Volkswagen agrees to $4.3 billion U.S. diesel settlement: sources

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG has agreed to a $4.3 billion settlement to resolve the U.S. government's civil and criminal investigations into the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating, two sources briefed on the matter said Wednesday. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy will announce the settlement in Washington on Wednesday at a news conference, the government said in a statement. On Monday, a VW executive