Luxury Brands Bet on the Middle East. War Has Damaged Their Plans.

High-end brands such as Louis Vuitton and Hermès are looking to other regions as sales in Persian Gulf nations plummet. Read more
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Humans Who Used a Bear Suit to Defraud Car Insurers Sentenced to Jail

The California residents collected more than $141,000 in insurance payouts after staging bear attacks on their luxury cars, state officials said. Read more
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Man Charged in Lego Theft Scheme of Replacing Pieces With Pasta, Police Say

A California man was charged with grand theft after the police said he reaped about $34,000 in what an official called an “off the charts” pasta-and-switch scheme involving Lego kits. Read more
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