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Spam recalled after reports of metal objects found in food

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is recalling more than 228,000 pounds of Spam and another product made by Minnesota-based Hormel after four consumers complained about metal objects in the food.

Trump threatens another government shutdown as budget fight looms

President Donald Trump has warned Congress that he will never sign another foot-tall, $1 trillion-plus government-wide spending bill like the one he did in March. His message to lawmakers in both parties: Get your act together before the next budget lands on my desk.

Hawaii’s Kilauea pumps out ‘vog’ as danger grows

Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has had it all over the past three weeks: molten rock shooting toward the sky, lava oozing from the ground and ash clouds rising miles into the air.

 
Flash flooding hits Maryland city again; injuries unknown

Flash floods struck a Maryland community wracked by similar flooding in 2016, authorities said, and water rescues were being carried out as raging brown waters surged through the streets Sunday.

Trump takes on federal bureaucracy with tough executive orders

President Donald Trump on Friday signed a trio of executive orders to make it easier to fire federal workers for poor performance and misconduct, to require departments to negotiate better union contracts and to limit the time certain federal workers can spend on union business.

 
Preparations under way again for possible U.S.-N.Korea summit

President Donald Trump said Sunday a U.S. team was in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jon Un, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting would indeed take place.

George H.W. Bush hospitalized for fatigue, low blood pressure

Former President George H.W. Bush was hospitalized Sunday in Maine after he experienced low blood pressure and fatigue, a spokesman said. Just after 2 p.m., Bush, 93, was awake, alert and not in any discomfort. He will spend at least a few days in the hospital for observation.

 
Indiana teacher out of hospital after stopping student with gun

An Indiana science teacher was released from a hospital a day after he was shot while tackling an armed student inside his classroom. Noblesville police Lt. Bruce Barnes confirmed Saturday that Jason Seaman was discharged from Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

6 dead, 30 missing as record-breaking cyclone hits Oman, Yemen

A cyclone more powerful than any previously recorded in southern Oman slammed into the Gulf country and neighboring Yemen on Saturday, deluging a major city with nearly three years’ worth of rainfall in single day. The storm killed at least six people while more than 30 remain missing, officials said.

Weinstein prosecution likely the exception, not the #MeToo rule

Harvey Weinstein’s arrest in New York Friday is a landmark moment in the #MeToo movement. Yet as authorities work through dozens of cases against famous figures in entertainment and other industries, legal hurdles may make such prosecutions the exception.