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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Japanese auto supplier has agreed to declare 33.8 million air bags defective. The announcement by the Transportation Department doubles the number of cars and trucks included in what is now the largest auto recall in U.S. history. The chemical that inflates the Takata air bags can explode with too much force, blowing apart a metal inflator and sending shrapnel into the passenger compartment. The defect is linked to six deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide.
WACO, Texas (AP) — Two days after a bloody shootout at a Texas restaurant that left nine bikers dead and 18 wounded, crime scene tape is still up outside a Waco restaurant. Investigators are removing motorcycles and searching vehicles for weapons and contraband. Processing is expected to continue through the night. Dozens of weapons have been recovered.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The union for Amtrak's locomotive engineers is calling for a second crew member at the controls of trains in the busy Northeast Corridor. An engineer was alone in the locomotive when it crashed last week about 10 minutes after departing Philadelphia for New York. The derailment killed eight people.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling the State Department to speed the release of 55,000 pages of emails from her time as secretary of state. She made the appeal today during a campaign event in Iowa. Clinton's comments came shortly after a federal judge rejected a State Department proposal to release the emails by next January. The judge instead ordered the agency to conduct a "rolling production" of the records in the meantime.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Extra-point kicks this season won't be automatic. The NFL is moving the ball to the 15-yard line on PATs. With the ball at the 2, kickers made more than 99 percent last year. Two-point conversions will still be placed at the 2, but the defense will also be allowed to return a turnover to the other end zone for the two points.
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