Brad Matthews

9-year-old boy drowns in Kentucky flood after walking toward bus stop

A 9-year-old boy walking to his bus stop on the way to school in Frankfort, Kentucky, died Friday morning after he was swept away by floodwaters.

April 5, 2025

Cabin fire diverts United Airlines jet to Dulles airport

A United Airlines flight from the Florida Keys to New Jersey was forced to land at Washington Dulles International Airport Thursday after a fire broke out in the cabin.

April 5, 2025

Bull rider dies after being trampled at rodeo in Texas

A 24-year-old bull rider from Wyoming died Thursday from injuries he suffered after being trampled by the bull at a rodeo event in Wharton, Texas.

April 5, 2025

Michigan couple returns to U.S. after month in Mexican prison

A Michigan couple that had been locked in a maximum security prison in Mexico on allegations that they had defrauded a timeshare returned to the U.S. on Thursday.

April 4, 2025

Planned protests spur White House to reschedule garden tours

The White House is moving tours of its gardens to Sunday from Saturday because of protests planned in Washington on Saturday.

April 4, 2025

Virginia man gets 10 days in prison for spray painting ‘HAMAS IS COMIN’ on statue near Union Station

A Virginia man was sentenced to 10 days in prison for spray painting pro-Hamas graffiti on the Christopher Columbus monument in front of Union Station during anti-Israel protests last summer.

April 4, 2025

Three family members struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Pennsylvania

A Bristol, Pennsylvania, man and his two adult children were killed Thursday when they were hit by an Amtrak train while walking on the tracks.

April 4, 2025

Ex-Yankee Brett Gardner’s son died from carbon monoxide poisoning

Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, was confirmed this week to have died by carbon monoxide poisoning while vacationing in Costa Rica.

April 4, 2025

Meta head Mark Zuckerberg buys $23 million mansion in District

Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg now has a mansion in the District of Columbia, having purchased a roughly $23 million property.

April 3, 2025

Price of a dozen eggs continues to drop, with some as cheap as $3 wholesale

Egg prices are going down, with one type measured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, loose large white shell eggs, now costing just $3 per dozen.

April 3, 2025

North Dakota mayor resigns after sending lewd video to city attorney

The mayor of Minot, North Dakota, resigned this week over an incident in which he sent a video of himself performing a lewd act to the city's attorney.

April 3, 2025

FAA to increase supervision of, support for air traffic controllers at Reagan National

The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing the amount of air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and hiring more supervisors.

April 3, 2025

Boys 12, 13, 14 years old arrested for alleged armed carjackings in D.C.

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested three boys ages 12, 13 and 14 over their purported roles in armed carjackings last year and last month.

April 3, 2025

Norovirus outbreak strikes Queen Mary 2 transatlantic cruise

The norovirus broke out on the Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2, leaving 224 cruise passengers and 17 crew sick with symptoms including diarrhea and vomiting.

April 2, 2025

Crater Lake, the nation’s deepest, to be closed to public access starting next year

Crater Lake National Park in Oregon is closing off access to its eponymous body of water next year in order to do repair, replacement and rehabilitation work on a marina and 1.1-mile trail.

April 2, 2025

Orangutan bites Seattle zoo worker during training

An employee of the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle was hospitalized over the weekend after being bitten on the hand by an orangutan during a routine training session.

April 2, 2025

Ford’s Theatre Society to commemorate the 160th anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination

The 160th anniversary of the assassination of President Lincoln is on April 14, and both the Ford's Theatre Society and the National Park Service have planned activities to commemorate the tragedy.

April 2, 2025

Oscar Arias, former Costa Rican president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, says his U.S. visa revoked

Oscar Arias, a two-time former president of Costa Rica and winner of the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize, said Tuesday that the U.S. government rescinded his entry visa.

April 2, 2025

Marijuana legalization PAC aims to sway Trump with ads targeting Biden, Canada

A marijuana legalization political action committee is trying to get President Trump on board with seven-figure ads that go after former President Biden as well as tariff target Canada.

April 1, 2025

Air traffic controller charged with assault in fight at Reagan National control tower

An air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is facing assault and battery charges for his role in an altercation in the control tower last week.

April 1, 2025