If you have a custom license plate, Ryan Yearsley, otherwise known as @PL8HNTR.RVA on Instagram, wants to know the backstory.

Discover how to build a custom retractable license plate mechanism inspired by spy vehicles! In this detailed video, watch the assembly, wiring, and installation process on a Mazda CX-5 using ...

These days, surveillance cameras are all around us, and they’re smarter than ever. In particular, many of them are running advanced algorithms to recognize faces and scan license plates, compiling ...

Several cities are rethinking their use of automatic license plate readers following revelations about data security issues that has led federal agencies like ICE to get their hands on the data ...

Photography courtesy of Michigan Women Veterans Empowerment (MIWVE). Photography courtesy of Michigan Women Veterans Empowerment (MIWVE). For years, women veterans in Michigan have asked for the same ...

Episode 23 of the 'Being Real with Bethany' podcast, hosted by our very own Bethany Davis, is available now, and it features former WSFA Art Director Bill Ford. They're a band that describes ...

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In a video shared on TikTok in September, a masked man in a tactical vest runs across a street in Chicago toward a Ford SUV. More people in tactical police vests get inside the vehicle, as an angry ...

“You guys are separating families,” one woman shouts at the car, which is flashing red and blue lights. “And for what?” The woman tells others not to come ...

Over the past year, many federal law enforcement agents conducting immigration arrests have been concealing their faces under masks, and vehicles being used in what appear to be immigration-related ...

You may or may not know this, but you can’t make your own license plate, slap it on your car, and expect no hassle. The same goes for a handmade replacement for a lost or stolen license plate. It’s a ...