Trump weighs broader cabinet shake-up as Iran war pressure grows

By Nandita Bose, Jana Winter, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal

WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a broader cabinet shake-up in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi's removal this week, as he grows increasingly frustrated with the political fallout from the war with Iran, five people familiar with internal White House discussions said.

Any potential reshuffling could serve as a reset for the White House ‌as it confronts a politically challenging stretch: The five-week-old war has driven up gas prices, dragged down Trump's approval ratings and intensified anxiety about the consequences for Republicans heading into November's midterm elections.

Some allies said his televised ‌speech to the nation on Wednesday - which one senior White House official described as an attempt to project a sense of control and confidence about the direction of the war - fell flat, adding to the sense that changes in messaging or personnel were needed.

"A shake-up to show action is not a ​bad thing, is it?" another White House official said.

Three White House officials and two other sources with knowledge of administration dynamics spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.

The sources did not consistently describe any single cabinet member as certain to lose their job in the near term. But multiple officials are in some degree of danger, they said.

Several of the sources said Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's director of national intelligence, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are among those potentially on the chopping block, after Trump ousted Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in recent weeks.

Trump has in recent months expressed displeasure with Gabbard, said one senior White House official. Another source with direct knowledge of the matter said Trump had asked allies about their thoughts on potential ‌replacements for his intelligence chief.

Some high-profile Trump allies, meanwhile, are privately pushing for the ⁠removal of Lutnick, a close personal friend of the president who has faced renewed scrutiny in recent months for his relationship with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

New files released earlier in the year revealed that Lutnick had lunch with Epstein on his private island in the Caribbean in 2012. Lutnick has said he "barely had anything to do with" Epstein and that the lunch took place ⁠only because he was on a boat near the island.

White House spokesman Davis Ingle said Trump maintained "total confidence" in Gabbard and Lutnick.

"The President has assembled the most talented and impactful Cabinet ever, and they have collectively delivered historic victories on behalf of the American people, from Director Gabbard's role in ending the Maduro narcoterror regime to Secretary Lutnick's role securing major trade and investment deals," Ingle wrote in an email when asked for comment.

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence pointed Reuters to a Thursday post by the ​White ​House on X in which White House communications director Steve Cheung is quoted as saying Trump has "total confidence" in Gabbard.

The Commerce Department did not ​immediately respond to a request for comment.

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'BONDI IS NOT THE LAST ONE'

Trump could ultimately decide, ‌however, not to make any changes to his administration's senior ranks. Several others close to Trump have said the president is reluctant to overhaul his cabinet too frequently, after recurrent staffing changes during his first term dominated headlines and created the impression of chaos at the White House.

One of the White House officials said to expect a "targeted churn," rather than a "big, dramatic reset."

Still, after his disappointing speech on Wednesday, doing nothing could be just as politically dangerous as making a significant change that, for better or for worse, would dominate news headlines, one White House official said.

Trump worked with his speechwriting team and top advisers on this week's prime-time address, one official said, after aides had urged him for weeks to speak directly to the nation about the U.S. role in Iran.

During the speech, the president declined to lay out an off-ramp for the war, which began on February 28, leaving the impression that the conflict was open-ended. And instead of offering solutions to voters' economic anxieties, he said ‌the pain would be short-lived and that Tehran was to blame.

"The speech did not accomplish what it was supposed to," the official said, ​adding that while Trump's core supporters still backed him on the war, they are broadly under economic strain.

"Voters tolerate ideological messaging, but they feel fuel ​prices immediately," the official said.

Just 36% of Americans approve of Trump's overall job performance, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos ​survey, the lowest figure of his current term. The war with Iran is particularly unpopular, with 60% of respondents disapproving of the U.S.-Israeli decision to start the conflict.

Two of the White House ‌officials said Trump is extremely frustrated with what he perceives to be unfair media coverage of ​the war in Iran, and he has made clear to ​his team he wants more positive news accounts. He has not indicated, however, that he is interested in adjusting his own messaging strategy.

Such pressures notwithstanding, multiple cabinet members have shown remarkable staying power despite drawing negative headlines or consternation from the White House over their actions.

Some outside allies, for instance, have pushed for Lutnick's ouster since April of last year, when he rolled out a set of global tariffs that puzzled allies and experts during "Liberation Day."

Gabbard, ​a longtime critic of U.S. military interventions abroad, upset the White House as early as last ‌June, when she released a video criticizing "political elite warmongers" in the lead-up to Trump's first military action against Iran.

Still, the sources said the possibility of a shake-up had grown decidedly more serious in recent weeks. ​One senior White House source said Trump wants to make any big changes now, well ahead of the midterms.

"Let's just say, based on what I have heard, Bondi is not the last one," another ​White House official said.

