Brad Matthews

Frontier Airlines will begin closing check-in counters 60 minutes before flights starting Aug. 16

Fliers on Frontier Airlines will need to get to the airport 15 minutes sooner than before starting on Aug. 16, when the carrier's check-in counters will begin closing 60 minutes prior to flights.

August 3, 2023

California truck parts company pleads guilty to making and selling emissions ‘defeat devices’

A California truck parts company has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act and defraud the government, and to tampering with the emissions control systems of diesel trucks.

August 3, 2023

Mega Millions grand prize jackpot is up to $1.25 billion ahead of Friday’s drawing

After no ticket matched the grand prize numbers for the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, the jackpot for the next drawing of the lottery on Friday has jumped up from $1.05 billion to $1.25 billion.

August 3, 2023

Colo. man charged with illegally trafficking guns in D.C., including 1 involved in area shooting

A Colorado man was arrested Tuesday and charged with dealing in firearms in the District without a proper license and with the illegal transport of said guns, the Justice Department announced.

August 2, 2023

Mattel seeks chief player to promote UNO Quatro tile game

Mattel is looking to hire a "Chief UNO Player" to play the new UNO Quatro four-in-a-row tile game live in New York for four weeks to promote the product, the company announced Tuesday.

August 2, 2023

Smash-and-grab robbery hits California jewelry store

Three masked suspects are wanted for the robbery of a California jewelry store in which glass cases were smashed and nearly $900,000 in merchandise was grabbed, the Irvine Police Department announced Tuesday.

August 2, 2023

NASA picks up Voyager 2 probe’s ‘heartbeat,’ tries to get the craft to reorient itself

Giant ground-bound NASA antennas heard a "heartbeat" Tuesday indicating the 1970s-vintage Voyager 2 probe over 12.3 billion miles from Earth was still operational.

August 1, 2023

Bed Bath & Beyond is back; Overstock.com adopts name of company it bought in June

Its stores may be gone, but Bed Bath & Beyond never left.

August 1, 2023

First new nuclear plant unit constructed in past 30 years goes online in Georgia

Unit 3 at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Georgia, went online Monday. The reactor is the first nuclear power unit constructed from scratch in the U.S. in over 30 years.

August 1, 2023

Seattle monorail strikes, kills 14-year-old boy spraying graffiti on nearby building

A 14-year-old boy spraying graffiti on a building Sunday night was fatally struck by the Seattle Center Monorail, the Seattle Police Department announced.

August 1, 2023

Floating 55-gallon drum with corpse inside spotted by Malibu Beach lifeguard

An investigation is ongoing after a 55-gallon plastic drum seen by a Malibu Lagoon State Beach lifeguard Monday turned out to contain a dead man, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced.

August 1, 2023

Mexican authorities discover truck ‘cloned’ to look like U.S. Border Patrol truck

After U.S. Border Patrol caught someone cutting a hole in a border fence and alerted Mexican authorities, a truck "cloned" to look like a U.S. Border Patrol truck was found, Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday.

July 29, 2023

Indiana animal sanctuary’s missing alligator recovered in neighborhood retention pond

A three-foot-long alligator that went missing from the Indiana Wild animal sanctuary three weeks ago was recovered after being spotted in a nearby neighborhood retention pond, the nonprofit announced Thursday.

July 29, 2023

Chicago-area rapper ‘G Herbo’ pleads guilty to defrauding businesses using stolen credit card

Chicago-area rap artist Herbert Wright, 25, artistic alias "G Herbo," pleaded guilty Friday to one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and making false statements to a federal official.

July 29, 2023

Mega Millions jackpot back over $1 billion after no one hit it big in most recent drawing

After nobody won the $910 million jackpot on Friday night, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot climbed to $1.05 billion for Tuesday's drawing, the lottery explained in a release.

July 29, 2023

‘Good Samaritan’ in Hyattsville calls the cops to help get a 5-year-old girl out of a hot car

A phone call from a local resident Friday morning led Hyattsville Police Department officers to help a 5-year-old girl get out of an increasingly hot car.

July 29, 2023

Chinese shipment of over 13,000 pairs of fake Converse shoes seized in Baltimore

A shipment of 13,660 pairs of counterfeit Converse sneakers shipped from China and intended for an address in Los Angeles was seized in Baltimore last week, Customs and Border Protection announced.

July 28, 2023

Florida aquarium’s manatee dead from ‘high-intensity’ sex with his brother

A necropsy of Hugh the manatee at a Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida, revealed that the marine mammal died from a ruptured colon caused by "mating behavior" with his brother, Buffett.

July 28, 2023

Crunch! Rocks and bugs appear in Trader Joe’s cookies, falafel, soup

If it's not rocks, it's bugs. Trader Joe's can't escape the pesky stuff that's finding its way into the grocer's cookies, falafel and soup.

July 28, 2023

Crane topples, blocking I-70 in Maryland

Eastbound traffic on Interstate 70 in Washington County, Maryland, was shut down Friday after a crane fell in a construction zone, blocking all lanes.

July 28, 2023