Dramatic video shows dozens of beachgoers working together Tuesday to save nearly 50 whales that were beached or dangerously close to shore in Georgia. Three of the animals did not survive. Multiple pilot whales repeatedly beached themselves on St. Simons…
Drake, Kevin Hart, LeBron James, the "Stranger Things" cast, and just about everyone else seems to be posting artificially-aged selfies on social media in the latest viral trend, called the #FaceAppChallenge. All you have to do is download FaceApp and…
Sen. Rand Paul blocked a vote to permanently reauthorize the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, which provides financial assistance for first responders suffering from 9/11-related medical issues. Paul prevented the Senate from voting to approve the bill through unanimous consent because…
Williamson has been indicted on 14 Class E felony counts of tax evasion.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - An early morning crash in the Harrison area claims the life of a driver. It happened around 3 AM on Highway 58 near Jersey Pike. Investigators say a car left the highway heading north and hit a…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Political activists confronted Hamilton County Commissioners about the traffic stop investigation into Hamilton County deputies. Video of the stop and search of a suspect generated an investigation into possible excessive force. Two people spoke at the public…
DUNLAP, Tennessee (WDEF) - Federal officers swooped down on a mobile home in Sequatchie County to find a fugitive on Tuesday night. U.S. Marshals along with an FBI SWAT team arrested 53 year old Vincent Garner. He has been on…
Special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony to Congress has been delayed until July 24 under an agreement that gives lawmakers more time to question him. Mueller had been scheduled to testify July 17 before two house committees about the findings of…
J.T. Lewis was just 12 years old when his younger brother, Jesse Lewis, stood up to a gunman who had entered his first-grade classroom, before shooting and killing 20 innocent young children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary…
Lawyers for a Chattanooga man accused of murder are concerned about his treatment at the Hamilton County jail and want him to be transferred.
Officials in West Palm Beach have a new way to keep homeless people from laying around the city's Lake Pavilion: "Baby Shark." The extremely popular — and extremely repetitive — children's song can be heard playing on loop all night…
Ocean City, Md. -- Police in Maryland say a small plane has crashed in the water just off a beach in Ocean City. Police said on its Twitter page that the small plane made an emergency landing at around 6:19…
Police escort Thomas Gambino after his arrest in a joint raid by the FBI and Italian police in Palermo, Italy, July 17, 2019. ANSA/AP Rome -- More than 200 Italian police officers and FBI agents launched coordinated raids overnight targeting…
Several civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center, filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block the Trump administration's new rules that effectively end asylum protections. Under the rules, migrants who pass through another…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Rep. Robin Smith, (R) Hixson held a meeting with state and local officials on Tuesday to discuss possible solutions to fix problems that happen at some railroad crossings. "The problem is, is that because emergency…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Two hundred Cigna employees and non-profit Blessings in a backpack teamed up to provide 2,000 backpacks with nutritious meals for kids in need at the boys and girls club of Chattanooga. The bags had a nice message,…
The IMAX documentary on Apollo 11, Walter Cronkite and the Tennessee River connection
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake and a 3.5 aftershock rocked northern California on Tuesday, less than two weeks after large earthquakes struck south in the Mojave Desert. Shaking was felt in a wide area of the East Bay and people reported feeling…
A new Tennessee Valley company is making it easier for people in wheelchairs to travel.
See their photos and video from Akron this week.
United Nations — Warning that heat waves are "one of the deadliest natural hazards facing humanity," the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Tuesday that the threat posed by extreme heat "will only become…
HIXSON, Tennessee (WDEF)- Many Hixson residents are voicing their concerns over traffic backups at railroad crossings. Local and state officials will be addressing the issue in a public meeting Tuesday night. State representative Robin Smith organized the event to discuss what…
Ikea is close its only U.S. factory, located in Danville, Virginia, and shift production to its European plants. The Swedish company attributed the move to cost of raw materials in the U.S., saying it is more expensive than in Europe.…
Washington — Roger Stone, the longtime GOP operative under federal indictment, has been barred from using social media after a federal judge found he had violated a gag order preventing him from publicly discussing the charges against him. After a…
