Ford just announced a recall affecting 389,585 2012-14 Ford Fiestas and 2013-14 Ford Fusions and Lincoln MKZs, after three incidents caused by faulty or broken door latches, The Detroit News reports. It’s the fourth door-latch recall the automaker has enacted in the past year. – Ford says the affected vehicles “may experience a broken pawl spring tab, which typically results in a condition where the door will not latch. If a customer is
– It looks like Chevrolet may be taking a page from Nissan’s how-to manual on keeping its GT-R fresh, having announced the second spat of updates for the Corvette Stingray in as many years. After the current, C7 Corvette debuted for 2014, it received a series of minor running changes—and a new transmission—for 2015; now, the Vette is getting additional minor changes for the 2016 model year, and most of the
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The long-awaited, much-hyped Apple Watch is officially here. As with most things Apple, the Watch is neither the first such device nor is it a segment leader in any meaningful way (aside from price, which can rocket into five figures depending which options you select). But as is so often the case with Cupertino products, the Apple Watch stands to move smartwatches from the tech-obsessed fringe into the middle of
Her daily tally of calories on the refrigerator’s whiteboard made me wonder if I was eating too many calories myself. When I started gaining weight in middle school, as middle schoolers typically do, that was when she told me I could add a zero on the end of the weight I wanted to be to figure out how many calories I should have in a day.
The tan is not worth the consequences. (Courtesy of Laurie Bartley) For years, I always had a tan, until I finally had to face how much I hated how I looked without one—and get over it. Related: 10 Best Self-Tanners and How to Apply Them I got addicted to tanning while working as a lifeguard the summer after my senior year of high school.
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A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal Saturday, causing an avalanche on Mount Everest and crumbling buildings in Katmandu, the capital. Nepal’s Home Ministry announced an initial death toll of 686, a number that is continuing to rise. We are collecting stories and photos from the ground and live updates on the death toll and damages as the story develops.
Rescue workers search for survivors amid toppled walls and collapsed buildings.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An avalanche triggered by a massive earthquake in Nepal smashed into a base camp at the foothills of Mount Everest on Saturday, killing at least eight climbers and guides, injuring many and leaving an unknown number missing near the mountain’s most dangerous spot, officials said.
