ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York, Massachusetts and Maryland are suing Volkswagen and its affiliates Audi and Porsche over diesel emissions cheating, accusing the German automakers of defrauding customers, misleading regulators and then seeking to cover up the deception.
The lawsuits, announced Tuesday, allege that numerous employees and executives at Volkswagen knew that diesel vehicles had been equipped with software allowing them to cheat emissions testing, and that after regulators began investigating several employees tried to cover it up by eliminating data about the software.
BEACHWOOD, OHIO — The Massachusetts delegation to the Republican National Convention needed little introduction to their guest on Tuesday morning. Everyone already knew his name.
John Ratzenberger, better known as his mailman character Cliff Clavin from Cheers, has been a vocal proponent of vocational and technical education outside of his acting career, and he brought that message to Cleveland. Ratzenberger, who several years ago formed a non-profit called the Foundation for America, challenged the modern notion that children must go college to get ahead in the new economy.
