GM Recalls 200K SUVs Over Fire Risk
General Motors is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles from Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Isuzu and Saab because of fire danger in the driver’s door.
Fluid may corrode the coating of the door and can cause a short circuit and a fire, the company said. Until repairs are made, affected owners should park their cars outdoors.
The model years of the recalled vehicles range from 2005 to 2007. Click through to see the complete recall list.
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Striking Workers, Riot Police Face Off In Turkey
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Riot police in Turkey's capital Ankara threatened to fire water cannons Monday at 1,000 trade union workers on strike in solidarity with anti-government protesters, Reuters reported. Tear gas and water cannons were already used on protesters around Taksim Square in Istanbul, where 441 people were detained on Sunday. Four people have been killed and 5,000 injured as protests sparked by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's plans to redevelop an Istanbul park into a shopping mall entered their 18th day, according to the Turkish Medical Association. The country's deputy prime minister said Turkey's armed forces could be deployed to quell the protests, Reuters reported.
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Court Strikes Ariz. Proof of Citizenship Voter Law
The Supreme Court struck down Monday an Arizona law requiring would-be voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship when they register to vote. In a 7-2 decision, with the majority opinion penned by Justice Antonin Scalia, the court found Arizona's law preempted by a federal law that requires states to "accept and use" the federal voter registration form, which itself requires voters to check a box stating that they are U.S. citizens. The challenge to Arizona's law had argued that the law was aimed at discouraging voting by legal immigrants, not at curbing voter fraud. Since federal law prohibits the copying of naturalization documents, applicants were forced to register in person instead of through the mail. Three other states with proof of citizenship voter laws almost identical to Arizona's had joined Arizona in urging the high court to uphold the law.
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Cleveland Kidnap Suspect's Home Was Calm on Chaotic Block: Police Records
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During the more than a decade that Ariel Castro allegedly held kidnapped teenagers and young women captive in his home at 2207 Seymour Ave., police officers were within shouting distance of the house more than a thousand times, according to Cleveland Police Department records analyzed by NBC News. From the time the first kidnap victim vanished in August 2002 until the three women and a 6-year-old girl emerged from the Castro house on May 6, 2013, police responded to calls on that block 1,099 times -- or about once every three and a half days. Castro pleaded not guilty last week to 329 charges, including kidnapping and rape.
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Britain Spied on World Leaders at G-20 Summit: Report
British spies intercepted the phone calls of foreign dignitaries at the 2009 G-20 summit, according to documents provided to The Guardian by the self-proclaimed NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the British newspaper reported on Monday. U.K intelligence agency GCHQ also monitored delegates' computers at the London conference and tried to access passwords, The Guardian said. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and Turkish finance minister, Mehmet Simsek were among the politicians targeted, the newspaper said. The report came hours before President Barack Obama and other world leaders gather for the G-8 summit, a two-day-event in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The article said the evidence was included in the classified documents Snowden provided to its reporters.
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Obama, Putin Agree to Push for Syria Negotiations
President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Monday at the G-8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, and agreed to push for negotiations between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian opposition. Despite Washington's and Moscow's different positions on the conflict, both share an interest in seeing an end to the violence in Syria, two and a half years after its civil war began, Obama said Monday, just after his first meeting with Putin in over a year. The White House, meanwhile, announced a new $300 million humanitarian aid package for Syria and neighbors facing an influx of refugees. That brings the total amount of relief given to Syria to $815 million, NBC News reported.
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Man Shot in Utah Church While Attending Mass
A Utah man was critically injured Sunday after he was shot in the back of the head while attending Mass, NBC News reported. The victim was transported to a local hospital and is in critical condition, authorities said. "The suspect was specific in the desired target and action," Ogden police said in a statement. Police also said the alleged shooter is related to the victim through marriage, according to NBC's Salt Lake City affiliate KSL-TV.
