Brad Matthews

Final Boeing 747 jet on the runway to Atlas Air

Boeing will deliver its last 747 model jet to cargo carrier Atlas Air Tuesday after over 50 years and 1,574 jets made.

January 31, 2023

Bed Bath & Beyond to close 87 stores, plus all 50 Harmon beauty outlets and 5 Buy Buy Baby shops

Home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond is closing 87 more stores under that brand, along with all 50 Harmon beauty store locations and five Buy Buy Baby outlets.

January 31, 2023

Two women face theft and weapons charges after police find them in Kia previously reported stolen

A pair of D.C. area women are facing theft and weapons charges after Prince George's County Police Department officers found them Thursday in a Kia previously reported stolen on New Year's Day.

January 28, 2023

Remains of ancient Roman city found in Egyptian city of Luxor

The remains of a Roman city have been found near the Egyptian city of Luxor, containing residential and civic buildings dating back to the second and third centuries of the common era, Egyptian antiquities authorities announced Tuesday.

January 28, 2023

Border patrol agents in San Diego seize $4 million worth of narcotics in one day

Customs and Border Protection agents in San Diego performed three seizures Tuesday, netting nearly 300 pounds of narcotics, worth around $4 million in street value, the agency announced Friday.

January 28, 2023

North Carolina man pleads guilty to making 2021 bomb threat outside the Library of Congress

North Carolina resident Floyd Roseberry pleaded guilty Friday to one charge of threatening to use explosives during an hours-long standoff outside the Library of Congress in August 2021, the Justice Department announced.

January 28, 2023

British actor Alan Cumming returns royal honor over ‘toxicity’

British actor Alan Cumming indicated in an Instagram post Friday that he was returning his Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire award, an honor originally given to him by Queen Elizabeth II in 2009 for his LGBT advocacy work in the U.S.

January 28, 2023

Mexican fisherman decapitated by great white in first fatal shark attack of 2023

A Mexican fisherman diving for mollusks was decapitated by a great white shark in what is believed to be the first fatal shark attack of 2023, the shark attack tracker Tracking Sharks noted Thursday.

January 27, 2023

Maryland man pleads guilty to making death threats against Sen. Ted Cruz

A Maryland man pleaded guilty Thursday to making death threats against Sen. Ted Cruz, the Department of Justice has announced.

January 27, 2023

Grand Canyon’s Havasu Falls will host tourists again, starting in February

The Havasupai Indian Reservation will reopen its territory and the Havasu Falls adjacent to the Grand Canyon that it owns and operates on Feb. 1, after being closed since March 2020.

January 27, 2023

Biden slaps 20-year ban on mining, geothermal exploration in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters

The Biden administration has banned mining and geothermal exploration in more than 225,000 acres of forest in Minnesota's Rainy River watershed, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

January 27, 2023

Storm positive: California boosts water allocation

Winter rain the past two months is letting California increase its water allocation to 29 agencies, the California Department of Water Resources announced Thursday.

January 27, 2023

Fossilized amphibian dating back 220 million years found in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park

A new species of fossilized caecilian, a worm-like amphibian, has been found in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park.

January 26, 2023

Third passenger stopped with gun in carry-on bag this week at Reagan Airport in Washington

Transportation Security Administration officials stopped an Alexandria man Wednesday from boarding a plane with a 9mm handgun loaded with 10 bullets at Reagan National Airport.

January 26, 2023

Federal agents bust ‘brazen’ scheme dealing in fake nursing diplomas across five states

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and law enforcement charged 25 recruiters and school officials in five states with participating in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursing diplomas, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

January 26, 2023

Louisiana prisons keep inmates beyond release dates in violation of 14th Amendment, contends DOJ

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections violates the Constitution's 14th Amendment in routinely keeping prisoners incarcerated beyond their release date, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

January 26, 2023

Glitch at NYSE’s Chicago data center prevents opening auction and setting prices

A human error at a New York Stock Exchange data center in Chicago, wherein backup systems were left running, caused the exchange's computers to treat Tuesday's opening bell as a continuation of the previous day's trades.

January 26, 2023

Maryland governor’s office settles with U.S. attorney over alleged misuse of AmeriCorps funds

The Maryland Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism will pay $639,916 to the federal government to settle allegations during the Hogan administration of misusing AmeriCorps funds intended to subsidize volunteerism, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced Tuesday.

January 25, 2023

Customs officials at Dulles airport seize marijuana from Nigeria-bound passenger

Customs and Border Protection officials recently busted a traveler bound for Lagos, Nigeria, finding two pounds and four ounces of marijuana in two vacuum-locked bags.

January 25, 2023

Study finds Minnesota, Oregon fastest-talking states, Louisiana and South Carolina slowest

Contrary to stereotypes of quick-speaking East Coast city slickers, Minnesota is the fastest-talking state at 5.34 syllables per second, according to a study from language learning platform Preply.

January 25, 2023