GPS

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A woman adjusting a GPS device drove off the road and into a lake in northern New Jersey, but no injuries were reported. The 35-year-old woman and two children were in the car when the accident occurred around 7 p.m. Saturday in Parsippany, authorities said. All three were able to safely escape from the vehicle before emergency responders arrived on…

James Prudenciano says he and his date fell off a cliff while hiking in New Jersey and credited his Apple Watch for saving their lives by calling for help.

Twenty people, including members of the Colombo crime family, have been charged with a litany of crimes, including racketeering, extortion and loansharking, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

After numerous severe storms this summer, the Gladwyne Fire Company in Montgomery County is preparing for another round of storms that could bring more severe flooding to their community.

A new study by AAA finds that older drivers are more vulnerable to being distracted by technological features in their cars, including GPS sytems and handsfree phones. Resesrchers say the goal of the study is to make drivers more aware of potential distractions on the road.

Two months after a mother of five vanished from a Connecticut town, authorities say they’re still following up on more than 1,200 tips and leads.

Fotis Dulos knows what the public thinks of him, and has a message for them: Wait until the facts come out.

In a mission to clean up trash floating in the ocean, environmentalists pulled 40 tons (36 metric tons) of abandoned fishing nets this month from an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The girlfriend of the estranged husband of a missing New Canaan mother has made a request to travel outside Connecticut and she will be in court Friday.

A couple was sailing off the coast of New Jersey when their boat capsized during Wednesday night’s stormy weather. We spoke with the couple who survived this accident.

Amanda Eller had an emotional reunion on Monday night with the men who rescued her after she was lost for 17 days in a Hawaiian jungle, hugging them tight in thanks for saving her life. “You guys are the heroes,” Eller said during a community gathering. “I am not the hero, I am just the girl sitting here healing my...

Amanda Eller is recovering after spending 16 days alone in a remote Hawaiian forest. Eller, who was lost when she went for a walk in Maui’s Mackawow Forest Reserve on May 8th, said she chose to live during her two week ordeal.

With the summer approaching, members of the U.S. Coast Guard are teaching important boating lessons that could save lives.

Many parents use GPS apps to track their children. But few parents know what many teenagers do – that their GPS location can secretly be faked.

Carjackers, one with a gun, stole a man’s pickup truck in Southwest Philadelphia Monday night. Police say the victim’s daughter’s cellphone was left in the car and helped track the four suspects to Kensignton where they crashed and attempted to flee.

Marking tires to enforce parking rules is like entering property without a search warrant, a federal court said Monday as it declared the practice unconstitutional in Michigan and three other states. Alison Taylor had received more than a dozen $15 tickets for exceeding the two-hour parking limit in Saginaw. The city marks tires with chalk to keep track of how...

A repair project on a stretch of the Schuylkill Expressway began Thursday night and it’s expected to cause delays on I-76. We take a look at the traffic impact.

A Lyft rider in suburban Phoenix stabbed his pregnant driver, killing the woman and her unborn child before stealing her vehicle and driving nearly 150 miles before being arrested near the California line, authorities said Monday. Tempe police said Kristina Howato, 39, was in her third trimester of pregnancy and is survived by two other young children.