GM recalling SUVs for faulty fuel gauges

GM recalling SUVs for faulty fuel gauges

DETROIT

General Motors is recalling 51,640 SUVs because the fuel gauges may show inaccurate readings.

The recall involves the Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia from the 2014 model-year. All of the affected SUVs were built between March 26 and Aug. 15 of 2013.

GM says the engine control module software may cause the fuel gauge to read inaccurately. If that happens, the vehicle might run out of fuel and stall without warning.

The company doesn’t know of any crashes or injuries related to the problem.

GM says dealers will reprogram the software for free, starting immediately. The company also will notify owners by mail.

Rescuers struggle to help after slide

ABI BARIK, Afghanistan

Afghan rescuers and volunteers armed with shovels and little more than their bare hands dug through the mud Saturday after a massive landslide swept through a village the day before, turning it into an earthen tomb holding hundreds of bodies, officials said.

The government and aid groups rushed to bring food, water and shelter to the survivors as the government tried to ascertain just how many people were killed in the latest natural disaster to hit a country already reeling from nearly three decades of war.

Figures on the number of people killed and missing in the disaster Friday varied from 255 to 2,700.

Teen charged in attack, child’s death

RICHMOND, Va.

A 16-year-old boy was charged Saturday in the assault of a young girl and the killing of her 8-year-old brother, who apparently was slain when he tried to protect her, authorities and relatives said.

The 8-year-old, Martin Cobb, reportedly was hit in the head with a brick during the attack Thursday, neighbors told The Richmond Times Dispatch. Richmond Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Mary E. Langer said she could not confirm a brick was used, but police told her Martin suffered severe head trauma. The attack took place near their home.

The 12-year-old girl was taken to a hospital.

3 killed in 2 blasts

NAIROBI, Kenya

At least three people were killed in a grenade blast in one of two explosions Saturday along the coast of Kenya, an east African country working to crack down on a recent wave of terrorist attacks.

Authorities said the grenade blast at a bus stop in Mwembe Tayari, in the coastal city of Mombasa, also injured seven other people. Separately, a bag with an improvised explosive device was spotted near the coastal Reef Hotel in Nyali, and passers-by noticed in time to take cover before it detonated, the Interior Ministry said. No fatalities were immediately reported there.

Students protest name of party

DAVIS, Calif.

Students at the University of California, Davis, have canceled plans for a drinking party dubbed Cinco de Drinko, after protesters called it racially insensitive.

The party was to have taken place Saturday ahead of Monday’s Cinco de Mayo holiday that celebrates Mexican heritage. Some students who had organized the party worked at the on-campus Coffee House where Friday’s protest took place.

The Sacramento Bee reported that about 100 students enacted a sit-in at the Coffee House, wearing red shirts and chanting slogans. They called for a boycott of the student-run cafe and cafeteria, successfully scuttling plans for the off-campus party.

Associated Press