A Florida Sheriff’s Office Needed a Reporter, Not an Alarm, to Catch 900-Plus Flock Plate Searches. Now Two Ex-Deputies Face Charges
A former Indian River County sergeant walked into the county jail in Vero Beach, Fla.,...
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Watch: A White Sedan Left the Road and Went Down a Narrow Staircase Within 15 Seconds, Camera Clock Shows, Then a Tow Truck Arrived
A white four-door sedan swings across a pavement toward a short flight of steps in...
An Indianapolis Address Allegedly Held 16 Stolen Cars Mid-Teardown, and the Arrest Came With a Racketeering Charge
Indianapolis police went to the 2800 block of North Euclid Avenue on Sunday to recover...
Honda Took Almost 5 Years to Find a Divide-by-Zero Bug That Kills Steering Assist in 635,808 Pilots, MDXs and TLXs
Honda’s newest recall isn’t about a cracked weld or a bad bolt. It’s about the...
A Missouri Pond Swallowed an SUV With a 3-Year-Old Inside. Police Think She Shifted It; a Bystander’s Hammer Got Her Out
Police in St. Peters, Missouri, say they believe a 3-year-old put the family SUV in gear before it rolled into…
Two G550s and a Cargo Van: What Prosecutors Want Back in a $14 Million D.C. Medicaid Billing Case
A D.C. indictment seeks two Mercedes G550s, a Defender, a C300 and a cargo van. Federal forfeiture law explains how,…
Lincoln Navigator Chauffeur Mode Disabled as Recall Targets Self-Moving Seats
The Lincoln Navigator sells itself as a rolling first-class lounge. One of its party tricks...
Toyota’s 25-MPH ‘Kei Truck’ Is Coming to America While Georgia Still Restricts the Imported Ones
Toyota's KEI-01 is a 25-mph, fleet-only kei truck built in Indiana, while Georgia still won't register the imported ones. Here's…
Ford Explorer Seat Airbags Face Federal Scrutiny Over Burn Injuries
A side airbag has one job, and it has about the time it takes to...
Axon Sued Over California License Plate Camera Data
Axon is best known for Tasers and body cameras. Over the past few years it...
Electric Dodge Charger Vanishes From Canadian Lineup
Dodge’s Canadian website now sells the Charger the way a 2015 enthusiast would have wanted:...
Chinese Car Ban Bill Races Lame-Duck Deadline
Congress is trying to ban a car Americans can’t buy yet, and it has about...
A Stolen $500,000 McLaren Showed Up in a Detroit Takeover Video, and Tips From His 1.1 Million Followers Led Police to It
A McLaren taken from a Detroit driveway turned up doing donuts in a street takeover video. Here is what Michigan…
NHTSA Doubts Waymo’s School-Bus Software Fix
Federal regulators no longer take Waymo’s word that the school-bus problem is fixed. On November...
A German-Built Mercedes GLC Will Eat a 15% Tariff Until 2030 After Tuscaloosa’s Start Date Slid From Late 2027
The GLC was supposed to be Alabama’s next big job. Mercedes has now moved the...