(Reporting by Nandita Bose, Jana Winter, Andrea Shalal and Gram Slattery; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Edmund Klamann)

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Coast-to-coast warm weather in the forecast. But when will it arrive?

Now that April is here, we can certainly put alltalk of Arctic airto bed, right?

Not quite so fast.

A potent cold front — with origins in the Canadian Arctic — is forecast to sweep across much of the central and eastern U.S. on Easter Sunday, April 5, putting a temporary end to the recent warm spell. Though the front will set up a cool stretch of weather for the East, warm-weather fans can rejoice knowing that the cool weather should be relatively short-lived.

Indeed, the forecast for the U.S. is"coast-to-coast" warmthfor the April 9-15 period.

Overall, the forecast for April is for above-average temperatures for much of the United States,NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said in a forecast released March 31.

In Texas, for example, theNational Weather Servicesaid that "chances lean towards our streak of warmer than average months continuing into April."

Warmer days and blossoming flowers are signs that spring — which officially began on March 20 — is upon us. See stunning photos of scenes from spring 2026.

The Pink Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia Impetiginosa) springs to life at the Hibiscus Fountain in Palm Beach, Fla., March 5, 2026.

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Warmer days and blossoming flowers are signs thatspring— which officially began on March 20 — is upon us. See stunning photos of scenes from spring 2026.The Pink Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia Impetiginosa) springs to life at the Hibiscus Fountain in Palm Beach, Fla., March 5, 2026.

Weather forecast for early April

In the East, April should continue the recent typical springtime trend of alternating between warm and cool weather, similar to what was seen in March, but not as extreme. But the overall forecast is for a warm month for much of the nation.

First, a warm Easter Sunday morning is in store for the eastern seaboard before the cold front comes through, bringing a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms that will move from the Appalachians to the Atlantic Coast. This front will usher in chillier temperatures that are generally slightly below average across parts of the central to eastern United States through the first half of the week of April 5,NOAA's Weather Prediction Center saidin an online forecast.

For example, in Pittsburgh, highs on Sunday, April 5, in the 80s will be followed by highs in the 50s.

A large area of high pressure will follow the front. It's definitely a "cold" high, rather than a "warm" high, forecasters said.

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"The high pressure area ... has its origins in the North Pacific and southern Canada, so that high is a lot different than the 'homebrew high' that set up the heat dome in the West for 2 weeks recently," AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski explained in an e-mail to USA TODAY.

Forecast says warm again, cool again

The high will then take up residence in the Southeast states. The week of April 5 will be cool to start, then should slowly be modified by April sunshine, Sosnowski said. "While we should get to record high levels of warmth after many days, it should not be near the punch in scope and magnitude of the conditions from the West," he added.

Overall, Sosnowski predicts that a gradual warmup is forecast in most cases after a cool start to the week.

"Probably 12 of the first 15 days of April will bring temperatures well above the historical average for the interior Southeast, mid-Atlantic and central Gulf Coast states," AccuWeather lead long-range meteorologist Paul Pastelok said in an online forecast.

Cool ocean breezes may hold back temperatures along parts of the southern Atlantic coast on some days, he said.

"The warm wedge will be the result of an atmospheric traffic jam that develops from the Atlantic to the Gulf Coast," Pastelok explained. "Then, as a large storm forms over central and eastern Canada around the 15th of the month, much cooler air will likely sweep in."

West will be warm, too

For the early part of the week, thanks to a ridge of high pressure, the West can expect above-average temperatures that are as much as 10 to 20 degrees above average, the Weather Prediction Center said. "Above normal temperatures should spread into the High Plains by Tuesday [April 7] and gradually farther east Wednesday [April 8] and Thursday [April 9] as the ridge pushes east," the center said.

The ongoing warmth is more bad news for the precipitation-starved West, where snowpack is well below normal, and in some places confined to just the highest elevations, the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) added.

"Gradual melting of accumulated winter snowpack throughout the spring and summer months is a critical component of the water budget of the West," the WPC said. "The below-normal snowpack this past winter therefore places additional stress on alternate water supplies such as reservoirs and groundwater sources."

Doyle Rice is a national correspondent with USA TODAY, focusing on weather and climate.

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Why is Easter celebrated? Here’s what to know about the holy day.

Easterwill be celebrated this year on Sunday, April 5.

Though widely associated with the Easter Bunny, colorful eggs, and baskets of chocolate, it's a significant holiday for members of the Christian faith. The holiday commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after he was crucified by the Romans around 30 A.D.

Easter follows Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, and is a day after the last day of Holy Week (April 4), which began on March 29 this year.

Here's everything to know about Easter Sunday as it approaches.

How is Easter celebrated?

Some people celebrate Easter by attending Mass or another type of church service on Easter Sunday. According to polling released on April 2 by theNapolitan News Service, a nonprofit that conducts polling, 65% of American voters plan on celebrating the holiday.

