A lithium-ion battery in a remote-controlled car is being blamed for sparking a three-alarm house fire in Milton on Sunday. Strafford County dispatchers received a call from the area of 36 Charles St.

In places like San Francisco, Phoenix and Las Vegas, robot taxis are navigating city streets, each without a driver behind the steering wheel. Some don’t even have steering wheels: But cars like this ...

Richard Whitfield has been a mulling over a name for his remote control car. “I think I’m gonna call it Betty,” he said. Whitfield bought Betty at Remote Control Hobbies, a store just north of ...