Ford, Mazda warn owners to stop driving older cars with dangerous Takata airbag inflators
DETROIT (AP) — Ford and Mazda are warning owners of more than 475,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them because they contain dangerous Takata airbag inflators that haven't been replaced. The warning, issued Tuesday, applies to more than 374,000 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles from model years 2004 to 2014 and about 83,000 Mazdas from model years 2003 to 2015. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the inflators could explode with so much force in a crash that they blow apart the metal container and send shrapnel flying, causing serious injury or death. All vehicles were previously recalled, but repairs have not been completed. The government says 27 people have died in the U.S. from the inflators.
Robbery occurs at Trump campaign office in Virginia
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Northern Virginia sheriff's offices are investigating a weekend robbery at former President Donald Trump's campaign office. The incident happened Sunday at an office in Ashburn rented by Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, which also serves as the headquarters for the Virginia 10th District Republican Committee, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said they have security camera footage of someone wearing black clothing, a black hat and carrying a backpack entering the office and searching. It's unclear if anything was stolen, but the investigation is ongoing. The campaign and the Republican committee have not commented.
Starbucks replaces CEO, names Chipotle CEO to lead company
Struggling with sluggish demand and disgruntled investors, Starbucks on Tuesday announced that CEO Lakshman Narasimhan would step down after just over a year on the job. The Seattle coffee giant announced that Brian Niccol, chairman and CEO of Chipotle, would become chairman and CEO of Starbucks on Sept. 9. Starbucks shares soared more than 13% before the market opened. Narasimhan, a longtime PepsiCo executive, became CEO of Starbucks in March 2023. He will succeed Howard Schultz, a longtime Starbucks leader who served as chairman emeritus and came out of retirement in 2022 to become the company's interim CEO. Niccol has been CEO of Chipotle since 2018.
Jets GM Joe Douglas says team won't accommodate Haason Reddick's trade request
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Haason Redick's departure from the New York Jets is looking ugly as he enters Week 3. Shortly after a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that the star edge rusher requested a trade on Monday, Jets general manager Joe Douglas said the team told Redick it had no intention of granting his wish. Redick came to New York from Philadelphia in the offseason after asking the Eagles for a trade due to issues with his contract situation. He wanted a new contract at the time, but the Eagles were not willing to accommodate.
The Berlin Zoo is hoping to have more German-born giant pandas after a scan confirmed she was pregnant.
BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo has delivered long-awaited news: A few months after the first giant panda born in Germany was sent to China, the panda Meng Meng is pregnant again. The zoo said Tuesday that an ultrasound over the weekend revealed that Meng Meng is pregnant with two cubs. There's still plenty of room for growth, but if all goes well, she's due to give birth at the end of August. The birth is especially welcome, as giant pandas are difficult to breed. There are about 1,800 wild pandas in China and hundreds more in captivity around the world.
Jordan Chiles medal investigation: USA Gymnastics says arbitration panel won't reconsider decision
USA Gymnastics officials said they would not reconsider an arbitration panel's decision to return Jordan Childs' bronze medal she won on floor exercise at the Paris Olympics. USA Gymnastics said it would continue to work to ensure Childs could keep her medal. The CAS invalidated an appeal by Childs' coach on floor exercise that would have pushed Childs into third place, saying the appeal exceeded the one-minute time limit for the scoring review by four seconds. USA Gymnastics disputed the timing and said in a statement Sunday that it had presented the CAS with video evidence showing Team USA coach Cecil Lundy first filed the appeal 13 seconds before the deadline.
Musk-Trump interview marred by technical issues
A highly anticipated interview between Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump was marred by technical issues on Monday, with users unable to join the audio conversation on X's Spaces platform. The interview was supposed to start at 8 p.m. EDT. Eighteen minutes after it began, Musk posted on X that the platform was under a “massive” DDOS (denial of service) attack, a federal criminal act that overwhelms a site with data, taking it offline. Outage tracking site Downdetector reported a surge in reports of users being unable to access X, but could not immediately confirm whether this was the result of a malicious attack.
The quake was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, shaking buildings and knocking items off shelves, but caused no major damage.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck the Los Angeles area. It struck just after noon Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was about 7.5 miles underground near the city's Highland Park neighborhood. The epicenter was about 6.5 miles northeast of Los Angeles City Hall. Strong tremors were felt across Southern California. A medical building shook, an ESPN live interview was interrupted, pipes broke at Pasadena City Hall and the ground shook in Anaheim, home of Disneyland. The quake was a reminder of what can happen in a state with large populations living on active fault lines.
Arkansas officer fired after being caught on video beating inmate in back of patrol car
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas State Police officer has been fired after he was caught on video punching a handcuffed inmate in the back of his patrol car. Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott fired Officer Joseph Harris on Friday. The day before, Officer Harris was seen on patrol car video punching, elbowing and slamming the car door on Billy Lee Coram. Coram was being transported from a hospital to a local jail at the time. Elliott said he reviewed the video after receiving a complaint from the Craighead County Sheriff's Office. Elliott said he plans to refer the case to local prosecutors and has contacted the FBI.
A new study on Mars suggests that there could be an ocean's worth of water hiding beneath its red dusty surface.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Mars is wet beneath its surface, and cracks in the underground rocks could hide enough water to form a global ocean, according to a new study. The findings, released Monday, are based on computer modeling and seismic measurements by NASA's InSight rover, which detected more than 1,300 Marsquakes before shutting down two years ago. Scientists say the water is thought to be 7 to 12 miles beneath the Martian crust. It likely seeped up from the surface billions of years ago, when Mars had rivers and lakes.
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