Brad Matthews

Fire at NYC electric bike repair shop kills 4, injures 5

A fire at an electric bike repair shop in New York early Tuesday morning killed four and injured five.

June 20, 2023

Drunken Delta pilot arrested in Scotland before flight to New York

A Delta Air Lines pilot was arrested in Edinburgh, Scotland, at 10 a.m. local time Friday before a flight was set to take off for New York. He was accused of having alcohol over the legal blood limit in his system.

June 20, 2023

Patriots’ Jack Jones arrested at Logan International Airport over alleged guns in his carryon

New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport Friday, accused of having two loaded handguns and a large-capacity ammo feeding device in his carryon bag.

June 17, 2023

Customs officials in Brownsville seize a spider monkey from a passenger car

A driver going through the U.S.-Mexican border on the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, has been accused of unlawfully bringing a spider monkey along for the ride.

June 17, 2023

Maryland Transit Administration bus collides with cars then a building, leaving at least 17 injured

A Maryland Transit Administration bus crashed into two cars and then a building Saturday, leaving at least 17 people injured, including the driver.

June 17, 2023

Miniature fruit jelly cups recalled due to choking hazard

A California wholesaler announced the recall Friday of clear jars of miniature Sun Wave brand fruit jelly cups imported from Taiwan. The products were sold at retail locations nationwide.

June 17, 2023

Rockville information technology contractor pays over $1.7 million to settle Medicare fraud claims

A Rockville, Maryland, information technology contractor has agreed to pay more than $1.7 million to settle allegations that it charged the National Institutes of Health for costs that are not allowed to be reimbursed.

June 16, 2023

Jacksonville pharmacies settle Medicare fraud lawsuit for $7.4 million

A pair of Jacksonville pharmacies and their owner agreed to pay at least $7.4 million to settle lawsuits accusing them of defrauding Medicare by adding anti-psychosis medication to topical pain cream and wrongly waiving patient copays.

June 16, 2023

Bronze Age sword more than 3,000 years old found in southern Germany

Archaeologists working in Noerdlingen, Bavaria, Germany, have uncovered a well-preserved Bronze Age bronze sword from a grave containing a woman, a man and a boy.

June 16, 2023

Amazon drivers in southern California walk off job

A group of 84 unionized Amazon drivers in California walked off the job Thursday in protest of the company's policies and refusal to bargain with the Teamsters.

June 16, 2023

AT&T flagship store in San Francisco’s Union Square shutting down for good

In another blow to the shopping scene in downtown San Francisco, the AT&T flagship location in the city's Union Square announced Thursday it will be closing its doors on Aug. 1.

June 16, 2023

Driver dead and nine injured after eight car pileup on I-95 near Miami

The driver of a Tesla was killed and nine others were injured in an eight-car pileup at around 2:10 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 95 near Miami.

June 15, 2023

Frederick County has new flag after holding contest for new design

Frederick County, Maryland, will have a new standard strung up its flagpoles after soliciting new designs from a contest, the county announced this week.

June 15, 2023

Collapsed I-95 in Philadelphia getting boost from glass nuggets

Pennsylvania officials will use 2,000 tons of lightweight foamed glass nuggets to fill in the section of a U.S. Interstate 95 overpass in Philadelphia that collapsed after a fire Sunday.

June 15, 2023

New commercial planes must have second cockpit-blocking barrier by mid-2025

New commercial aircraft will have to be built with a second barrier blocking the cockpit from passenger intrusions starting in mid-2025, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday.

June 15, 2023

Georgia woman uses umbrella to fight off vulture that snuck into house through dog door

A Georgia woman used an umbrella to scare a vulture out of her home after the scavenging bird entered through an open dog door.

June 15, 2023

Louisiana woman, 28, accused of forging documents to enroll in high school as 17-year-old

A 28-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother arrested in Boutte, Louisiana, on Tuesday are accused of using fake documents to enroll the younger adult in a local high school as a 17-year-old.

June 14, 2023

Illinois man shoots himself during dream, charged with felonies

An Illinois man who shot himself in the leg while dreaming he was fighting off a robber turned out to have shot himself in the foot in the legal sense as well, the Lake County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday.

June 14, 2023

Iraqi national living in Oregon pleads guilty to conspiracy to provide material aid to ISIS

An Iraqi national residing in Troutdale, Oregon, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to provide material aid to ISIS.

June 14, 2023

Tijuana mayor to live in Mexican army barracks for protection

In light of cartel violence and threats to her safety, Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero announced Monday she would relocate to a Mexican army base

June 14, 2023