the next two hours, Bannon ticked through topics animating his audience — from Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance to a contentious Republican Senate primary in Texas.

He did not mention Jeffrey Epstein.

Silence has largely defined Bannon's public posture toward Epstein since the Justice Department released records on January 30 detailinga close personal relationshipbetween the two men. In the weeks that followed, Bannon has not broached the release of the files or the frequency with which his own name appears in the newly public records, a CNN review of dozens of hours of programming found.

Even when Bannon showered praise on Attorney General Pam Bondi for her combative Capitol Hill appearance earlier this month, he didn't explicitly mention the Epstein files, the subject of many of her heated clashes with lawmakers.

It's similar to an approach Bannononce suggested for Epsteinas allegations about the financier's sex crimes resurfaced. In February 2019, Epstein said in a text message he would like "true facts out." Bannon replied, "you should just want this to go away."

As Epstein contemplated responding to some of the coverage, Bannon was blunt. "Have you lost your f**king mind," he wrote, "the moment you say ANYTHING this is global story #1!!!!!"

Bannon did not respond to CNN's request for comment. Ina statementto The New York Times, Bannon said he was working on a documentary film about Epstein and "that's the only lens through which these private communications should be viewed." Bannon told the newspaper he captured 50 hours of footage of Epstein, and that the film would expose Epstein and "destroy the very myths he created." Last month, the Department of Justice released two hours of Bannon interviewing Epstein.

As a leading voice in the GOP's conspiratorial flank, Bannon has long trained his audience to distrust convenient explanations. Since its inception in 2019, his podcast has served as a platform for guests to push unproven theoriesabout election fraudand other topics. Until recently, a placard bearing one of his favorite sayings sat over his shoulder during broadcasts: "There are NO conspiracies but there are NO coincidences."

Mixed reactions from MAGA

Now, some longtime allies are pressing him for answers.

Laura Loomer, a Trump loyalist with a large online following, told CNN that Bannon should be "100% forthcoming" about his ties to Epstein. Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, another far-right figure,wrote on Xthat an explanation was overdue, a remark that came in response to the release of a 2018 text to Epstein in whichBannon suggested that the 25th Amendment could be invoked against Trumpto remove him from office.

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a regular guest on "War Room," wrote on X that her concerns extended beyond Bannon's discussions with Epstein about Trump.

"There is no excuse for having such a friendly relationship with Epstein, post conviction," shewrote, referring to Epstein's 2008 guilty plea to two state prostitution charges, one involving a minor. "None."

But while the MAGA movement has spent years fixated on exposing Epstein's network, there are so far few signs one of its most influential voices faces significant fallout. Bannon's show has continued on Real America's Voice without interruption, and high-profile guests have appeared even after his communications with Epstein were released, including Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the chairman of the Virginia GOP, among many others.

One Trump administration official told CNN that Bannon's audience was so big, he would likely survive.

'Epstein is a key that picks the lock'

The absence of Epstein discussion on "War Room" marks a stark programming shift from last year, when it served as a recurring source of intrigue for Bannon and his guests. Dozens of these clips wereposted to the War Room X account.

"Democrats know Epstein's black book is a ticking time bomb. That's why they've switched their focus to affordability," said oneJuly War Room post with a video of Bannon viewed 1.4 million times.

His podcast regularly amplified calls to release investigative records related to Epstein, who was arrested in July 2019 on charges he sex trafficked minors, and helped fuel a pressure campaign that culminated in Trump signing legislation to make additional files public.

"Epstein is a key that picks the lock on so many things," Bannon tolda July gathering of young conservativeshosted by Turning Point USA. "Not just individuals, but also institutions, intelligence institutions, foreign governments."

Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet declined to comment when asked if Bannon would be invited to the organization's future events, but he notably appeared on "War Room" earlier this month.

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What Bannon didn't disclose in that July speech or others was his own conversations with Epstein — which included private discussions about reshaping global politics. In their exchanges, Bannon described plans to"take down" Pope Francisand sought Epstein's help in advancing populist movements in Europe.

Epstein at one pointwarns Bannon about potential headwinds he facessidestepping federal rules about representing foreign governments andlater suggests a media platform would avoid the scrutinya nonprofit or new political party might receive. The next year, Bannon launched his podcast.

