Matt Delaney

Two deadlocked D.C. races to be decided by pulling names from hat or coin flip

The winner of two D.C. races will be decided by pure luck.

December 1, 2022

Driver speeds on sidewalks in Las Vegas chase

A driver was taken into custody Wednesday after leading police on a chase near the Las Vegas strip.

December 1, 2022

Deadly overdose rate triples among seniors in past two decades as alcohol-induced deaths also rise

Drug overdoses and alcohol-induced deaths are afflicting seniors in the U.S. at alarming rates.

December 1, 2022

Fentanyl test strips move closer to legalization in Ohio

A bill approved Wednesday in the Ohio House seeks to legalize fentanyl test strips in the Buckeye state.

November 30, 2022

CNN begins layoffs for paid contributors, employees

CNN informed employees Wednesday that layoffs at the network are underway.CNN informed employees Wednesday that layoffs at the network are underway.

November 30, 2022

New Zealand seeks guardianship of baby whose parents won’t allow vaccinated blood for surgery

The New Zealand government is filing for guardianship of a baby after the 4-month-old's parents said no to life-saving heart surgery unless doctors use blood from someone who was not vaccinated against COVID-19.

November 30, 2022

Experian settles for over $16 million with multiple states for 2015 data breach

Over $16 million in settlements have been collected by multiple state attorneys general from the consumer credit reporting company Experian following the 2015 data breach of T-Mobile.

November 30, 2022

Florida caterer being sued, accused of lacing wedding food with marijuana

A wedding caterer in Florida is being sued, accused of allegedly lacing the event's food with "poisonous" levels of marijuana, according to court records.

November 30, 2022

D.C. man charged for role in multiple violent crimes after Saturday arrest

A Southeast D.C. man has been charged for his suspected role in dozens of violent crimes after Metropolitan Police said they arrested him for armed robbery over the weekend.

November 30, 2022

Three child sex offenders arrested trying to cross illegally into Texas over Thanksgiving week

Three child sex offenders were arrested while attempting to illegally re-enter the U.S. through Texas last week, border officials said Tuesday.

November 29, 2022

Returning CEO Iger wants Disney to stay away from cultural issues, ‘have respect’ for audience

Returning Disney CEO Bob Iger wants the company to veer away from involving itself in hot-button cultural issues.

November 29, 2022

China scrubs maskless crowds from World Cup broadcasts

China Central Television, the state-owned broadcaster, is airing games on a 30-second delay so it can scrub most of the crowd shots that show nary a mask in sight and would challenge the government's zero-COVID policies, according to Fortune Magazine.

November 29, 2022

New York Times, other newspapers pen open letter calling on feds to stop prosecution of Assange

The editors of The New York Times, The Guardian and other major international news outlets that worked alongside WikiLeaks are calling on the U.S. government to end its prosecution of founder Julian Assange.

November 29, 2022

Emma Corrin, ‘The Crown’ star, wants award shows to make one gender-neutral category

Emma Corrin, who portrayed Diana, Princess of Wales, on season four of Netflix's hit series "The Crown," wants major award shows to drop their gender-based actor and actress categories in favor of a single, gender-neutral one.

November 29, 2022

European police make nearly 50 arrests in crackdown on cocaine-trafficking ‘super cartel’

European authorities arrested over four dozen people accused of running a "super cartel" that controlled a third of the cocaine trade in the continent.

November 28, 2022

‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022

Merriam-Webster's dictionary has dubbed "gaslighting" as its word of the year for 2022.

November 28, 2022

Iran wants U.S. out of World Cup for doctoring Iranian flag in social media posts

Iran wants the U.S. booted from the World Cup after the U.S. Soccer Federation removed the Islamic Republic's emblem from the Iranian flag on now-deleted social media posts.

November 28, 2022

Terrell Owens gets in fight with man outside Los Angeles pharmacy

Former NFL star Terrell Owens got into a street fight at a Los Angeles pharmacy over the weekend, TMZ reported.

November 28, 2022

Woman sues for $5 million over ‘false and misleading’ instructions on mac and cheese

The Kraft Heinz Foods Co. is being sued for $5 million for the "false and misleading" claim that its microwavable Velveeta Shells & Cheese is "ready in 3 1/2 minutes" as it states on its packaging, according to court records.

November 28, 2022

Nazi encampment featuring bunkers, trenches and gun stations up for sale on Channel Islands

A Nazi encampment from World War II is now up for sale on one of the Channel Islands, a British territory just off the northwestern coast of France.

November 27, 2022