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U.S. auto-safety regulators have opened a special crash investigation into a fatal wreck involving a Tesla Inc. vehicle that has left three people dead. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration disclosed the probe Wednesday, identifying the vehicle as a 2022 Tesla Model S. It added the incident to a list of auto crashes it is investigating that are potentially linked to semiautonomous driving features. The regulatory agency has disclosed it is investigating more…

U.S. health regulators took steps to allow more foreign baby formula on American shelves, easing rules that had effectively prevented shipments from many overseas manufacturers.The Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it encouraged the overseas manufacturers to apply to ship their formula to the U.S. Government officials said the moves will allow more formula products to enter the U.S. baby market, which is dominated by Abbott Laboratories, ABT -0.15%…

Electric-vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc. RIVN 17.96% is recalling 502 battery-powered pickup trucks over potentially faulty air bags that could pose a safety risk to children in the front passenger seat.In a filing dated Tuesday with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Rivian said it had discovered that the front passenger air bag may not perform properly in the event of a crash because of a calibration error in the seat assembly. The recall—the…

Rivian’s recall covers 2022 R1T pickups built between late September of 2021 and early April 2022 at its factory in Normal, Ill. Photo: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg News…

Abbott Laboratories said it could resume infant formula production within two weeks at a Michigan manufacturing plant that has been shut since February because of bacterial contamination concerns, exacerbating a nationwide formula shortage. The Illinois-based company said Wednesday it would resume production pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration, which has been conducting an investigation into whether bacterial contamination at the plant…