Brad Matthews

Charter Communications to pay over $1 billion to family of woman slain by off-duty technician

A Texas judge has ordered Charter Communications to pay $1.14 billion to the family of Betty Jo McClain Thomas, who was murdered by an off-duty technician employed by the company in 2019.

September 22, 2022

California court ruling that bumblebees are legally fish allowed to stand by state Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that bumblebees are the same as fish in the eyes of the law -- and the judges were not referring to the tuna company.

September 22, 2022

Target plans to hire 100,000 seasonal workers for holidays

Retail giant Target is gearing up for the holidays with plans to hire 100,000 seasonal workers, the company announced Thursday.

September 22, 2022

Janitor’s body remained undiscovered in S.C. department store bathroom for four days

South Carolina police are investigating how the body of a janitor who died in a department store bathroom remained undiscovered for four days.

September 22, 2022

Kittyhawk, the flying car company backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is grounded for good

Kittyhawk, a flying car company backed financially by Google co-founder Larry Page, announced it was shutting down operations Wednesday.

September 22, 2022

D.C. aims to ban right turns at red lights by 2025

The D.C. Council voted unanimously to pass a bill in the first step to ban right turns at red lights and allow cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs by 2025.

September 22, 2022

Two men convicted in largest ever defrauding of post-9/11 GI Bill program

Two California technical school executives, Michael Bostock and Eric Bostock, have pleaded guilty to defrauding the Post-9/11 GI Bill veterans education program of over $100 million.

September 21, 2022

Walmart to hire 40,000 holiday-season workers, a significant drop from 2021

In preparation for the 2022 holiday season and the attendant shopping sprees, Walmart announced plans Wednesday to hire 40,000 mostly seasonal workers.

September 21, 2022

National average gas price rises by 1 cent after 98-day decline

The nation's average gas price went up by 1 cent on Wednesday after 98 consecutive days of decline, breaking the second-longest price fall streak since 2005.

September 21, 2022

Fan arrested, accused of throwing bottle at Browns owner Haslam

Police arrested a Cleveland Browns fan accused of throwing a plastic water bottle at team owner Jimmy Haslam in the waning seconds of Sunday's home loss to the New York Jets.

September 21, 2022

‘NyQuil chicken’: FDA warns of dangers in doing latest social media challenge

The Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans to stay away from cooking "NyQuil chicken" in the latest social media challenge.

September 21, 2022

New York lawmakers introduce bill to let more workers sit down on the job

New York lawmakers in both houses introduced earlier this month the Standing Is Tiring Act (or SIT Act) that would allow workers in some sectors to sit while on the job.

September 20, 2022

Ohio man who claimed to be a Ghanaian prince convicted on 10 fraud-related counts

Daryl Harrison, who claimed to be a Ghanaian prince and a prophet, was convicted on ten fraud-related counts by a federal jury Friday night.

September 20, 2022

United Arab Emirates announces lunar rover will launch on SpaceX rocket in November

The United Arab Emirates announced that its Rashid lunar rover, carried on a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket with a Japanese landing device, will fly into space between Nov. 9 and Nov. 15.

September 20, 2022

Surveillance cameras to be installed on all New York City subway cars

Two cameras will be installed in each of New York City's subway cars, in order to deter rising crime rates, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday.

September 20, 2022

Rhode Island man pleads guilty to meth distribution charge after record-setting fake pill bust

A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty in connection to the largest-known bust of methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall pills, consisting of around 660,500 pills worth $4.6 million in street value, authorities said.

September 20, 2022

Some craft breweries hit hiccup, close doors because of carbon dioxide shortages

America's beer drinkers could be in for a dry spell, thanks to a carbon dioxide shortage that is preventing some brewers from giving the drink its fizz.

September 20, 2022

Kazakhstan reverts capital’s name, institutes constitutional reforms

Istanbul was Constantinople, and Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan was once Astana -- and is Astana once again.

September 17, 2022

New Orleans murder rate of 41 per 100,000 the highest in the nation

As of Sept. 11, New Orleans has the highest rate of murders in the U.S, with 41 people killed per 100,000.

September 17, 2022

Montgomery County high school football game stopped after players brawl on the field

Friday night lights turned into Friday night fights at Gaithersburg High School Friday between players on the Gaithersburg and Northwest High School football teams.

September 17, 2022