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More than 3 million bottles of eye drops sold at CVS, HEB, Kroger, Meijer, Walgreens and other stores nationwide have been voluntarily recalled due to a "lack of assurance of sterility," according to anoticefrom the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The recalled eye drops were produced by KC Pharmaceuticals Inc., a private label maker, and were sold under multiple brand names, including Best Choice, CVS, Discount Drug Mart, Gericare, Kroger and Walgreens.
The drops were initially recalled on March 3, according to the FDA.
On March 31, the FDA assigned the recall a Class II designation,definedby the agency as a recall in which use of the affected product may cause "temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote."
Voluntary recall issued for eye drops sold nationwide
The recall impacts 3,111,072 bottles of eye drops with the following labels:
182,424 bottles of Sterile Eye Drops AC (tetrahydrozoline HCl 0.05%, zinc sulfate 0.25%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles
303,216 bottles of Eye Drops Advanced Relief (dextran 70 0.1%, polyethylene glycol 400 1% and tetrahydrozoline HCl 0.05%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles, sterile
1,023,096 bottles of Dry Eye Relief Eye Drops (glycerin 0.2%, hypromellose 0.2% and polyethylene glycol 400 1%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles
245,184 bottles of Ultra Lubricating Eye Drops (polyethylene 400 0.4%, propylene glycol 0.3%), sterile, 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles
378,144 bottles of Sterile Eye Drops Original Formula (tetrahydrozoline HCl 0.05%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles
315,144 bottles of Sterile Eye Drops Redness Lubricant (glycerin 0.25% and naphazoline HCl 0.012%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles
74,016 bottles of Sterile Eye Drops Soothing Tears (polyethylene glycol 400 0.4% and propylene glycol 0.3%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles
589,848 bottles of Artificial Tears Sterile Lubricant Eye Drops (polyvinyl alcohol 0.5%, povidone 0.6%), 0.5-ounce (15-milliliter) bottles
A full list of recalled eye drops and their brand names, lot numbers, UPC codes and expiration dates can be found on theFDA website.
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CVS shared several recall notices on its website forGeriCare Artificial Tears Lubricant Eye Drops,CVS Lubricant Eye Drops Redness Reliever, CVS Lubricant Eye Drops Dry Eye, and two-packs of CVS Lubricant Eye Drops Redness Reliever, citing potential microbial contamination.
In a statement to ABC News on Friday, a CVS spokesperson said the four products were "discontinued nearly a year ago," and that the company was "fully cooperating" with the manufacturer recall.
Systane eye drops recalled due to fungal contamination: FDA
"We're committed to ensuring the products we offer are safe, work as intended, comply with regulations, and satisfy customers' needs," the spokesperson said.
Customers who purchased the products may return it to any CVS Pharmacy for a refund, they added.
ABC News has reached out to KC Pharmaceuticals Inc. for comment.
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include new comments from a CVS spokesperson.
UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — State police troopers came to the rescue of a bear cub found in a ditch along the side of a major interstate highway in northern New Jersey.
Troopers from the Perryville station responded shortly before 1:40 p.m. Wednesday to milepost 12.2 on I-78 eastbound in Union Township. The animal was by itself, officials said.
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The bear was soon safely secured and taken back to the state police barracks, where it was later turned over to staffers with the state's Environmental Protection Department, who were caring for the animal.
It's not clear how the cub ended up in the ditch or how long it had been there before it was spotted. Details on the bear's condition were not available Friday.
Supreme Court JusticeSamuel Alitowas taken to a hospital after becoming ill last month at a Federalist Society dinner in Philadelphia, according to people with knowledge of the March 20 incident, which had not been previously reported.
The justice was evaluated and administered fluids for dehydration. He returned to his home in Virginia that night with his security team.
In the two weeks since the incident, Alito has attended oral arguments and appeared healthy during the usual give-and-take with lawyers at the lectern.
Alito, who turned 76 on Wednesday and has served as a justice for 20 years, has become the subject of widespread speculation from commentators across the ideological spectrum and the news media over whether he might retire. (He has refused to answer journalists' questions on the subject.)
Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe confirmed Alito's visit following CNN's exclusive report.
"On the evening of Friday, March 20, Justice Alito felt ill during an event in Philadelphia. Out of an abundance of caution, he agreed with his security detail's recommendation to see a physician before the three-hour drive home. After that examination and the administration of fluids for dehydration, he returned home that night, as previously planned," McCabe said in a statement. "Justice Alito was thoroughly checked by his own physician, and he returned to work the following Monday for oral argument."
Information regarding the health of the justices, who are the final word of the reach of the Constitution in American life, is often difficult to obtain. The Supreme Court's public information office previously declined to reveal that Chief Justice John Roberts hadfallen at a country clubnear his suburban Maryland home in June 2020, injured his head and taken by ambulance to a hospital until it was reported by the Washington Post.
If Alito were to decide to step down, the opening would offer President Donald Trump a fourth appointment to the nine-member bench. Trump named three justices with lifetime tenure in his first term.
Close friends of Alito have told CNN that he has contemplated retirement, but that no decision seems imminent.
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Alito remains one of most consistent votes favoring Trump's bold policies as they have been challenged in litigation. DuringWednesday's oral arguments over birthright citizenship, Alito expressed more receptiveness than his colleagues to Trump's attempt to end the longstanding constitutional principle that anyone born in the US is an American citizen.
Appointed by George W. Bush in January 2006, Alito has turned out to beone of the most influential justices, particularly through his 2022 decision reversing Roe v. Wade and abortion rights and his moves to retrench on voting rights cases.
On March 20, Alito became ill at a dinner held after aFederalist Society symposiumin his honor at the University of Pennsylvania law school. He was taken by his security detail to an area hospital.
The event, "An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Samuel Alito," featured several of his former law clerks, law professors and attorneys who practice before the high court. The program was closed to the news media but available through a livestream. Alito was not on the schedule, and he did not appear at the day-long symposium.
That morning, the Supreme Court was in session to hand down opinions. Alito, who was not on the bench with his eight colleagues, was scheduled to drive with his security detail to Philadelphia.
Dean Reuter, executive vice president of the Federalist Society, did not respond to CNN's questions about Alito and the organization's Philadelphia events.
The evening earlier, on March 19,Alito attendeda separate dinner in Washington, DC, celebrating Notre Dame law professor Sherif Girgis, who had received the Edwin Meese Originalism Award from the Meese Institute for the Rule of Law within the Mike Pence-founded organization of Advancing American Freedom.
Girgis, also a former Alito clerk, appeared the next day at the March 20 symposium. Girgis did not respond to email and telephone queries from CNN.
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ROME (AP) —Pope Leo XIVwill personally carry the wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his firstGood Fridayas pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carries the cross to every station.
"I think it will be an important sign because of what the pope represents, a spiritual leader in the world today, and for this voice, that everyone wants to hear, that says Christ still suffers," Leo told reporters this week outside of the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo. "I carry all of this suffering in my prayer."
John Paul II carried the cross for the entire procession from his first Good Friday as pontiff in 1979 until his hip surgery in 1995, when he carried it just part of the way, according to AP reports at the time.
For the first two years of his papacy,Benedict XVIcarried the cross for the first station inside the Colosseum, then followed other bearers in the procession that ends on a platform on the Palatine Hill.
Pope Francisnever carried the cross, but participated in the procession until his health worsened. He died after a long illness last year on Easter Monday, which fell on April 21.
Pope John Paul II was just 58 when he became pope, and was known as a hiker and outdoorsman. His two successors were in their late 70s when they began their papacies, and Francis was missing part of a lung due to a pulmonary infection as a young man.
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At 70, Leo is physically fit and an avid tennis player and swimmer. Before becoming pope, Leo wouldwork out regularlyat a gym near the Vatican, with a plan befitting a man in his early 50s, according to his former trainer.
Crowds are expected to gather outside of the Colosseum for the Way of the Cross, which commemorates the final hours of Jesus' life, from his death sentence to taking up the cross to his crucifixion, death and burial. The procession ends outside the Colosseum atop the Palatine Hill.
