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Connecticut Bill Seeks Inspections for High Mileage Cars

Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner says she’ll see whether the state’s emissions testing vendor might be able to also conduct cursory safety checks of the high mileage vehicles it tests. But Commissioner Melody Currey told the General Assembly’s Transportation …

Emergency Landing Grounds Boeing 787 Jets in Japan

Japan’s two biggest airlines grounded all their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks Wednesday after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new jet. All Nippon Airways said a cockpit message showed battery …

U.S. Military Grounds F-16s After Crash Off Japan

A squadron of U.S. F-16 fighter jets in Japan has been grounded for safety checks after one of their aircraft crashed in the Pacific, military officials said Thursday. The crash comes as an uproar in Japan has been raised over …