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Builders Said a Kentucky Battery Plant’s Owner Owed Them $138.4 Million, Got Accused of Overbilling, Then Bought the Plant in Bankruptcy Construction site with a crane and formwork under a stormy sky

Builders Said a Kentucky Battery Plant’s Owner Owed Them $138.4 Million, Got Accused of Overbilling, Then Bought the Plant in Bankruptcy

Shawn Henry October 1, 2026 0
Turner-Kokosing said Ascend Elements owed it $138.4 million. Ascend said it was overbilled. Now the contractor owns...
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Tempe Police Grappled a 140-MPH Corvette and Booked Its Driver on a Felony — A Year Later, No Case Shows Up in Superior Court Tempe police video still of a white C8 Corvette being stopped with a Grappler net on a city street

Tempe Police Grappled a 140-MPH Corvette and Booked Its Driver on a Felony — A Year Later, No Case Shows Up in Superior Court

Shawn Henry September 30, 2026 0
A white C8 Corvette crossed the Mill Avenue Bridge over Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, Arizona, on...
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Jeep Is Recalling 97,349 Wagoneers Because the Roof Crossbars Can Fly Off. Its Own Filing Says Every One Has the Defect, and the Fix Isn’t Ready. White 2022 Jeep Wagoneer Series I parked, front three-quarter view

Jeep Is Recalling 97,349 Wagoneers Because the Roof Crossbars Can Fly Off. Its Own Filing Says Every One Has the Defect, and the Fix Isn’t Ready.

EL Puckett September 30, 2026 0
FCA says under-torqued pivot bolts can let roof crossbars detach from 97,349 Wagoneers and Grand Wagoneers. Replacement...
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A 2,700-HP Corvette Boat Reportedly Outran the Coast Guard, but Federal Law Lets Officers Board Any Boat ‘At Any Time’ Without Suspicion Coast Guard boat crew from Station Fire Island escorting a recreational boat back to the pier near Fire Island, New York

A 2,700-HP Corvette Boat Reportedly Outran the Coast Guard, but Federal Law Lets Officers Board Any Boat ‘At Any Time’ Without Suspicion

John Lloyd September 30, 2026 0
A viral clip says a 2,700-hp ZR48 Corvette boat outran the Coast Guard. No case exists, but...
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Watch: Maryland Log Truck Driver Chokes on a Drink One Mile Into His Run Behind the Wheel of an 80,000-Pound Rig, Then Quits Driving A red semi-truck hauling a load of logs on a two-lane highway

Watch: Maryland Log Truck Driver Chokes on a Drink One Mile Into His Run Behind the Wheel of an 80,000-Pound Rig, Then Quits Driving

John Lloyd September 29, 2026 0
Dashcam video shows a Maryland log truck driver choking on a drink one mile into his run....
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Police Say a Stolen Elantra Fled Officers, Then Hit a City Bus in a Baltimore School Zone. Sixteen People Were Hospitalized a bus driving down a street

Police Say a Stolen Elantra Fled Officers, Then Hit a City Bus in a Baltimore School Zone. Sixteen People Were Hospitalized

Shawn Henry September 28, 2026 0
A compact sedan and a city transit bus met at an East Baltimore intersection on Thursday, September...
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One Thing We’d Actually Buy: The NOCO Boost Plus GB40, Because Begging a Stranger for Jumper Cables Is Not a Plan Red jumper clamps connected to a car battery in an engine bay

One Thing We’d Actually Buy: The NOCO Boost Plus GB40, Because Begging a Stranger for Jumper Cables Is Not a Plan

Shawn Henry September 28, 2026 0
A 2.4-pound lithium jump pack that takes the stranger out of the dead-battery plan, as long as...
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Police Say an Arizona Chop Shop Suspect Hired an Excavator to Bury a Stolen Truck. The Operation Paid Just $500 a Vehicle An excavator bucket digging a deep hole in dirt

Police Say an Arizona Chop Shop Suspect Hired an Excavator to Bury a Stolen Truck. The Operation Paid Just $500 a Vehicle

EL Puckett September 28, 2026 0
Wickenburg police say a couple stripped stolen Phoenix-area vehicles under a slab-mounted engine hoist, then buried a...
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Police Say a Naked Man Took a Ford Taurus the Wrong Way Down a Colorado Springs Boulevard. Cops Backed Off, and It Crashed Anyway Multi-lane Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Police Say a Naked Man Took a Ford Taurus the Wrong Way Down a Colorado Springs Boulevard. Cops Backed Off, and It Crashed Anyway

EL Puckett September 28, 2026 0
A CSPD drone tracked a stolen company Ford Taurus going the wrong way on Academy Boulevard. Police...
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A Fleeing Sedan Lost a Wheel Near Mannheim Road and Kept Going. Here’s Why That Was Never Going to Work a close up of a tire on a road

A Fleeing Sedan Lost a Wheel Near Mannheim Road and Kept Going. Here’s Why That Was Never Going to Work

John Lloyd September 25, 2026 0
A Berkeley police stop became a west-suburban chase that kept going after the car lost a wheel...
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One Lane Change, Five Totaled Cars: What a State Street Crash Into a Salt Lake City Audi Lot Will Really Cost Traffic on State Street heading toward downtown Salt Lake City

One Lane Change, Five Totaled Cars: What a State Street Crash Into a Salt Lake City Audi Lot Will Really Cost

Shawn Henry September 24, 2026 0
Two drivers were cited after a State Street crash sent cars into a Salt Lake City Audi...
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A $400,000 GTO Judge Rode Off in a Stolen Trailer in Dayton. Detectives Had It Back Before Lunch. White 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge with Judge stripes and Ram Air hood parked at a car show

A $400,000 GTO Judge Rode Off in a Stolen Trailer in Dayton. Detectives Had It Back Before Lunch.

Shawn Henry September 24, 2026 0
Thieves took a GMC Sierra Denali and the trailer behind it, along with a one-family 1970 GTO...
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