Brad Matthews

‘Marathon’ video game maker investigating how artist’s work got in the game without her permission

Bungie, the developers of the upcoming video game "Marathon," are investigating after an artist's work ended up in the game without her permission.

May 16, 2025

Toddler in Montgomery County survives fall from 15th floor

A 2-year-old boy in Silver Spring, Maryland, fell from a 15th-floor apartment balcony, hit bushes on the ground and lived with an injury.

May 16, 2025

Bruce Springsteen opens European tour by calling Trump presidency ‘treasonous’

Rock star Bruce Springsteen opened his latest tour in Manchester, England, by excoriating the Trump White House.

May 16, 2025

Hundreds fired at Voice of America

The Trump administration axed hundreds of contractors at taxpayer-funded Voice of America on Thursday, cuts that represent a third of the international broadcaster's staff.

May 16, 2025

Unionized Starbucks workers on strike over chain’s new uniform policy

National coffee chain Starbucks implemented a new uniform policy this week, and employees at the chain's unionized stores are on strike in opposition to the change.

May 15, 2025

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder arrested at protest at U.S. Senate

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen was arrested at a Senate hearing while protesting against U.S. funding of the Israeli war against Hamas.

May 15, 2025

Florida man faces charges after grandchild brings his gun to Maryland elementary school

A Crestview, Florida, man is facing criminal charges after his grandchild took his gun to a Charles County, Maryland, public school and fired it. No one was injured.

May 15, 2025

Harvard copy of Magna Carta is an original

What Harvard University thought was a cheap, unofficial copy of the Magna Carta it owns is in fact a rare original of the document from an updated edition issued by King Edward I of England in 1300.

May 15, 2025

Floods in Maryland, Virginia lead to evacuated schools, one child drowned

Floods in western Maryland and surrounding areas of Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania led to one drowning death and evacuations from flooded schools.

May 14, 2025

Federal judge orders independent manager to take over New York City jails

A federal judge has ordered an independent manager to oversee jails in New York City, including those on Rikers Island, taking it out of the city's hands.

May 14, 2025

Egg prices drop for first time in months

After a steady price rise for months and peaking at over $6.22 in March, the average price of a dozen large grade A eggs finally fell in April.

May 14, 2025

Pennsylvania attorney general seizes more than 400 illegal gambling machines

Over 400 illegal gambling devices have been seized from dozens of bars, convenience stores and gas stations in Pennsylvania, the state's attorney general announced Tuesday.

May 14, 2025

Student from Massachusetts dies in Bahamas after falling from balcony

A student at Bentley University in Massachusetts died on the school's senior trip to the Bahamas after falling from a balcony.

May 14, 2025

Three climbers die in Washington state due to equipment failure

Three climbers in Washington's North Cascades died and a fourth was injured after their equipment malfunctioned.

May 13, 2025

Large fire at Baltimore mattress warehouse contained

A huge fire that broke out at a mattress warehouse in West Baltimore on Monday was contained by Tuesday. No one was injured, but Amtrak service was affected.

May 13, 2025

Woman arrested for driving into festival in Laurel, Maryland

A woman was charged with multiple misdemeanors after driving into the Main Street Festival in Laurel, Maryland, this past weekend and will be staying in jail.

May 13, 2025

Krispy Kreme pausing expansion of national partnership with McDonald’s

Six months after the chain took its trial partnership with McDonald's nationwide, Krispy Kreme has paused its expansion. Currently, certain types of its doughnuts are sold at over 2,400 of the fast food giant's locations.

May 10, 2025

FDA chief warns about ‘gas station heroin’

The Food and Drug Administration's commissioner, Marty Makary, sent out a warning Thursday about tianeptine, also called "gas station heroin."

May 10, 2025

Virginia Tech fans reach seismic scale while rocking to Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’

Fans seeing a Metallica concert at Virginia Tech this week were so hyped for the band's "Enter Sandman," they were picked up by the college's Seismological Observatory.

May 10, 2025

Dutch diver dies working on yacht’s sunken wreck off Sicilian coast

Work to salvage the superyacht Bayesian, which sank in August during a thunderstorm, ceased Saturday after a Dutchman working on the wreck off the coast of Sicily died.

May 10, 2025