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General Motors employees Bobby Caughel, left, and Flint resident James Crump, shout out as they protest with other GM employees, United Auto Workers members and labor supporters outside of the Flint Assembly Plant on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 in Flint, Mich. Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

GM walkout brings factories to standstill

by Tom Krisher Associated Press, and Mike Householder Associated PressSeptember 16, 2019

Terry Dittes, director of the UAW GM department, announces that GM workers will go on a national strike at midnight on Sunday Sept. 15, 2019 in the Marriott Renaissance Hotel, in Detroit, Mi. (Clarence Tabb, Jr./Detroit News via AP)

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Union to strike at GM’s US plants

by Tom Krisher Associated PressSeptember 16, 2019

President Donald Trump talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Official: Trump to challenge California authority on mileage

by Tom Krisher Associated Press, and Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressSeptember 6, 2019

FILE - In this March 28, 1990, file photo, Chrysler Corporation Chairman Lee Iacocca sits in a 1990 Dodge Viper sports car as the Chrysler in the 90's six city tour makes a visit to New York. Former Chrysler CEO Iacocca, who became a folk hero for rescuing the company in the '80s, has died, former colleagues said Tuesday, July 2, 2019. He was 94. (AP Photo/Osamu Honda, File)

Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca dies at age 94

by Tom Krisher Associated Press, and Dee-Ann Durbin Associated PressJuly 2, 2019

Law enforcement personnel work on the roof of the AXA Equitable building, center, Tuesday, June 11, 2019 in New York. A helicopter crashed Monday on the roof of the rain-shrouded Manhattan skyscraper, killing the pilot, Tim McCormack, of Clinton Corners, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Chopper crash raises question of securing NYC skies

by Bernard Condon Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressJune 13, 2019

President Donald Trump arrives at John F. Kennedy Airport Thursday, May 16, 2019, in New York. Trump is in New York for a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump lifts tariffs on Mexico, Canada, delays auto tariffs

by Paul Wiseman The Associated Press, Tom Krisher The Associated Press, Kevin Freking The Associated Press, and Rob Gillies The Associated PressMay 17, 2019

Daniel Elwell, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies during a House Transportation Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, on the status of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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FAA chief defends handling of Boeing Max safety approval

by David Koenig Associated Press, Marcy Gordon Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressMay 16, 2019

In this photo taken with a fish-eye lens, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane sits on the assembly line during a brief media tour in Boeing's 737 assembly facility, Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Renton, Wash. The Federal Aviation Administration plans to revamp oversight of airplane development after the two deadly crashes of Boeing's new 737 Max 8 airplane, according to testimony prepared for a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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FAA defends self-certifying safety program

by Tom Krisher Associated Press, David Koenig Associated Press, and Marcy Gordon Associated PressMarch 28, 2019

In this Monday, March 11, 2019 file photo, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for TUI Group sits parked in the background at right at Boeing Co.'s Renton Assembly Plant in Renton, Wash. The Transportation Department confirmed that its watchdog agency will examine how the FAA certified the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, the now-grounded plane involved in two fatal accidents within five months. The FAA had stood by the safety of the plane up until last Wednesday, March 13, 2019 despite...

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EU, Canada to do own review of Boeing jet

by David Koenig Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressMarch 21, 2019

FILE- In this March 14, 2019, file photo a worker walks next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane parked at Boeing Field in Seattle. U.S. prosecutors are looking into the development of Boeing's 737 Max jets, a person briefed on the matter revealed Monday, the same day French aviation investigators concluded there were "clear similarities" in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Max 8 last week and a Lion Air jet in October. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Justice probing Boeing airliners

by Hope Yen Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressMarch 18, 2019