Brad Matthews

Floods in Maryland, Virginia lead to evacuated schools, one child drowned

Floods in western Maryland and surrounding areas of Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania led to one drowning death and evacuations from flooded schools.

May 14, 2025

Federal judge orders independent manager to take over New York City jails

A federal judge has ordered an independent manager to oversee jails in New York City, including those on Rikers Island, taking it out of the city's hands.

May 14, 2025

Egg prices drop for first time in months

After a steady price rise for months and peaking at over $6.22 in March, the average price of a dozen large grade A eggs finally fell in April.

May 14, 2025

Pennsylvania attorney general seizes more than 400 illegal gambling machines

Over 400 illegal gambling devices have been seized from dozens of bars, convenience stores and gas stations in Pennsylvania, the state's attorney general announced Tuesday.

May 14, 2025

Student from Massachusetts dies in Bahamas after falling from balcony

A student at Bentley University in Massachusetts died on the school's senior trip to the Bahamas after falling from a balcony.

May 14, 2025

Three climbers die in Washington state due to equipment failure

Three climbers in Washington's North Cascades died and a fourth was injured after their equipment malfunctioned.

May 13, 2025

Large fire at Baltimore mattress warehouse contained

A huge fire that broke out at a mattress warehouse in West Baltimore on Monday was contained by Tuesday. No one was injured, but Amtrak service was affected.

May 13, 2025

Woman arrested for driving into festival in Laurel, Maryland

A woman was charged with multiple misdemeanors after driving into the Main Street Festival in Laurel, Maryland, this past weekend and will be staying in jail.

May 13, 2025

Krispy Kreme pausing expansion of national partnership with McDonald’s

Six months after the chain took its trial partnership with McDonald's nationwide, Krispy Kreme has paused its expansion. Currently, certain types of its doughnuts are sold at over 2,400 of the fast food giant's locations.

May 10, 2025

FDA chief warns about ‘gas station heroin’

The Food and Drug Administration's commissioner, Marty Makary, sent out a warning Thursday about tianeptine, also called "gas station heroin."

May 10, 2025

Virginia Tech fans reach seismic scale while rocking to Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’

Fans seeing a Metallica concert at Virginia Tech this week were so hyped for the band's "Enter Sandman," they were picked up by the college's Seismological Observatory.

May 10, 2025

Dutch diver dies working on yacht’s sunken wreck off Sicilian coast

Work to salvage the superyacht Bayesian, which sank in August during a thunderstorm, ceased Saturday after a Dutchman working on the wreck off the coast of Sicily died.

May 10, 2025

Partial remains of elderly Florida man found in bear slain by state wildlife personnel

Florida wildlife officials have found the remains of the state's first fatal bear attack on a human inside one of the bears they killed in the aftermath of the attack.

May 10, 2025

Barkley comes out against transgender athletes in women’s sports

Former NBA star Charles Barkley said that while he supported transgender people, it was stupid to allow biological men to compete against women in sports.

May 9, 2025

Rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, says new Hitler song is banned from streaming sites

Embedded links for the song in other posts by the rapper on X to the music streaming platform Soundcloud are down, and the song doesn't appear on his official YouTube channel.

May 9, 2025

Plane at London Gatwick Airport caught fire due to copilot mix-up

British aviation safety officials revealed in a report this week that a plane at London Gatwick Airport suffered a brake fire last June due to an error by the copilot.

May 9, 2025

Grizzly killed by car in Wyoming park months after his famous mother died the same way

Grizzly bear GB1058, a member of a rare four-cub litter, was found dead inside Grand Teton National Park after a vehicle hit it just months after his famous mother, GB399, was killed there similarly.

May 9, 2025

Pennsylvania 14-year-old boy caught after car chase

A 14-year-old boy was arrested in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, this week, accused of leading cops on a high-speed chase.

May 9, 2025

Virginia man accused in killing of high school student doing ‘ding-dong-ditch’ TikTok trend

A Spotsylvania County, Virginia, homeowner is facing murder charges in the shooting death of a local high school student who was recording a "ding-dong-ditch" prank for TikTok.

May 8, 2025

Kentucky Derby’s winning jockey could face discipline for whipping Sovereignty too often

Jockey Junior Alvarado, who won the Kentucky Derby riding Sovereignty against second-place Journalism on Saturday, could face discipline from horse-racing authorities for whipping his horse too much.

May 8, 2025