Brad Matthews

Driver’s licenses must be REAL ID for domestic flights starting next week

People traveling on domestic flights will need REAL ID if they want to use their driver's license to go through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints starting Wednesday.

May 1, 2025

Four wanted for impersonating NYPD officers, robbing deli

Four people are wanted after they impersonated New York Police Department officers in order to rob a deli, the NYPD said.

April 30, 2025

Fatal crash at Alaskan airport was caused by pilot avoiding dog on runway, NTSB says

A single-engine plane with three people on board crashed at Alaska's Nanwalek Airport on Monday, with federal officials saying the pilot's swerve around a dog on the runway led to the disaster.

April 30, 2025

Arlington National Cemetery to require REAL ID from drivers starting May 7

People driving into Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia will need a REAL ID to go through the security checkpoint starting May 7.

April 30, 2025

D.C. attorney general sues Virginia, Maryland drivers over thousands in unpaid traffic tickets

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb is suing four Virginia drivers and a Maryland motorist over hundreds of traffic violations and unpaid tickets worth over $420,000.

April 30, 2025

Owner of Pittsburgh funeral home charged with improperly disposing of pets of more than 6,500 owners

The owner of a Pittsburgh animal funeral home has been charged with bilking more than $650,000 from thousands of customers by mishandling their pets' remains.

April 30, 2025

7-year-old boy takes 5-year-old sister on joyride in mom’s car in Utah

A 7-year-old boy in Clearfield, Utah, took his 5-year-old sister along for a joyride in their mother's car, driving to nearby Ogden before hitting a parking strip and coming to a stop.

April 29, 2025

Virginia child with measles visited two Kaiser Permanente medical facilities

After announcing the state's first 2025 case of measles on April 19, the Virginia Department of Health on Monday updated the places where the patient could have exposed others to the disease.

April 29, 2025

Body of missing Princeton student found in lake bordering the university

The body of a Princeton University student who had been missing since April 19 was found in Lake Carnegie, which borders the school, on Friday.

April 26, 2025

Man arrested, accused of cutting down multiple trees in Los Angeles with a chainsaw

A man has been arrested and accused of using a chainsaw to cut down multiple trees in Los Angeles over the past 10 days.

April 26, 2025

Plane set for Florida-Kentucky flight deplanes due to bomb threat

An Allegiant Air jet scheduled to take off from Pinellas County, Florida, on Friday deplaned onto the runway after a flight attendant found a written bomb threat.

April 26, 2025

Bear spotted playing on Connecticut family’s backyard slide

A Simsbury, Connecticut, family recently captured video of a black bear playing on a slide, one of two bears that showed up in their yard.

April 26, 2025

Explorers find Battle of Midway’s bombers near wreck of USS Yorktown

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration exploration team found multiple vehicles in and around the World War II-era wreck of the USS Yorktown recently.

April 26, 2025

FBI Seattle field office seeking public information on laser incidents against planes

The FBI Seattle field office is asking the public to provide any information they may have on a spate of laser strikes near the Seattle-Tacoma and Spokane international airports in Washington state over the last year.

April 25, 2025

Stunt, aerobatics pilot Rob Holland dies in crash at Virginia’s Langley Air Force Base

Stunt and aerobatics pilot Rob Holland died in a crash at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, Thursday.

April 25, 2025

Mother dies after falling while hiking in Massachusetts’ Purgatory Chasm

A Massachusetts mother of four out for a hike died this week after falling more than 50 feet in Purgatory Chasm State Reservation in Sutton, Massachusetts.

April 25, 2025

Man arrested, charged with defacing Teslas in D.C.

A District of Columbia man has been arrested and charged with defacing private property in connection to vandalizing multiple Tesla cars.

April 25, 2025

Search called off for Navy sailor missing in Guam

The U.S. Navy has called off the search for a sailor missing in Guam, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. Searchers pored over 11,000 square nautical miles in five days.

April 25, 2025

Scammers cheated Americans ages 60-plus out of $4.9 billion last year, FBI says

Americans ages 60 and over lost $4.9 billion to elder fraud scams last year, more than a 40% increase, the FBI said in its 2024 Internet Crime Report.

April 24, 2025

Fairfax County police officers wounded, suspect dead in shooting following traffic stop

A man was shot dead by police in Fairfax County, Virginia after he opened fire and wounded two police officers following a traffic stop.

April 24, 2025