Brad Matthews

Security guard shot dead on ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ set

Crime fiction became a tragic reality as a security guard for the crew of "Law & Order: Organized Crime" was shot dead on set Tuesday morning.

July 19, 2022

Richmond restaurant now charges 3.5% ‘inflation fee’ instead of raising prices

As inflation batters the nation, one Virginia restaurant has decided to institute a 3.5% "inflation fee" instead of raising menu prices.

July 19, 2022

European heat wave melts roads and causes wildfires in Britain

Record heat has scorched Britain, with wildfires raging in London and roads melting elsewhere in the country.

July 19, 2022

$5,000 offered for info on Lady Gaga dognapping suspect released on clerical error

Authorities are offering $5,000 for information leading to the recapture of James Howard Jackson, a 19-year-old suspect in a 2021 plot to steal Lady Gaga's French bulldogs.

July 19, 2022

Border Patrol agents seize smuggled fentanyl worth over $3 million near San Diego

The U.S. Border Patrol says agents nabbed a smuggler and seized 250 pounds of fentanyl worth more than $3 million early Monday.

July 19, 2022

Taste the titanium? Consumer sues Skittles, alleges toxic food coloring

The taste of Skittles' rainbow includes toxic titanium, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday against candymaker Mars Inc.

July 19, 2022

U.S., Russia agree to resume integrated flights to the International Space Station

Even with tensions rocketing upward over the Ukraine war, Russia and the U.S. are set to resume joint flights to the International Space Station on aircraft from both countries. Upcoming space flights will feature multinational crews as part of a new agreement between NASA and Russia's Roscosmos.

July 15, 2022

Storied Native American sportsman Jim Thorpe finally has 1912 gold medals restored

Native American multisport legend Jim Thorpe not only won the gold medal in the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Olympics, but he also did it so convincingly that King Gustaf V of Sweden proclaimed him "the greatest athlete in the world."

July 15, 2022

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline gets a new three-digit number: 988

As part of the Biden administration's mental health strategy, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will be switching to a new three-digit number: 988.

July 15, 2022

Petty parking putdowns from locals could harm tourism, Arizona town fears

Police in Jerome, Arizona, are warning residents to stop yelling at tourists or leaving petty notes on cars in the former mining town and artistic hub that attracts about 1 million visitors per year.

July 15, 2022

Upcoming ‘Wordle’ board game puts the play in wordplay

Move over Scrabble, there's a new kid in town -- the Wordle board game.

July 15, 2022

Canada resuming mandatory random COVID testing for international travelers

The Canadian government is resuming its random COVID-19 testing program for international travelers starting Tuesday. The random tests had been suspended last month at the urging of airport authorities on account of long delays.

July 15, 2022

DEA pops fentanyl pill-pushers in $20 million bust in Los Angeles suburbs

The Drug Enforcement Administration said it sized approximately 1 million fake pills laced with fentanyl in a recent raid on a Los Angeles-area safe house linked to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel.

July 15, 2022

Content workers at WETA’s ‘PBS NewsHour’ seek recognition of new union

More than 75 employees of "PBS NewsHour" are trying to form a union within the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

July 14, 2022

MIT scientists pick up radio signals ‘like a heartbeat’ from billions of light-years away

Astronomers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have picked up on repeated radio signals from a galaxy far, far away.

July 14, 2022

Delta Air Lines charters plane from London to send home 1,000 lost pieces of luggage

Delta Air Lines was forced to charter a plane to send 1,000 delayed check bags back to American customers after canceling regular service from London to Detroit.

July 14, 2022

7-Eleven offers $100,000 reward for info on gunman in California robbery spree

7-Eleven has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a robber whose crime spree at six convenience stores in Southern California left two dead and three others shot and wounded.

July 14, 2022

Dodgers concession workers vote to strike out the MLB All-Star Game

It might take only one strike to throw out the MLB All-Star Game this year.

July 13, 2022

Minnesota man charged with staging BLM arson attack for insurance money

A Trump supporter in Minnesota who claimed that Black Lives Matter activists had burned his camper and cars in 2020 is now accused of staging the arson for insurance money.

July 13, 2022

See this month’s ‘supermoon’ in your evening sky

July's supermoon, the satellite's biggest appearance of 2022, will become visible again in the sky shortly after sunset Wednesday and through early Friday.

July 13, 2022