DALLAS—American Airlines is raising the cost of checking bags and it is making other changes to push customers to buy tickets directly from the airline if they want to earn frequent-flyer points. The airline said Tuesday that checking a bag on a domestic flight will rise from $30 now to $35 online and $40 if […]
TRUMBULL, Conn.—A Connecticut man says it felt like he won the lottery when he discovered a bag with nearly $5,000 in cash lying in a parking lot. So, he decided to keep it. Three months later, he has been charged with larceny. It turns out the bag, which Trumbull Police said was clearly marked with […]
Business, leisure, or on a quest to find your lost luggage? With summer travel chaos at its height, few people would actively choose to take a flight that wasn’t for work or vacation. But on the busy Fourth of July holiday weekend, Brett Bunce made a flying visit from the United States to Italy to […]
LAS VEGAS—In 1978, a garment bag containing a woman’s heavily decayed remains was discovered in a remote area of northern Nevada. The case soon went cold—and the victim remained nameless for 45 years. But on Wednesday, Nevada State Police announced that advancements in DNA testing have finally led to an identification. She was Florence Charleston, […]
WASHINGTON—General Motors said on Monday it will recall 42,000 sport utility vehicles in Canada from the 2014 through 2017 model years because the driver’s air-bag inflator may explode during deployment. On Friday, GM recalled 994,763 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles in the United States from the 2014–2017 model years with modules produced […]
DETROIT—BMW is warning the owners of about 90,000 older vehicles in the United States not to drive them due to an increasing threat that the air bags might explode in a crash. The warning covers vehicles from the 2000 through 2006 model years that previously had been recalled to replace faulty and dangerous air bag […]
An Iowa Alzheimer’s care facility is facing a $10,000 fine after pronouncing a woman dead who was later found alive when a funeral director unzipped her body bag, according to documents from the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. The 66-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was admitted to the Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special […]
WASHINGTON—Tesla Inc. recalled nearly 30,000 Model X cars in the United States over an issue that may cause the front passenger air bag to deploy incorrectly, sending its shares down nearly 3 percent on Friday to their lowest in nearly two years. The air bag could deploy incorrectly in certain low-speed collision events where a […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday confirmed a new death tied to a defective air bag inflator in a 2006 Ford Ranger pickup and reiterated urgent calls for owners to get their vehicles repaired. Chrysler parent Stellantis earlier this month urged owners of 276,000 older U.S. vehicles to immediately stop driving them after three deaths […]
DETROIT—Stellantis and the U.S. government on Thursday warned owners of 276,000 older vehicles to stop driving them after Takata air bags apparently exploded in three more vehicles, killing the drivers. The company formerly known as Fiat Chrysler is telling people to stop driving Dodge Magnum wagons, Dodge Challenger and Charger muscle cars and Chrysler 300 […]
A Wisconsin man has been arrested after allegedly dumping eight newborn puppies in a garbage bag. Marshfield police were dispatched to investigate what they understood to be the sound of kittens mewing from inside a garbage can. “Upon arrival, it was learned that the sound was coming from eight newborn puppies, which had been discarded […]
A newborn baby boy, a few hours old, was rescued from inside a trash bag just minutes before he was going to be thrown into a garbage truck after a scrap collector happened to hear his cries. First responders in Durban, South Africa, posted a video of the moment that medics picked up the baby boy […]
A UK school in Lincolnshire recently stipulated a ban on large bags for students in the sixth form (equivalent to grades 11-12) because of health and safety reasons. Instead of breaking the rules, a 17-year-old student decided to conduct a creative protest by carrying his books and supplies in conspicuous containers—a microwave among them. On […]
