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Cummins will recall and repair engine control software in more than 600,000 Ram vehicles equipped with the company s diesel engines, part of a record $2 billion f stanley cup ederal settlement over allegations that it installed software defeat devices that bypassed emissions testing and certification requirements, the U.S. Justice Department announcedWednesday.T stanley cup he engine manufacturer is accused of circumventing emissions testing by using devices that can bypass or defeat emissions controls. Cummins will pay a previously announced$1.675 billion civil penaltyto settle claims ndash; the largest ever secured under the Clean Air Act ndash; as well as an additional $325 million for remedies.Over the course of a decade, hundreds of thousands of Ram 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks, manufactured by Stellantis, were equipped with Cummins diesel engines that incorporated the bypass engine control software. This includes 630,000 vehicles installed with illegal defeat devices and 330,000 equipped with undisclosed auxiliary emission control devices. Attorney General Merrick Garland called the agreement historic. The types of devices we allege that Cummins installed in its engines to cheat federal environmental laws have a significant and harmful impact on people s health and safety, he said in a statement. Officials could not estimate how many of those vehicles are currently on the road, but Cummins ndash; which has maintained it has not done a stanley cup nything w Huez Kagan says Congress has power to regulate Supreme Court: We re not imperial
ST. LOUIS -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri filed a lawsuit against the city of St. Louis on Friday over what it called unlawful and unconstitutional action during demonstrations that followed the acquittal of a white former police officer in the death of a black man.The suit accuses police of misconduct by using chemical weapons, interfering with video of police activity and vi adidas originals olating due process. It seeks an order requiring police to act within the bounds of the U.S. Constitution. Koran Addo, a spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson, declined comment, saying the mayor s office has not seen the lawsuit, which was filed in St. Louis Circuit Court. Demonstrations over officer acquitted in deadly shooting turn violent in St. Louis 01:59 More than 160 people have been arrested since demonstrations began Sept. 15 after a judge found Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. Most of those arrests were on the night of the ruling and Sunday. During some of the protests, several businesses windows have been broken an adidas samba d items have been thrown at police. stanley cup Police at times have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters. Some bystanders and at least one journalist were caught up in the arrests, especially on