NEW YORK – General Motors is recalling nearly 368,000 vehicles to fix a defective part that could prevent the windshield wipers from working.
The problem affects the 2013 models of the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain. GM says those vehicles were built with ball joints that could corrode and wear out to render the windshield wipers inoperable.
GM says it will cover the repair costs once it determines when it will be able to fix the problem.
WASHINGTON – Presidential nominee Donald Trump is receiving criticism for his latest tweets, after NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin was fatally gunned down near a Chicago school where she intended to register her children.
“Dwyane Wade's cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago,” Trump wrote Saturday. "Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!”
One person responded: “@realDonaldTrump – Glad you’re not making this about you. Whew!”
Some criticized his record with African American voters, accusing him of trying to appeal to them too late. Originally, he spelled Dwyane wrong, but deleted the incorrect version, replacing it with a new tweet using the same wording. Trump has ramped up efforts to appeal to black and Hispanic voters in recent weeks as the polls show him slipping behind rival Hillary Clinton.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Some mistakes are never too late to fix.
A Civil War soldier misidentified when he was buried at an Ohio cemetery more than 150 years ago is to get a new headstone.
Confederate soldier Augustus Beckmann was fatally wounded in the Battle of Shiloh on April 7, 1862. But he was buried at the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery in Columbus under the wrong name, A. Bergman, and wrong company.
Beckmann's brother's great-great-grandson, Greg Beckman, discovered the error when he visited Camp Chase last Memorial Day.
Beckman, who teaches government at a high school in Placentia, California, pulled together the necessary documentation and asked the National Cemetery Administration to fix the headstone. He recently learned his request was approved.
NEW YORK – A woman who caused chaos aboard a subway train by releasing a container of crickets and worms says it was all a prank.
Zaida Pugh said she had the episode videotaped “to show what homeless people go through.”
The NYPD says it's still looking into whether Wednesday's incident was staged and whether Pugh and the woman on the train are the same person. If so, she could face charges.
Pugh told the Post on Friday that a friend intentionally flipped the container over. She says the passengers attacking her also were part of the stunt. Startled passengers had crickets on their arms and worms wriggled on the floor. Someone pulled the emergency brake, halting the train for 30 minutes. Pugh says that wasn't planned.
Associated Press
