The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unveiled a plan that may roll back protections consumers get when renting cars with potentially lethal safety defects.

NHTSA is considering punishments against Fiat Chrysler that could include fines or forcing the automaker to buy back defective vehicles. Criminal charges could also be sought.

The death of a woman in a recent car crash in Louisiana is probably the seventh fatality linked to Takatas defective air-bag inflators in the U.S.

Air-bag maker Takata Corp. gave in to U.S. regulators on Tuesday, agreeing to what will be the largest automotive recall in history as investigators continue to search for the root cause of a defect that has killed at least six people.

An investigation into how Fiat Chryslers U.S. unit has been handling the recall of millions of vehicles intensified Monday as federal officials requested more documents from the automaker and scheduled a rare public hearing.

At least five people were killed and dozens of others injured when an Amtrak train headed to New York City derailed in Philadelphia.

Nissan Motor Co. plans to expand a regional U.S. recall of cars with potentially defective Takata Corp. air bags after a woman said she was injured last month by shrapnel from the device in her 2006 Sentra sedan.

The U.S. government moved to preserve evidence in its investigation of defective Takata Corp. air-bag inflators, telling the company to turn over data from the devices that have been removed from the recalled cars