VW Reveals It Misstated Emissions of Gas Cars
Volkswagen’s pollution problems took a costly new turn on Tuesday when the company said it had understated emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, for about 800,000 of its vehicles sold in Europe, and overstated the cars’ fuel economy.
A limited number of gasoline-powered cars are affected, said Eric Felber, a company spokesman, expanding the...
Takata to Pay Up to Record $200 Million Over Faulty Air-Bags
The Japanese maker of air bags linked to the deaths or injuries of dozens of motorists has agreed to pay a record U.S. civil penalty of up to $200 million and have an independent monitor oversee the nation’s largest-ever automotive safety recall.
Under a five-year consent decree reached with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
Big and deadly: Major foodborne outbreaks spike sharply
Major foodborne outbreaks in the United States have more than tripled in the last 20 years, and the germs most frequently implicated are familiar to most Americans: Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria.
In the most recent five-year period -- from 2010 to 2014 -- these multistate outbreaks were bigger and deadlier than in years past,...
Justices Hear Debate on Suing Companies for Seemingly Harmless Falsehoods
WASHINGTON — A case about false information on the Internet gave rise to a vivid and occasionally personal argument on Monday at the Supreme Court.
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The question in the case was whether companies that say false but seemingly benign things about consumers may be sued under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Justice...
Lawsuit filed against Chipotle in E. coli outbreak
Health officials in two states aren’t yet reporting how many people have been sickened in an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning that shuttered Chipotle restaurants in Washington and Oregon, saying more investigation and testing need to be done.
At least 22 people have fallen ill since Oct. 14 in the outbreak tied to the...
Omaha business recalls 167,427 pounds of ground beef due to E. coli scare
An Omaha, Neb., company is recalling nearly 84 tons of ground beef after federal inspectors traced E. coli to the company on Friday.
All 167,427 pounds were produced by All American Meats, Inc., on Oct. 16 for sale in 60- and 80-pound boxes and shipped to retailers nationwide. No deaths or illnesses have been linked...
In Religious Arbitration, Scripture Is the Rule of Law
A few months before he took a toxic mix of drugs and died on a stranger’s couch, Nicklaus Ellison wrote a letter to his little sister.
He asked for Jolly Ranchers, Starburst and Silly Bandz bracelets, some of the treats permitted at the substance abuse program he attended in Florida. Then, almost as an aside,...
Porsche pulled into VW emissions-cheating scandal with new EPA charges
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday levied additional charges against Volkswagen, pulling its subsidiary Porsche into the global emissions-cheating scandal.
The agency also added a new engine -- the 3.0-liter diesel six-cylinder -- and several more models to the list of vehicles it says were illegally equipped. The models include the 2014 VW Touareg, the...
Study: Self-driving cars have higher accident rate
Even though they haven't been at fault, self-driving test cars are involved in crashes at five times the rate of conventional cars, a new study finds.
Even when the figures are adjusted to take into account that many accidents involving conventional cars go unreported, the study from the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute found...
Study of rear-end crashes finds head injuries from rear-facing child seats
A new study showing the potential for children in rear-facing car seats to hit their heads during rear-end crashes worries some safety experts, who say they’re concerned it will wrongly discourage parents from keeping children in the safest rear-facing position.
The study, published in the October issue of the Journal of Traffic Injury...
