Brad Matthews

Two Prince George County’s teens arrested after armed carjacking and police chase into D.C.

A pair of Prince George's County teens were arrested in D.C.'s Southeast Tuesday night for armed carjacking after crashing into a tree while being pursued by police.

January 19, 2023

Illinois prison guards and inmates sick from undetermined substance

An undetermined foreign substance sickened inmates, then staff, at the Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro, Illinois, Wednesday. Eighteen prison employees were hospitalized.

January 19, 2023

Texas customs seizes $7.5 million worth of marijuana hidden inside cotton candy shipment

Customs and Border Protection officers at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas found a colossal cache of cannabis hidden inside a shipment of cotton candy last weekend.

January 18, 2023

Southwest pilots union calls for strike authorization vote

The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association issued a call Wednesday to hold a strike authorization vote starting May 1.

January 18, 2023

North Carolina substation target of shooting, but no power outage caused by attack

A transformer at the Pleasant Hill electrical substation in Randolph County, North Carolina, was damaged by a gunshot Tuesday. The vandalism comes over six weeks after two other substations were attacked in neighboring Moore County, causing thousands to lose power.

January 18, 2023

HBO Max airs first live sports event with U.S. women’s national soccer match

Live sports debuted on the HBO Max streaming platform as Warner Bros. Discovery Sports aired the first game of an eight-year exclusive English-language broadcast deal with U.S. Soccer Tuesday night.

January 18, 2023

Dulles sees year’s first attempted carry-on of a gun

A Loudoun County man was written up at Washington Dulles International Airport last week after attempting to go through the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag.

January 17, 2023

Virgin Atlantic fined for flying with Delta codes in restricted airspace

British airline Virgin Atlantic has been fined $1.05 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation after the carrier operated flights in restricted airspace in Iraq using Delta Air Lines codes, the department announced Tuesday.

January 17, 2023

Jeff Bezos, 76ers’ principal owner Josh Harris could come off the sidelines to buy Commanders

No bids exceeding $6.3 billion were submitted before the Dec. 23 first-round deadline, and Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos did not submit a bid, although he could enter the process later.

January 17, 2023

Walgreens ends online purchase limits for pediatric fever reduction products

Walgreens has lifted an online purchasing limit for pediatric fever reduction products, which had previously been imposed during the height of the cold and flu season, the company announced Monday.

January 17, 2023

Price of used cars drops sixth straight month, falling 8.8% in a year

After rocketing early in the pandemic, the cost of used cars dropped 8.8% year-over-year from December 2021 to December 2022, according to the Consumer Price Index.

January 17, 2023

Customs officials catch parrot in truck crossing Texas border

Customs officials in Texas made an odd discovery when they found a green parrot in a truck crossing into the U.S., border officials said.

January 13, 2023

Pepsi using new sweetener in revamped sugar-free cola

Pepsi has rolled out a new version of Pepsi Zero Sugar using a new sweetener, the company said Friday.

January 13, 2023

Clouded leopard escapes from Dallas Zoo, prompting facility to close

A clouded leopard identified as Nova escaped from the Dallas Zoo on Friday, prompting the facility to close for the day. Police are assisting zoo staff in locating the wild cat.

January 13, 2023

Robot umpires are on the way with Triple-A parks to use electronic strike zones in 2023

Baseball's experiment with robot umpires is taking another step forward, with the electronic strike zone plugging in at all 30 Class AAA Minor League Baseball parks in 2023.

January 13, 2023

IRS sets Jan. 23 as start of 2023 tax filing season

The Internal Revenue Service has set the beginning of the 2023 tax filing season as Jan. 23. From that date until April 18, the IRS will accept and process 2022 tax returns, the agency announced Thursday.

January 13, 2023

Pepsi lemon-lime soda Sierra Mist discontinued, replaced with citrus-flavored Starry

Pepsi has discontinued its lemon-lime soda Sierra Mist, and is rolling out a new citrus-flavored competitor to Coca-Cola brand Sprite called Starry, the company has announced.

January 12, 2023

NASA confirms first exoplanet uncovered by James Webb Space Telescope

NASA confirmed an exoplanet discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope Wednesday. Planet LHS 475 b is 41 light years away from Earth and is 99% the size of our planet.

January 12, 2023

Orca found beached in Florida, first killer whale stranding recorded in Southeast

An orca was discovered Wednesday morning in Palm Coast, Florida, having beached itself at the municipality's Jungle Hut Park. Found alive at first, it died later in the day.

January 12, 2023

New law in Muslim-majority Michigan city will let residents religiously sacrifice animals at home

The city council of Hamtramck, Michigan, which has a Muslim majority population, voted 3-2 Tuesday night to allow the religious sacrifice of animals at people's homes.

January 12, 2023