Brad Matthews

$100 million renovation for Ellis Island

The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration is undergoing a $100 million renovation, which will include new exhibits and accessibility upgrades.

April 5, 2024

Matzo for all: Manischewitz launches rebrand of Kosher staple ahead of Passover

The matzo maker's makeover comes just weeks before Passover starts April 22.

April 5, 2024

Pilot in Ariz. hot air balloon crash given ketamine by first responders, contrary to original report

The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Arizona in January, killing him and three passengers did not have ketamine in his body when the balloon fell, contrary to initial reports from officials earlier this week.

April 5, 2024

Thousands of captive-bred salmon smolt escape into wrong river

An Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tanker truck crashed while carrying 102,000 captive-bred spring Chinook salmon smolt, sending 77,000 of them into the wrong waterway.

April 4, 2024

Federal prosecutors charge eight men with multistate beer-stealing scheme

Federal authorities have charged eight men with a multiyear, multi-state scheme to steal beer from trains and distribution facilities.

April 4, 2024

FAA investigating Southwest Airlines’ near miss of LaGuardia tower

A Southwest Airlines jet almost hit the air traffic control tower at New York's LaGuardia Airport in the thick of stormy weather last month.

April 4, 2024

Botswana offers Germany 20,000 elephants to protest limit on hunting trophy imports

A diplomatic row between Germany and Botswana has resulted in the African country's President Mokgweetsi Masisi offering Germany 20,000 elephants.

April 4, 2024

Body of female in Missouri ‘cold case’ from 1978 finally identified as teen

A "Jane Doe" whose body was found floating in the Mississippi River in Lincoln County, Missouri, in 1978 has been identified using more modern DNA identification.

April 3, 2024

Climber dies after falling into crater of Mount St. Helens on his 29th trip to summit

The collapse of an overhanging mass of snow has sent an experienced mountain climber plummeting to his death in the crater of Mount St. Helens in Washington.

April 3, 2024

National Weather Service suffers radar outage as storms blast central U.S.

Parts of the central U.S. were left bereft of critical climate warnings after the National Weather Service suffered a five-hour network outage.

April 3, 2024

Counting down to moon hour: Biden directs NASA to create standard time up there

Time zones will soon include outer space if the White House has its way. In a Tuesday memo, NASA was told to create a standard time for the moon by the end of 2026.

April 3, 2024

Google Podcasts is shutting down, with shows ported over to YouTube Music

Google Podcasts, the company's standalone podcast hub, is shutting down for U.S. users after Tuesday. Podcasts will instead be available on YouTube Music, also owned by Google.

April 2, 2024

8,200-year-old archaeological site uncovered at New Mexico’s Holloman Air Force Base

Members of the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron have unearthed an 8,200-year-old archaeological site at a road cut within the borders of Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

April 2, 2024

Meningococcal disease, deaths rising, says CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert that cases of meningococcal disease and resulting deaths are on the rise.

April 2, 2024

Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona, which sank during Pearl Harbor attack, dies

Lou Conter, the last known survivor of the battleship Arizona that sank amid the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, died Monday at age 102.

April 2, 2024

Costa Mesa cops return $800,000 of weed seized from legal manufacturer

Police in Costa Mesa, California, were ordered by a court to return drugs worth $800,000 wholesale to a legal marijuana manufacturer.

March 28, 2024

Airliner evacuated in Charlotte because of the smell of smoke in the cabin

Frontier Airlines flight 1759 was parked Thursday at the gate at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina when it was evacuated due to a strong odor.

March 28, 2024

Robodog keeps home barricade showdown from turning bloody

A robot dog is being credited with averting bloodshed and taking bullets while being used by Massachusetts State Police troopers during a house barricade incident this month.

March 28, 2024

Tomb near Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner up at auction

A burial crypt near the tombs of Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner in Los Angeles is being auctioned off by Julien's Auctions on Saturday.

March 28, 2024

Federal prosecutors in New York accuse former Mongolian prime minister of embezzlement

Federal prosecutors in New York accused former Prime Minister of Mongolia Sukhbaatar Batbold Tuesday of buying two luxury apartments in Manhattan with embezzled money.

March 27, 2024