Billionaire to pay off Morehouse grads' student debt Billionaire Robert Smith is extending his goodwill months after he pledged to erase college loan debt for Morehouse College's 2019 graduating class. The technology investor and philanthropist is also paying off loan…
UPDATE: East Ridge Police have now charged four juveniles in an attempted car-jacking case in Ridgeside. They confirm one of the suspects is the student charged with bringing a loaded gun to Washington Alternative School after the incident. Officers were…
A tour bus crashed near a national park in southern Utah on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring 30 others, authorities told CBS Salt Lake City affiliate KUTV. The Utah Highway Patrol said 12 to 15 victims suffered…
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CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Tennessee American water says it still has not identified the actual cause of that big water main break a week ago that shut down a big part of Chattanooga. In a news release, the company explained that…
Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration on Friday announced it had brokered an immigration accord with El Salvador designed to ensure the government of this small Central American country — one the most dangerous nations in the Western Hemisphere — offers…
FDA opens criminal probe into vaping illness Walmart on Friday announced it will stop selling e-cigarettes in all of its stores, with the nation's largest retailer citing the growing public concerns about vaping. Eight deaths have been linked with vaping-related…
They say that 74 year old John Emory Sawyer, III was armed with a weapon
Trump blocking California from stricter emissions standards California is following through on its promise to take the Trump administration to court after the White House's latest move to roll back California's authority to set automotive vehicle emission standards. California Attorney…
MoneyWatch: Colt partly suspends AR-15 production, Three Mile Island shuts down Three Mile Island Unit 1, the nuclear power station whose name has become synonymous with the nation's worst nuclear accident, was closed for good on Friday. The 45-year-old nuclear…
President Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the United Nations General Assembly this week, amid reports that Ukraine is the subject of a whistleblower complaint causing a standoff between Congress and the intelligence community. Congressional Democrats have…
Just as the Washington Post reported that Ukraine was the subject of the mysterious whistleblower complaint causing a standoff between Congress and the intelligence community, President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was appearing on CNN Thursday night. In a heated…
Hiko, Nev. -- Sound checks echoed from a distant main stage while Daniel Martinez whirled and danced at dusty makeshift festival grounds just after sunset in Rachel, the Nevada town closest to the once-secret Area 51 military base. Martinez's muse…
More than 2,200 nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center are walking off the job Friday morning, after contract talks with the hospital broke down this week amid a dispute over staffing levels and pay raises. CBS Chicago reports…
The Federal Reserve has had to pump some $200 billion into the U.S. financial system this week amid signs that banks and other borrowers were running low on cash. The capital injection marks the first time the central bank has…
Two Muslim passengers say American Airlines canceled their flight last weekend because of racial profiling after crew members said the pair made them uncomfortable. "To be treated like this, with disrespect, suspicion, profiled me, question me in public, get my…
A New Jersey man who allegedly photographed or took video of landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, the White House and Boston's Fenway Park as potential terrorism targets in the early to mid-2000s has been charged with terror offenses by…
Just as the Washington Post reported that Ukraine was the subject of the mysterious whistleblower complaint causing a standoff between Congress and the intelligence community, President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was appearing on CNN Thursday night. In a heated…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Hamilton County School Board Members addressed meal charges for high school students Thursday night. At their meeting they approved a policy change that will allow those students to charge one meal, per meal service per…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Sale Creek High School Football players are getting a stadium for the first time. Thursday night, Hamilton County School Board Members approved 2.5 million dollars of funds for bleachers, lights, bathrooms, dressing rooms and a…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Artist Kelsey Montague has made an international reputation with her murals. The Nashville artist helped boost Taylor Swift's latest work by creating the Butterfly mural, that has had fans lining up to get a photo of themselves…
The National Weather Service said it picked up unusual imagery on its weather radar — and as it turns out, it appears to be a gigantic swarm of dragonflies. The agency's Wakefield office caught the large blob extending from Virginia…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A former Chattanooga mayor says the Tennessee American Water main break could have been prevented. Ron Littlefield says he wasn't surprised it happened. According to the former mayor, he says the water company was warned they were…
Last Updated Sep 19, 2019 6:44 PM EDT Six million people are in the path of Tropical Depression Imelda, a deadly and catastrophic storm. Thirteen counties in southeast Texas are officially disaster zones. The storm exploded ashore and dumped more…