By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into electric and hybrid vehicle batteries after five automakers issued recalls for defects that can cause fires or stalling. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the probe covers more than 138,000 vehicles with batteries made by LG Energy
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into electric and hybrid vehicle batteries after five automakers issued recalls for defects that can cause fires or stalling. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the probe covers more than 138,000 vehicles with batteries made by LG Energy
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman, CNN At the start of 2022, France’s upcoming presidential election looked set to be one of the country’s most watched political races in decades. An incumbent president standing for election for only the second time in his life; a candidate twice convicted of inciting racist and religious hatred polling in second place;
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and MARIAM FAM The Associated Press LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (AP) — Afghan families evacuated to the United States when the Taliban regained power are celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. They are doing so with gratitude for their safety, but also the agony of knowing their relatives back home are
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorneys to consider dismissing deportation cases that are not arrest priorities under the agency’s rules, according to a recently released memo. The memo, dated Sunday, is the latest in a series of policy changes that have marked a departure from the Trump administration’s
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Gogoro, a Taiwanese electric scooter startup that’s backed by Al Gore and one of Apple’s biggest suppliers, is about to have its day on Wall Street. The company will debut on the Nasdaq on Tuesday after merging with a special purpose acquisition company, Poema Global (PPGH). The deal values the
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO and WILFREDO LEE Associated Press NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — City officials in North Miami Beach ordered residents of a five-story apartment building to evacuate after deeming the building “structurally unsound” during its 50-year recertification process. The residents were ordered out Monday. It’s the second building ordered evacuated in the city
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Danish aid group has been able to keep its Afghan women employees working, even after the Taliban takeover of the country last August. Charlotte Slente, secretary general of the Danish Refugee Council, said on Tuesday that she has held meetings with Taliban officials and pressed them on the rights of
Continue ReadingBy CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An international rights group says Mali’s army and foreign soldiers suspected to be Russian recently killed an estimated 300 men — some of them suspected Islamic extremist fighters but most civilians — in Moura in central Mali. Human Rights Watch says it is the worst single
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams has become a millionaire. A disclosure filed in March shows the candidate for governor is worth $3.17 million, thanks mostly to book and speaking income. Abrams was worth $109,000 in 2018 when she first ran for governor. Abrams then was heavily in debt,
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to meet Wednesday to get a clearer picture of what the future of Covid-19 booster shots might look like. Just last week, the FDA expanded the emergency use authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to allow adults 50 and older
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers has called for the appointment of an interim government. They are warning that a failure to do so would lead to violence and anarchy as protests continue demanding the resignation of the president over
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers has called for the appointment of an interim government. They are warning that a failure to do so would lead to violence and anarchy as protests continue demanding the resignation of the president over
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN When former President Barack Obama walked into the White House on Tuesday, it was his first time in the building since he welcomed then-President-elect Donald Trump for coffee on the morning of Trump’s inauguration. That friendly greeting at the North Portico — including the awkward handoff of a
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet You’ve mastered the basics of money management — the bank accounts, the emergency fund, the 401(k) you contribute enough to so you get your employer match. Maybe you’ve even dabbled in investing, but otherwise you’ve been on autopilot for a few years. That tactic served you well for a time,
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet You’ve mastered the basics of money management — the bank accounts, the emergency fund, the 401(k) you contribute enough to so you get your employer match. Maybe you’ve even dabbled in investing, but otherwise you’ve been on autopilot for a few years. That tactic served you well for a time,
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s government has resigned, just months after its formation, opening up new uncertainty. The tiny country grapples with a worsening political crisis that has blocked critical economic and social reforms. State-run KUNA news agency says Kuwait’s prime minister submitted the Cabinet’s resignation to the
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Another round of extreme weather will hit the South this week, with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail expected today from Louisiana to North Carolina. Once this storm system passes, meteorologists say we’re still not in the clear though. Peak season for tornadoes across the entire US began this week and
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Another round of extreme weather will hit the South this week, with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail expected today from Louisiana to North Carolina. Once this storm system passes, meteorologists say we’re still not in the clear though. Peak season for tornadoes across the entire US began this week and
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Another round of extreme weather will hit the South this week, with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail expected today from Louisiana to North Carolina. Once this storm system passes, meteorologists say we’re still not in the clear though. Peak season for tornadoes across the entire US began this week and
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