Brad Matthews

Panda-mania 2.0: D.C.’s National Zoo to get two new pandas from China

Great news, D.C. panda fans -- the lovable, bamboo-eating Chinese black-and-white bears are returning to the Smithsonian National Zoo. A new pair of pandas are set to arrive by the end of the year.

May 29, 2024

Backpack tied to a pole outside D.C. Superior Court spurs road closures, police investigation

Police closed roads around D.C. Superior Court just blocks from the Capitol Wednesday morning after an unattended backpack was found tied to a pole outside the building.

May 29, 2024

Ohio real estate billionaire to go down to Titanic wreckage in a submersible

Close to a year after the implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible killed all five people aboard, an Ohio real estate billionaire is planning to go down to the wrecked Titanic in his own craft.

May 28, 2024

Scammers impersonated Best Buy the most in 2023, says FTC

Scammers looking to obtain payment methods through impersonation imitated Best Buy or its Geek Squad tech support service the most compared with other companies in 2023, per the Federal Trade Commission.

May 28, 2024

19-year-old man survives 400-foot fall into canyon in Washington state

A 19-year-old man has escaped with minimal injuries after falling 400 feet into a canyon beneath the High Steel Bridge near Shelton, Washington.

May 28, 2024

Chinese military shows off rifle-mounted robot dogs at joint exercise with Cambodia

China's army has a new weapon in its arsenal: four-legged robot dogs with rifles mounted on their back, exhibited during its Golden Dragon training with Cambodia.

May 28, 2024

Octogenarian arrested, accused of vandalizing windows with a slingshot for a decade

An 81-year-old man was arrested in Azusa, California, for using his slingshot to shoot out windows and windshields in his neighborhood for 10 years.

May 25, 2024

Monkey or ape is running wild in South Carolina

An unidentified primate is on the loose in Walterboro, South Carolina, the Colleton County Sheriff's Office said on social media Friday.

May 25, 2024

Jell-O throws its hat onto the ice as a name option for Utah’s NHL team

With the NHL's Arizona Coyotes sold and relocated north to Salt Lake City, the new owners are looking to rebrand the franchise. Snack brand Jell-O thinks the "Utah Green Jell-O's" is the way to go.

May 25, 2024

Coast Guard saves mariner from burning boat off Virginia coast

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man from a boat that had caught fire 60 miles east of Chincoteague, Virginia, Thursday.

May 25, 2024

Researchers trying to figure out why almost 290 sea lion pups have washed up dead on Calif. island

Almost 290 dead sea lion pups have washed up on Ano Nuevo Island off the coast of northern California recently. Researchers are still working to find out why.

May 24, 2024

Priest bites woman at Mass to stop her from taking Communion wafers

A Catholic priest in Florida bit a woman at Mass when she reached her hand into a bowl of Communion wafers, but church officials said he was stopping a desecration of the sacrament.

May 24, 2024

‘Super Size Me’ documentarian Morgan Spurlock dead of cancer at 53

Morgan Spurlock, director and star of the 2004 Oscar-nominated documentary "Super Size Me" wherein he purportedly ate nothing but McDonald's 30 straight days, has died of cancer at the age of 53.

May 24, 2024

Multiple Metrorail Red Line stations to close 3 months for construction, maintenance

Multiple Metrorail stations on the Glenmont end of the Red Line will close from June 1 to Aug. 31 for the construction of the Purple Line light rail and repairs.

May 24, 2024

Famous D.C. cherry tree ‘Stumpy’ being kept safe during Tidal Basin seawall restoration

As work continues on the restoration of the seawalls along D.C's Tidal Basin, 140 cherry trees between the Jefferson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorials have been axed, including "Stumpy."

May 22, 2024

Football before politics; QB Aaron Rodgers says he chose the NYJ over RFK

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers confirmed that he passed on running for vice president on an independent ticket with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in order to keep playing football.

May 22, 2024

Louisville police will probe golfer Scottie Scheffler’s arrest, mayor says

The Louisville Metro Police Department will investigate the circumstances of the arrest of golfer Scottie Scheffler, Mayor Craig Greenberg said at a press conference Tuesday.

May 22, 2024

AT&T customers across the country suffer service outages

AT&T customers suffered service outages Wednesday morning in Maryland, Virginia, Texas, the Carolinas, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, New York, Massachusetts, California and Florida.

May 22, 2024

Remote work coming to an end for city workers in Philadelphia as mayor order return to office

Philadelphia city employees will be required to report to their work offices five days a week starting on July 15, Mayor Cherelle Parker has announced.

May 21, 2024

Competitive eater Kobayashi loses his hunger for victory, announces retirement

Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, who won six straight July 4th Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contests from 2001 through 2006, is retiring.

May 21, 2024