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DETROIT (AP) — A major maker of air bags is now responsible for what will be the largest auto recall in U.S. history. Japanese company Takata has agreed to declare nearly 34 million air bags defective because the chemical that inflates them can explode with too much force, sending shrapnel into the vehicle. There have been six deaths and more than 100 injuries. The agreement adds 18 million bags to the recall.
UNDATED (AP) — Farmers in one part of drought-parched California are trying to avoid harsh, state-imposed water use restrictions by proposing their own standards. The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta farmers, who have California's oldest water rights, are proposing to voluntarily cut their use by 25 percent. They expect to present the proposal to state officials today.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles is about to join a growing number of cities with their own minimum wage mandate. The city council overwhelmingly approved a phased-in, $15 an hour minimum and the mayor supports it. Los Angeles politicians felt they had to do something to help the working poor in a city that has some of the highest housing costs in the nation and where nearly 1 in 4 people lives below the poverty line.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Thousands of migrants believed to be stranded at sea could have reason to hope after a potential breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis confronting Southeast Asia. Indonesia and Malaysia agreed today to provide temporary shelter. The migrants are believed to be victims of human traffickers.
SUMAS, Wash. (AP) — A prosecutor in Washington state has concluded that a recent border shooting was justified. The Whatcom County prosecutor says the agent retreated as far as he could from the young man, identified as Jamison Edward Childress, and gave him fair warning. But the 20-year-old Canadian who was wanted on a murder charge sprayed the agent with bear spray after illegally crossing the border.
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