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Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 200,000 vehicles because a software defect can cause the rearview camera to fail, increasing the risk of a crash and injury.

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Ford told U.S. highway safety regulators that the camera can either display a blank image or that the image may remain on the display after the driver finishes backing up, causing a distraction.

Dealerships will eventually update the camera software free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed by July 28. read more

Three Central Florida restaurants shut down the week of June 22-28, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Orange

La Parada Cafe Restaurant at 730 Sand Lake Road in Orlando shut down on June 23. Inspectors found 12 violations, three of which were deemed high priority. Those included live roaches found among the storage racks and dish area as well as eggs stored with broken shells and the improper storage of a chemical spray bottle near clean dishes. Inspectors returned on June 24 finding no roaches, although still with nine violations, but said the restaurant met inspection standards and allowed it to reopen.

Brevard

Island Hotel of Space Coast at 260 E. Merritt Island Causeway in Merritt Island was closed on June 24 with seven violations, including five labeled high priority. Those included rodent droppings found in several areas including the kitchen, evidence of a rodent burrow, and milk and butter held at the wrong temperature. Inspectors returned June 30 finding only one basic violation and allowed the venue to reopen. read more

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS

NEW YORK (AP) — Anne Wojcicki’s bid to buy 23andMe, the genetic testing company she cofounded nearly 20 years ago, has received the court greenlight.

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That means Wojcicki’s nonprofit TTAM Research Institute will purchase “substantially all” of San Francisco-based 23andMe’s assets for $305 million. The transaction — which arrives more than three months after 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy — is set to officially close in the coming weeks.

“I am thrilled that TTAM will be able to build on the mission of 23andMe to help people access, understand and benefit from the human genome,” Wojcicki said in a statement Monday — later adding that, “the future of health care belongs to all of us.” read more

SpaceX was facing a poor forecast for its Tuesday launch attempt of a European satellite on the Space Coast, but the skies cleared and the rocket lifted off right on time.

Watch Falcon 9 launch the @Eumetsat MTG-S1 mission to orbit https://t.co/CDZemWVrXe

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 1, 2025

A Falcon 9 on the MTGS1 mission carrying the second of EUMETSAT’s third generation of weather satellites took off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A at 5:04 p.m.

The forecast had only predicted a 20% chance for good conditions, but the predicted coastal rain threat didn’t materialize and the countdown proceeded hitting the opening of what had been a 150-minute launch window.

This marked the ninth flight of the first-stage booster, which also flew two human spaceflights — Crew-9 and Fram2 — as well as the Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 that sent a successful lander to the moon. It made a recovery landing downrange on the droneship Just Read the Instructions stationed in the Atlantic.

The European satellite aims to sample the atmosphere at hyperspectral resolution with an infrared sounder that will look at temperature and humidity profiles. read more

By KEN SWEET, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Navy Federal Credit Union will no longer have to refund $80 million to servicemen and women for illegally charging them overdraft fees on their accounts, after the President Donald Trump-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved to dismiss the case.

It’s the latest example of how the Trump-led CFPB is undoing much of the work it did under President Biden, even in instances where the bad actors agreed to provide redress and compensation to victims.

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The case dates from late 2024 and deals with an issue known as “authorized positive overdraft fees,” which happen when a bank initially approves a debit card transaction but later charges the customer a overdraft fee when that earlier transaction settles, typically a couple of days later, and there’s insufficient funds in the customer’s bank account. Navy Federal was found to authorize these types of overdraft fees between 2017 and 2022, later stopping the practice and refunding some customers who were impacted. read more