Brad Matthews

Fyre Fest 2 canceled; brand on sale by organizers

Fyre Festival 2, the planned follow-up to 2017's infamously failed Fyre Festival, has been canceled. Its organizers are now shopping the brand and its assets to interested buyers.

April 24, 2025

Andrew Cuomo takes heat from protesters at mayoral forum

A group of protesters rushed the stage at a New York City mayoral forum on Wednesday to protest candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, saying that "Cuomo lies, people die."

April 24, 2025

Michelle Obama discusses her skipping Trump inauguration

Former first lady Michelle Obama delved into why she passed over President Trump's second inauguration in January.

April 24, 2025

WATCH: New video shows how a stowaway got past Delta gate agents onto trans-Atlantic flight

A newly emerged video shows how Russian citizen and U.S. resident Svetlana Dali sneaked past airport gate agents and got onto a trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris last year.

April 23, 2025

D.C. security guard arrested, accused of assaulting co-worker at grocery store with a gun

A security guard working at a grocery store in the District of Columbia's Northwest area was arrested Tuesday, accused of using a gun to assault a co-worker.

April 23, 2025

Bales of cocaine wash up on Texas beaches

Police in Jamaica Beach and Galveston, Texas, issued a warning to local residents recently after packages of cocaine started washing up on beaches in the towns over the weekend.

April 23, 2025

Service member, two others charged in bomb plot, Jewish religious buildings vandalism

A group of three Pittsburgh-area suspects was charged Tuesday in a case involving a bomb plot and the vandalism of Jewish buildings.

April 23, 2025

‘Conclave,’ movie about papal election, sees streaming numbers soar after Pope Francis’ death

Pope Francis died Monday, starting the process of electing the next head of the Catholic Church. That pontiff selection is exactly the theme of "Conclave," and the 2024 movie has seen its streaming numbers boom in recent days.

April 23, 2025

Bezos sells Seattle-area mansion for $63 million, highest price in Washington state history

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos recently sold a Seattle-area mansion for $63 million, setting a new record for the priciest home sale in Washington state history.

April 22, 2025

Six men charged for dragging woman from town-hall meeting in Idaho

A group of six men, five of them security guards, have been criminally charged over their roles in dragging a heckler out of a town-hall meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in February.

April 22, 2025

Innocence Project says it has evidence to exonerate Scott Peterson in wife’s murder

The Los Angeles Innocence Project says it has evidence that will clear Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 for the killing of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson.

April 22, 2025

Email pretending it’s a Google subpoena alert is a phishing scam

Gmail users should be careful about clicking on a "subpoena alert" email that looks like it's from Google but really is a phishing scam.

April 22, 2025

School parents, alumni raise $15 million to save Maryland’s Sandy Spring Friends School

A Quaker school in Montgomery County, Maryland, could have a second lease on life after a group of parents and school alumni raised $15 million in just days to cover a financial shortfall.

April 22, 2025

Fyre Festival 2 postponed with location access in doubt

Fyre Festival 2, the planned sequel to the infamous 2017 failed music and arts festival in the Bahamas, has been postponed due to problems securing a location.

April 17, 2025

Fairfax County Public Schools trying out weapons-detection system

Fairfax County Public Schools is deploying free-standing weapons detection scanners that are more sensitive than traditional metal detectors at high schools and secondary schools.

April 17, 2025

New Eli Lilly-made GLP-1 pill could work as well as its injectable Mounjaro, Zepbound

A new pill taken orally could be as effective for type 2 diabetes and weight loss as comparable injectable products, Eli Lilly announced Thursday.

April 17, 2025

United Airlines flight forced to return to Denver after a rabbit got sucked into plane engine

A United Airlines flight had to return to Denver after a rabbit got sucked into an engine while the plane was taking off, causing a fire.

April 17, 2025

District man charged with stabbing Metro Transit Police officer at Navy Yard

A District man has been charged with stabbing a Metro Transit Police Department officer who tried to stop him from evading his fare at the Navy Yard Metrorail station.

April 16, 2025

American pastor kidnapped in South Africa rescued unharmed following fatal shootout

An American pastor kidnapped from a South African church by armed men during services last week was rescued by police following a shootout.

April 16, 2025

FAA testing drones in Cape May, New Jersey

The Federal Aviation Administration began drone-detection testing in Cape May, New Jersey, this week, flying more than 100 commercial drones to see if safety systems pick up on their presence.

April 16, 2025