A man said he bought a Rivian and when the AC started having problems, Rivian offered him $2,000 to waive his legal rights to sue them for it.
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Rivian Offered $2K to Buyer For Problems With the AC

A woman was arrested for letting people steal cars from the Hertz lot in Ft. Lauderdale, meaning that Hertz can actually report stolen cars that really were stolen.
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Cars Actually Stolen From Hertz (REALLY!)

A woman sent a tax payment to the feds but it was not postmarked the day she dropped it off - and it was apparently postmarked AFTER it was due - which could cost her $20,000 even though she mailed it on time.
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Missing Postmark Costs Woman $20,000

HOA Fines Limited to $100 by New Law in CA

The sisters owned a Dairy Queen and paid their employees every two weeks, but the law in NY required weekly paychecks - a law many people did not know about. Lawsuits by employees exposed the owners to $6 million in liability but they eventually settled for less. The law has also been changed.
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DQ Owners Faced $6M in Liability Over Little-Known Wage Law

Delta sometimes requires travelers to check in with the credit card that purchased their ticket - but not always - meaning some travelers face being stranded trying to get home because they did not bring the card with them AND it wasn't required to board the outbound flight.
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Delta’s ‘Crazy’ Credit Card Rule Could Strand Unsuspecting Fliers

A used car dealer apparently let a woman whose car failed just 2,000 miles after purchase return it and get another used car - despite the car not being under warranty.
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Used Car Dealer Lets Buyer Swap Out Bad Car

A sheriff in Kentucky has been arrested a third time for DUI in just the past two years; a lot of people were calling for him to resign, which he has now done.
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Sheriff Resigns After 3rd DUI Arrest

A woman who went to the hospital was offered a payment plan but later found out it was a credit card - which was issued to her even though (she says) she never signed for anything.
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‘Payment Plan’ Offered to Patient was a Credit Card

The couple sued after being arrested at gunpoint and told the vehicle they had rented was stolen; it wasn't, and the company settled on the day of trial for $350K and apologized to the couple.
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Rental Car Co Will Pay $350K To Wrongly Arrested Couple

A woman was arrested for, among other things, stealing from Target - which she recorded and posted to her TikTok account (according to FL police).
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Woman Arrested After Posting TikToks Stealing From Target

The city of Greeley (CO) agreed to pay a woman $200K after she was wrongfully arrested and handcuffed - and the police officer entered her apartment without permission or a warrant - and then released after 40 minutes.
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City to Pay $200K for False Arrest of Woman Held For 40 Minutes

A class action lawsuit has been filed against a shoe company, claiming their expensive shoes are too squeaky.
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Class Action Seeks Punitive Damages for Squeaky Shoes

Flock has announced that Ring cameras will allow police to ASK to see Ring footage - by placing requests through Flock. Flock says that the customer has the right to refuse for any reason.
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Police Will Be Able to ASK for Ring Footage Through Flock

Detroit police were heard on a scanner talking about "accidentally" filling in the driver license information wrong when it was a report about an accident involving another police officer.
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Police Caught on Radio Altering a Report to Protect Another Officer

Alaska airlines shredded a man's bag during a flight and at first said the handling had been 'ordinary' - but later agreed to replace the bag after the media got involved.
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Airline Shreds Suitcase and Calls it ‘Ordinary’ - At First

The family farm in NJ was slated to be taken by eminent domain to make space for affordable housing; the family did not want to sell and, after a national uproar, the authorities have decided to look at other locations instead.
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UPDATE: Family Farm WILL NOT Be Taken by Eminent Domain

Two federal court judges filed official documents containing hallucinations created by generative AI - one was a court opinion containing made up cases and the other was a temporary restraining order that also included imaginary facts. 
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Federal Judges Caught Using ChatGPT

A campground owner sold "lifetime" memberships to people then sold the campground to a new owner - which says it will not honor those lifetime memberships.
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‘Lifetime’ Campground Memberships Canceled by New Owner

A man dropped his Ford Explorer off for service at a Ford dealer before he left the country - and then saw on his Ford app that the vehicle was being driven around inappropriately. 
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Dealer Tech Joyrides SUV While Customer Is Out of The Country

A judge in Washington has ruled that Flock Camera photos are public records, and as such, are available to citizens to request through records requests. After the ruling, two cities using the systems shut them off.
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Judge Says Flock Camera Photos are Public Records

CA Bar Exam Foils Famous Would-Be Attorney

Six HUNDRED Tickets Tossed Because Deputy Wasn’t Wearing Her Badge

Workers have sued Bank of America claiming they weren't properly paid for the time they were at work waiting for their computers to boot up and allow them to punch in.
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Bank Sued for Not Paying Workers While Computers Booted Up

United Airlines is fighting a class action filed on behalf of consumers who paid extra for 'window' seats, only to be placed in seats not next to windows; United argues that no reasonable person would expect a window seat to be next to a window.
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Airline Argues That ‘Window' Seats Don’t Need to Be Near Windows

A teacher named Smith was pulled from the classroom and told her background check showed a DUI she had not reported - which was obviously for another person named Smith. It took her months to straighten out, which meant she lost quite a bit in the meantime.
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Teacher Pulled From Class Due To Confusion Caused by Common Name

The local ordinance says the town in Weld County can issue $40 and $80 tickets with speed cameras but the town of Kersey is issuing tickets for $340.
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Town Issues $240 Speed Camera Tickets Despite $40 Cap in the Law

Restaurant Fixes the ‘Fish & Chips’ Confusion!

A man was charged with trespassing for walking along the beach of Lake Michigan (in Wisconsin) in front of private property - and the argument is: Where does the private property end and where does the public property begin along the lakeshore?
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Lakefront Home Owner Has Beach Walker Charged With Trespassing

The owner bought the car used (12,000 miles) and it's still under a GM warranty but the claim was denied because of loctite found on a part during disassembly.
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Warranty Claim Denied on Corvette Because of Loctite Found on Bolt

Postmarks are now often applied later than when you turned mail into the USPS; you need to make sure your taxes are filed timely and probably get a proof of mailing to be safe.
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Postmark Rule Change Could Mean Your Taxes Get Filed Wrong

James Moylan, when working at Ford, came up with the idea that is now in pretty much every car on the road - to let us know which side of the car the fuel-filler is on.
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Fuel - Fill Arrow Inventor Has Passed Away

The Texas AG has filed suit against several TV manufacturers alleging that they take screen grabs of people's TV sets and share the information with others.
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TV Makers Sued For Sharing What You Watch without Telling You

The court ruled that you giving Google permission to use your information means you waive your right to complain about anyone else using it - even the police.
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State Sup Ct Says You Waive 4th Amendment Rights When Using Google

The Jets invited her to try out for the contest but later told her that she was not eligible because she coached soccer and had played college soccer - something she said they were aware of.
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Football Team Changes its Mind About Letting Woman Kick $100K Field Goal

The robbers broke into a safe deposit box bank vault and emptied their contents over a weekend, quite like the famous Riviera bank robbery of 1976.
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Thieves Get Away After $35M Weekend-Long Heist of Safe Deposit Boxes

These are the ten videos on my channel which were viewed the most times in 2025.
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My TOP TEN Videos of 2025

I had previously covered the lawsuit Bodett filed against Motel 6. Here is the video: https://youtu.be/0onBE9w901M

Tom Bodett and Motel 6 Settle Their Lawsuit

The Jets had told her she was ineligible to kick because she coached soccer, but after an uproar in the media, reversed course and let her kick. She missed. My previous video: https://youtu.be/UpAOG-mjU54

They Let Her Try the $100K FG Kick but She Missed

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