Brad Matthews

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline gets a new three-digit number: 988

As part of the Biden administration's mental health strategy, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will be switching to a new three-digit number: 988.

July 15, 2022

Petty parking putdowns from locals could harm tourism, Arizona town fears

Police in Jerome, Arizona, are warning residents to stop yelling at tourists or leaving petty notes on cars in the former mining town and artistic hub that attracts about 1 million visitors per year.

July 15, 2022

Upcoming ‘Wordle’ board game puts the play in wordplay

Move over Scrabble, there's a new kid in town -- the Wordle board game.

July 15, 2022

Canada resuming mandatory random COVID testing for international travelers

The Canadian government is resuming its random COVID-19 testing program for international travelers starting Tuesday. The random tests had been suspended last month at the urging of airport authorities on account of long delays.

July 15, 2022

DEA pops fentanyl pill-pushers in $20 million bust in Los Angeles suburbs

The Drug Enforcement Administration said it sized approximately 1 million fake pills laced with fentanyl in a recent raid on a Los Angeles-area safe house linked to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel.

July 15, 2022

Content workers at WETA’s ‘PBS NewsHour’ seek recognition of new union

More than 75 employees of "PBS NewsHour" are trying to form a union within the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

July 14, 2022

MIT scientists pick up radio signals ‘like a heartbeat’ from billions of light-years away

Astronomers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have picked up on repeated radio signals from a galaxy far, far away.

July 14, 2022

Delta Air Lines charters plane from London to send home 1,000 lost pieces of luggage

Delta Air Lines was forced to charter a plane to send 1,000 delayed check bags back to American customers after canceling regular service from London to Detroit.

July 14, 2022

7-Eleven offers $100,000 reward for info on gunman in California robbery spree

7-Eleven has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a robber whose crime spree at six convenience stores in Southern California left two dead and three others shot and wounded.

July 14, 2022

Dodgers concession workers vote to strike out the MLB All-Star Game

It might take only one strike to throw out the MLB All-Star Game this year.

July 13, 2022

Minnesota man charged with staging BLM arson attack for insurance money

A Trump supporter in Minnesota who claimed that Black Lives Matter activists had burned his camper and cars in 2020 is now accused of staging the arson for insurance money.

July 13, 2022

See this month’s ‘supermoon’ in your evening sky

July's supermoon, the satellite's biggest appearance of 2022, will become visible again in the sky shortly after sunset Wednesday and through early Friday.

July 13, 2022

Jailbreaker Casey White charged with death of guard who helped him escape

Casey White, an escaped convict who captured national attention during an 11-day manhunt earlier this year, is now charged with murder in the death of the woman who helped him escape.

July 12, 2022