In an effort to end the four-year probe and prosecution by the U.S. Justice Department, it was announced on Wednesday that Toyota has reached a deal with the prosecution to pay a settlement of $1.2 billion. That settlement is the largest ever settlement levied at an automaker by the U.S. Government.
In an escalation in the conflict involving Syria, Israel launched airstrikes against its northern neighbor after the third bomb attack in three weeks that occurred on Tuesday.
During the early morning hours of Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers received a REDDI call on a vehicle, shortly thereafter, troopers conducted a traffic stop on that vehicle and arrested the driver for DUI and weapons charges.
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook south California at 6.25 am PDT. The quake was centered in the San Fernando Valley and occurred six miles from Beverly Hills, seven miles from Century City and seven miles from Santa Monica at a depth of five miles.