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One Stolen-Car Stop, Two Las Vegas Police Investigations: One for the Officer’s Gun, One for the Car
LVMPD says the only shot fired during a Sept. 25 stolen-car stop was an officer’s negligent discharge. Its deadly-force team is investigating the car.
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The Milwaukee ‘Street Takeover’ Had a Facebook Schedule, a Street Address and a Lot Number
Deputies rushed to a reported street takeover at Milwaukee’s McKinley Marina. It was a car meet that had posted its date, hours and parking lot months ahead.
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California’s 3-Day Used Car Return Law: Fees, Limits and Loopholes Explained
California used-car buyers now get something the finance office can’t talk them out of: three days to give the car back. SB 766, the California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act, was signed October 6, 2025, and took effect Thursday, October 1. Its author, Sen. Ben Allen, calls the return period a first in the…
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Yes, the Hellcat Outran the Cops. Then It Ran Out of Gas.
An old story, but people still can’t let this one go: a stolen Hellcat lost Houston police and their helicopter, then ran out of gas two counties away.
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Banning Diesel Exports Could Raise Gas Prices. Trump Says So Himself.
A refinery makes up to 1.8 gallons of gasoline for every gallon of diesel. That is why an export ban aimed at $6.50 diesel could land on gas drivers first.
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A Trademark Complaint Filed for Flock Wants This 335,701-Record Camera Map Gone
A researcher mapped 335,701 Flock device records pulled from the company’s own systems. A brand-protection firm that says it acts for Flock now wants the map offline.
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A Stolen BMW Chase Ended on Its Roof in Tombstone. Then the Case Kept Leading to the Circle K
A stolen BMW X5 rolled twice in Tombstone, Arizona. The driver was arrested beside the Circle K, and so was the driver of a vehicle parked in its lot.
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Tesla Doubled Its Ballarat Supercharger Site. About a Week Later, Someone Cut All 20 Cables.
Twenty Supercharger cables were cut at one Ballarat site days after Tesla expanded it. Selling the copper legally in Victoria means showing ID.
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Stuck in Neutral: Inside the Federal Suit Over GM’s Troubled CVTs
John Williams bought a new 2025 Chevrolet Equinox RS from a Sacramento dealer in October 2024 for $36,587.12. Around 7,000 miles, he says, the transmission started shifting roughly and responding late. At about 14,000 miles, still under warranty, the dealer replaced the front axles instead of addressing the transmission and told him the fluid had…
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Stellantis Won a Patent to Drop an Overheating Battery and Drive Away on 12 Volts
A granted FCA US patent drops an electrified vehicle’s high-voltage pack and moves the car away on 12-volt power. The filing says the goal is avoiding a total loss.
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Northeastern Study Catches Connected Cars and Their Apps Feeding Driver Data to Ad Tech
For years, the debate over connected-car privacy has mostly been fought on paper. Someone reads an automaker’s privacy policy, finds the clause that says data “may be shared with third parties,” and everyone shrugs, because that sentence appears in every privacy policy ever written. A team at Northeastern University tried something more useful. They put…
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Two Drivers Stopped in the Middle of I-70 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and One Grabbed a Tire Iron — Then Both Got the Same Summons
Two drivers stopped in live I-70 lanes in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and one pulled out what appeared to be a tire iron. Both got a disorderly conduct summons, which carries no license points.