Loomer called it "a bit hypocritical" for Bannon to bang the drum for releasing the Epstein files without mentioning their shared history. Comedian Tim Dillon,who previously interviewed Bannon on his own popular podcast, recently said he would've asked about Epstein had he known about their relationship.

"That's uncomfortable," Dillon said on "The Young Turks," a progressive web show. "I guess for whatever reason, Bannon thought there was value in a relationship with a guy like Jeffrey Epstein, and that's something he's going to have to answer."

Bannon, though, has so far offered little public explanation of how he first came to know Epstein or why he shared sensitive information with the disgraced felon in hundreds of text messages and emails.

Their exchanges include shared grievances about Trump — who dismissed Bannon as White House senior adviser in 2017 andonce counted Epstein among his friendsbefore a falling out in the mid-2000s. In August 2018,the two discussedthe need for an intervention for Trump and the potential liabilities the president faced in his mounting legal entanglements. Bannononce shared an article titled, "How close is Donald Trump to a psychiatric breakdown," which Epstein then circulated to other close confidantes. In an exchange with Epstein, Bannon referred to Trump and his inner circle as "transitory figures" while suggesting he was the "center of gravity of this movement."

When Bannon launched a fundraising campaign to raise money for a wall at the US southern border, he told Epstein he needed to tread carefully. "can't seem like I'm running (sic) trumps nose in his own incompetence,"he wrote. Federal prosecutors would later charge Bannon with defrauding donors, butthe case against him disappeared when Trump pardoned himbefore leaving office in 2021.

These messages have fueled private speculation within the president's orbit about Bannon's future in MAGA and his relationship with Trump. White House officials have often sought to keep Bannon at arm's length and out of the president's ear, but the two have managed to maintain a relationship.

"He has a lot to answer for," a Trump ally told CNN.

Another Trump adviser expected the controversy to follow Bannon as he navigates his role in the MAGA movement beyond 2028. While Bannon hasled calls for Trump to run for a third term, his own political aspirations — including long-rumored presidential ambitions — remain a source of intrigue in Washington.

"He has zero chance now," the adviser said. "It's so sketchy."

'We need to push back on the lies'

In 2019, texts between the two men turn toward an emerging issue for Epstein: an intensifying national focus on allegations that he had trafficked girls resurfaced in a Miami Herald series. In dozens of messages, Bannonadvises Epsteinon how to navigate the fallout,writing in April 2019: "first we need to push back on the lies; then crush the pedo/trafficking narrative ; then rebuild your image as philanthropist."

When federal prosecutors rejected a push by Epstein's alleged victims to throw out his 2008 plea deal, Bannon appeared elated at the news.

"Dude!!!!! Is this real,"he texted Epstein. "Tell me this is real."

Bannon has not publicly addressed these messages, but he told the Times he was "a documentary filmmaker working, over a period of time, to secure 50 hours of interviews from a reclusive subject." Their final correspondences include ongoing efforts to carve out time for Bannon and his crew to film Epstein.

Tom Fitton, the head of the conservative group Judicial Watch, said he was unaware of Bannon's extensive history with Epstein when he appeared on the "War Room" podcast last year to share updates on his legal fight to force the release of the Epstein Files.

Fitton told CNN he watched footage of Bannon's interview with Epstein and was left wondering why any public figure would seek out his company.

"Epstein seemed like a sociopath to me," said Fitton. "I don't know how Bannon was able to keep on communications with him even for the reasons he says he was doing that."

On "American Sunrise," though, anticipation for an Epstein film from Bannon is already building.

"War Room will be up next," co-host Gina Loudon said at the end of Tuesday's show. "How about when that Bannon documentary on Epstein comes out? That should be interesting."

Bannon did not mention it during his broadcast.

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An East Coast storm is expected to develop this weekend, but the track of this potential nor'easter isn't yet determined, leaving impacts such as snow, rain, wind and coastal flooding from Sunday into Monday uncertain from New England to the mid-Atlantic states.

As is often the case, parts of this forecast are somewhat clearer, while others are quite uncertain.

We'll lay all that out below.

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What We Know

- Timing: late Saturday into Monday, with the peak snowfall occurring on Sunday and Monday.

