The abortion rate dropped to a nearly 50-year low in 2017, the lowest level recorded since Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized the procedure. In 2017, the most recent year available, the abortion rate was 13.5…
The acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, did not meet the deadline set by the House Intelligence Committee to turn over materials that the committee chairman subpoenaed on Friday — the substance of a whistleblower complaint and relevant correspondence…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Attorneys have filed a class action lawsuit against Tennessee American Water. The suit was filed in Hamilton County Circuit Court Tuesday on behalf of local plaintiffs by attorneys from Davis & Hoss, P.C. of Chattanooga, Tennessee,…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Riverbend Board is in the middle of their annual review of where the summer festival stands. And they are admitting, this year wasn't pretty. So far, they have concluded that "the 2019 event did not perform…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A new report shows graduation rates for Hamilton County Schools are improving. C-C-A, C-S-A-S Upper, and Lookout Valley Middle/High recorded a perfect graduation rate. The district graduation rate for the last school year was 86 point 9…
Dogs went from being man's best friend to toddler's best friend in Florida on Sunday. After a 3-year-old with autism went missing in the woods, it only took the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office bloodhounds 30 minutes to save the…
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who has been mulling a U.S. Senate bid, used his Tuesday testimony on Capitol Hill to praise President Trump. Lewandowski's opening statement criticizing Congress for continuing to investigate the president elicited an immediate response…
Students help read the Constitution aloud at the Federal Building
"Last year, we were out parking cars and shuttling people in just so they could find a space"
"We save money, it's more convenient to park in the garage and charge it up."
DUTTON, Alabama (WDEF) - Investigators in northeast Alabama have charged a man with killing his father two years ago. In May of 2017, 78 year old Charles Shirey died of blunt force trauma at his home on County Road 372…
A North Carolina sheriff is facing charges for allegedly discussing a plan to kill a former deputy who had a recording of the sheriff using "racially offensive" language. Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins was indicted Monday on felony justice obstruction…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to Saudi Arabia Tuesday to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman amid the fallout from a drone and missile attack on a major Saudi oil facility over the weekend. Pompeo has blamed…
A teacher at Battlefield Primary School is helping her students with their reading skills, and that's earned her a Golden Apple Award.
An Oklahoma woman has been arrested after she allegedly threatened to "shoot 400 people for fun" at her former high school, CBS affiliate KOTV reports. Deputies with the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office seized an AK-47 and a shotgun from Alexis…
Houston — Officials in the Houston area were preparing high-water vehicles and staging rescue boats Tuesday as Tropical Storm Imelda moved in from the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump up to 18 inches of rain in parts of Southeast Texas…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A three year old has succumbed to injuries he suffered in a fire two weeks ago. It happened at a home on East 36th Street on September 5th. A father and three children were all hospitalized after…
Facebook will work with law enforcement organizations to train its artificial intelligence systems to recognize videos of violent events, the company said Tuesday. The social media giant's AI systems were unable to detect live-streamed video of a mass shooting at a…
A woman accused of paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a fake soccer recruit has become the 52nd person charged in a sweeping college admissions bribery scheme, according to an indictment…
Washington — The Trump administration on Tuesday filed a civil lawsuit to seize the proceeds from Edward Snowden's new book, alleging the prominent whistleblower violated non-disclosure agreements he signed during his time working for U.S. intelligence agencies. In its lawsuit in…
A high school senior from West Virginia died after collapsing during a football game earlier this month — and he is not the only young athlete to suffer a deadly on-field emergency recently. A sophomore football player from Oklahoma also…
Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy W. Griffin was from Greenbrier, Tennessee.
Grandmother left vehicle running while she popped inside store
Trooper First Class Caleb Terry is in a medically induced coma