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In the news today: The FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn't running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, an AP review of Justice Department records shows; a senior U.S. health official is urging Americans to get the measles vaccine as outbreaks spread; and Trump slams Olympic skier Hunter Hess for his remarks about politics back home. Also, all the memorable moments from the Super Bowl. |
Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) |
FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn't running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show |
The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein's bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world's most influential people. But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused multiple underage girls, they found scant evidence he led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an AP review of internal Justice Department records shows. Read more. |
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'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise |
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. Read more. |
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An outbreak in South Carolina in the hundreds has surpassed the recorded case count in Texas' 2025 outbreak, and there is also one on the Utah-Arizona border. Multiple other states have had confirmed cases this year.
"Take the vaccine, please," said Oz, whose boss, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. "Not all illnesses are equally dangerous and not all people are equally susceptible to those illnesses," Oz told CNN's "State of the Union." "But measles is one you should get your vaccine."
- The outbreaks have mostly impacted children and have come as infectious disease experts warn that rising public distrust of vaccines generally may be contributing to the spread of a disease once declared eradicated by public health officials.
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US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash — including from Trump |
President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic, freestyle skier Hunter Hess, "a real Loser" who perhaps should have stayed home. Read more. |
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Trump's comment came after reporters on Friday asked U.S. athletes at a news conference how they feel representing the country during the Trump administration's actions. Hess replied that he had mixed emotions since he doesn't agree with the situation, and that he is in Milan competing on behalf of everyone who helped get him to the Games. "Just because I'm wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the U.S.," he said.
Hess was the latest and most prominent example of U.S. Olympians at the Games inviting online backlash with their words. Figure skater Amber Glenn said the LGBTQ+ community has had a hard time during the Trump administration. She posted on Instagram that she had received "a scary amount of hate / threats for simply using my voice WHEN ASKED about how I feel."
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Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald and quarterback Sam Darnold, left, hold the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) |
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