Catalytic converters are an important part of your car's functioning exhaust system. Here's how they work and why their parts ...

Platinum has been considered a precious metal for a couple thousand years now, with folks in both hemispheres using it to show off their conspicuous consumption since about 700 BCE. This is partly ...

Pictured, the underside of a Toyota Prius, with the catalytic converter in the middle of the image. (File photo courtesy of National Insurance Crime Bureau) The Chula Vista Police Department held an ...

TARZANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Two suspects were apprehended and four catalytic converters were recovered after a theft in Tarzana led to a high-speed chase, authorities said. Sirens blared through the ...

Brian Fagen’s catalytic converter has been stolen not once, not twice, but three times. In fact, Fagen told NY1 it happened twice on successive nights. “Repaired the next morning, stolen again,” he ...

SEATTLE — Washington now has its strongest ever protections against catalytic converter theft thanks to a bill-- now a law -- that has been among King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion’s top ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The piercing sound of cutting ...

Washington State House Bill 2153, developed with the help of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, is now in effect, adding laws to deter catalytic converter theft in Washington state, ...

Platinum, a metal that helps craft aesthetically pleasing jewelry, also finds use in a car's exhaust for entirely non-aesthetic reasons. The catalytic converter is required on nearly every car to ...

Modern vehicles and the internal combustion engines that power them — well, most of them, that is — have come a long way in recent decades. From inefficient carburetor systems to fuel injection and, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As the price of scrap metal has risen, law enforcement officials say the number of thefts involving such material is on the increase as well. While copper can fetch more than $5 a ...

A nationwide crime trend plaguing car owners has gained renewed focus amid the unsolved killing of "General Hospital" actor Johnny Wactor who was gunned down when he caught thieves in Los Angeles ...