That number, according to the outlet, includes 34% of people who celebrate Easter as a religious holiday, 13% who celebrate it as a secular one, and 16% who celebrate it as both.

Easter is typically celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon, on or after the vernal, according to previousUSA TODAY reporting, which can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25.

Some religious sects have chosen not to include secular Easter traditions, such as the Easter bunny or Easter eggs, according toHistory.com.

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The holiday is also marked with a traditional Easter lamb dinner. In Jewish traditions, lambs were often used for sacrifices and are typically served during Passover, according toHistory.com.

Easter's origins

Many Easter holiday traditions and symbols have roots in pagan celebrations, according toHistory.com.

For example, the tradition of Easter eggs stems from pre-Christian pagan traditions, per the outlet. In ancient cultures, eggs symbolized life, renewal, and rebirth. The pagans believed eggs symbolized fertility and birth.

Another great symbol of the holiday is the Easter Bunny. While the exact origins of the character are unknown, it likely stems from German immigrants who arrived in the United States in the 1700s, according toHistory.com. Baby bunnies in springtime are also associated with birth and renewal.

Not all religious followers celebrate the holiday the same way. Traditions vary across Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Eastern Orthodox.

Eastern Orthodox Christians begin celebrating Easter with Great Lent, starting on Clean Monday, 40 days before Easter, according toHistory.com. Easter is also called Pascha byOrthodox Christians, which means Passover. According toTime and Date, Orthodox Easter falls on April 12.

Michelle Del Rey is a trending news reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at mdelrey@usatoday.com.

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FDA Announces Nationwide Recall on Cheese Following E. Coli Outbreak

Following a multi-state investigation by theU.S. Food & Drug Administration(FDA) andCenters for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), the FDA has announced a voluntary recall by Raw Farm, LLC, of several Cheddar cheese products that were linked to anoutbreak of E. coli. At this time, nine cases of E. coli have been reported, three of which required hospitalization.

According tothe FDA announcement, Raw Farm is issuing the voluntary recall "under protest," and the company continues to contest the FDA's epidemiological evidence linking its raw Cheddar cheese to the E. coli outbreak. However, it is still recalling several varieties of Cheddar cheese that were made from milk that is not pasteurized or thermalized "as a path forward."

How To Identify the Recalled Cheddar Cheese

Whilethe FDA previously issued an advisoryinstructing customers not to consume, sell, or serve any of the block and shredded Cheddar cheeses produced by Raw Farm after Jan. 4, 2026, we now have a list of exact batches and cheeses subject to recall. The following cheeses are subject to the voluntary recall:

Item Description

8 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Block

835204001177

80 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Block

835204001160

16 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Block

835204000156

80 oz Bag of Original Cheddar Shred

835204000194

16 oz Jalapeno Cheddar Block

20251128-1J

835204000354

8 oz Lightly Salted Cheddar Shred

835204001184

8 oz Jalapeno Cheddar Block

20251128-2J

835204000330

Any batches of these cheeses produced prior to these dates are also subject to recall.

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You can find photos of the affected products on the originalFDA advisory page.

What To Do if You Have the Recalled Cheddar Cheese

Consumers are urged not to consume any of the batches of Cheddar cheese included in this voluntary recall. Instead, return the products to the original place of purchase for a full refund.

As of March 26, 2026, the FDA investigation is still ongoing. So far, nine cases of E. coli in three states—California, Florida, and Texas—have been reported, three of which required hospitalization, and one of which resulted in hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious condition that can cause kidney failure.

If you consumed the Raw Farm raw Cheddar cheeses, you should monitor yourself for symptoms of E. coli, which can include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting. If you are experiencing any symptoms of an E. coli infection, contact a healthcare provider immediately. If you have questions regarding the recall, you can contact Raw Farm via this form:https://rawfarmusa.com/contact.

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Millions of eyedrops sold at major pharmacies and stores voluntarily recalled

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.

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"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.

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Forced from their homes by Israeli bombing, displaced Lebanese face uncertainty and sectarian tensions

ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — Almost made homeless duringIsraeli bombingthat badly damaged her home in Tyre, southern Lebanon, two years ago, Rose El Khoury salvaged what she could and rebuilt.

Two years later, the home in Tyre that she shared with her husband and three children is a pile of rubble.

"In 2024, it was livable, even though we didn't have the money to fix it," El Khoury, a housewife in her 30s whose husband is serving with the Lebanese army, told NBC News in a telephone interview earlier this week. Today, she said, "my house is on the ground. So there is no hope to return."

El Khoury and her children are among more than 1 million people who have beenforcibly displaced from their homes in Lebanon, mainly in the south, amid a sweeping aerial and ground assault by Israeli forces as Israel looks toestablish a "security zone"there.

