GM, LG reach $150 million settlement over Chevrolet Bolt EV battery fires, recall General Motors and LG Energy Solution have reached a $150 million settlement over Chevrolet Bolt EV battery fires. The deal would give owners of recalled Bolts $700 or $1,400, depending on whether ... 05/16/2024 - 2:52 pm | View Link
Volkswagen reaches $54 million 'dieselgate' settlement with Italian owners Volkswagen and a group representing car owners in Italy have reached an agreement worth more than 50 million euros ($54 million) to end a legal battle over the "dieselgate" emissions scandal, they ... 05/15/2024 - 8:08 am | View Link
VW land grab creates $15M windfall, big dreams for rural community A $15-million financial settlement with St. Thomas will chart a “path to prosperity” for neighbouring Central Elgin, the municipality’s mayor says. 05/13/2024 - 2:09 am | View Link
Qantas and ACCC reach $120 million settlement on airline selling cancelled flights Qantas reaches a $120 million agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to settle a lawsuit against the airline for selling seats on flights that had already been cancelled. 05/5/2024 - 7:30 pm | View Link
Russia can't match a Western asset seizure, but it can inflict pain Russia does not disclose how much is in the accounts, held by the country's National Settlement Depository ... Energy group Shell, fast food giant McDonald's and carmakers Volkswagen and Renault have ... 05/2/2024 - 5:33 am | View Link
Colorado voters in November will decide whether to make abortion a state constitutional right after the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday that backers of a ballot initiative had gathered enough signatures.
Advocates for the measure turned in 159,930 valid signatures last month — more than enough to place the question on the ballot, according to the state agency.
The ballot measure, if approved by 55% of voters, would prohibit state and local governments from outlawing or impeding access to abortions.
President Biden drew a parallel on Friday between Donald Trump “and his MAGA Republican allies” and segregationists in the 1950s who tried to prevent Black and white Americans from going to school together.
Speaking to Black leaders gathered at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Biden described meeting with some of the nine people who faced racist jeers and abuse to attend Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957, three years after the Supreme Court ruled segregation in education was unconstitutional.
The shit hit the fan when Chaos Crew member Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett for wearing "false eyelashes," as if the Georgia Sasquatch has room to talk about anyone's appearance. Insults were lobbed back and forth, and Ocasio-Cortez demanded an apology from Klan Mom Marge.
That wasn't going to happen (narcissists never apologize unless they're desperate and it's rehearsed), but MTG did agree to have her words stricken from the record.
"Oh, girl," AOC said.