When I had the honor of serving Houston as police chief, together we endured an eleven-month period in which we laid to rest five officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. When we lose ...

Porsche patent shows that they have a solution for extending the life of the catalytic converter while also reducing ...

A crime wave that swept across Minnesota and the nation suddenly looks more like a ripple. To the relief of car owners and police, catalytic converter thefts are trending down for the first time in ...

The 2024 Toyota Tacoma is basically out to take GM’s, Ford’s, and Nissan’s lunch money all for itself. To do so, it’s changing a heck of a lot, from major stuff like its new hybrid engine option to ...

Cars making loud noises are never a good sign and are a particular hassle when the cause of the noise is a missing catalytic converter. Catalytic converters are regularly targeted car parts, sometimes ...

NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Benjamin Preston of Consumer Reports, about why catalytic converter thefts remain a nationwide problem. An actor who starred in the soap opera "General Hospital" was shot ...

Across the country, reported catalytic converter thefts have skyrocketed in the last few years. Annual thefts of the auto part, which is tucked along the exhaust system to turn fumes from a car’s ...

Cars making loud noises are never a good sign and are a particular hassle when the cause of the noise is a missing catalytic converter. Catalytic converters are regularly targeted car parts, sometimes ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Cars are major greenhouse gas emitters. Every year, vehicles worldwide pump out millions of tons of CO2, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, and a range of other gasses that contribute to global warming ...

Catalytic converters are integrated into the exhaust systems of cars to convert, or turn, the harmful gasses and pollutants from the engine exhaust system into a less toxic state. Catalytic converters ...