New York
NEW YORK – Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the electric car company is making improvements to the Autopilot system used by its vehicles, which will dramatically reduce the number and severity of crashes they are involved in.
Sunday’s news comes in the wake of a May crash involving a Tesla Model S that was using the semi-autonomous mode at the time. The driver died after crashing into a tractor-trailer.
Musk said he thinks the improvements, which will roll out in the next week or two in the form of a software update, would have prevented that crash.
California
Gas prices up 4 cents cent to $2.21 a gallon
CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline in the United States is up 4 cents over the past three weeks to $2.21 a gallon for regular grade.
Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that higher crude oil costs caused refiners and retailers to raise prices.
The average price is 23 cents lower than a year ago.
The highest average price for regular gas in the U.S. is $2.71 a gallon in San Francisco. The lowest is $1.91 in Jackson, Mississippi.
Macedonia
SKOPJE, Macedonia – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck on the outskirts of Macedonia's capital on Sunday, injuring at least 30 people and causing minor damage, authorities said.
The quake occurred just after 3 p.m. local time, seismologist Dragana Cernih from the national seismological observatory told The Associated Press.
At least 30 people were slightly injured leaving their homes in panic, crisis management department spokeswoman Nadica V’ckova told The Associated Press late Sunday.
Syria
BEIRUT – Rebel factions in Syria expressed deep reservations on Sunday about the terms of a U.S.-Russian deal that seeks to restart the peace process for the war-torn country, with the leader of at least one U.S.-backed rebel faction publicly calling the offer a “trap.”
The second in command of the powerful, ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham group condemned the superpower agreement as an effort to secure President Bashar Assad’s government and drive rebel factions apart.
Turkey
ISTANBUL – Turkish police used water cannons and teargas to disperse protesters Sunday after Ankara announced it had replaced 28 elected municipal and district mayors in several predominantly Kurdish towns in Turkey's east and southeast.
The removed officials are suspected of colluding with groups the government considers terrorist organizations, the Interior Ministry announced Sunday, adding that the decision was in line with a governmental decree enacted in the wake of a failed military coup.
Associated Press
