An Orange County Teen’s E-Motos Were Impounded Twice and One Was Auctioned. Now His Parents Are Charged
Orange County prosecutors charged six parents and an adult brother over kids’ e-motos, including a family whose teen was tackled…
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AMG’s 1,153-HP Electric GT SUV Plays a Recorded V8. Only 711 HP of That Is Continuous.
AMG built its first full-size SUV from scratch, put no engine in it, and then...
Its Box Stayed on I-5. Its Cab Hung Off the Side and Caught Fire. Neither Man Inside Went to the Hospital
A crash left a San Diego moving truck folded over I-5's center divide, its cab burning above the lanes below.…
Rhode Island’s Flock Camera Rules Allow 30 Days of Plate Data. Flock Itself Now Recommends Seven.
McKee kept his pause on new plate readers and handed police a model policy. Its 30-day retention limit is looser…
Hughes FCU Repo Settlement Pays About $1,067 a Check and Settles $25.6 Million in Disputed Car Debt
Arizona borrowers repossessed by Hughes Federal Credit Union from May 2019 to August 2023 get paid automatically. The bigger benefit…
Why D.C. Speed Cameras Now Out-Earn New York City’s Entire Program
Washington, D.C. has a lot of cameras and a lot of tickets, and one law...
Florida’s School-Zone Camera Law Waived One State Radar Rule. A Judge Says It Missed Another.
A Palm Beach County judge tossed a Wellington school-zone camera ticket because DHSMV never approved the system. The gap sits…
Auto Loan Fraud Is the New Car Theft, and It’s Hiding in Plain Sight
Ask a car thief in 2026 what the best tool in the trunk is and...
A Texas Family Says Their Dad’s F-250 Moved on Its Own in Park. Ford Settled Before a Jury Could Hear Why
Ford and a New Braunfels dealer settled a wrongful-death suit over a 2023 F-250 that allegedly moved in Park. A…
Dakkota Is Closing Its Kettering Dash-Panel Plant After Six Years. The Jeeps It Supplied Aren’t Going Anywhere.
Detroit, Michigan and federal tax-credit investors backed Dakkota's plant on the old Kettering High School site. It closes Dec. 31…
Kenosha Dropped Flock for a $14.6 Million Axon Deal. Now Four Wisconsin Cities Face a Warrant Fight at the State Supreme Court
A church council asks Wisconsin’s Supreme Court to rule that searching plate-reader data is a search under the state constitution,…
Montgomery County’s $5,000 Takeover Fine Is Aimed at the Crowd. The Tow Truck Is Aimed at the Car
Montgomery County, Md., raised its street-takeover fine to $5,000 and opened high-injury state highways to speed cameras on the same…
Colton Police Recover 350 Boxes of Hot Wheels, Worth $54,000, After 3 A.M. Call About Trains Being Robbed
Colton police say a 3 a.m. call about trains being robbed ended with 350 boxes of Hot Wheels, valued at…
City in Georgia Is Losing Its Entire Full-Time Police Force, and the Mayor Has “No Comment” on the Chief’s Truck Tracker
Milner, Georgia, will have no full-time police officers after Oct. 28. The chief says a tracker was put on his…
Fairfax’s Flock Camera Showdown: What Drivers Need to Know
If you drive in Fairfax County, a camera has almost certainly read your plate this...