- We expect low pressure to form Sunday off the East Coast, somewhere offshore between the Delmarva Peninsula and the Carolinas.

- That low pressure should quickly gain strength, and could do so quickly enough to be called a "bomb cyclone" by early Monday, a term for low pressure that intensifies rapidly.

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What's Still Uncertain

The main uncertainty iswherethis offshore low tracks. That affects who may see snow, rain, wind and coastal flooding and the magnitude of those impacts.

To keep it simple, there are two extreme ends of this forecast:

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1. The low intensifies too late and/or istoo far offshorethat impacts along the coast are minimal after some light rain, snow and gusty coastal winds Sunday.

2. The low intensifies and trackscloser to the coast, bringing a threat of coastal flooding, along with heavier rain or snow and high winds to the coast, and to some extent inland.

The trend currently is toward option number two here.

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The Forecast, For Now

The maps below show our current best forecast of snow and rain from this system from Sunday through Monday.

Wind gusts over 40 mph are also increasingly likely from coastal Virginia to eastern Massachusetts. These strong onshore winds could cause coastal flooding.

This may change in the next few days. Check back with us at weather.com for updates to this forecast in the coming days.

How Much Snow?

The heaviest snow is expected along the coast from New Jersey to Massachusetts, where totals could surpass 4 inches, and in the northern Appalachians, where totals could surpass a foot.

Note that as this forecast is refined and the exact track and strength of this system are figured out, these totals will shift.

Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather are his favorite topics. Reach out to him onBluesky,X (formerly Twitter)andFacebook.

The amount of players testing and actually doing physical activities at the NFL scouting combine has dwindled in recent years as prospects have attempted to put their best foot forward at the friendly confines of their college pro days and/or private workouts, or they've opted out altogether. Even among players who do test, there's a decreasing amount of them opting in for every type of on-field drill.

This isn't me being an old man yelling at clouds. It's just what is happening and something I completely understand from a player's perspective as they attempt to rein insomecontrol of the biggest job interviews of their lives. Theoff-field process, which includes the literal interview portion, carries a good deal of weightas potential (and hopefully fruitful) marriages between player and franchise start to form. The NFL scouting combine has always been as much about the player-team interviews andmedicaltesting as it has been about the on-field spectacle that has now become a prime-time event with actual live crowds.

This class has a lot moregoodthangreatin it, and it also has a real lack of consensus among talent evaluators at just about every position. Even the ones with solidified first options, like quarterback and running back, there are plenty of arguments to be made about how the rest of their positions stack up behind them. As the NFL roadshow moves to Indianapolis for this year's combine and draft season starts ramping up, here are a handful of players whose results I'm keeping an eye on. And that applies whether those results are with their on-field testing, medical testing, or teams making them take character tests about whether they are a cat, dog or reptile person.

Monroe Freeling, OT, Georgia

Freeling was on the fence of declaring for this year's draft, but after the combine wraps up, he might be feeling giddy that he decided to throw his hat into the ring. Freeling's film in the second half of the season had him shooting up draft boards, including my own. He's a great athlete, at 6-foot-7, with a large frame that hints at his basketball-playing background. It's a frame that he still has room to continue to grow into, too. Freeling's strength and ability to anchor against stronger pass rushers greatly improved as the 2025 season wore on, all while he was still able to nimbly move to the second level or as a puller in space. His balance is a strong point of his game. In a wide-open offensive tackle class that has plenty of interesting names (including another one in a moment), Freeling has been labeled a project by some, but his film is much stronger than that. He has a chance to vault himself to the top of some boards with a strong display of athletic testing and during team interviews. I'm already leaning that way as it is.

Max Iheanachor, OT, Arizona State

I had to cut myself off at just two offensive linemen because everyone should be watching this whole class, including the Utah duo of Caleb Lomu and Spencer Fano, both of whom could help themselves by showing weight gains. But both are as athletic as they've displayed on film (I still prefer Lomu). Kadyn Proctor is a massive tackle prospect out of Alabama, with the typically associated positives (strength and overwhelming defenders in the run game) and negatives (size limits his ability in pass protection against speedier pass rushers) for being so big. He can help himself just by having a good showing at weigh-ins.