The meditations, which are read aloud at each station, were composed by the Rev. Francesco Patton, who was custos (or custodian) of the Holy Land 2016-25, charged, among other things, with looking after sacred sites
"The Way of the Cross is not intended for those who lead a pristinely pious or abstractly recollected life," Patton wrote in his introduction. "Instead, it is the exercise of one who knows that faith, hope and charity must be incarnated in the real world."
On Holy Saturday, the pontiff will preside over Easter vigil rites at St. Peter's Square and lead Roman Catholics into Christianity's most joyous celebration marking Christ's resurrection.
On Easter Sunday, the pope will celebrate an open-air Mass in St. Peter's Square before delivering his Easter message and offer the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" blessing to the city (of Rome) and the world.
One crew member of aU.S. fighter jet that went down in Iranamid the ongoing war has been rescued, according to a U.S. official.
The status of the plane's other crew member was unclear. A search and rescue operation to recover the crew began after the F-15E jet went down, according to multiple media reports. TheNew York Times,Reutersand other outlets reported on April 3 that Iran shot down the plane.
CBS News first reportedthe crew member's rescue.
An F-15E Strike Eagle jet carries two service members – a pilot and a weapons system officer. It is designed to strike targets both in the air and on the ground.
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A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026. Two loud blasts were heard in Tehran on February 28 morning by AFP journalists, and two plumes of thick smoke were seen over the centre and east of the Iranian capital. 
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Smoke rises following an explosion,after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026.
The war with Iran began Feb. 28 when the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on the country, killing its leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, within hours. Thirteen American service members have been confirmed dead in the war – seven killed in Iranian attacks on U.S. bases in the region and six when their KC-135 aircraft crashed in Iraq. More than 300 U.S. service members have been wounded.
More than 3,000 Iranians have been killed in the war, according toestimatesby a U.S.-based human rights group.
According to CENTCOM, the U.S. military has flown more than 13,000 combat flights, struck more than 12,300 targets and destroyed more than 155 Iranian vessels since the war began.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:1 crew member rescued after US F-15 fighter jet goes down in Iran
PresidentDonald Trumpreceived his worst approval on the economy across both his presidencies in a new poll byCNN/SSRS released April 1.
The poll found 31% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling the economy, compared to 39% in January 2026. The decline in approval on the issue is even higher among Republicans, especially Republicans under 45 years old, according to CNN.
The poll, conducted March 26-30 among 1,201 U.S. adults, found 35% approve of Trump's job performance overall. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
How does that compare to Trump'soverall approval rating? What else did thepoll show about voters' viewson the economy? Here is what to know:
'Outrageous':Sky-high gas prices are changing the way Americans live
The new CNN poll comes as gas prices in the U.S. have surpassed$4 per gallonon average, according to AAA. Before theU.S. and Israel struck Iran, low gas prices were a talking point for the Trump administration facingnegative public opinionon the economy overall.
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CNN reported that their poll found about two-thirds of Americans say Trump's policies have worsened economic conditions and 27% say they approve of Trump's handling of inflation.
CNN also reported 63% of Americans say the prices at the pump have caused financial hardship in their household, including 15% calling it "severe."
One poll respondent told CNN and the pollster about the most important issue facing the country: "Prices! Everything is so expensive. Makes it very difficult to do anything other than work and go home. Trips to the grocery store are ridiculous! Between gas and grocery prices, we are poor!"
Trump addressed the concerns about gas prices in his address to the nation on April 1, saying the Strait of Hormuz would reopen when the conflict was over and theprices would fall again.
Here is a look at some polling aggregators to understand how CNN/SSRS's poll compares to the average Trump approval numbers as of April 2:
New York Times: 39% approve, 57% disapprove, both the worst in this term per the Times
Silver Bulletin: 39.7% approve, 56.6% disapprove
RealClearPolitics Poll Average: 41.2% approve, 56.6% disapprove
Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at KCrowley@usatodayco.com. Follow her onX (Twitter),Threads,BlueskyandTikTok.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Donald Trump's approval rating on the economy hits new low per CNN
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