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Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation’s capital, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The agents, assigned to protect Naomi Biden, were out with her in the Georgetown neighborhood late Sunday night when they saw the three people breaking a window of the parked and unoccupied SUV, the official said. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on Monday on the condition of anonymity. One of the agents opened fire, but no...

Cars stolen from the District, Maryland, Virginia, and beyond are winding up in shipping containers, headed overseas, and it’s a problem that customs officials say is getting worse. Port of Baltimore Director Adam Rottman told FOX 5 that last fiscal year they intercepted 149 stolen cars, but in the last three months, that number is already at 70, on pace to just about double last fiscal year’s total. "Transnational criminal organizations will make money any way they can, whether it’s drugs, terrorism, human smuggling, selling fake Care Bears, anything they can do to make a dollar," Rottman told FOX 5,...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Three Scottsbluff auto dealership executives are expected to be under arrest by this morning after they packed up their belongings, loaded 81 new vehicles onto trucks and left town. Scottsbluff police, with help from federal authorities, tracked the trio across the southwestern United States on Wednesday as many of the vehicles were sold at auctions. Felony theft charges were filed in Scotts Bluff County Court on Wednesday against Legacy Auto Sales owner Allen Patch and two of his senior managers: comptroller Rachel Fait, 37, and general manager Rick Covello, 53. Detectives located Patch, 52, at his attorney's...

Given that he deliberately allowed Iran to flood America with deadly drugs and grow its nuclear program, it’s easy to argue that he is. As Barack Obama slowly fades from the landscape, let’s consider how he has helped to destroy Western civilization, especially the United States of America. He did this via his fealty to Iran, which allowed unchecked, deadly drug trafficking into America while giving Iran the time, space, and funds to develop its nuclear weapons. The Obama Administration killed hundreds of thousands of Americans by allowing the Iran-founded and funded terrorist organization Hezbollah to operate in the Western...

Drug Enforcement Administration agents have raided an Oklahoma car dealership that the government suspects may be one of about 30 such businesses in the U.S. involved in funding the terrorist group Hezbollah. DEA agents say the car lot of Ace Auto Leasing in Tulsa is part of a huge network that is selling cars and drugs -- and then using the money to support terrorism against the U.S., myfoxphoenix.com reports. During Friday's raid, agents could be seen carryout out filing cabinets and other items. They also questioned employees and took inventory. "They're making big time money and it's going right...

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has ordered city agencies to stop ticketing cars if they are determined to have been stolen or broken into. After of a string of 2,000 reported stolen vehicles between May 1 and September 17, 2023, it was determined that more than 400 of those stolen cars received parking citations. Many victims of vehicle theft have even resorted to checking online ticketing databases as a way to locate their stolen cars. As reported by KTVU, the city will have to come up with a solution for police and transportation officials to be able to identify a...

Be careful where you park your car, it might not be there when you come back. Chicago — like much of the nation — has seen a huge rise in car thefts since 2020, with no let-up in sight. Adding to the problem, the Chicago Police Department has linked several recent robbery sprees to stolen vehicles. That comes as carmakers Kia and Hyundai face scrutiny for failing to provide adequate security systems for their cars. Last Friday, Northwest Side resident Matt Nalett spotted a stolen Hyundai Tuscon in an alley just off of the intersection of North and Cicero avenues....

AMLO calls on Biden administration to slow migration flows by investing in jobs and social programs in Northern Triangle countries EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The president of Mexico will be in Juarez late Friday to talk about the growing problem of cars illegally imported from the United States. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is expected to announce an amnesty to allow the owners of 100,000 so-called “crooked” or “chocolate” cars in Juarez to legally register their vehicles next year, the Office of Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar said. Juarez and Chihuahua state officials say unregistered cars pose a public safety...

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- A total of 14 South Korean vehicles carrying aid shipments for the Iraqi people have been seized by unidentified armed militants in Iraq since last month, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. But no South Korean nationals were captured or detained during the seizures, the ministry said, adding that the vehicles all belong to the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). "The South Korean vehicles were seized near Baghdad by some armed militants on two occasions, Sept. 19 and 21, while transporting aid materials from the Jordanian port of Aqaba to Baghdad," the ministry said in...