Brad Matthews

Fat Bear Week contest delayed after male bear kills female bear

Fat Bear Week, a competition held each year by Explore.org and Katmai National Park in Alaska, was postponed after a male bear killed a female bear.

October 2, 2024

Passenger train derails in Massachusetts, injuring 7

A Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Green Line train derailed at the Lechmere station in Cambridge on Tuesday, injuring seven people on board.

October 2, 2024

Hurricane Helene suspends quartz production in Spruce Pine, North Carolina

The quartz mines of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, part of the global computer chip supply chain, have suspended their operations due to the damage and aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

October 1, 2024

Britney Spears deletes Instagram post explaining painful fireplace snafu

Pop icon Britney Spears lost some hair, eyelashes and eyebrows in a fireplace mishap, she wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post Monday.

October 1, 2024

Man buys Taylor Swift-signed guitar at charity for $4,000, only to smash it in anti-Harris protest

A bidder bought a guitar signed by pop icon Taylor Swift at the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner in Texas for $4,000 -- before breaking the instrument with a hammer.

October 1, 2024

Verizon fixes network outage after hours of problems

Telecommunications giant Verizon resolved an outage Monday evening after hours of problems nationwide.

October 1, 2024

Arkansas parents arrested after attempting to give away child for six pack of beer and $1,000

A pair of Arkansas parents have been arrested after, prosecutors allege, they tried to give away their baby boy in exchange for a six-pack of beer and $1,000 earlier this month.

September 28, 2024

54 patients rescued from atop Tennessee hospital swamped by Hurricane Helene

Helicopters recovered 54 people from Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, Friday after floodwaters swollen by Hurricane Helene inundated the facility.

September 28, 2024

Two men die after plane crashes into Utah Lake

A plane crashed into Utah Lake on Friday, killing both men on board, after it was on the way to nearby Provo Airport.

September 28, 2024

Two Delta Air Lines ramp agents arrested for smuggling ketamine through JFK Airport

A pair of Delta Air Lines ramp agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York were arrested this month after, federal prosecutors allege, they smuggled ketamine that came in from Denmark.

September 28, 2024

Boeing 737 hit with new warning that the rudder pedals can get stuck, posing safety risk

The rudder pedals on Boeing 737 jets can get jammed in the neutral position due to collected moisture freezing over in a rudder part, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a new report.

September 27, 2024

Two men arrested on drug charges after landing a plane on a California highway

Two Oceanside, California, men were arrested after a plane full of cocaine landed on a state highway..

September 27, 2024

Fire engulfing crashed tractor-trailer hauling lithium batteries burns on and on at Los Angeles port

A tractor-trailer full of lithium batteries that overturned and caught fire Thursday at the Port of Los Angeles continued to burn Friday and kept several port terminals closed.

September 27, 2024

Major shift: CNN to ask readers to pay for articles

Cable News Network is planning to add a paywall to its website, building on a system that asks readers to register with email, according to reports.

September 27, 2024

U.S. government offering Americans four free COVID-19 tests once again

The Department of Health and Human Services is once again offering every American household up to four free COVID-19 tests shipped to their homes, the agency announced Thursday.

September 26, 2024

American Airlines flight from Dallas to South Korea forced to turn around due to bathroom issue

An American Airlines flight from Dallas to Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, earlier this month had to turn around mid-flight and head back due to a bathroom malfunction.

September 26, 2024

Man charged with attempted murder for bombing California courthouse

A Santa Maria, California, man accused of setting off a homemade bomb at the town's Superior Court of California courthouse Wednesday was arrested and charged with attempted murder.

September 26, 2024

Suspect detained after improvised bomb injures two in explosion at California courthouse

Two people were injured Wednesday when a man tossed a homemade explosive device toward a courtroom at a Santa Maria, California, courthouse used by the Superior Court of California.

September 25, 2024

United Airlines plane slows to avoid collision above San Francisco; 2 passengers injured

A United Airlines flight had to suddenly slow down while descending toward San Francisco International Airport last week to avoid hitting another plane. The maneuver injured two passengers.

September 25, 2024

Wisconsin man falls to his death off Wyoming butte

A 21-year-old Wisconsin man trying to climb Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming fell to his death over the weekend. It was the seventh death in over a century of climbing at the butte.

September 25, 2024