Brad Matthews

Two men arrested on drug charges after landing a plane on a California highway

Two Oceanside, California, men were arrested after a plane full of cocaine landed on a state highway..

September 27, 2024

Fire engulfing crashed tractor-trailer hauling lithium batteries burns on and on at Los Angeles port

A tractor-trailer full of lithium batteries that overturned and caught fire Thursday at the Port of Los Angeles continued to burn Friday and kept several port terminals closed.

September 27, 2024

Major shift: CNN to ask readers to pay for articles

Cable News Network is planning to add a paywall to its website, building on a system that asks readers to register with email, according to reports.

September 27, 2024

U.S. government offering Americans four free COVID-19 tests once again

The Department of Health and Human Services is once again offering every American household up to four free COVID-19 tests shipped to their homes, the agency announced Thursday.

September 26, 2024

American Airlines flight from Dallas to South Korea forced to turn around due to bathroom issue

An American Airlines flight from Dallas to Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, earlier this month had to turn around mid-flight and head back due to a bathroom malfunction.

September 26, 2024

Man charged with attempted murder for bombing California courthouse

A Santa Maria, California, man accused of setting off a homemade bomb at the town's Superior Court of California courthouse Wednesday was arrested and charged with attempted murder.

September 26, 2024

Suspect detained after improvised bomb injures two in explosion at California courthouse

Two people were injured Wednesday when a man tossed a homemade explosive device toward a courtroom at a Santa Maria, California, courthouse used by the Superior Court of California.

September 25, 2024

United Airlines plane slows to avoid collision above San Francisco; 2 passengers injured

A United Airlines flight had to suddenly slow down while descending toward San Francisco International Airport last week to avoid hitting another plane. The maneuver injured two passengers.

September 25, 2024

Wisconsin man falls to his death off Wyoming butte

A 21-year-old Wisconsin man trying to climb Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming fell to his death over the weekend. It was the seventh death in over a century of climbing at the butte.

September 25, 2024

‘Monday Night Football’ doubleheader draws 19 million viewers during overlap

An average of 19 million American viewers watched "Monday Night Football" during the overlap between the two games, ESPN announced Tuesday.

September 25, 2024

A third house collapses in five days on Cape Hatteras National Seashore

An unoccupied house collapsed Tuesday on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore -- the third to tumble into the Atlantic Ocean near Rodanthe, North Carolina, since Friday.

September 25, 2024

Coca-Cola Spiced canned after just a few months on shelves

Coca-Cola Spiced is in the trash bin after the beverage giant first offered it in February.

September 24, 2024

Great white sharks offshore force Massachusetts beach to close

Sightings of great white sharks have led operators of Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts, to keep it closed for swimming until at least Monday.

September 24, 2024

Escaped rodeo bull recaptured on a Massachusetts highway after a day on the lam

The last of eight rodeo bulls that escaped Sunday from a mall parking lot in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, was recaptured Monday night on a highway.

September 24, 2024

Youth hockey team rescued from Boston Harbor after boat runs aground

A Somerville, Massachusetts, youth hockey team was rescued earlier this week after a boat they were on ran aground on Rainsford Island in Boston Harbor.

September 21, 2024

California fire agency employee charged with starting 5 blazes

A forestry fire engineer was arrested in California Friday, charged with starting five wildfires from Aug. 15 to Sept. 14 in Sonoma County.

September 21, 2024

Hiker attacked by bear in Montana, walks over a mile for help

A 35-year-old man hiking in Montana's Glacier National Park was injured by an attacking bear this week and walked over a mile for aid.

September 21, 2024

Playoff tickets to see Clark, Fever cost more than entire 2023 WNBA finals

The Indiana Fever rookie point guard will make her playoff debut on the road against the Connecticut Sun Sunday. The cheapest ticket for the game costs $133.

September 21, 2024

Archaeologists unearth bronze sword bearing name of Egyptian pharaoh believed to have opposed Moses

A team of Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a fort dating back millennia in Hosh Issa, uncovering artifacts including a bronze sword bearing the name of Pharaoh Ramses II.

September 20, 2024

Shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant back online to power Microsoft data center

A reactor at the notorious Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, will be going back into operations starting in 2028 in order to provide power to Microsoft's energy-hungry data centers.

September 20, 2024