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California’s Crackdown on Organized Retail Theft Nets $6.5M in Stolen Goods Seized
California recovered 113,245 stolen items worth nearly $6.5 million so far this year as a result of a crackdown on organized retail theft, Governor Gavin Newsom announced last week. From January to ...
Record 72.2M Americans Plan Domestic Travel Over July 4th Holiday
The Independence Day holiday is going to be a busy one for domestic travelers, according to AAA projections. More than 72 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home over the nine ...
Tesla Tests Robotaxis in Texas
Tesla deployed a small group of self-driving taxis picking up paying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, with CEO Elon Musk announcing the "robotaxi launch" and social-media influencers posting ...
Texas Cities Top Allstate’s Best and Worst Drivers List; Boston Most Accident-Prone
Brownsville, Texas, reclaims its title as the safest driving city in America, according to the 2025 Allstate America's Best Drivers Report. Texas leads the nation in safe driving, with four cities, ...
$2.5M Vehicle Theft Ring Busted in Arizona
A major vehicle theft ring was recently dismantled, according to an announcement by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. "Operation Escalading Switch," led by the Arizona Vehicle Theft Task Force ...
Insurer Aflac Investigating Possible Data Breach After Attack on US Network
Aflac on Friday disclosed a cybersecurity incident in which personal information of its customers may have been compromised, making it the latest insurance provider to be targeted. The health and ...
Runway Lights That Might Have Helped in Foggy San Diego Crash Hadn’t Worked Since 2022
The runway lights that would have helped guide a small jet into a San Diego airport in foggy weather before the plane crashed, killing all six aboard, hadn't worked since 2022, investigators said. ...
Trump Can’t End FEMA But It Needs Reform, Says Obama’s FEMA Head
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he intends to whittle down or phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and last week he gave a rough timeline for that: "after hurricane season." ...