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The largest U.S. automaker has come under heavy criticism from President Donald Trump in recent days over its decision to end production at its Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant earlier this month. GM officials said the announcement was planned well before Trump's series of angry GM tweets that started on Saturday. Trump called GM CEO Mary Barra on Sunday to raise the decision to end production at the Ohio plant, which is in a crucial state for the 2020 presidential election.

22 Mar 2019 2:59pm GMT

Frigid Missouri River floodwaters that left ruins, death and drowned livestock across the U.S. Midwest's farmland were expected to crest in northwestern Missouri on Friday and threaten more towns and cities. Police issued voluntary evacuation orders for 200 to 300 homes in the small, riverfront city of St. Joseph, Missouri, where early on Friday North America's longest river was at 31.43 feet (9.58 meters), about 6 inches (15 cm) below its record level. "For the next few hours, we still expect the river to rise," said St. Joseph police Sergeant Casey Guyer, adding that some roadways were underwater.

22 Mar 2019 2:49pm GMT

Tyson Foods is recalling some 69,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips that may have been contaminated with metal, the top U.S. meat processor said on Friday, marking its second recall this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said https://bit.ly/2UPFfIC late Thursday it had received two consumer complaints of extraneous material in Tyson's chicken strips and that there were no reports of illnesses. Tyson is recalling all its fully cooked buffalo-style chicken strip fritters, crispy chicken strips and chicken breast strip fritters, which have a use-before date of Nov. 30, 2019.

22 Mar 2019 2:29pm GMT

Jimmy Carter was the first US president to be born in a hospital. Today, he marks a new milestone as the oldest living former president.

22 Mar 2019 12:52pm GMT

Deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl skyrocketed more than 1,000% from 2011 to 2016, according to a report released Thursday.

21 Mar 2019 4:57pm GMT

Nearly five dozen gravesites at a Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts were vandalized with anti-Semitic phrases and images, police said.

21 Mar 2019 4:08pm GMT