'No place to go back'

Israel began its invasion after Iranian proxy group Hezbollah launched strikes on the country from Lebanon in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, which has escalated into a wider regional conflict.

In the weeks since,fears of a long-term occupation of southern Lebanonhave grown, with Israel moving to establish a buffer zone in the area, leveling homes and destroying bridges over the Litani River, which connects the south to the rest of Lebanon, while taking control of what crossings remain.

Israel says the buffer zone is necessary to keep the threat of Hezbollah's rockets away from its border, and its Defense Minister Israel Katz has warned that the hundreds of thousands of families displaced from the south will not be able to return to their homes, or what is left of them, until the safety of the residents of northern Israel can be guaranteed.

More than 1,300 people have been killed across Lebanon and over 4,000 injured since the current war began, according to the Lebanese government.

"It is devastating," said El Khoury, who is now living in a single room at a temporary shelter in Sehayleh in the Keserwan District, northeast of Beirut, with her three children, ages 8, 6 and 4. She says they have struggled to get access to enough food and basic supplies.

"There is no place to go back."

Dire circumstances

Humanitarian workers on the ground have described dire circumstances for hundreds of thousands of people displaced across the country, with many sleeping on city streets and in cars in and around the country's capital, Beirut, as aid groups call for more funding to prepare for the possibility of "long-term displacement."

"Even if there was some sort of ceasefire, we already know that there are some regions in the south that have been taken over," Dr. Tania Baban, the Lebanon country director for the Chicago-based nonprofit MedGlobal, told NBC News in a phone interview Friday.

"So, now you have the concern of people who will not be able to — I hope not — but possibly ever go back to their land," she said.

Abbas Bazoun, 46, said he, his wife and their four children have been living out of their van for weeks now after being displaced from their home in Deir Aames in southern Lebanon.

He said they were barred from bringing their family dog into shelters and, refusing to abandon their pet, had little choice but to sleep in their vehicle.

"My dog is very dear to me, and I cannot give him away," said Bazoun. He said his family still had yet to learn whether their home remained intact, but that his small shop selling fruits and vegetables had been destroyed in Israel's offensive.

He said his wife has been left traumatized and suffered a "nervous breakdown" from living through the Israeli fire. "We faced a lot of bombing before we left," he said.

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Sectarian tensions 'brewing'

Meanwhile, humanitarian groups have also warned of growing sectarian tensions, with displaced people being turned away from communities they have sought refuge in over fears they could potentially be Hezbollah members.

Multiple groups, including the United Nations and MedGlobal, previously told NBC News that they had heard of local municipalities seeking to discourage residents from renting homes to displaced people coming from the south over fears they could be targeted if suspected Hezbollah members were among them.

The New York Times separately reported this week that the Israeli military has told leaders of Christian and Druze communities in southern Lebanon that they can remain in evacuation zones, but has pressed them to force out any Lebanese from neighboring Shia Muslim communities seeking refuge in their communities.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News on the allegations.

"I think there's a lot of anxiety. There's a lot of concern," Imran Riza, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon, said in a phone interview on Friday.

"Compared to 2024, there is much more of a sense of insecurity and tension amongst both the host populations and the displaced population," he said.

Dany Makhlouf, a social activist from Achrafieh, a Christian neighborhood in Beirut, said people there did not want shelters set up in the area after past "issues" during previous rounds of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.

He said in some instances, displaced people had "put Hezbollah flags in the schools, which created tensions among the residents."

"Remember, we belong to different political parties, and to us, Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into this war and previous wars," he said.

Israel occupied southern Lebanon until 2000 and has frequently launched attacks on the area in recent decades, striking out at Hezbollah, which was first founded in the 1980s when Israel occupied southern Lebanon following attacks between the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Israeli military. Hezbollah has long supported the destruction of Israel.

The Lebanese government vowed in 2024 to disarm the militant group as part of a U.N.-brokered effort to bring the previous conflict to an end, but there has been little progress in doing so since.

Bechara Gholam, the mayor of Rmeil, a Beirut neighborhood in the area of Achrafieh, said there were no shelters for displaced people there.

Gholam said that if displaced people do seek to rent apartments in the area, their names are sent to the government for confirmation that they are not known to be involved in "any activity related to Hezbollah." If they are cleared, Gholam said, "we don't have any problem."

"The security of our neighborhood is a priority to us," the mayor said.

Baban said she was growing increasingly concerned about the "local tension that is brewing" and by reports of Israel trying "to ignite that type of sectarian tension."

Meanwhile, she worried what would happen to displaced families if Israel does press on with a longer-term occupation of southern Lebanon.

"To be honest, we're all hoping for a miracle," she said.

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New Jersey state troopers rescue bear cub from highway ditch

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 Rescue Bear Cub

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.

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