Iheanachor is a tackle who was a JUCO transfer and a late comer to football. He had a great week of practices in Mobile at this year's Senior Bowl, and his film is more polished than you'd assume for a player who can easily get labeled as a faraway project. He has great size with real length and flashes like an explosive athlete. I'm already viewing him as a top-30 player, and if he has a strong week of testing to back up his rise over the past several months, then his stock could keep rising.

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Any tight end or running back?

Look for a big week from anybody at this position. Evaluators are all over the place about who are the second-best players at these respective positions. I'm personally interested in seeing how Georgia tight end Oscar Delp and Washington running back Jonah Coleman measure in and test (again, if they do test).

Denzel Boston, WR, Washington

I'm a fan of Boston, a big receiver who has the size and catching range of a player who can consistently win in isolated situations at the next level. If he runs well (or at all) at the combine, he can help dispel any concerns about his speed and overall athleticism.

Makai Lemon, WR, USC

Lemon is a demon from the slot who has question marks on his size and just how consistently he can align and win from the outside at the next level. Lemon shows off plenty of twitch and can play much bigger than his size at the catch point. But how he measures in terms of height, weight and arm length will do as much to solidify his stock as anything else he does on the field.

Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU

Cornerback is yet another position without a real consensus at this point in time, but Delane has done nothing but help his stock in 2025. Delane shows off a strong football IQ and understanding for concepts that he had to guard against, especially when passing things off in zone and playing high-low situations. Delane's main question marks are more physical. He plays with loose hips and gets near the ball constantly, but just how big and athletic he is are the main hang-ups from cementing his place at the top of his position stack. If he goes off in Indianapolis, or at least has a strong showing, Delane could keep rising into the top 10.

Keldric Faulk, Edge, Auburn

Faulk sat atopmy midseason big board, but I've cooleda littlesince then as he didn't quite make the leap I thought he might over the last month of the 2025 season. I haven't cooled that much, though! And a monster week at the combine will help his case (and my bullishness) on Faulk's combination of youth, length and overall athleticism. He projects as a plus run defender with a developing pass rush game, and he has some positional and scheme versatility as a bonus. If he measures well and tests like an upper-echelon athlete, teams will stay glass-half-full about how Faulk can develop at the next level.

Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee

McCoy has been battling to be the first cornerback selected despite not playing a game in over a year. That's just how toolsy the tools that he flashed in 2024 were in his last season of playing. If McCoy can help assure teams that his knee is A-OK after an ACL injury in January 2025, he could keep his name high on boards. McCoy is supremely talented, but his stock has, and will be, fascinating to keep track of.

Defensive tackles, in general

There are heaps of generously portioned defensive prospects for NFL teams to pick in this year's draft. It's a good year to need an interior defensive lineman, especially in the back half of the first round and into Day 2. There are a few different flavors — from maulers to run pluggers to oversized gap shooters — that can all show offsomethingthis coming week to get tabbed as the guy to help be a linchpin for defenses that are moving to more top-down play and lighter boxes, thus needing morebeefup front. Prospects like Clemson's Peter Woods, Ohio State's Kayden McDonald, Texas Tech's Lee Hunter, Georgia's Christen Miller, Florida's Caleb Banks, Iowa State's Domonique Orange and Florida State's Darrell Jackson Jr. can help separate themselves with big weeks.

Stephen Curry has missed five games for the Golden State Warriors due to a knee issue. He's now guaranteed to miss at least five more.

The Warriors have ruled the former MVP out for the next 10 days, at which point he will be reevaluated,the team announced Thursday. An MRIreportedlycame back clean of any structural damage Wednesday, but the pain and swelling have persisted in Curry's right knee.

"It's just lingering soreness,"Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said Thursday.

Sitting out Thursday's game against the Boston Celtics means Curry will have missed 17 games this season. His next missed game will make him ineligible for the NBA's regular-season awards, breaking a five-year streak of All-NBA teams.

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The Celtics won Thursday's game 121-110.

Curry last played Jan. 30, when he exited a competitive game after the third quarter due to some awkward contact on a drive. Kerr said after the game that the team didn't believe Curry's knee issue was "anything major," but at least 10 missed games is veering into major territory.

The Warriors' next four games after the Celtics are the Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers. If he is green-lit to return after 10 days, Curry's first game back would be against the Los Angeles Clippers on March 2.

