{"id":217442,"date":"2026-07-17T18:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/taco-bell-holds-the-lettuce-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:40:17","slug":"taco-bell-holds-the-lettuce-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/taco-bell-holds-the-lettuce-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Bell holds the lettuce &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start the day here:<br \/><em><strong><a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicolefallert\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em> here, bringing you the news to know on Friday.<br \/>Lettuce <a href=\/story\/news\/health\/2026\/07\/16\/taco-bell-lettuce-cyclospora\/90950428007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>at\u00a0Taco Bell\u00a0restaurants<\/a> has been linked to an\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/health\/2026\/07\/16\/cyclosporiasis-outbreak-source-cases-updates--live\/90940337007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak<\/a>\u00a0that has sickened more than 1,600 people in in five states, federal health officials say.<br \/>The FDA&#8217;s investigation has identified a single supplier of iceberg lettuce from Mexico used by Taco Bell location in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia, the agencies said late Thursday. The outbreak has especially\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/health\/2026\/07\/13\/cyclosporiasis-outbreak-clues-emerge-in-michigan\/90907640007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>hit Michigan hard<\/a>.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>America 250<\/span><\/strong><br \/>One of the <a href=\/story\/news\/usa250\/2026\/07\/16\/america-250-coin-liberty-bell-us-mint\/90912190007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>first non-round coins in recent U.S. history<\/a> was released yesterday,\u00a0according to the U.S. Mint.\u00a0The nearly $20,000 Liberty Bell-shaped coin can&#8217;t be used for everyday spending.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Movies<\/span><\/strong><br \/>USA TODAY film critic Brian Truitt says &#8220;yes.&#8221; Christopher Nolan&#8217;s <a href=\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/07\/16\/the-odyssey-explained-christopher-nolan-homer-movie\/90949806007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>adaptation of\u00a0Homer\u2019s classic<\/a> \u201cThe Odyssey&#8221; is brutal, beautiful and a bit bonkers, Truitt says. Truitt&#8217;s review gave the film\u00a0<a href=\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/07\/07\/the-odyssey-first-reactions-premiere-christopher-nolan-movie\/90831639007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 out of four<\/a>. See it in theaters beginning Friday. And you won&#8217;t regret hearing <a href=\/videos\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/07\/16\/matt-damon-and-anne-hathaway-reveal-the-odyssey-set-stories\/90944876007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway talk about<\/a> acting in the epic.<br \/><small><em>Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOeFQ5SmZTSzB4UGpiQXVYSG83YjlVSktRRGJ1OGlERWJUQzJscDBuS3VMV19BZERNWlB1LU9SNHpLS0hXU0M4VXRHRkxSUDVQSUc5NXpkalpvM28zYXNjaC1XcVNabmRLZTlrVmtKX2oteFZKNzNpUHhDaE1pZThxUlU4ZHZqUHhsOU1TMG9lUHBXZEtiMzFxbUxtYlctUHo5Z3RsWUh0WXBqNmxBdkUyUjRhUW1RUQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start the day here:Nicole Fallert here, bringing you the news to know on Friday.Lettuce at\u00a0Taco Bell\u00a0restaurants has been linked to an\u00a0ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak\u00a0that has sickened more than 1,600 people in in five states, federal health officials say.The FDA&#8217;s investigation has identified a single supplier of iceberg lettuce from Mexico used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}