Record floods engulf U.S. Central states, rivers to rise in days ahead
Rains that melted a historic snowpack swamped U.S. Central Plains states with record floods on Sunday, breeching river levees and causing two deaths.
Historic floods hit Nebraska after ‘bomb cyclone’ storm
Large parts of Nebraska and the U.S. Central Plains were underwater on Saturday after a late-winter “bomb cyclone” storm triggered historic flooding along the Missouri and Platte rivers, causing two deaths, tearing apart homes and swallowing roadways.
Trump urges General Motors to reopen Ohio plant in tweet
U.S. President Donald Trump urged General Motors Co to reopen Ohio plant in a tweet on Saturday, ten days after the plant made its last Chevrolet Cruze.
Police have man in custody for murder of New York Mafia boss
Police have a 24-year-old suspect in custody in the slaying of reputed Mafia boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali in New York City, authorities said on Saturday.
Police question suspect in murder of New York Mafia boss: media
Police have a suspect in custody in the slaying of reputed Mafia boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, New York media reported on Saturday.
U.S. seizes 1 million pounds of pork from China on swine fever concerns
U.S. border agents have seized around 1 million pounds of pork from China, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday, over suspicions that it might contain African swine flu disease which has hit Chinese pork output.
Probe widens into deaths of 22 racehorses at Santa Anita Park near LA
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has joined the inquiry into circumstances surrounding the recent deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park, one of America’s premiere thoroughbred racetracks, the agency said on Friday.
Probe widens into deaths of 22 racehorses at Santa Anita Park near LA
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has joined the inquiry into circumstances surrounding the recent deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park, one of America’s premiere thoroughbred racetracks, the agency said on Friday.
U.S. farm belt slammed by floods, heavy snow from bomb cyclone
A harsh late winter storm broadsided a vast swathe of the U.S. agriculture industry this week as heavy snow closed roads and buried cattle in the Plains while excessive rain flooded Midwest farm fields and swamped grain elevators.
‘Bomb cyclone’ triggers flooding on Mississippi, Missouri rivers
A powerful, late-winter “bomb cyclone” storm pushed into the U.S. Midwest and the Great Lakes region on Friday, causing flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, stranding herds of cattle and raising alarms at a Nebraska nuclear power plant.