Golden State currently sits at 29-27, good for eighth in the Western Conference. It's not in much danger of falling out of the play-in tournament — it's 7.5 games ahead of 11th-place Memphis — but there's a very real chance the team's record will be .500 or worse by the time Curry comes back.

On the bright side for the Warriors, trade acquisition Kristaps Porziņģis made his debut Thursday after dealing with an Achilles injury, posting 12 points in 17 minutes off the bench. However, with Curry's knee woes and Jimmy Butler III already out for the season, there's little reason to expect the team to be aggressive in getting any of its standout players on the court.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kevin Durant made two free throws with 3.2 seconds left for the last of his 35 points, and the Houston Rockets held on to beat the Charlotte Hornets 105-101 on Thursday night.

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Jabari Smith Jr. added 15 points, and Reed Sheppard and Alperen Sengun each had 13 for Houston. The Rockets overcame an 11-point first-half deficit.

Grant Williams led the Hornets with 20 points. Brandon Miller scored 17 points, but was 1 of 12 from 3-point range.

LaMelo Ball, playing a day after being involved in a two-car crash in downtown Charlotte, had 11 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.

The Hornets, who had won 11 of 12 going into the All-Star break with the only loss coming to Eastern Conference-leading Detroit, looked sharp early and bolted to an 11-point lead early in the second quarter.

But the Rockets would start to pull away in the fourth quarter with Sengun making a spinning reverse layup against rookie 7-foot- center Ryan Kalkbrenner and baby hook shot on back-to-back possessions to Houston its biggest lead at 95-84 with five minutes left.

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Charlotte's Kon Knueppel, who came into the game second in the league in 3-pointers, would make two 3s down the stretch but Durant was too much.

He hit four mid-range jumpers and scored 10 points in the fourth quarter including one to beat the shot clock with 44 seconds left when he drove the left side of the lane and elevated above traffic.

After Knueppel's third 3 cut it to 103-101 with six seconds left, the Hornets were forced to foul and Durant made both free throws to put the game away.

Up next

Rockets: At New York on Saturday night.

Hornets: Host Cleveland on Friday night.

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The navies ofEl SalvadorandMexicoannounced drug seizures in the Pacific Ocean this week of more than 10 tonnes of cocaine, in contrast to deadly strikes by the U.S. government that just this weekleft 11 people dead on three boatssuspected of carrying drugs in Latin American waters.

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The latest announcement came Thursday, when Mexico said it had seized nearly four tonnes of suspected drugs and detained three people from a semisubmersible craft, 250 nautical miles (463 kilometers) south of the port of Manzanillo.

Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said via X that the seizure from the sleek, low-riding boat with three visible motors brought the weekly total to nearly 10 tonnes, but he did not provide detail on the other seizures.

Mexican authorities said the seizure was made with intelligence shared U.S. Northern Command and the U.S. Joint Interagency Task Force South.

On Sunday, El Salvador's navy announced the largest drug seizure in the country's history of 6.6 tonnes of cocaine. The navy had intercepted a 180-foot boat registered to Tanzania, 380 miles (611 kilometers) southwest of the coast. Navy divers found 330 packages of cocaine hidden in the boat's ballast tanks. Ten men were arrested from Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama and Ecuador.

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On Thursday, Salvadoran authorities gave access to the seized ship FMS Eagle, which had just arrived in the port of La Union. More than 200 wrapped bundles were lined up on the deck.

The Trump administration has pressured Mexico to make more drug seizures over the past year. The trafficking of drugs like fentanyl was the president's justification for tariffs on Mexican imports.

Mexican PresidentClaudia Sheinbaumhas responded with a more aggressive stance toward drug cartels than her predecessor, that has included sending dozens of drug trafficking prisoners to the United States for prosecution.

Sheinbaum has also expressed her disagreement with strikes by the U.S. military in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean against boats suspected of carrying drugs.

At least 145 people have been killed in those strikes since the U.S. government began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" last September.

The U.S. strikes this week included two vessels carrying four people each in the eastern Pacific Ocean and another boat in the Caribbean carrying three people. The administration provided images of the boats being destroyed, but not evidence they were carrying drugs.