Brad Matthews

MS-13 gang members in Maryland sentenced for conspiracy to commit murder

Two MS-13 members from a Maryland branch of the international gang were sentenced for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering.

November 10, 2023

Maya Kowalski’s family wins $211 million lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

The family of Maya Kowalski, the 17-year-old subject of Netflix's "Take Care of Maya," won more than $200 million against Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Thursday in their lawsuit that alleged botched care and forced isolation of the girl led her mother to commit suicide.

November 9, 2023

Tracy Chapman wins Country Music Association Song of the Year honors for 35-year-old song ‘Fast Car’

Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman took home the Song of the Year award at the 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards Wednesday night for her 1988 song "Fast Car."

November 9, 2023

New York University surgeons perform world’s first whole eye and partial face transplant

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York have successfully performed the world's first whole eye and partial face transplant on a patient from Arkansas, the hospital announced Thursday.

November 9, 2023

Hunters nab ‘dinosaur,’ second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida

An impromptu group of hunters in the Florida Everglades captured a massive Burmese python, the second-heaviest snake ever caught in the state.

November 9, 2023

Maintenance worker dies after being electrocuted at Massachusetts AT&T facility

A subcontractor working on maintenance at an AT&T facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was pronounced dead at the hospital after being electrocuted on the job Tuesday.

November 8, 2023

Utah woman who had leg amputated due to pit bull attack dies in hospital

A Taylorsville, Utah, woman whose leg had been amputated due to an attack by her son's pit bulls last week has died in the hospital.

November 8, 2023

Arizona woman trampled to death in state’s first recorded fatal elk attack

An Arizona woman died from injuries suffered last week in what officials called the state's first documented fatal elk attack.

November 8, 2023

Virginia building explodes after firefighter opens door to look inside; no one injured

A Fairfax County firefighter had a close call Tuesday, when an explosion erupted after he opened a door at an evacuated building in Bailey's Crossroads.

November 8, 2023

Driver stung after tractor-trailer carrying beehives rolls over in Death Valley National Park

A tractor-trailer carrying beehives rolled over while traveling through Death Valley National Park, letting loose bees that stung the injured driver and the people who were trying to help him.

November 8, 2023

Alligator wrangled on Lake Michigan beach in South Milwaukee

A misplaced alligator was found on the shores of Lake Michigan at the Grant Park beach in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

November 7, 2023

Car driver arrested, accused of intoxication in Seattle bus crash that left a bystander dead

The driver of a red sedan involved in a crash with a Seattle bus over the weekend has since been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide. He is accused of driving while intoxicated.

November 7, 2023

Woman injured by drifting experimental plane landing at an Indiana airport

A woman looking on and filming as an experimental plane landed at the Glenndale Airport in Kokomo, Indiana, was injured when the plane drifted and struck her golf cart.

November 7, 2023

Hangar in California used to house blimps during World War II goes up in smoke

A wood-supported hangar built in Tustin, California, to house surveillance blimps during World War II went up in smoke Tuesday. Its twin structure, however, remains standing, and no injuries were reported.

November 7, 2023

Adult male deer crashes through the storefront of a Michigan lingerie shop

An adult male deer crashed through the glass storefront of a lingerie shop in Lansing, Michigan, over the weekend, leaving the store closed until Tuesday.

November 7, 2023

Jukebox once given by Elton John to John Lennon as Christmas gift now up at auction

A jukebox that once changed hands from Elton John to fellow music legend John Lennon as a Christmas gift is going to be sold at Julien's Auctions on Nov. 16.

November 4, 2023

Arkansas man arrested, accused of driving through the gate into a South Carolina nuclear plant

An Arkansas man was arrested and charged Friday for his purported role in a gate crashing at the Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca, South Carolina.

November 4, 2023

Amazon Prime Video secures streaming rights for ‘Sound of Freedom’

Amazon Prime Video has secured the streaming rights to "Sound of Freedom," and the movie will be up on the platform on the day after Christmas.

November 4, 2023

Utah woman attacked by son’s pit bulls has leg amputated

A Taylorsville, Utah, woman is in the hospital in critical condition following an attack earlier this week by her son's pit bulls, with one of her legs being amputated as a result.

November 4, 2023

Landslide of plants and soil injures at least 15 at Colombian tourist attraction

A landslide of plant material and soil injured at least 15 tourists visiting the free-standing Rock of Guatape in Colombia. The granite outcropping is over 650 feet high from its base.

November 4, 2023