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New passenger cars of German automaker Volkswagen AG await their new owners in one of the twin car towers at the Volkswagen factory on April 28, 2016 in Wolfsburg, Germany.(Photo: Sean Gallup, Getty Images)
[h=2]Volkswagen set to reveal settlement details over emissions scandal[/h]The Volkswagen Group<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is expected to file its $14.7 billion settlement<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with U.S. regulators and consumers in federal court Tuesday over the diesel cars it rigged with bogus software to cheat emissions standards. Owners of the 2-liter-engine<span style="color: Red;">*</span>diesel cars affected by the scandal<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will receive $5,100 to $10,000 in compensation.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>They can choose to either have their cars fixed or bought back to be repaired to bring them in compliance. In addition, the deal requires Volkswagen to pay $2.7 billion in fines and devotes another $2 billion to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>clean-emissions technology.
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[h=2]UK's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Cameron to meet EU leaders in Brussels[/h]British<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Prime Minister David Cameron<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will meet with<span style="color: Red;">*</span>European Union<span style="color: Red;">*</span>leaders in Brussels on Tuesday for the first time since the United Kingdom<span style="color: Red;">*</span>voted to leave the EU.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The leaders of France, Germany and Italy said that no talks on leaving the bloc could<span style="color: Red;">*</span>be held until the U.K. invokes Article 50 of the EU treaty, which triggers the exit process.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>European Council<span style="color: Red;">*</span>President Donald Tusk<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the EU is “determined to keep our unity at 27,” one less than when the U.K. is included.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The U.K.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>voted on Thursday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for a British exit,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>or “Brexit,”<span style="color: Red;">*</span>from the EU, and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the referendum injected massive uncertainty into financial markets.
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[h=2]Deaf swimmer competes to qualify for Rio[/h]Marcus Titus, who has been deaf since birth, will compete<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Tuesday’s final of the 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. swimming trials in hopes of qualifying for his first Olympics. Titus, 30, would<span style="color: Red;">*</span>head<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to Rio if he finishes in the top two. He hopes his success will motivate younger athletes, sending the message, “If I can do it, they can do it too,” Titus said.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>This is Titus' third Olympic trials, and perhaps his last chance to fulfill the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>ultimate goal of making the Olympic team.
Marcus Titus swims during a men's 100-meter breaststroke semifinal at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Sunday, June 26, 2016, in Omaha, Neb.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Mark J. Terrill, AP)
[h=2]Congress still can't agree on a bill to fight Zika[/h]More than four months after President Obama first called on Congress to pass $1.9 billion to fight the mosquito-borne Zika virus that threatens the continental U.S. this summer, the Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a deal passed last week by the House — except the bill is unlikely to pass. Both Republicans and Democrats say they want to fund programs to eradicate mosquitoes, develop vaccines and protect pregnant women from the risk of having babies with severe birth defects, but the Zika money has become mired in controversial issues ranging from the Confederate flag and pesticide regulations to birth control and Obamacare.
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[h=2]NFL announces $10M in funding for coalition to stop sexual violence[/h]The NFL on Tuesday will announce $10 million in funding over the next five years to a coalition of non-profit organizations working to prevent sexual violence. In the first phase of the donation to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Raliance<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the coalition between the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault and the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— 27 grants worth $50,000 each will be awarded to a variety of organizations across the USA. The NFL first met with the NSVRC in 2014 amid heavy criticism for its handling of domestic violence incidents involving Ray Rice and Greg Hardy. The coalition hopes to provide the money local and national organizations need for victim services, education, research and prevention.
Janay Rice, left, looks on as her husband, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, speaks during an NFL football news conference at the team's practice facility in Owings Mills, Md. May 23, 2014.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Patrick Semansky, AP)
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Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Severe storms will fire up in portions of the Northeast and Plains on Tuesday as heat continues to bake the West.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>British and European markets clawed back some of the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>steep losses they experienced<span style="color: Red;">*</span>following the Brexit vote.
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