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Obama Chooses Lawyer to Oversee Guantanamo Closure
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President Barack Obama chose high-powered Washington lawyer Clifford Sloan to be the State Department's special envoy for closing down the military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, The Associated Press reported. A formal announcement of the appointment is expected on Monday, officials with knowledge of the situation told AP. Sloan was recommended for the position by Secretary of State John Kerry. "It will not be easy, but if anyone can effectively navigate the space between agencies and branches of government, it's Cliff," Kerry said. "He's someone respected by people as ideologically different as Kenneth Starr and Justice Stevens, and that's the kind of bridge-builder we need to finish this job."
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Colo. Wildfire Evacuees Return to Charred Neighborhoods
Five days after a monster wildfire killed two people and destroyed 473 homes in Colorado Springs, Colo., some residents returned home over the weekend to survey the devastation, NBC News reported. “As long as the world around me looks the same, I’ll be fine,” Barbara Metzger whose home was completely charred, told the Associated Press. “We’ll rebuild.” Authorities lifted some of the evacuation orders in neighborhoods surrounding the 15,500-acre Black Forest Fire, according to NBC station KOAA of Colorado Springs. Fire crews battling the fire made significant progress over the weekend, bringing the blaze to 65 percent containment, following surprise showers and mild winds Friday. Officials have yet to determine what sparked the fire.
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"Burrito Bomb" Threat Leads to Federal Charges
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A 50-year old man was arrested last week after he allegedly called the FBI’s Public Access line, based in West Virginia, on June 11 and said he was going to blow up the Albuquerque FBI field office by sending “a burrito with CO2 explosive inside of it,” according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of New Mexico, NBC News reported. Brian Demarco allegedly threatened another Albuquerque building the next day — and told FBI investigators that he has made “terrorist bomb threats” to California in the past. According to the complaint, Demarco, “wanted to be sent to Federal prison. The caller said that he wanted the voices and sounds to stop.” Demarco later told the FBI that he has previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, the report said.
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Boston Bombing Victim Still Fighting to Keep Leg
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After more than a dozen surgeries, Rebekah Gregory – a 26-year-old mom seriously wounded in the Boston Marathon bombings, and now recovering in Texas – managed to keep her leg but she faces an uncertain path ahead, NBC News reported. “I have a leg today, but I could not have it tomorrow,” said Gregory, who is believed to have been the last patient connected to the bombings released from hospital when she was discharged on June 10. Her case is rare even among the more seriously injured in the attacks because while amputees are moving ahead with prosthesis training and rehabilitation, she is stuck many steps back, currently fighting a bone infection and wondering what will happen with her limb. Click through for more of Rebekah Gregory's story.
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White House Wants "Action" Before Talks With N. Korea
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A day after Pyongyang proposed high-level talks with Washington, the Obama administration on Sunday said North Korea must dismantle its nuclear program before the United States agrees to holding face-to-face meetings. “Those talks have to be real,” said White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, in an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation”. “We’ll judge them by their actions, not by the nice words that we heard yesterday.” The National Security Council struck a similar chord Sunday, saying the Obama administration wants “credible negotiations” with North Korea. The U.S., along with Japan and South Korea, are expected to discuss the North's invitation in Washington this week, according to The Associated Press.
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Pope Blesses Hundreds of Harley-Davidsons
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Pope Francis on Sunday blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders who descended on Rome to celebrate the manufacturer's 110th anniversary, The Associated Press reported. Thundering Harley engines nearly drowned out the "Our Father" prayer that accompanied Francis as he greeted the crowd before Mass. The Harley crowd, known for their outlaw image, took part in a mass commemorating a 1995 encyclical, which serves as a roadmap of the church's teaching against abortion, euthanasia and murder. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi noted there were probably quite a few Catholic riders in the crowd and anyone is welcome to a papal Mass. "I know great people who have big bikes," Lombardi quipped. Wisconsin-based company gave Francis two white classic Harleys for the Vatican police force to use earlier in the week.
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