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Man Faces $36.9 Million Penalty Over Undeclared Vehicle Exports to West Africa
A Multi-Year Investigation Into Undeclared Exports Canadian border officials have issued a $36.9 million penalty against a man accused of exporting thousands of used vehicles without filing the legally required paperwork, the result of a multi-year investigation tracing shipments from Canada to West Africa. Canadian Man Steals Bus, Continues to Cover the Route What He’s…
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28-Year Stellantis Employee Learns His Layoff Is Now Indefinite via Automated Phone Call
A Temporary Layoff That Wasn’t Temporary After All A Stellantis employee with nearly three decades at the company is facing an uncertain future after learning through an automated phone call that his temporary layoff had been extended indefinitely. The situation centers on Stellantis’ Brampton, Ontario assembly plant, where thousands of workers were initially told they’d…
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AAA Study Finds 96% of Drivers Admit to Aggressive Driving as Road Rage Cases Climb
A Nationwide Spike Backed by New Data New research from AAA points to a sharp rise in aggressive driving and road rage incidents across the country, with local law enforcement agencies in places like New York’s Hudson Valley reporting that tensions on the road appear to be escalating. Nearly Every Driver Admits to Some Form…
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Prairie Village Police Use Grappler Device to Stop Stolen Truck Mid-Chase
A New Tool Ends a Dangerous Chase Kansas drivers witnessed an unusual police tactic this week when officers deployed a specialized “grappler” device to bring a stolen truck to a sudden, controlled stop during a high-speed chase through Prairie Village. Dashcam footage captured a patrol unit closing in and deploying the device, which wrapped around…
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Hamilton Man Steals City Bus, Then Calmly Runs Its Scheduled Route With Passengers Aboard
An Unattended Bus and an Unusual Opportunity An unusual bus theft in Hamilton, Ontario ended without injury after a man drove off in a city bus and, remarkably, continued running its scheduled stops as if nothing unusual were happening. The incident occurred on the evening of Nov. 11, when a Hamilton Street Railway bus pulled…
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Cellphone Records Help Tie Off-Duty Denver Officer to Month-Old High-Speed Pursuit
A Trooper Clocks a Truck at 102 MPH Newly released records detail how a brief late-night pursuit west of Denver led investigators to arrest an off-duty Denver police officer more than a month after the chase, relying in part on detailed cellphone location data. The incident began around 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 23 along Highway…
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Diabetic Episode Behind Airborne Mercedes Crash in Romania, Driver Still Fined
A Mercedes Goes Airborne Over a Roundabout A dramatic crash in Oradea, Romania, left a Mercedes-Benz airborne, damaged, and quickly viral this week, after security footage showed the car entering a roundabout at high speed with no visible braking, launching into the air, and clearing two other vehicles before slamming down near a gas station.…
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Miami Beach Man Charged After Allegedly Pocketing $52,000 in a Fake Porsche Sale
Miami Beach man arrested for defrauding a buyer in a 2022 Porsche Macan GTS sale, causing a loss of $57,000.
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13-Year-Old Faces Charges After Stolen Truck Crash on Arizona Interstate
A Wrong-Way Report Leads to a Violent Crash A 13-year-old girl is facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing a pickup truck and crashing it along Interstate 40 in northern Arizona early Tuesday morning, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Troopers say the crash happened around 1 a.m. near Flagstaff after receiving a report…
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Florida Couple Wins VIN 001 2023 Corvette 70th Anniversary Coupe in Museum Raffle
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The Unsolved Murder of Racing Legend Mickey Thompson and the Man Convicted of Ordering It
From racing triumphs to a sinister assassination, the unsolved murders of Mickey and Trudy Thompson reveal a story of ambition, betrayal, and an unending pursuit of justice.
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Trump Pushes for U.S.-Built ‘Tiny Cars’ as Part of Fuel Economy Rollback
A Push for Kei-Style Compact Cars President Donald Trump signaled a notable shift in U.S. automotive policy by announcing support for manufacturing what he called “tiny cars” domestically. In a social media post Friday, Trump described the small cars as inexpensive, efficient, and adaptable to gasoline, electric, or hybrid powertrains, and urged manufacturers to begin…
