Brad Matthews

Manhunt continues in Pennsylvania for escaped murderer; video shows prison breakout

As Pennsylvania police continue to search for escaped murderer and Brazilian national Danelo Cavalcante, prison authorities have released video showing how the inmate managed to climb over a wall with barbed wire.

September 8, 2023

Too many tourists? Visitors to Venice, Italy about to get hit with entrance fees for day trips

Venice will try out an entrance fee for day trippers to the Italian municipality's Old City for a 30-day period in spring 2024, city officials announced Tuesday.

September 7, 2023

Virginia school system gets serious about concussions with baseline testing ahead of sports season

Inova will provide 14,000 Loudoun County Public Schools high school athletes with a free baseline concussion test for the 2023-2024 school year, the health system and school system said Thursday.

September 7, 2023

Arizona Goodwill employee finds skull with fake eye inside box of donated items

A worker at a Goodyear, Arizona, Goodwill made a macabre discovery in a box of donated items Tuesday: a human skull with a fake glass green eye.

September 7, 2023

South African conservation nonprofit buys rhino breeding farm, plans to rewild 2,000 animals

South African conservation nonprofit African Parks will release 2,000 southern white rhinoceroses into the wild over the next decade after purchasing the largest captive rhino breeding outfit in the world, the group said recently.

September 7, 2023

Grizzly bear that killed a hiker two months ago is shot dead in Montana after house break-in

A female grizzly bear that had fatally mauled a hiker two months ago in Montana and attacked another person in Idaho was shot dead after breaking into a home recently near Yellowstone National Park, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said Wednesday.

September 7, 2023

New Jersey man charged with criminal mischief for using drone to drop neon-green sea dye into pools

A New Jersey man has been charged with using a drone multiple times to drop neon-green dye into area pools, the local Absecon Police Department announced Monday.

September 6, 2023

Stick shift stymies carjacking attempt in Arlington, Virginia

A trio of suspected car thieves in Arlington, Virginia, left without their ill-gotten gains Monday after realizing the car they were trying to take had manual transmission.

September 6, 2023

Florida man faces criminal charges over fourth attempt to run on hamster wheel-like craft on ocean

A Florida man is now facing federal criminal charges after his failed fourth attempt to use a floating hamster wheel-esque device to traverse the ocean was thwarted by the Coast Guard.

September 6, 2023

California about to be first state to ban caste discrimination

California is on the verge of becoming the first state to ban caste discrimination, as legislators voted Tuesday to forward SB403 to the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.

September 6, 2023

U.S. auto safety regulators urge recall of 52 million air bag inflators due to shrapnel risk

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made an initial decision Tuesday that 52 million air bag inflators should be recalled due to a safety defect that causes shrapnel to be ejected toward passengers.

September 6, 2023

FAA imposes temporary ground stop of United Airlines flights at carrier’s request

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a temporary ground stop on all United Airlines flights Tuesday afternoon at the request of the airline.

September 5, 2023

Beach lifeguards in Ocean City, Maryland, make nearly 400 rescues over Labor Day weekend

Ocean City, Maryland, beach lifeguards put the labor into Labor Day weekend, making 380 ocean rescues of swimmers over the course of Saturday and Sunday.

September 5, 2023

Delaware State Police to pay $50K to man who was stopped from warning motorists about speed trap

Delaware State Police will pay a $50,000 judgment to a man who filed a lawsuit after they stopped him from warning motorists about a radar speed trap by tearing up his sign.

September 5, 2023

Texans guilty of intoxicated manslaughter must pay child support under new law

Under a new state law that went into effect Friday, Texas motorists who are convicted of intoxicated manslaughter that kill a child's parent or parents in the crash will now have to pay child support.

September 2, 2023

19th-century schooner that sank over 140 years ago found mostly intact in Lake Michigan

A 156-year old schooner, the Trinidad, that sank in Lake Michigan on May 11, 1881, was found mostly intact, the Wisconsin Historical Society announced Friday.

September 2, 2023

Escaped mental hospital patient in Oregon rescued and recaptured after getting stuck in pond

An Oregon mental patient who hijacked a minivan and escaped despite his restraints during transport Wednesday was rescued and recaptured Friday after getting stuck in a pond.

September 2, 2023

Drought in Texas reveals dinosaur tracks hidden beneath a dried-out riverbed

An ongoing drought in Texas has dried out the Paluxy River, revealing over 70 new dinosaur tracks hidden beneath the now-desiccated sediment at the bottom of the riverbed.

September 2, 2023

Video shows drunk driver calling Nebraska police on himself after driving on wrong side of the road

New video footage released by the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office in Nebraska shows a drunk driver calling the police on himself after driving on the wrong side of the road.

September 2, 2023

Christie’s auction house cancels second sale of jewels of billionaire widow Heidi Horten

The Christie's auction house has canceled its planned November sale of the second portion of the jewelry of Heidi Horten, whose collection has been tied to wealth seized from Jews during the Holocaust.

September 1, 2023