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Charlotte Police Stopped an ‘Actual Couch’ on Two Lime Scooters and Said ‘Rethink the Ride’
CMPD stopped two men riding a couch on two Lime scooters down South Tryon Street. The bigger exposure sits in Lime’s user agreement, which voids rider coverage on a breach.
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Florida Deputies Grappled a Wanted Driver on I-75. His 16 Felonies Don’t Include Fleeing.
Hillsborough deputies used a Grappler to stop a wanted driver on I-75 near Fowler Avenue. His 16 felony charges include two car-reporting counts and none for fleeing.
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Ford Recalls 565,691 Broncos Over a Wiring Harness That Can Chafe, Arc and Risk a Fire
Recall headlines love big numbers, and this one has a whopper. Read the actual federal filing, though, and the story becomes less “every Bronco is a fire hazard” and more “Ford found a weak spot in a wiring harness and decided to wrap all of them.” The numbers, straight from the filing Ford’s Part 573…
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Trump’s Red Diesel Order Turns a 24.4-Cent Fuel Tax Into an IOU
The Oct. 5 order defers the federal tax on red diesel used on highways through Dec. 31. The seller usually owes it, and interstate truckers still owe the states.
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Police Say a Baker Act Patient Left a Hialeah Hospital, Took a Woman’s Nissan and Hit 85 MPH
Police say a Baker Act patient left a Hialeah hospital, took a woman’s Nissan and hit 85 mph. A Florida burglary law is why he’s held without bond.
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Chevy’s Pink Corvette Pace Car Pledges $500 Per Caution Lap to Fight Breast Cancer
Nobody in a NASCAR grandstand cheers for a caution. This month, Chevrolet is giving fans at two tracks a reason to at least tolerate them. Chevrolet is bringing back its specially themed pink Corvette Stingray to pace the NASCAR Cup Series field at Talladega Superspeedway and Martinsville Speedway, according to the company’s official announcement. The…
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Ohio Cops Tracked a Stolen Kia With a GPS Dart. It Still Crashed Into 2 Cars in Dayton.
A Moraine officer tagged a stolen Kia with a StarChase GPS dart and backed off. The Kia crashed into two cars in Dayton anyway, and Ohio law leaves the victims few places to send the bill.
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Police Say a Gunman Killed a Man in a Tesla at an Idaho Supercharger, Then Tesla Let Drivers Flee Plugged In — at Up to $25K in Damage
Tesla’s new Emergency Drive Away lets drivers leave a Supercharger still plugged in. Tesla says the damage can reach $25,000, and its own rules ban breakaway devices.
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BYD’s Shark 6 Security Fix Closes the Door a Researcher Used, and an Aftermarket App Goes With It
BYD says an over-the-air update will close the Android debug route used in the Four Corners Shark 6 demonstration. An accessory maker has already paused its app, and the manufacturer access the researchers simulated is untouched.
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Your Car’s Phone App Roughly Doubled Its Ad-Tracker Exposure. Owners Can Switch Off Some of It
Northeastern researchers found that pairing a companion app roughly doubled a car’s exposure to advertising and tracking companies. Phone settings and privacy requests can cut some of that back. None of them is an off switch.
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Tacoma Wrecks a GT-R and McLaren 570S at Cars and Coffee and Narrowly Spares an SVJ
A Toyota Tacoma plowed into a Cars and Coffee lineup in Cypress, Texas, totaled a GT-R and a McLaren 570S, and missed a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ by feet. Best and worst day of his driving life, same parking lot. An attendee’s Threads video post, dated 05/17/26, says the truck ran into the exotics and left…
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Dodge’s 1,348% Charger Sixpack Jump Started From 238 Leftover Cars
Stellantis’s Q3 chart shows gas Charger sales up 1,348%, measured against 238 old-generation cars. Counted whole, the Charger rose 22% to 3,679, and Dodge now runs on the Durango.
