Articles by Brad Matthews
The wait for the full peak bloom of D.C.'s cherry blossoms is nearing its end. The National Park Service announced that the Tidal Basin cherry trees now had puffy white buds.
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March 18, 2023
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An unrestored copy of Detective Comics #27, the May 1939 issue that first introduced Batman and Commissioner Gordon to readers worldwide, is going to auction at the end of March.
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March 18, 2023
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Ford is recalling 1,280,726 vehicles, specifically 2013-2018 Ford Fusion and 2013-2018 Lincoln MKZ sedans, for a brake hose issue that can cause the leakage of brake fluid.
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March 18, 2023
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UFC mixed martial arts fighter Jeff Molina became the first openly out LGBT male UFC fighter after coming out as bisexual on Twitter Friday.
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March 18, 2023
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Customs and Border Protection officers in Calexico, California intercepted cocaine hidden inside a shipment of watermelons, the agency announced Friday.
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March 18, 2023
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A New York man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining specialty baby formula that he then sold on the black market.
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March 17, 2023
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The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on spam texts with a new rule requiring phone providers to block texts that appear to come from numbers unlikely to send the messages.
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March 17, 2023
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Florida state lawmakers are considering a ban on driving in the leftmost lane except when overtaking and passing other vehicles or exiting the highway.
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March 17, 2023
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Amazon is discontinuing Kindle Newsstand, which centralized a customer's magazine and newspaper subscriptions as well as single-issue purchases through an Amazon account.
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March 17, 2023
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The YouTube TV streaming service on Thursday announced that its monthly subscription price will rise from $64.99 to $72.99.
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March 17, 2023
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An Occupational Safety Hazard Administration investigation into a September 2022 refinery explosion in Ohio found BP at fault for operational and training deficiencies.
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March 16, 2023
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission sent out a warning to consumers Thursday that two brands of carbon monoxide detectors sold on Amazon did not work.
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March 16, 2023
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Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is "recalling" 4.2 million units of its migraine medication Nurtec because the single eight-count blister pack in each box is not adequately child-proofed.
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March 16, 2023
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A prototype of the new NASA spacesuit, designed by Axiom Space for the planned Artemis III moon landing mission, was displayed at the Houston Space Center Wednesday.
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March 16, 2023
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A helicopter crashed at the Sacramento Executive Airport early Wednesday after a man attempted to steal the aircraft.
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March 16, 2023
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Diamond Sports Group, a Sinclair Broadcast Group subsidiary that operates 19 Bally Sports regional sports networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday.
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March 15, 2023
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Czech freediver David Vencl set his second Guinness world record Tuesday after plunging 170.9 feet through a hole in the ice into Lake Sils in Switzerland.
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March 15, 2023
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Hall-of-Fame rock band Metallica has acquired the majority interest in a Northern Virginia company that presses vinyl records, the manufacturer and the band announced this week.
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March 15, 2023
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A car that hit teens riding three stolen horses left one 14-year-old rider and two of the horses dead.
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March 15, 2023
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A Japanese celebrity gossip YouTuber became the first person expelled from Japan's parliament in over 70 years Wednesday after never showing up for work.
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March 15, 2023
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