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Police investigate shooting on Shallowford Road

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga police are investigating a shooting this afternoon on Shallowford Road. It happened in the 5900 block near Vulcan and Chattanooga airport. Police say a woman was taken to the hospital with an apparent gunshot wound. They…

Severe storms bring tornadoes and flooding across the U.S.

Atlanta — Potent thunderstorms have been blamed for one death and left more than 200,000 people without power across the southern United States. Fierce winds were also expected to wallop parts of several states as new storms form Thursday, forecasters said.…

Walmart to pay $282 million to settle bribery charges

Walmart agreed Thursday to pay a total of $282 million to settle a U.S. bribery investigation in connection with the retailer's operations in Brazil, China and other countries. Of that amount, the company will pay a $138 million criminal penalty…

Supreme Court takes case on Puerto Rico financial crisis

This image shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2017. Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Washington — The Supreme Court will decide a challenge to the oversight board established by Congress in response to Puerto Rico's financial…

K9 officer helps find $1 million worth of meth

A K9 with the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office helped find two suitcases filled with $1 million worth of meth in a Washington state forest. On Monday, the K9 Unit assisted Homeland Security Investigations in a cross-border smuggling investigation, the sheriff's…

George Takei says yes, there are U.S. "concentration camps"

Actor and activist George Takei is weighing in on the treatment of undocumented immigrants and backing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's description of migrant detention centers as concentration camps. "I know what concentration camps are. I was inside two of them, in…

10-year-old girl climbs iconic Yosemite peak

When 10-year-old Selah Schneiter gets asked about what she did over the summer, she'll have quite the answer to give her classmates. Schneiter climbed Yosemite National Park's iconic El Capitan, a challenging 3,000-foot cliff, and she may be the youngest…

Cleveland Cracker Barrel Says No To All Scripture Baptist Church

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Knoxville Pastor and Detective Grayson Fritts has brought Cleveland, Tennessee to the center of controversy. All Scripture Baptist church planned on having their "Small Town Soul Winning" event at the Cracker Barrel on June 29th. Elijah White…

South Street Shooting

CHATTANOOGA,TN (WDEF)- Chattanooga Police are looking for the gunman that killed a man early Wednesday morning. 29 year old Robert Gill was fatally shot. Gill suffered from multiple gun shot wounds. Police responded to the 3200 block of South Street…

Locals react to reparations hearings in Washington

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The subject of reparations returned to Capitol Hill today. This time, it's part of a growing discussion about what the country might owe the descendants of slaves in the United States. The reparations topic has come back to…

Snow Hill Road rezoning

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The vote on a controversial rezoning on Snow Hill Road was taken at the Hamilton County Commission meeting this morning. Commissioners voted 4-3 against it. But that vote won't count, because two commissioners weren't there and they needed…

Chattanoogans celebrate Juneteenth or Freedom Day

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. That historic date was observed today in Chattanooga. Local residents remembered that the event happened two and a half years after President Lincoln's…

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