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A Takata Corp. desk at an automaker's showroom in Tokyo.

National

Takata To Pay $1 Billion Over Air Bag Fraud; 3 Executives Criminally Charged

3:32pm January 13, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The settlement with the Justice Department is tied to a deadly defect in air bags that has been linked to at least 16 deaths. The associated recall is the largest in U.S. auto safety history.

Food giant Heinz is voluntarily recalling hundreds of cases of its gravy due to its HomeStyle Bistro Au Jus gravy being mislabeled as Heinz Pork Gravy.

Heinz Recalls Hundreds Of Cases of Gravy Just Ahead of Thanksgiving

11:11pm November 22, 2016

by Brakkton Booker

Some 500 cases are being voluntarily recalled due to possible mislabeling of pork, milk and soy as part of its contents.

The Galaxy Note 7 — shown at the IFA electronics trade fair in Berlin on Wednesday — is waterproof, as this demonstration was designed to highlight. But it turns out users might have another reason to drop it in water: Several dozen users have seen th

Samsung Recalls Galaxy Note 7 Over Exploding, Burning Batteries

10:11am September 02, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

After the device launched in early August, dozens of users reported that their waterproof smartphones caught fire or exploded. Samsung traced the problem to its battery and promises replacements.

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National

Scientists Discover What Made Takata Air Bags Explode

7:29pm February 24, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Plus, a Senate report finds that the company lied about test data even after the air bag recalls.

National

Regulators Recall Another 5 Million Vehicles Due To Faulty Air Bags

8:07pm January 22, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The latest death linked to Takata air bags was the ninth in the U.S. and the tenth worldwide. It involved the crash of a Ford Ranger. Other brands being recalled include Volkswagen and Audi.

Volkswagen has recalled 8.5 million diesel cars in Europe. The company is ordered to fix software that makes the cars appear to run more cleanly than they actually do.

World News

Volkswagen Latest: Company To Recall 8.5 Million Cars In Europe

4:01pm October 15, 2015

by Laura Wagner

After German authorities ordered the recall of 2.4 million cars in Germany, the automaker announced that it would be recalling 8.5 million diesel vehicles across the European Union.

Health & Safety

Harris Teeter, Costco Recall Berry Product

4:17pm June 04, 2013

Update: 6/4/13, 6:00 p.m.

Costco has joined Harris Teeter in the recall. See below for more information from the FDA.