Automotive

US probes complaints that Ford Escape doors can open while SUVs are being driven

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) 鈥� U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that the doors on some Ford Escapes can open while the SUVs are being driven.

Jul 11, 2023 8:44 AM Read more >

Owners of some 2003 Ram pickups urged to not drive them after another Takata air bag inflator death

DETROIT (AP) 鈥� Stellantis and the U.S. government are urging the owners of some 2003 Dodge Ram pickups to stop driving them after a passenger was killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator.

Jul 11, 2023 8:04 AM Read more >

An Afghan man who spent years helping US forces in Afghanistan is shot and killed in Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� At 31 years old, Nasrat Ahmad Yar had spent most of his adult life working with the U.S. military in Afghanistan before escaping to America in search of a better life for his wife and four children.

Jul 11, 2023 7:38 AM Read more >

China's auto sales rise 8.8% in first half of 2023, but growth is fading as economy cools

BEIJING (AP) 鈥� China鈥檚 auto sales rose 8.

Jul 11, 2023 2:19 AM Read more >

Movie Review: Take the leap with Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One'

Wondering if you should choose to accept the latest 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥� entry? Maybe you're sick of all the bombast at the movie theater lately? Well, put it another way: Do you really want to disappoint Tom Cruise? On the first day cameras were ro

Jul 10, 2023 2:03 PM Read more >

Heavy rains cause flooding and mudslides in southwest Japan, leaving 2 dead and at least 6 missing

TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Torrential rain pounded southwestern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides and leaving two people dead and at least six others missing, officials said Monday.

Jul 10, 2023 4:10 AM Read more >

Florida prosecutors are laying out their case against a plastic surgeon facing the death penalty

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Florida prosecutors seeking the death penalty for a plastic surgeon accused of killing a lawyer and dumping his body in the Everglades have laid out their case in new court filings. Authorities say Dr.

Jul 9, 2023 11:09 AM Read more >

Man sought in Nebraska homicide, armed carjacking shot and killed by police in Iowa

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) 鈥� A man sought in connection with a fatal shooting and an armed carjacking in Nebraska was shot and killed by police officers in Iowa following a chase.

Jul 9, 2023 8:43 AM Read more >

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Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty EL PASO, Texas (AP) 鈥� A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced F

Jul 7, 2023 9:05 PM Read more >

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