Brad Matthews

Snoop Dogg to hoist Olympic torch on way to opening ceremony in Paris

Rapper Snoop Dogg will carry the Olympic torch through the streets of a Paris suburb Friday ahead of the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympics.

July 23, 2024

Transportation Department investigating Delta Air Lines as cancellations mount

The Department of Transportation is investigating Delta Air Lines, which is still struggling with cancellations after last week's global data outage.

July 23, 2024

7-month-old boy shot in the leg in Philadelphia, taken to hospital by good Samaritan

A 7-month-old baby boy had to be taken to the hospital in Philadelphia after being shot in the leg. The woman police allege is responsible has been arrested.

July 20, 2024

Plane crashes at Ohio airport, killing all 3 aboard

A twin-engine plane crashed at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna Township, Ohio, Friday, killing all three people on board.

July 20, 2024

Pedophile fugitive who fled prison work detail in Oregon 3 decades ago recaptured in Georgia

A pedophile who fled a prison work detail in Oregon in 1994 was recaptured in Macon, Georgia, this week, having lived for years under the identity of a child who died in Texas in 1962.

July 20, 2024

Montanan shoots charging grizzly bear to death

A 72-year-old man out picking huckleberries alone in Flathead National Forest in Montana had to shoot a grizzly bear dead with a handgun after it attacked him.

July 20, 2024

Rare orange lobster spared by Colorado Red Lobster employees

An extremely rare orange lobster was spared by employees of a Pueblo, Colorado, Red Lobster restaurant last week because its coloration reminded them of the NFL's orange and blue Denver Broncos.

July 19, 2024

Feds order offshore wind farm near Nantucket to suspend operations after blade breaks

The Biden administration ordered the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm to suspend operations this week after a blade from one of its turbines broke, dropping debris into the ocean that then washed up on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts.

July 19, 2024

16-year-old girl rescued from hole in sand at San Diego beach as high tide rolls in

A 16-year-old girl got trapped up to her neck in a hole in the sand at Mission Beach in San Diego just an hour before high tide. Good Samaritans and lifeguards were able to get her out in time.

July 19, 2024

Widespread Microsoft outage grounds airlines at D.C.-area airports

A widespread outage of Microsoft services caused by a faulty update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike grounded multiple airlines at D.C.-area airports Friday.

July 19, 2024

Ingrid Andress cancels tour dates after drunk national anthem performance at Home Run Derby

Country singer-songwriter Ingrid Andress has canceled upcoming tour dates and is in rehab following a widely panned rendition of the national anthem earlier this week at the Home Run Derby.

July 18, 2024

Stegosaurus fossil sells at Sotheby’s auction house for record $44.6 million

The mounted skeleton of a stegosaurus dating back to the late Jurassic period sold at the Sotheby's auction house for $44.6 million.

July 18, 2024

Competitor on TV’s ‘Top Chef Masters’ drowns in Oregon tubing accident

A Portland chef who once competed on Bravo's "Top Chef Masters" drowned in a tubing accident on Oregon's Willamette River over the weekend. Her body was recovered Wednesday.

July 18, 2024

Distressed swimmer rescued near New Jersey coast by fisherman and his son

A New York swimmer in danger of going under was rescued by a fisherman and his son after being swept out by the tides.

July 18, 2024

Man arrested at Florida Walgreens after waiting five hours in bathroom for store to close

Police in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, arrested a man this week they say waited in a bathroom at a local Walgreens or five hours so he could gorge on snacks and smokes for free.

July 17, 2024

Founder of D.C. nonprofit for homeless LGBTQ+ youth pleads guilty to diverting COVID relief money

The founder of a D.C. nonprofit group intended to house homeless LGBTQ+ youth and immigrants pleaded guilty to wire fraud Wednesday for moving COVID-19 relief money to private offshore accounts.

July 17, 2024

‘Rust’ armorer wants manslaughter conviction dismissed after charges dropped for Alec Baldwin

The armorer on the set of the Western movie "Rust," where a cinematographer died after a gun held by actor Alec Baldwin went off, has asked a New Mexico judge to dismiss her case.

July 17, 2024

Metrorail, MARC and VRE implement speed restrictions due to the heat

Commuter railways across the D.C. metropolitan area have slowed their trains this week due to heat-related speed restrictions.

July 17, 2024

Trader Joe’s ‘everything’ bagel seasoning banned in South Korea due to poppy seeds

Trader Joe's "Everything but The Bagel" seasoning has been targeted on airport warning signs in South Korea because the popular product contains poppy seeds.

July 16, 2024

Northampton Oak in D.C., estimated to be more than 400 years old, topples on wires, cars and a house

The "Northampton Oak" on the street of the same name in Northwest D.C. fell on Monday, hitting cars, wires and a house. The tree was estimated to be more than 400 years old.

July 16, 2024