Brad Matthews

Rescue teams find fishermen adrift near Miami after boat capsizes

A group of four fishermen were rescued alive from waters off the barrier island of Virginia Key in Miami overnight after their boat capsized.

January 5, 2024

Worker injured in a Florida parking garage after getting trapped under an elevator

A man working in a West Palm Beach, Florida, parking garage was hospitalized after an elevator came crashing down on top of him.

January 5, 2024

TikTok tunnel: Woman ordered by Virginia officials to stop digging under her house

A Virginia woman who has been digging a tunnel under her house and documenting it on the platform TikTok has been ordered to stop because she lacks the proper permits, Herndon officials said.

January 5, 2024

Man suffers burns after trying to open bag of chips with a lighter

A man in Dalton, Georgia, was burned on more than 75% of his body Wednesday after he tried to open a bag of chips with a lighter.

January 4, 2024

Three workers injured after falling off scaffolding in Florida

Three construction workers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were hospitalized Thursday after falling 15 feet from scaffolding.

January 4, 2024

Md. motorist killed in crash after deer hit by another vehicle flies through window

A driver was killed in a car accident in Port Tobacco, Maryland, after another motorist struck a deer, which was propelled by the collision into the victim's car, state police said.

January 4, 2024

Woman critically injured when her single-engine plane crashes into South Carolina pond

A woman was left badly hurt and unconscious after her plane crashed into a pond shortly after taking off from Beaufort Executive Airport in South Carolina Tuesday.

January 3, 2024

Teen claims to be first to beat original Tetris on Nintendo

A 13-year-old YouTuber says he's the first person to beat Nintendo's original Tetris puzzle game, even uploaded a video of the purported feat Tuesday.

January 3, 2024

Pet pig burns down house in Pennsylvania while trying to stay warm

A pet pig looking to stay warm inadvertently set its owners' house on fire over the weekend.

January 3, 2024

House fire in Connecticut kills four children

Four children died Tuesday night when a duplex caught on fire in Somers, Connecticut, fire officials said.

January 3, 2024

Rusted, decades-old military ordnance washes up on California beach

A squad from Travis Air Force Base had to be dispatched to a beach in Pajaro Dunes, California, over the weekend after an inert bomb washed up on the beach.

January 2, 2024

Man dies after running onto the tarmac in Salt Lake City and climbing inside plane engine

A 30-year-old man died at Salt Lake City International Airport on Monday after going through an emergency exit on the tarmac and climbing into a plane engine.

January 2, 2024

Surfer dies following shark attack off the coast of Maui in Hawaii

A surfer died after an incident with a shark off the coast of Paia on the island of Maui in Hawaii over the weekend, local authorities said.

January 2, 2024

Small earthquake rattles Montgomery County, Maryland, and wider D.C. area

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake rattled residents of D.C.'s Maryland suburbs Tuesday morning. No damage or injuries have been reported, according to local officials.

January 2, 2024

Pilot at fault in Oregon crash that killed him and 2 others, federal agency says

The pilot in an Independence, Oregon, plane crash that killed all three men aboard this month was at fault for hitting power lines that led to the aircraft's demise.

December 30, 2023

Man freezes to near death after stowing away on plane from Algeria to France

A man was hospitalized with hypothermia Thursday after hiding on an Air Algerie flight from Oran, Algeria, to Paris Orly Airport.

December 30, 2023

Chemical blasts at Connecticut environmental facility injure 3

A series of chemical explosions at an environmental service facility in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Friday sent three people to the hospital.

December 30, 2023

122 anglers rescued from ice off Minnesota shoreline

An ice floe detached from the shoreline of Upper Red Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota, Friday, stranding the 122 ice fishermen on top of it.

December 30, 2023

Pair of stranded motorists rescued after hiking miles to get signal in Oregon national forest

A pair of motorists stranded in the mountainous Ochoco National Forest in Oregon were rescued after they walked 3 miles in harsh weather to get a cellular signal.

December 29, 2023

Bus crashes into house in Montgomery County, Maryland

A Montgomery County Ride-On public bus crashed into a house in Silver Spring, Maryland, causing no injuries but damaging the home.

December 29, 2023