Brad Matthews

Lidl recalls chocolate Advent calendars over possible salmonella contamination

Grocery store Lidl is recalling chocolate Advent calendars due to a possible risk of salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration and the company announced this week.

December 7, 2022

European passengers soon can fully use phones on flights

European fliers will say "ciao bella" to airplane mode on their phones by next summer, as the European Union's executive body will let planes designate new frequencies onboard for 5G signals.

December 7, 2022

Microsoft’s ‘Call of Duty’ to be on Nintendo consoles for 10 years if Activision acquisition clears

Microsoft has struck a deal with video game competitor Nintendo to allow the "Call of Duty" first-person shooting games on its consoles for a decade, executives announced Tuesday night.

December 7, 2022

End of an era: Last 747 jumbo jet rolls off Boeing assembly line

After 54 years, the 1,574th and final Boeing 747 rolled out of the company's Everett, Washington, factory Tuesday night.

December 7, 2022

Papua New Guinea may have twice its recorded population, according to U.N. study

Papua New Guinea has a population officially estimated at around 9.4 million people, but it actually could be twice that, according to a new U.N. study that the local government has tried to suppress.

December 6, 2022

Walmart CEO warns that shoplifting could lead to price hikes for consumers

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon warned Tuesday that a nationwide spate of shoplifting could lead the retail chain to raise prices for consumers to offset losses.

December 6, 2022

Mysterious 80-foot wooden structure uncovered on Florida beach by hurricane-related erosion

A mysterious wooden structure uncovered on a beach in Florida's Volusia County by erosion caused by Hurricanes Nicole and Ian could date to the 19th century, archaeologists announced Tuesday.

December 6, 2022

Lakers’ NBA title ring previously owned by Playboy’s Hugh Hefner at auction

A Los Angeles Lakers 1999-2000 season NBA championship ring previously owned by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is on sale at auction.

December 6, 2022

Walt Disney World’s Splash Mountain ride to close in early 2023 to be re-themed

Walt Disney World's Splash Mountain attraction, located in the Magic Kingdom park, will be closed down starting Jan. 23, 2023, as the ride undergoes a long-awaited rebranding.

December 3, 2022

AT&T settles lawsuit with the Securities and Exchange Commission for $6.25 million

Telecommunications company AT&T settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission for $6.25 million Friday in order to clear up a lawsuit alleging fair disclosure violations.

December 3, 2022

Dog apprehended behind the wheel of a car after it crashed into two cars in a Walmart parking lot

A dog was apprehended by police in Kilgore, Texas, Thursday after it managed to start a car and hit two other vehicles in a Walmart parking lot while waiting for its owners.

December 3, 2022

FBI agent who shot man on a Metro train found not guilty of attempted murder

FBI agent Eduardo Valdivia of Gaithersburg, Maryland was found not guilty on the charge of attempted murder for a 2020 shooting aboard a Metrorail train by a Montgomery County jury Friday.

December 3, 2022

Rochester, New York pawn shop owner sentenced for selling stolen retail goods

A Rochester, New York pawn shop owner is headed to the hoosegow after selling more than $6 million in goods stolen from area retailers on Amazon and eBay, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York announced Friday.

December 3, 2022

Leader of ‘Los Cuinis’ international drug cartel pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking

The leader of the "Los Cuinis" international drug trafficking organization, linked to the Mexican Jalisco New Generation Cartel, has pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

December 2, 2022

D.C. leaders want to replace Housing Authority board with ‘Stabilization and Reform Board’

After a scathing federal report highlighting the failures of the D.C. Housing Authority, the city's leaders proposed dissolving the agency's Board of Commissioners and creating a new "Stabilization and Reform Board."

December 2, 2022

New Indonesian criminal code would ban extramarital relations, cohabitation before marriage

Planned reforms to Indonesia's criminal code would penalize extramarital sex with up to a year in prison, ban cohabitation before marriage, and illegalize "insults" to the country's president, state institutions and national ideology.

December 2, 2022

New York City posts job listing for director of rodent mitigation

New York City is looking for an official to solve the city's noted problem with rats, as revealed by a new job posting from the city.

December 2, 2022

YouTube creators drop sponsor Established Titles over allegations the firm is a scam

Established Titles, a company that sells certificates of ownership of souvenir plots of Scottish land with the accompanying laird or lady title, has been dropped by some YouTube content creators since the operation might be a scam.

December 2, 2022

McDonald’s testing new small-format takeaway storefront in Fort Worth, Texas

McDonald's has opened a new test location in the Fort Worth, Texas, area featuring a drive-thru lane with a conveyor belt and shelves for pick-up orders inside, the company announced Thursday.

December 1, 2022

Former officers of D.C. children’s nonprofit plead guilty to misusing organizational credit cards

Former officers of the nonprofit D.C. Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation (D.C. Trust) pleaded guilty to using credit cards linked to organizational funds for personal benefit Wednesday.

December 1, 2022