Oct 25 Watch 3:39 News Wrap: National Intelligence director doubts North Korea will relinquish nuclear weapons By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, National Intelligence Director James Clapper voiced doubt that North Korea will ever give up its nuclear weapons. The State Department quickly disputed that notion and insisted the U.S. policy is both unchanged and realistic. Also,… Continue watching
Oct 25 Volkswagen settles emissions scandal for $15 billion By Ryan Connelly Holmes The German manufacturer will spend up to $10 billion to buy back or repair customers’ cars and more than $4.5 billion on clean vehicle projects and efforts to counter residual emissions. Continue reading
Sep 09 Volkswagen engineer pleads guilty to conspiracy in emissions scandal By Harry Zahn A Volkswagen engineer pleaded guilty to helping the German automaker cheat U.S. emission standards tests and defraud U.S. regulators and customers, the Justice Department announced Friday. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 3:00 News Wrap: ISIS claims throat-slit slay of Catholic priest in France By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the brutal throat-slit murder of a Catholic priest during morning Mass in France’s Normandy region. The two attackers were later shot dead. Also, in Australia, Prime Minister [Malcolm… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch News Wrap: Deadly suicide bombing strikes Istanbul airport By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a terror attack at Istanbul’s main airport killed several people. At least one suicide bomber opened fire and then blew himself up, according to the Turkey’s justice minister. Also, Volkswagen will spend about $15 billion… Continue watching
Jun 28 Volkswagen to pay $15 billion in U.S. emissions settlement By News Desk German automaker Volkswagen AG will pay more than $15 billion to settle customer and government claims that it cheated on emissions tests. Continue reading
Jan 13 EPA and Volkswagen mum on meeting of leaders amid emissions scandal By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Officials at Volkswagen and the nation's environmental watchdog are keeping mum about whether any progress was made during a closed-door meeting on the German automaker's emissions cheating scandal. Continue reading
Jan 07 VW CEO headed to Washington to meet with EPA chief By Michael Biesecker and Tom Krishner, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Volkswagen's top executive is traveling to Washington next week to meet face to face with the nation's head environmental regulator. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 5:36 After a boom year, what’s down the road for the auto industry? By PBS News Hour In 2015, Americans spent roughly $570 billion dollars on more than 17 million cars and trucks, breaking a record set 15 years earlier. But it was also a year of automaker scandal, including a probe into GM's defective ignition switch… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 5:04 News Wrap: Volkswagen sued for emissions cheating By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the U.S. government is taking carmaker Volkswagen to court for cheating that led to greenhouse gas emissions up to 40 times beyond federal standards. Also, President Obama defended his plans to tighten gun control restrictions… Continue watching