Brad Matthews

Going once: Old Twitter items to be auctioned off

The social media platform X is auctioning off old Twitter memorabilia, office furniture and breakroom appliances through the Heritage Global Partners auction house.

August 11, 2023

Connecticut schools robbed of $6 million by hackers

Hacking attacks against the public school system in New Haven, Connecticut, in June caused losses of over $6 million. City officials announced Thursday that $3.6 million has been recovered.

August 11, 2023

Chantilly contractor that supplied bomb dogs to Iraq’s U.S. embassy settles whistleblower suit

Chantilly, Virginia, contractor SOC LLC. agreed to settle a False Claims Act whistleblower suit regarding their bomb dogs for $259,353.60, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

August 10, 2023

Customs and Border Protection agents find 1 ton of meth in a shipment of plaster

Customs and Border Protection agents on Monday seized over a ton of meth that smugglers were hauling in a trailer crossing the bridge from Mexico into Loredo, Texas.

August 10, 2023

Ex-bakery owner sent to prison for using dead baby’s ID in passport, pandemic scam

A former Columbus, Ohio-area bakery owner was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday for using the identity of a dead baby to commit 16 counts of wire and passport fraud.

August 10, 2023

Vaquita porpoise faces extinction, warns whaling group

The 88-nation International Whaling Commission on Monday issued its first extinction for the vaquita porpoise, a species native to the northern Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico.

August 10, 2023

Police seek woman suspected in fatal shooting of 10-year-old boy in Virginia

A 24-year-old woman accused of shooting to death a 10-year-old boy in Franklin, Virginia, Wednesday is being sought by the city's police.

August 10, 2023

Marshals arrest suspect in 2022 West Virginia slaying in Baltimore

A Charleston, West Virginia, man wanted in connection with a Nov. 30, 2022, slaying was arrested by U.S. marshals in Baltimore Wednesday.

August 9, 2023

Former Raiders receiver sentenced for fatal 2021 auto crash

Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was sentenced to three-to-10 years in prison Wednesday for a 2021 high-speed car-crash that killed motorist Tina Tintor.

August 9, 2023

Brushfire near Austin wrecks apartment building, mars 3 more

A brushfire that began in Cedar Park, Texas, Tuesday destroyed a building at an apartment complex and damaged three others.

August 9, 2023

Look out! Colorado driving school employee crashes glass storefront while trying to park

An employee of a Lakewood, Colorado, driving school received a traffic citation after steering through the glass storefront while trying to park Tuesday.

August 9, 2023

Texas woman survives snake, hawk attack

A Silsbee, Texas, woman had her right arm savaged by a hawk last month after a snake that the bird had dropped wrapped itself around the limb.

August 9, 2023

Georgia man accused of breaking into Florida church, stealing electronics and baptizing himself

A Georgia man stands accused of breaking into a Panama City Beach, Florida, church, purportedly vandalizing the interior and stealing electronics before baptizing himself.

August 8, 2023

Cecil County man, 86, accused of torching neighbor’s BMW

An octogenarian resident of Conowingo, Maryland, in Cecil County was arrested Tuesday on charges of arson.

August 8, 2023

74-year-old Italian cheesemaker crushed to death by cascade of falling cheese wheels

A 74-year-old cheesemaker in northern Italy was killed Sunday after a warehouse shelving unit gave way, burying the man under wheels of cheese.

August 8, 2023

Woman, 65, injured in first shark attack at New York City beach in 7 decades

A 65-year-old woman was bitten by a shark off New York City's Rockaway Beach Monday, the first such attack at a city beach in 70 years.

August 8, 2023

Divers find 32 cars in Florida lake near Miami International Airport

Volunteer divers trying to solve cold cases found 32 cars sunk at the bottom of a lake in Doral, Florida, near Miami International Airport.

August 8, 2023

One woman dead and two men injured after car they were in was struck by train in Virginia

A collision between a Norfolk Southern train and a purportedly stolen 2015 Honda Accord in Fauquier County, Virginia, left the driver and a male passenger injured, and a female passenger dead.

August 5, 2023

Mega Millions jackpot estimated to be the biggest-ever after no one wins most recent drawing

No one won the grand prize for the Mega Millions lottery drawing on Friday, meaning that the estimated jackpot for Tuesday's drawing is at $1.55 billion, the largest in the game's history.

August 5, 2023

Food Safety and Inspection Service warns public that beef product sold at Aldi could contain plastic

The Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a warning Friday that a beef product sold at Aldi stores nationwide could contain soft, clear plastic, and instructed consumers to return or trash the product.

August 5, 2023