WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department sued Volkswagen on Monday over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the United States, potentially exposing the company to billions of dollars in penalties for clean air violations.
The civil complaint against the German automaker, filed on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency in U.S. District Court in Detroit, alleges the company illegally installed software designed to make its "clean diesel" engines pass federal emissions standards while undergoing laboratory testing. The vehicles then switched off those measures in real-world driving conditions, spewing harmful gases at up to 40 times what is allowed under federal environmental standards.
BOSTON — A home-delivery disruption at the Boston Globe quickly deteriorated last week into what Boston Newspaper Guild President Scott Steeves described as "crisis mode" by Saturday night, according to the Boston Business Journal. The critical situation developed as it became clear that the broadsheet's new delivery vendor was not up to the task of completing its designated paper routes.
"It turns out the Globe had hired a company from, I believe, Mars to take over the home delivery operation and it has been a fiasco," Globe columnist Kevin Cullen opined on Sunday.
