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DETROIT—The U.S. government’s road safety agency has opened two investigations into problems with Volkswagen vehicles, including one that alleges serious gasoline leaks under the hood. Details of the probes, which cover nearly 215,000 vehicles, were posted Friday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website. The largest investigation covers more than 191,000 VW Atlas SUVs […]

Clara Lamore Walker, who swam for the United States at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, won three national championships, and later in life set hundreds of national and world swimming records in several masters age groups, has died. Walker died Friday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in North Smithfield, Rhode Island,

NEW YORK—A Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station should spend the rest of his life behind bars for a “premeditated and vicious” terror attack committed on behalf of ISIS terrorist group, prosecutors said Thursday. In papers filed in federal court in Manhattan,

CAIRO—All ships stranded by the grounding of the giant container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal in March had passed through the canal by Saturday, ending the backlog that built up during the blockage, the canal authority said. The last 61 ships, out of 422 ships that were queuing when the vessel was dislodged

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation into law on Friday lifting some restrictions to buy or carry a handgun in the state for law-abiding citizens. Read More RSS Feed | The Epoch Times

BUENOS AIRES—Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has tested positive for the new coronavirus and is in good spirits despite a light fever, the first-term Peronist leader said on Saturday. “I am in good physical condition,” the president, who turned 62 on Friday, said in a tweet. He had received Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus

The force police officers used against George Floyd last year in the moments preceding his death was “totally unnecessary,” a Minneapolis Police Department official testified on Friday. “Pulling him down to the ground face down and putting your knee on a neck for that amount of that amount of time, it’s just uncalled for,” Lt.

Prosecutors in Taiwan on Saturday sought an arrest warrant for the owner of an unmanned truck that rolled onto a train track. Read More RSS Feed | The Epoch Times

One of Georgia’s two U.S. senators on Friday said he respected Major League Baseball’s (MLB) decision to move its all-star game and draft from the state. “Businesses and organizations have great power in their voices and ability to push for change, and I respect the decision of the players to speak out against this unjust

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said federal agencies have started disbursing a third batch of stimulus checks, with a large set of payments this time around going to Social Security and other federal beneficiaries, after reports that some people in this category experienced delays. The IRS, along with the Treasury Department and the Bureau of Fiscal Service,