Matt Delaney

Man accused of issuing fake parking tickets near California beach

A man has been arrested for putting fake parking tickets on cars near a Northern California beach last week, complete with a QR code that people could scan to pay the accused fraudster.

December 27, 2022

Young men in parts of Chicago, Philly at greater risk of death than soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan

Young men who live in the most violent ZIP codes in two major American cities faced a greater risk of being shot and killed than did soldiers in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, according to a new study.

December 26, 2022

Las Vegas waiter almost killed by shooter sues celebrity-backed bail fund

A Las Vegas waiter who was nearly killed by a gunman out on bond is suing the celebrity-backed bail fund that helped secure the shooter's release.

December 26, 2022

Spanish police arrest porn company owner on FBI’s Most Wanted list

Spanish authorities last week arrested one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives -- the owner of a U.S.-based pornography production company accused of child sex trafficking and production of child porn, among other offenses.

December 26, 2022

Buffalo, N.Y., couple takes in stranded South Korean tourists during winter storm

A couple in upstate New York became impromptu innkeepers for South Korean tourists over the weekend after the visitors became stranded in an intense blizzard.

December 26, 2022

Flight attendant pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking charge

An off-duty flight attendant pleaded guilty Friday to smuggling fentanyl on a cross-country flight after trying to use her occupation to bypass security, according to federal prosecutors.

December 25, 2022

Top-ranked high school didn’t announce National Merit Scholars for years: Report

Administrators at a top-rated high school just outside Washington reportedly withheld notifying students about their National Merit Scholar awards for multiple years on equity grounds.

December 25, 2022

American couple accused of trafficking, torturing Ugandan foster child could face death penalty

Two Americans living in Uganda could face the death penalty after being accused of trafficking and torturing their 10-year-old foster child, according to Ugandan authorities.

December 25, 2022

Georgetown hires recent exoneree Adnan Syed to work for prison-reform program

Adnan Syed, the Maryland man who was serving life in prison for a 1999 murder before his sentence was overturned by new evidence this fall, is now working at Georgetown University.

December 25, 2022

Six people arrested for role in multiple rideshare carjackings around Baltimore

Baltimore police arrested six people, mostly juveniles, for their roles in a string of rideshare carjackings that have taken place throughout the area since last month.

December 22, 2022

The rise of home delivery attracting predators: ‘Porch pirates’ snatch record 250 million packages

A record 250 million packages were stolen from front doors, walks and porches in the U.S. over the last year, according to a new report, and authorities are warning that the holidays are peak Grinch season.

December 22, 2022

Journey keyboardist gets cease-and-desist letter from bandmate over ‘Don’t Stop Believin”

A Journey band member's performance of "Don't Stop Believin'" at Mar-a-Lago prompted another bandmate to take legal action.

December 22, 2022

Statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells shaped modern medicine, to be erected in Roanoke

The bronze statue will be erected in October 2023 and will be placed in Henrietta Lacks Plaza, which was formerly called Lee Plaza.

December 22, 2022

D.C. police officer convicted of murder for role in deadly scooter chase

A jury found two former D.C. police officers guilty Wednesday, one of them on murder charges, for their roles in a 2020 chase that ended when a suspect died after crashing his scooter.

December 22, 2022

Former 911 dispatcher admits to starting at least 24 fires in Ohio forest

A former 911 dispatcher has admitted to starting at least two dozen fires in an Ohio forest as a way to distract himself from his depression, according to federal prosecutors.

December 21, 2022

Colorado city closes library amid meth smoking in bathrooms

Officials in Boulder, Colorado, are closing their main library after it was found that patrons smoked methamphetamine in the bathrooms.

December 21, 2022

California has over half of top 10 happiest cities in U.S., study finds

Sunnyvale, California, earned the top spot, with SmartAsset saying the Bay Area suburb had the best scores for its "quality of life" and "well-being" categories.

December 21, 2022

Auditor posing as intruder accessed Uvalde school through faulty door

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District will spend nearly $5 million on security improvements, such as bulletproof windows, metal detectors, hundreds of security cameras and creating a single point of entry for each school.

December 20, 2022

People who backed COVID restrictions say those who became sick deserved it, study says

People who supported their government's pandemic restrictions such as masks, quarantines and social distancing were also more likely to believe that people who got sick with COVID-19 deserved it, according to a new study.

December 20, 2022

Youngkin proposes $500K to explore potential for Commanders to call Virginia home

Gov. Glenn Youngkin still wants the Washington Commanders to build their new stadium in Virginia.

December 20, 2022