Brad Matthews

Disney layoffs will include cuts to ESPN

A planned layoff of 4,000 Disney employees will include those who work for cable sports channel ESPN, one of the three primary business segments of the Walt Disney Company.

March 21, 2023

Two Illinois high schoolers on spring break die in sledding accident in Colorado

A sledding accident over the weekend at Colorado's Copper Mountain Ski Resort left two Fairbury, Illinois, high schoolers dead.

March 21, 2023

Idaho Legislature passes bill allowing firing squads when lethal injection drugs unavailable

The Idaho Senate approved a state House of Representatives bill Monday allowing the use of a firing squad to execute a prisoner only when lethal injection drugs are not available.

March 21, 2023

St. Francis College in Brooklyn to shut down Division I athletic program after 2023 season

Division I athletics will soon be no more at St. Francis College. The Brooklyn, New York, Catholic university announced Monday that the clocks would hit triple zeroes for its 21 sports teams after the spring 2023 semester.

March 21, 2023

Finland ranked as happiest country in the world for 6th year in a row

Finland was ranked as the happiest country in the world for a sixth consecutive year, while Taliban-ruled Afghanistan ranked as the least happy country, according to metrics released Monday.

March 21, 2023

Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossoms have reached the fifth stage of blooming

The wait for the full peak bloom of D.C.'s cherry blossoms is nearing its end. The National Park Service announced that the Tidal Basin cherry trees now had puffy white buds.

March 18, 2023

Unrestored copy of Detective Comics #27, the first Batman comic, going on sale at auction

An unrestored copy of Detective Comics #27, the May 1939 issue that first introduced Batman and Commissioner Gordon to readers worldwide, is going to auction at the end of March.

March 18, 2023

Ford is recalling nearly 1.3 million vehicles due to braking issue

Ford is recalling 1,280,726 vehicles, specifically 2013-2018 Ford Fusion and 2013-2018 Lincoln MKZ sedans, for a brake hose issue that can cause the leakage of brake fluid.

March 18, 2023

UFC fighter Jeff Molina comes out officially as bisexual after being outed by leaked video

UFC mixed martial arts fighter Jeff Molina became the first openly out LGBT male UFC fighter after coming out as bisexual on Twitter Friday.

March 18, 2023

Customs officials seize around $1.5 million in cocaine hidden inside shipment of watermelons

Customs and Border Protection officers in Calexico, California intercepted cocaine hidden inside a shipment of watermelons, the agency announced Friday.

March 18, 2023

Baby formula bandit busted for forging prescriptions, hawking formula to desperate moms

A New York man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining specialty baby formula that he then sold on the black market.

March 17, 2023

FCC cracks down on spam texts, requires providers to block invalid, unused numbers

The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on spam texts with a new rule requiring phone providers to block texts that appear to come from numbers unlikely to send the messages.

March 17, 2023

Florida eyes penalties for drivers who cruise in the left lane

Florida state lawmakers are considering a ban on driving in the leftmost lane except when overtaking and passing other vehicles or exiting the highway.

March 17, 2023

Amazon Kindle Newsstand to end; subscriptions to be handled by publishers

Amazon is discontinuing Kindle Newsstand, which centralized a customer's magazine and newspaper subscriptions as well as single-issue purchases through an Amazon account.

March 17, 2023

YouTube TV boosts monthly cost by $8

The YouTube TV streaming service on Thursday announced that its monthly subscription price will rise from $64.99 to $72.99.

March 17, 2023

Federal investigation into 2022 Ohio refinery explosion finds BP at fault

An Occupational Safety Hazard Administration investigation into a September 2022 refinery explosion in Ohio found BP at fault for operational and training deficiencies.

March 16, 2023

Consumer Product Safety Commission issues warning for two carbon monoxide detectors sold on Amazon

The Consumer Product Safety Commission sent out a warning to consumers Thursday that two brands of carbon monoxide detectors sold on Amazon did not work.

March 16, 2023

Pfizer ‘recalls’ 4.2 million boxes of Nurtec migraine medicine due to lack of childproofing

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is "recalling" 4.2 million units of its migraine medication Nurtec because the single eight-count blister pack in each box is not adequately child-proofed.

March 16, 2023

New NASA spacesuit prototype unveiled at Houston Space Center

A prototype of the new NASA spacesuit, designed by Axiom Space for the planned Artemis III moon landing mission, was displayed at the Houston Space Center Wednesday.

March 16, 2023

Helicopter at Sacramento airport crashes after thief tries to take off with it

A helicopter crashed at the Sacramento Executive Airport early Wednesday after a man attempted to steal the aircraft.

March 16, 2023