Brad Matthews

Air traffic controllers working again at Hollywood Burbank Airport after hourslong absence

Hollywood Burbank Airport was back to usual operations Tuesday after suffering delays and cancellations Monday due to an hourslong lack of air traffic controllers.

October 7, 2025

Medical helicopter crashes, injuring pilot, nurse, paramedic

A medical helicopter crashed onto U.S. Route 50 in Sacramento, California, Monday, sending the pilot and two medical staff to the hospital.

October 7, 2025

Man mauled to death by animal in Arkansas national forest, bear thought to be responsible

A 60-year-old Missouri man died in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Arkansas died recently after being mauled. Local authorities believe a bear was responsible.

October 4, 2025

Man crashes into Los Angeles City Hall steps and has nearly two-hour long standoff with cops

A man who crashed into the steps of Los Angeles City Hall on Friday and then refused to exit his car, initiated a nearly two-hour-long standoff with responding police officers.

October 4, 2025

Tow truck driver is struck by car, killed on Baltimore-Washington Parkway

A tow truck operator died early Saturday on Maryland Route 295, also called the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, after being struck by a passing car.

October 4, 2025

Man who used Denver airport parking garage for less than 30 minutes hit with nearly $20,000 fee

A man who used the Denver International Airport parking garage for less than half an hour Thursday was charged as if he used it for four months, drawing a fee of $19,824.

October 4, 2025

Feds charge five men with stealing oil from New Mexico pipeline and reselling it in Texas

Federal prosecutors charged five men this week for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to siphon and steal oil from a pipeline in New Mexico to sell it themselves in Texas.

October 4, 2025

Japan facing shortages of Asahi beer, other drinks following cyberattack

A cyberattack is wreaking havoc on the Japanese company that makes Asahi beer, with shortages of the beer and other products expected soon.

October 3, 2025

French union workers at Eiffel Tower, thousands nationwide return to work

Workers represented by multiple French unions, including those at the Eiffel Tower, returned to work following a day of strikes Thursday.

October 3, 2025

Over 1,000 silver and gold Spanish coins found in wreck off Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’

Divers searching Spanish shipwrecks off Florida's "Treasure Coast" turned up more than 1,000 silver coins, and five gold coins, from a fleet that sank in 1715.

October 3, 2025

Team aims to find Amelia Earhart’s plane in Pacific nation of Kiribati

An expedition is going next month to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati to look for the plane of missing aviator Amelia Earhart.

October 3, 2025

Amazon drones crash into crane in Arizona; deliveries resuming

Two Amazon drones crashed into a crane in Tolleson, Arizona, this week, leading the retail giant to pause deliveries.

October 3, 2025

Immigration agents will be at Super Bowl, Homeland Security official says

Department of Homeland Security adviser Corey Lewandowski says Immigrations and Custom Enforcement agents will be at Super Bowl 60.

October 2, 2025

Colorado Bureau of Investigation reviewing Hunter S. Thompson’s 2005 suicide

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said this week that it is independently reviewing the case of journalist Hunter S. Thompson's 2005 suicide.

October 2, 2025

Federal judge throws out lawsuit that claimed Nirvana’s use of baby on album cover was child abuse

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit this week against the band Nirvana filed by the man who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of its "Nevermind" album and claimed it was child pornography.

October 2, 2025

Butterfly symbol added to Maryland driver’s licenses and ID cards to signify nonvisible disabilities

A new Maryland law adds a butterfly symbol, representing a person's nonvisible disabilities, to driver's licenses and other forms of identification.

October 2, 2025

NBC content remains on YouTube TV on short-term extension of current deal

NBCUniversal and YouTube TV agreed to extend their current deal for the short term, keeping NBC, NBC Sports and other company content on the Google-owned streaming platform.

October 1, 2025

National Park Service tests autonomous AI-operated lawn mowers on the National Mall, other sites

The National Park Service is testing out the use of autonomous lawn mowers run by artificial intelligence at six national parks nationwide.

October 1, 2025

Civilian Navy employee charged with making false report of active shooter at N.J. military base

A Navy civilian employee is accused of reporting a fake shooting at New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Tuesday so she and ostracized co-workers could "trauma bond."

October 1, 2025

‘Chunk’ wins Fat Bear Week after years of taking runner-up and in spite of jaw injury

Bear 32 finally captured Fat Bear Week on Tuesday after placing second in 2020, 2023 and 2024.

October 1, 2025