Brad Matthews

Plane evacuated at Chicago O’Hare after struck by baggage cart

A plane full of passengers was evacuated at Chicago O'Hare International Airport Saturday after a baggage cart hit the aircraft's engine.

December 16, 2023

Autistic 13-year-old boy dies after lighting Christmas tree on fire

A 13-year-old boy with autism died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this week after accidentally lighting the Christmas tree inside his family's mobile home on fire.

December 16, 2023

L.A. County officials search for gauge that can cause radiation sickness

Officials with Los Angeles County's Public Works Department are offering $1,000 to return a gauge that, if damaged, can cause radiation illness.

December 16, 2023

Pompeii artifact discovered in Belgian house decades after it was stolen

A Belgian family looking to sell their home found out a longtime piece of decor they had displayed was a stolen artifact from the Roman ruins of Pompeii.

December 15, 2023

Woman dies in Atlanta after her car collides with parked utility truck

A woman died Friday in Atlanta after her car was launched into a wall after it hit an empty utility truck parked on the shoulder of Interstate 20.

December 15, 2023

Construction workers drown at Kentucky pump station project

Two contractors working at a Sanitation District No. 1 pump station in Bromley, Kentucky, died Thursday after becoming trapped and drowning.

December 15, 2023

Single-engine plane crashes at Texas windmill farm, killing pilot and passenger

A single-engine propeller plane crashed at a windmill farm four miles south of Christoval, Texas, killing the pilot and the passenger.

December 15, 2023

Woman dead after her car crashes off a parking garage at an Alabama hospital

A woman died at an Alabama hospital Thursday after her car went through cables and crashed off the fourth floor of the hospital's parking garage.

December 14, 2023

2-year-old girl in southeast Virginia dies after accidentally shooting herself

A 2-year-old girl in Hampton, Virginia, died after accidentally shooting herself with a gun earlier this week.

December 14, 2023

Pair who went missing riding a snowmachine in Alaska found dead

Two people who went missing while riding a snowmachine together on their way from Teller to Nome were found dead by Alaska State Troopers.

December 14, 2023

Rochester Institute of Technology student missing for more than three weeks found safe

A Rochester Institute of Technology student from Onaway, Michigan, who had gone missing last month has been found safe and sound.

December 14, 2023

One dead, three injured at Washington college following suspected carbon monoxide leak

A suspected carbon monoxide leak at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, Monday evening left one student dead, with two other students and a police officer injured.

December 13, 2023

Gold sneakers made for Spike Lee found in shelter donation bin

A pair of gold-colored Nike Air Jordan 3 sneakers made for Spike Lee and the 2019 Oscars were found in the donation bin of a Portland, Oregon, homeless shelter.

December 13, 2023

Virginia attorney general cites crime in D.C. as factor in Capitals, Wizards move

After the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals announced a 2028 relocation to a site in Virginia Wednesday, the state's attorney general took to social media to call out District leaders over crime in the nation's capital.

December 13, 2023

Technician burned from explosion in guest house

A technician working in a cottage in Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania, was hospitalized with burns Tuesday when the house blew up.

December 13, 2023

Oklahoma State University grad student drowns while duck hunting at Sooner Lake reservoir

An Oklahoma State University graduate student drowned while going duck hunting at the state's Sooner Lake reservoir.

December 13, 2023

School bus with 23 students aboard, car ignite after crash in Prince George’s County; no injuries

A school bus with 23 students on board caught fire after being rear-ended by a car Tuesday morning on the Capital Beltway in Maryland, but no one was injured, fire authorities said.

December 13, 2023

Dallas Cowboys stadium employee accused of taking cash to let in ticketless fans

A Dallas Cowboys employee has been arrested after, police say, he took cash bribes to let fans without tickets into Sunday's home game against the rival Philadelphia Eagles.

December 12, 2023

House explosion in upstate New York leaves 1 dead

A house blast in Oneonta, New York, over the weekend led to the death of one person.

December 12, 2023

Lincoln statue’s bronze top hat pried off, stolen from Louisville waterfront

A statue of President Abraham Lincoln in Louisville, Kentucky, is missing a bronze top hat after it was pried off of a stone base recently.

December 12, 2023