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Cape Coral Street Race Suspects Charged With Vehicular Homicide in Death of 75-Year-Old Driver
A Quiet Afternoon Turns Deadly Cape Coral, Florida, police have filed charges against two drivers connected to a street racing crash that killed a 75-year-old man earlier this year. The crash happened Jan. 10, when a white Ford Mustang and a blue Honda Accord were caught on camera racing down Del Prado Boulevard, allegedly accelerating…
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Phoenix Woman Says Dealership Left Her Paying Loans on Two Cars After a Disputed Trade-In
A Routine Repair Visit Turns Complicated Korissa Morgan expected a simple fix for her 2015 Honda when she brought it to Bell Honda in Phoenix. Instead, she says she ended up in a financial dispute after the dealership pitched her on its buy-back program during that visit. A Trade-In That Allegedly Never Went Through Properly…
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Philadelphia Trucker Grabs a Bat, Breaks Up Overnight Meat Theft Involving Over 10 Suspects
Woken Up by a Shifting Trailer A truck driver resting in his cab in northeast Philadelphia found himself in the middle of a late-night cargo theft after a group of masked men attempted to steal pallets of meat from his trailer. The incident happened around 2:10 a.m. on Nov. 24 at Red Lion Road and…
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GM Commits $250 Million More to Ohio’s Parma Metal Center, Part of $5.5 Billion U.S. Push
Another Investment in a Longtime Facility General Motors is investing an additional $250 million in its Parma Metal Center in Ohio, continuing its push to expand domestic manufacturing capacity. While smaller than the $4 billion GM committed to U.S. plants last year, the new investment brings GM’s total planned spending on American factories to roughly…
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Stolen Flock License Plate Reader Tracks Itself Straight to the Suspect’s House
A Camera That Caught Its Own Theft A license plate reader in Mount Dora, Florida, helped police solve its own theft after a suspect reportedly pulled the device off its mount at an intersection and took it home. According to Mount Dora Police, the stolen equipment was part of a public safety system valued at…
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Land Rover Discovery Sport Tops List of Cars Resold Within a Year, New Study Finds
The Average Buyer Sticks Around — Some Don’t A new industry analysis shows that luxury vehicles are being resold within their first year of ownership at rates far above the market average, offering a window into which new cars fail to hold onto their original buyers. Across the broader market, only about 3.6% of new…
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Truckee Police Stake Out I-80, Catch Driver Towing a Car Stolen From Red Bluff
A Tip Leads to a Highway Stakeout Truckee, California, police arrested a man this week after spotting him towing a stolen vehicle down Interstate 80, according to officers. The case began when Grass Valley PD alerted nearby agencies about a car stolen out of Red Bluff that had been seen passing through their jurisdiction. Anticipating…
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West Palm Beach Man Charged After Allegedly Driving Bronco Toward LGBTQ+ Running Club Members
An Evening Run Turns Into a Confrontation A Florida man is facing multiple criminal charges after authorities say he attempted to strike members of an LGBTQ+ running club with his Ford Bronco in West Palm Beach. According to investigators, 46-year-old Ihab Mustafa El Mahmoud approached the group and became agitated, apparently believing someone in the…
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San Antonio Man, 19, Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal July Stolen Camaro Crash
Charges Filed Months After a Deadly July Crash A 19-year-old San Antonio man, identified by police as Ethan Michael Gonzales, is facing manslaughter charges after investigators linked him to a July highway crash that killed five people and injured more than a dozen others. According to authorities, Gonzales was driving a stolen Camaro at speeds…
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Fairfield Police Search for Mercedes GLB Stolen From I-95 Rest Stop With Cat Inside
A Rest Stop Theft With Higher Stakes Than Usual Police in Fairfield, Connecticut, are searching for a stolen Mercedes-Benz taken from an I-95 southbound rest stop Wednesday morning, with added urgency tied to the fact that a cat named Milo was still inside the vehicle when it disappeared. What Was Taken The vehicle, a 2021…
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Colorado Springs Family Mourns Father and Three Children Killed in Crash With Stolen Vehicle
A Devastating Loss on Highway 83 A Colorado Springs family is grieving after a stolen vehicle crashed head-on into their car on Nov. 24, killing a father and three children. The collision happened just before 4:40 p.m. on Highway 83 in Douglas County, where investigators say a stolen Toyota hatchback veered out of control and…
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Meet Miataland: One Italian Collector’s 50-Plus Mazda Miata Shrine
Choosing Miatas Over Ferraris and Lamborghinis Andrea Mancini isn’t your typical Italian car nut. While many collectors in Italy chase Ferraris and Lamborghinis, Mancini has built his collection entirely around Mazda’s unassuming roadster, the Miata. The result is Miataland, a collection of more than 50 examples of the small two-seater, ranging from quirky rarities to…
