Brad Matthews

Turn around, bright eyes: Total eclipse sends Bonnie Tyler hit back up the charts

Bonnie Tyler's power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" rocketed up music rankings amid Monday's total eclipse of the sun.

April 9, 2024

Big alligator captured after breaking into Florida home

A large alligator was corralled and taken to a gator farm after it forced its way into a woman's house in Sarasota County, Florida.

April 9, 2024

Eclipse glasses still usable, can be donated or recycled

Monday's full eclipse has passed, but the glasses millions of Americans used to safely gaze at the astronomical phenomenon still work. They can be recycled, saved or donated.

April 9, 2024

Explosion hits Satanic Temple headquarters in Massachusetts; no one hurt

A bomb exploded on the porch of the Satanic Temple headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts, Monday. No one was in the building when the device landed in the wee hours.

April 9, 2024

Person of interest in custody after severed human leg found at Wisconsin park

A severed human leg was found around a body of water in Warnimont Park in Cudahy, Wisconsin, earlier this week. Law enforcement said Friday that a person of interest is in custody.

April 6, 2024

First Superman issue sells for $6 million, highest sum for a comic book

An issue of June 1938's Action Comics No. 1, the first to feature Superman, was sold by Heritage Auctions for $6 million Thursday.

April 6, 2024

Construction worker dies after crane’s part falls on bridge in Florida

A construction worker was killed and three other people were injured after part of a crane fell onto a bridge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Thursday. The piece also crushed two cars.

April 6, 2024

Small plane lands on North Carolina highway, hits 1 car; no one hurt

A single-engine plane landed on U.S. Route 1 in Sanford, North Carolina, Thursday after having engine trouble and struck a car as it descended to the asphalt.

April 6, 2024

$100 million renovation for Ellis Island

The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration is undergoing a $100 million renovation, which will include new exhibits and accessibility upgrades.

April 5, 2024

Matzo for all: Manischewitz launches rebrand of Kosher staple ahead of Passover

The matzo maker's makeover comes just weeks before Passover starts April 22.

April 5, 2024

Pilot in Ariz. hot air balloon crash given ketamine by first responders, contrary to original report

The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Arizona in January, killing him and three passengers did not have ketamine in his body when the balloon fell, contrary to initial reports from officials earlier this week.

April 5, 2024

Thousands of captive-bred salmon smolt escape into wrong river

An Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tanker truck crashed while carrying 102,000 captive-bred spring Chinook salmon smolt, sending 77,000 of them into the wrong waterway.

April 4, 2024

Federal prosecutors charge eight men with multistate beer-stealing scheme

Federal authorities have charged eight men with a multiyear, multi-state scheme to steal beer from trains and distribution facilities.

April 4, 2024

FAA investigating Southwest Airlines’ near miss of LaGuardia tower

A Southwest Airlines jet almost hit the air traffic control tower at New York's LaGuardia Airport in the thick of stormy weather last month.

April 4, 2024

Botswana offers Germany 20,000 elephants to protest limit on hunting trophy imports

A diplomatic row between Germany and Botswana has resulted in the African country's President Mokgweetsi Masisi offering Germany 20,000 elephants.

April 4, 2024

Body of female in Missouri ‘cold case’ from 1978 finally identified as teen

A "Jane Doe" whose body was found floating in the Mississippi River in Lincoln County, Missouri, in 1978 has been identified using more modern DNA identification.

April 3, 2024

Climber dies after falling into crater of Mount St. Helens on his 29th trip to summit

The collapse of an overhanging mass of snow has sent an experienced mountain climber plummeting to his death in the crater of Mount St. Helens in Washington.

April 3, 2024

National Weather Service suffers radar outage as storms blast central U.S.

Parts of the central U.S. were left bereft of critical climate warnings after the National Weather Service suffered a five-hour network outage.

April 3, 2024

Counting down to moon hour: Biden directs NASA to create standard time up there

Time zones will soon include outer space if the White House has its way. In a Tuesday memo, NASA was told to create a standard time for the moon by the end of 2026.

April 3, 2024

Google Podcasts is shutting down, with shows ported over to YouTube Music

Google Podcasts, the company's standalone podcast hub, is shutting down for U.S. users after Tuesday. Podcasts will instead be available on YouTube Music, also owned by Google.

April 2, 2024