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The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to the appeal of a 94-year-old Minnesota woman challenging the so-called practice of governmental 'home equity theft.' The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to the appeal of a 94-year- old Minnesota woman who got no compensation when the government seized her home over a small unpaid tax bill -- and pocketed the profit. Many justices suggested the practice, which the plaintiff's lawyers at the Pacific Legal Foundation have termed "home equity theft," could run afoul of the Fifth Amendment's prohibition against government taking private property without "just compensation." Geraldine Tyler, the plaintiff in the high court case, owed $15,000 in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties in 2015 when Hennepin County, Minnesota, seized her one-bedroom condominium and later sold it for $40,000. "It goes all the way back to the Magna Carta that the government cannot take more than it's owed,...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city is planning to give away 500 Apple AirTags to prevent rising car thefts. New York City will give away 500 Apple AirTags to prevent rising car thefts, Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday. The city hopes that adding this tracking Technology will help the New York Police Department recover stolen cars and deter thieves amid rising rates of car thefts citywide. Kias and Hyundais are particularly vulnerable to theft after a viral TikTok campaign from last summer demonstrated how the cars can be easily stolen. "As soon as we're notified about a grand larceny auto -- and even if it's days later -- we can still track the car and find the person who's driving and put a brake on what we are experiencing in this city with grand larceny autos," Adams said at a press conference on Sunday. The NYPD's Crime Prevention Unit's distribution plan will focus on the precincts with the highest number of thefts to ens...