Brad Matthews

Seattle monorail strikes, kills 14-year-old boy spraying graffiti on nearby building

A 14-year-old boy spraying graffiti on a building Sunday night was fatally struck by the Seattle Center Monorail, the Seattle Police Department announced.

August 1, 2023

Floating 55-gallon drum with corpse inside spotted by Malibu Beach lifeguard

An investigation is ongoing after a 55-gallon plastic drum seen by a Malibu Lagoon State Beach lifeguard Monday turned out to contain a dead man, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced.

August 1, 2023

Mexican authorities discover truck ‘cloned’ to look like U.S. Border Patrol truck

After U.S. Border Patrol caught someone cutting a hole in a border fence and alerted Mexican authorities, a truck "cloned" to look like a U.S. Border Patrol truck was found, Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday.

July 29, 2023

Indiana animal sanctuary’s missing alligator recovered in neighborhood retention pond

A three-foot-long alligator that went missing from the Indiana Wild animal sanctuary three weeks ago was recovered after being spotted in a nearby neighborhood retention pond, the nonprofit announced Thursday.

July 29, 2023

Chicago-area rapper ‘G Herbo’ pleads guilty to defrauding businesses using stolen credit card

Chicago-area rap artist Herbert Wright, 25, artistic alias "G Herbo," pleaded guilty Friday to one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and making false statements to a federal official.

July 29, 2023

Mega Millions jackpot back over $1 billion after no one hit it big in most recent drawing

After nobody won the $910 million jackpot on Friday night, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot climbed to $1.05 billion for Tuesday's drawing, the lottery explained in a release.

July 29, 2023

‘Good Samaritan’ in Hyattsville calls the cops to help get a 5-year-old girl out of a hot car

A phone call from a local resident Friday morning led Hyattsville Police Department officers to help a 5-year-old girl get out of an increasingly hot car.

July 29, 2023

Chinese shipment of over 13,000 pairs of fake Converse shoes seized in Baltimore

A shipment of 13,660 pairs of counterfeit Converse sneakers shipped from China and intended for an address in Los Angeles was seized in Baltimore last week, Customs and Border Protection announced.

July 28, 2023

Florida aquarium’s manatee dead from ‘high-intensity’ sex with his brother

A necropsy of Hugh the manatee at a Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida, revealed that the marine mammal died from a ruptured colon caused by "mating behavior" with his brother, Buffett.

July 28, 2023

Crunch! Rocks and bugs appear in Trader Joe’s cookies, falafel, soup

If it's not rocks, it's bugs. Trader Joe's can't escape the pesky stuff that's finding its way into the grocer's cookies, falafel and soup.

July 28, 2023

Crane topples, blocking I-70 in Maryland

Eastbound traffic on Interstate 70 in Washington County, Maryland, was shut down Friday after a crane fell in a construction zone, blocking all lanes.

July 28, 2023

Metro to allow boarding at both sets of doors on 450 buses

The Washington Metro Area Transit Authority will add rear-door SmarTrip card readers on 450 buses as part of improving fareboxes, the agency announced at a board meeting Thursday.

July 28, 2023

Group of eight people indicted and accused of stealing at least 19 rental cars worth over $1.1M

A group of eight people in two cities are accused of using stolen credit card and ID information to rent and then never return at least 19 rental cars, the Justice Department announced this week.

July 27, 2023

Police: 5-year-old Indiana boy high on cocaine fatally shoots 16-month-old brother high on marijuana

A pair of Lafayette, Indiana, parents are accused of neglect and drug possession after their 5-year-old son, high on cocaine, shot his 16-month-old brother who was high on marijuana.

July 27, 2023

France bans United Airlines pilot for one year for showing up at Paris airport drunk

A pilot for United Airlines was given a suspended six-month prison sentence, banned from flying in the E.U. for a year and fined nearly $5,000 by a French court after he showed up for work drunk.

July 27, 2023

WATCH: Cargo ship burning for days in North Sea; carrying thousands of cars including some EVs

A fire that broke out on the car-carrying cargo ship Fremantle Highway just before midnight Tuesday continued to burn Thursday morning, according to the Netherlands' coast guard.

July 27, 2023

Airplane bathrooms are about to get roomier thanks to DOT rule change

Bathrooms on single-aisle aircraft with 125 or more seats now must be bigger to accommodate handicapped people, the Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.

July 27, 2023

Mega Millions jackpot hits $910 million ahead of Friday drawing

After no one won the $820 million Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing, the grand prize total has jumped up to $910 million for Friday's drawing.

July 26, 2023

Chinese-born U.S. citizen admits helping bring illegal immigrants from China

A naturalized U.S. citizen of Chinese origin has pleaded guilty to charges of migrant smuggling conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, the Justice Department announced.

July 26, 2023

Cellphone hits rider on Cedar Point roller coaster, leaves him concussed and bleeding

A rider on a roller coaster at Ohio's Cedar Point amusement park was left concussed and bleeding after another passenger's cellphone flew back and hit him in the head.

July 26, 2023