Officials Shoot At Drone During Pipeline Protests, Arrest 126
MANDAN, N.D. (CBSMiami/AP) — Authorities fired at an unmanned aircraft and a group of Dakota Access pipeline opponents twice blocked a North Dakota state highway Sunday, capping a weekend of protests....
View ArticleTesla Inks Deal To Buy German Engineering Firm For Manufacturing
PALO ALTO (CBS / AP) — Tesla Motors says it has agreed to buy a German engineering company to help automate its electric car manufacturing. The company is buying buy Grohmann Engineering, which Tesla...
View ArticleDenver Driver Experienced Exploding Sunroof
By Lauren DiSpirito WESTMINSTER, Colo (CBS4) – A Colorado driver says the sunroof on her SUV exploded unexpectedly while she was driving last month. Reports of similar, spontaneous explosions happening...
View ArticleIdentity Thieves Laying Traps At Gasoline Pumps
(CBS Chicago) — Identity thieves are always looking for the easiest places to steal your credit card information. Now, they’re targeting the one place many of us can’t avoid: the gas pump. CBS 2’s...
View ArticleCalifornia Panhandlers Caught Driving Rental Car, Traveling Around Town To...
SANTA CLARITA (CBSLA.com) — From the San Fernando Valley to the Santa Clarita Valley, CBS2’s David Goldstein’s undercover cameras captured similar looking groups of panhandlers with children. Some were...
View ArticleFact Check: Trump’s Statements On Auto Industry Are Misleading
By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump has a long list of deceptive statements about Ford Motor Co. and the auto industry, and he added to that list this week....
View ArticleBystanders Rescue Man From Burning Car
MILPITAS (KCBS) – A group heading to San Jose International Airport pulled a man from a burning car after it was hit by a truck on northbound Interstate 880 in Milpitas early Thursday morning. Aaron...
View ArticleReport: Driver Asked Kids ‘Are You Ready To Die’ Before Crashing Bus In...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WWJ/AP) – Parents of some of the children who survived a deadly school bus crash in Chattanooga are starting to shed some light on the moments leading up to the crash, which killed...
View ArticleThe Airbnb Of Cars Is Here, Allowing Owners To Rent Out Their Vehicles
(CBS Chicago) – Car payments can be a necessary evil for some, but hundreds of owners in Chicago and Evanston are now helping pay for their cars by renting them out. Is it worth the risk? CBS 2’s Dana...
View ArticleVIDEO: Vandal Tears Apart Car For 6 Hours While Passersby Watch, Take Pictures
(CBS LA) — A woman was left in tears and without a car after a vandal went to town on her vehicle for hours while passersby stopped to take pictures instead of calling police. Stacy Omelinoff, a...
View ArticleNHTSA Wants You To Complain About Cars More
DETROIT (AP) – The U.S. government wants more people to complain about auto safety problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing a rule requiring automakers put labels on...
View ArticleEPA To Keep Strict Gas Mileage Standards In Place
By Tom Krisher & Dee-Ann Durbin, AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) – The Obama administration has decided not to change government fuel economy requirements for cars and light trucks despite protests...
View ArticleSurvey Finds Widespread Mistrust Of Auto Mechanics
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — What do you do when your car starts to make a funny noise or isn’t working right? For most of us, we have no choice but to bring it in, but a new survey from AAA shows two out of...
View ArticlePolice and Semi Trucks Prevent Suicide Attempt on Detroit Freeway
DETROIT (CBS LOCAL) – An incredible moment caught on camera, Tuesday morning when all lanes of I-696 were closed in both directions as a man considered suicide. This photo does show the work troopers...
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