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Fiat Chrysler recalls cars – as owners can't work the gearshift
Fiat Chrysler are recalling more than 1.1 million cars in the US after drivers failed to understand how to work the gearshift. The design, which uses electronics to shift the gears, has been implicated in 41 injuries when drivers mistakenly assumed their automatic was in Park. Chrysler officials have asked drivers to "read the owner's manual" and return the vehicle to have additional safety features installed.
Birthday celebrations held for pothole
Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have come up with a novel way of drawing their local government's attention to their pothole problem – hold a birthday party for them. Homeowners in Devine Street threw a bash for a 16-month-old hole they say has been ignored by city officials, despite numerous calls. They placed balloons and a sign above the pothole, which read: "I have been here over a year! My little brother potholes too!"
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August 23 editorial cartoonsCartoons Saturday's political cartoons include deficit dimness, steamroller-in-chief, and more
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5 museum-grade cartoons about Trump's Smithsonian purgeCartoons Artists take on institutional rebranding, exhibit interpretation, and more
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Settling the West Bank: a death knell for a Palestine state?In the Spotlight The reality on the ground is that the annexation of the West Bank is all but a done deal
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Home Office worker accused of spiking mistress’s drink with abortion drugSpeed Read Darren Burke had failed to convince his girlfriend to terminate pregnancy
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In hock to Moscow: exploring Germany’s woeful energy policySpeed Read Don’t expect Berlin to wean itself off Russian gas any time soon
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Were Covid restrictions dropped too soon?Speed Read ‘Living with Covid’ is already proving problematic – just look at the travel chaos this week
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Inclusive Britain: a new strategy for tackling racism in the UKSpeed Read Government has revealed action plan setting out 74 steps that ministers will take
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Sandy Hook families vs. Remington: a small victory over the gunmakersSpeed Read Last week the families settled a lawsuit for $73m against the manufacturer
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Farmers vs. walkers: the battle over ‘Britain’s green and pleasant land’Speed Read Updated Countryside Code tells farmers: ‘be nice, say hello, share the space’
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Motherhood: why are we putting it off?Speed Read Stats show around 50% of women in England and Wales now don’t have children by 30
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Anti-Semitism in America: a case of double standards?Speed Read Officials were strikingly reluctant to link Texas synagogue attack to anti-Semitism
