Ford Motor Co. has suspended production and halted shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after a battery caught fire during a pre-delivery quality check. Production at Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, has been stopped until at least the end of next week. The automaker said in...
1 Killed, 3 Hurt in Shooting at Texas Shopping Mall
One person was killed and three more were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, adding to the dozens of people already killed this year in mass shootings across the United States. El Paso police said hours after the gunfire that two people had...
Israel Demolishes West Bank Home of Palestinian Attacker
Israeli forces demolished the home on Thursday of a Palestinian behind a deadly shooting in the occupied West Bank, as tensions and unrest surge in the region. The military said the demolition was carried out after an Israeli court rejected appeals to spare the residence. The home, in the flashpoint...
Hollywood Sex Symbol Raquel Welch Dies at 82
Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and '70s, has died. She was 82. Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness, according to her agent, Stephen...
Fresno’s Juan Felipe Herrera Wins Lifetime Achievement Medal for Poetry
Former poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera is this year's winner of the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement, with judges praising him for a “a poetic voice that is both deeply embedded and wholly original.” Herrera, 74, is known for such collections as “Half the World in Light” and “187 Reasons...
IRS Nominee: No Audit Boost for Households Under $400,000
If confirmed as IRS commissioner, Daniel Werfel says he will commit to not increasing tax audits on businesses and households making less than $400,000 per year. Anticipating questions ahead of his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee, Werfel in prepared testimony makes several other commitments aimed at revamping the beleaguered...
TikTok Challenge Car Thefts Prompt Hyundai, Kia to Update Security
Hyundai and Kia are rolling out software updates to stem a raft of auto thefts related to a TikTok challenge that authorities believe has led to at least 14 reported crashes and eight fatalities. The updates are free for millions of vehicles that are missing a key anti-theft device, an issue that...
Retail Sales Jump as Americans Defy Inflation and Rate Hikes
America's consumers rebounded last month from a weak holiday shopping season by boosting their spending at stores and restaurants at the fastest pace in nearly two years, underscoring the economy's resilience in the face of higher prices and multiple interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The government said Wednesday that...
Arrest Made in Cold Case Murder of NorCal Woman. The Suspect is 75.
A 75-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the cold-case killing of a woman whose body was found in a rural Northern California river nearly 18 years ago, authorities said. Patricia Joseph was reported missing on July 15, 2005 and her body was discovered three days later in the...
Rare Video of 1986 Dive in Titanic Wreckage to Be Released
Rare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is being released Wednesday by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The more than 80 minutes of footage on the WHOI's YouTube channel chronicles some of the remarkable achievements of the...