Brad Matthews

Ikea recalls ‘Blavingad’ children’s magnetic fishing game due to choking hazard

Swedish furniture retailer Ikea recalled Thursday its "Blavingad" children's fishing game Thursday, which uses wooden pieces with metal rivets moved by a magnet-tipped fishing line.

April 6, 2023

Brooklyn man admits distributing the fentanyl-laced heroin that killed ‘The Wire’ actor

A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute opioids including the dose of fentanyl-laced heroin that killed "The Wire" actor Michael K. Williams.

April 6, 2023

Mega Millions jackpot leaps past $400 million

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot jumped up from $385 million to $414 million ahead of Friday's drawing, surpassing the $400 million mark for the first time in months.

April 6, 2023

John Travolta’s white three-piece suit from ‘Saturday Night Fever’ up for auction

Buyers will have a chance to boogie down and own a piece of movie history when John Travolta's white three-piece suit from 1977's "Saturday Night Fever" goes on auction.

April 6, 2023

5 D.C. fifth-graders sent to hospital after eating gummies possibly containing drugs

Sharing gummies led five fifth-graders at the District of Columbia's Key Elementary School to the hospital Wednesday. The gummies possibly contained a controlled substance.

April 6, 2023

Team of Australian and Japanese researchers find deepest-swimming fish ever recorded

A team of Australian and Japanese researchers has set the record for the deepest fish ever filmed, after observing a type of snailfish swimming more than five miles underwater.

April 5, 2023

D.C. police accuse four teen boys in spate of robbery incidents

The Metropolitan Police Department announced the arrest of a group of four teenage boys from across the District on suspicion of four recent robbery incidents.

April 5, 2023

Volkswagen recalls 143,000 SUVs over passenger-detection issue

Volkswagen had announced a recall of 2018-2021 Atlas and 2020 Atlas Cross Sport sports utility vehicles due to problems with the occupant-detection system for the front passenger seat.

April 5, 2023

Home of NBA’s Miami Heat drops FTX for new sponsor Kaseya

The NBA's Miami Heat has a new arena name: Kaseya Center.

April 5, 2023

Ohio man arrested in woman’s shooting death, claims firearm discharged on accident

A man was arrested by the Miami County Sheriff's Office in Ohio after he admitted to police in a neighboring jurisdiction that he fatally shot an old friend, purportedly by accident.

April 5, 2023

Nurse practitioner convicted of overprescribing more than 1 million opioid pills

Tennessee nurse practitioner Jeffrey Young, also known as the "Rock Doc," was convicted of illegally prescribing over 1 million opioid pills to hundreds of patients, the Justice Department announced.

April 4, 2023

Overdose recovery spray Narcan is now available from D.C. vending machines

The District is trying to fight the city's opioid overdose epidemic by dispensing Narcan at vending machines.

April 4, 2023

Drug-resistant bacteria linked to contaminated eyedrops can spread from person to person

A drug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacteria linked to contaminated eyedrops, has been found to spread from person to person, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

April 4, 2023

‘Pokemon GO’ player finds missing giant spoon stolen from Arizona Dairy Queen

A man walking around playing the mobile game "Pokemon GO" found something big while walking Monday morning -- a 15-foot red spoon stolen from outside an Arizona Dairy Queen.

April 4, 2023

Feds seize 6 crypto accounts linked to pig-butchering scam worth $112 million

The Justice Department announced Monday that judges in California, Idaho and Arizona seized six cryptocurrency accounts linked to investment scams worth more than $112 million.

April 4, 2023

Skull of prehistoric sabertooth big cat found in Iowa

A sabertooth cat skull found in Iowa is the first evidence that the prehistoric predator once inhabited the area, according to a recently published study.

April 1, 2023

NBA players will be able to smoke weed under new collective bargaining agreement

One concession to players is that marijuana has been removed from the league's drug testing program, and as such they will no longer be penalized for toking up.

April 1, 2023

Lotto luck: North Carolina man hits it big twice in less than two years

Lucky lightning struck twice for one North Carolina man last week. In 2021, he won $1 million in the state lottery. Just over one year later, he won again, this time a $2 million payoff off a $20 Diamond Dazzler scratch-off ticket.

April 1, 2023

N.Y. ambulance joyride ends abruptly thanks to police spike strip on Mario Cuomo Bridge

A New York man's 25-mile joyride in an ambulance ended when law enforcement used a spike strip to stop the vehicle.

April 1, 2023

Authorities nab sex abuse suspect on arrival at Dulles, Salvadoran national wanted in Maryland

A Salvadoran national wanted in Montgomery County, Maryland, on multiple felony sex assault charges was arrested at Dulles International Airport.

April 1, 2023