Nearly one-third of car owners are under water: Survey
(news nation) — A growing number of car owners now owe more on their loans than their cars are worth, according to a new study commissioned by an online website. Car buying site CarEdge. “With vehicle prices rising and depreciation accelerating, more car owners are finding they owe more on their loan than their car […]
Chevy and GMC truck owners could get up to $12,700 as part of $35M settlement
(WHTM) – Owners of certain Chevrolet and GMC trucks can claim a $35 million settlement over claims that General Motors concealed defects in high-pressure fuel injection pumps. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit allege that the component, known as the CP4 pump, is “unreasonably fragile and prone to catastrophic failure.” When pump parts rub against […]
Popular Chinese EVs can listen to conversations, owners say
A user has claimed that a popular brand of electric car sold in Australia has a hidden backdoor that allows the manufacturer to eavesdrop on conversations. After witnessing an explosive month that demonstrated the frightening potential of technology warfare, the topic of electric cars and their hacking potential is once again in the global spotlight. […]
Crypto owners evenly split between Harris, Trump: Poll
According to a new Morning Consult poll commissioned by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Americans who own cryptocurrencies support Vice President Harris and former President Trump in equal numbers. The poll, released Monday as part of Coinbase's third-quarter crypto landscape report, found that 47% of crypto holders plan to vote for Harris in the November election, while […]
Planned new bike lane in industrial NYC neighborhood has business owners fuming: ‘Just not safe’
Businesses in one of Long Island City's last industrial areas say gentrification has its limits, and planned new bike lanes Placed them Over the edge. Local business groups argue that bike lanes in the trendy Queens neighborhood are dangerous for truck drivers, not to mention cyclists. “Not every road can have bike lanes. You can't […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs filmed music video at California mansion abandoned by Phillies owner’s son, John Powers Middleton
Sean “Diddy” Combs shot the music video in a now-abandoned Hollywood Hills mansion that had been taken over by squatters and graffiti artists, who upon learning of the production, spray-painted “Diddy Was Here” on the roof. Combs used several parts of the luxury home as the backdrop for the 2007 song, including a great room, […]
Texas dog owners sentenced after their dogs mauled a man to death
A Texas couple who viciously attacked an elderly military veteran who owned a pit bull ended up each serving nearly a decade in prison for the unprovoked attack. Ramon Najera, 81, was killed in San Antonio after two dogs escaped from their yard and attacked him and his wife, Juanita, 74. San Antonio emergency responders […]
Cat travels 1,000 miles back to owners’ home after going missing in Yellowstone
A fearless feline who escaped from his owner in Yellowstone National Park has miraculously completed a 1,000-mile journey back to his home in California, two months after going missing. Benny and Suzanne Anguiano were on a camping trip earlier this year with their cat, Rainbow, when the cat became frightened and ran into the bushes. […]
Police Can Search Legal Gun Owners’ Homes to ‘Check’
At a May 2007 press conference in support of gun ownership restrictions, then-San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris emphasized that legal gun ownership did not prohibit police from searching one's home. FOX News Citation “…Just because you legally own a gun in a locked home doesn't mean we won't go into that home and make […]
Dispute between father-son Boston Celtics owners over team’s massive payroll sparked sale: sources
The Boston Celtics' ballooning payroll has caused a rift within the family that owns the team, leading the elderly patriarch to ask his spendthrift son to sell the iconic franchise, The Washington Post has learned. Sources told The Post that Irving Grusbeck, a 90-year-old Massachusetts-born entrepreneur who owns about 20 percent of the team, was […]