cars Driver of stolen car crashed into another car that, coincidentally, was also stolen David Pescovitz
Another Springfield attack MAGA thief stealing Harris-Walz signs is tracked down and busted thanks to Apple AirTag (video) Carla Sinclair
random acts of kindness A secret society is lurking in Canada, and they are stealing garden gnomes Gail Sherman
banking Nightmare at Wells Fargo: customer battles fraudulent charges for months until NY Times shames the bank into helping him Mark Frauenfelder
crime A carpenter used Apple AirTags to find his stolen tools — along with 15,000 others (video) Carla Sinclair
law enforcement An escaped convict hid out in a shuttered Circuit City for six months Jason Weisberger
california Watch: thieves heist $35k in Pokémon cards from a collectibles store in California Rob Beschizza
privacy New vehicles a "privacy nightmare" where you consent to carmakers collecting data on behavioral, biological, even sexual activity Rob Beschizza
law Nebraska forbade cops from stealing cash from motorists, but a loophole let them carry on doing it Rob Beschizza
stolen cargo Turns out "gold heists" are still a thing after $15 million worth of loot stolen from Toronto airport (video) Carla Sinclair
Dungeons & Dragons Making sense of Wizards of the Coast's recent and somewhat bewildering Creator Summit Gareth Branwyn