Articles by Brad Matthews
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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A federal grand jury indicted six Texans and a Tennessean in a stolen identity tax refund conspiracy that claimed over $111 million in fraudulent refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.
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March 14, 2023
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Buffalo Wild Wings mocked the class-action lawsuit accusing the restaurant chain of passing off chicken nuggets as boneless wings after a judge dismissed the case.
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March 14, 2023
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The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Friday that the rest of the 2022-23 salmon fishing season off the Pacific Coast between Cape Falcon in northern Oregon and the Mexican border was canceled. Salmon fishing off California was halted until 2024.
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March 14, 2023
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A zebra in Pickaway County, Ohio, was shot dead by police Sunday after the animal bit its 72-year-old owner's arm.
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March 14, 2023
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Blackbaud Inc., which sells donor data management software to nonprofits, agreed Thursday to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $3 million in a settlement regarding disclosures of a 2020 ransomware attack.
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March 11, 2023
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A Wilmington, Delaware man and former D.C. physician was convicted Friday on 11 counts of healthcare fraud, having wrongly charged Medicare millions for joint and nerve treatment.
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March 11, 2023
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Border patrol agents at Dulles International Airport Friday arrested two D.C.-area men, both accused of felony sex offenses and both trying to travel to Central America, in separate incidents.
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March 11, 2023
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The annual spring forward to daylight savings time, when most American clocks will be moved forward an hour, is taking place at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
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March 11, 2023
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Cherry blossom season is almost here, both for D.C. residents and Metro. To celebrate the season, Metro debuted two buses and a six-car train wrapped in a blossom pattern Friday.
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March 11, 2023
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning Americans to stop wearing a Chinese-made bicycle helmet that fails to meet federal safety standards.
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March 10, 2023
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