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Stellantis recalls nearly 220,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs worldwide due to fire risk
DETROIT (AP) -- Stellantis is telling owners of
nearly 220,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs worldwide to park
them outdoors and away from other vehicles because the
power liftgates can catch fire even when the engines are
off. The company is recalling certain Cherokees from
the 2014 through 2016 model years. Water can get into
the liftgate control computer, causing an electrical short
that can touch off a fire. The company says it hasn't developed
a fix yet. Owners will get notification letters
starting June 30. Stellantis says the problem was caught
in a routine review of customer data.
Washington state Senate OKs bill keeping drugs illegal
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The Washington state Senate
quickly approved a major new drug policy as lawmakers
returned to work for a special session Tuesday, sending
the measure to the House and saying it strikes a balance
between public order and compassion for those struggling
with substance abuse. The compromise reached a day earlier
by Democratic and Republican leaders seeks to bridge
a gap between liberals who believe drugs should be decriminalized
and conservatives who insist the threat of jail
is necessary to force people into treatment.
Virginia man charged in baseball bat attacks on three women
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- A man with untreated schizophrenia,
according to his father, was arraigned Tuesday on charges
involving baseball-bat attacks on three women, including two
staffers for U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly. Xuan-Kha Tran Pham,
49, of Fairfax heard the charges by video hookup from the
Fairfax County jail. A judge ordered him held without bond
pending a preliminary hearing in July. The four counts include
aggravated wounding and malicious aggravated wounding in
the attack at Connolly's district office in Fairfax, and counts of
felony destroying property and misdemeanor hate crime for
an episode less than an hour earlier, when police say he hit a
car windshield with the bat and chased a woman after asking
if she was white.
Families of Des Moines school shooting victims sue program, founder
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The families of two
teenagers shot to death in a Des Moines alternative high
school have filed a lawsuit alleging the program and its
founder were negligent in not keeping the premises safe.
The families of Rashad Carr, 16, and Gionni Dameron,
18, filed the lawsuit Monday against the program Starts
Right Here and its founder Will Keeps. Both teens were
killed Jan. 23 in a shooting in the school, an educational
program designed to keep at-risk youth out of trouble.