Maserati North America recalls at least 39,381 vehicles

Maserati North America recalls at least 39,381 vehicles

Maserati North America is recalling at least 39,381 vehicles after it discovered two separate defects that could cause fires.

In certain 2014-17 Quattroporte, Ghibli and Levante vehicles, the luxury automaker says that adjusting the front seat may cause the seat wiring harness to rub against metal points, which could eventually lead the seat to malfunction. In rare cases, it could result in an electrical short and risk of fire. The company expects to begin the recall of 39,381 vehicles for the defect March 21.

In a separate case, Maserati said that certain 2014-15 Quattroporte and Ghibli vehicles have fuel lines that may leak fuel. It expects to begin the recall of 10,879 vehicles for the defect on Feb. 28.

North Carolina water system lifts do-not-use status

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

The water that serves North Carolina’s flagship university is safe to drink after a broken water main and problems at a water- treatment plant forced the school to cancel classes and led restaurants and hotels to close, health and utility officials said Saturday.

The Orange County Health Department and Orange Water And Sewer Authority announced that the water is safe for all uses.

Additionally, one Chapel Hill neighborhood is under a boil water advisory because of the broken water main, which has since been repaired.

The water problems forced athletic officials to move Saturday’s men’s basketball game between UNC-Chapel Hill and Notre Dame to Greensboro, where it will be played today.

Jordan drones hit IS arms depot, barracks in Syria

AMMAN, Jordan

Jordan says it has carried out airstrikes against Islamic State targets in southern Syria, hitting an arms depot, a warehouse for making car bombs and barracks used by the extremist group.

The state news agency Petra on Saturday quoted the military as saying drones and precision-guided munitions killed and wounded an unspecified number of IS militants. It says Friday’s strikes also targeted an IS-held former Syrian army post.

Pro-Western Jordan has carried out such strikes before as part of a U.S.-led alliance against IS in Iraq and Syria.

Supreme Court pick wary of ‘politicians with robes’

Judge Neil Gorsuch recalls being blinded by tears in the middle of a ski run after someone rang his cellphone with news of the unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The reaction illustrates not only the depth of Gorsuch’s admiration for his mentor but also how thoroughly he has modeled his conservative constitutionalist views after Scalia.

One year later, the 49-year-old Colorado native is President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Scalia as the Republican leader heeded calls by many conservatives to find someone as near to a Scalia philosophical clone as possible.

Like Scalia, Gorsuch believes judges must focus primarily on the text of the 230-year-old Constitution and resolve legal disputes by following the Founding Fathers’ intentions. Gorsuch has said that if judges factor in personal beliefs, societal changes or calculations about maximizing social welfare, they risk becoming “little more than politicians with robes.”

Associated Press