U.S. News & World Report has had to adjust its popular lists of best colleges because at least five schools admitted to misreporting statistics. One of those schools, University of California–Berkeley, was knocked out of the No. 2 spot on…
Chattanooga Police are investigating after a woman says she and her friends were held at gunpoint at Greenway Farms in Hixson.
President Trump signed a bill Monday to care for the surviving first responders of the 9/11 terror attacks and their families. The legislation, which the Senate voted to reauthorize last week, makes the Victims Compensation Fund permanent. "Our nation owes…
Search underway for second suspect in California mass shooting What we know: 3 killed, including a 6-year-old boy, and 15 others wounded in a shooting at the popular Gilroy Garlic Festival some 80 miles southeast of San Francisco Gilroy police…
Two people in Florida are recovering from separate weekend shark attacks that are creating new concern about safety. Witnesses in Jacksonville are describing a "Jaws"-like scene there. Competitive surfer Franklyn O'Rourke said a shark latched onto his arm. Injuries sustained…
A 6-year-old boy is among the victims in Sunday's shooting at a festival in California. Stephen Romero was at the Gilroy Garlic Festival with his mother and grandmother who are being treated for gunshot wounds at the Santa Clara Valley…
Sen. Kamala Harris, who has spent some time clarifying her stance on "Medicare for All," is now proposing her own version of the single-payer insurance plan. A campaign spokesperson said that although Harris has a version of Medicare for All, Harris remains…
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say one woman is dead and a man was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooting on East 28th Street. We spoke with friends of the woman who say she was…
Impact of climate change on invasive species The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) has tempered its approach to decreasing the state's invasive green iguana population — after a statement earlier this month instructing residents to kill the creatures "whenever…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Tennessee Department of Transportation says they're working on repairs on I-24 Eastbound. They're working on sawing and removing damaged concrete slabs and re-pouring them with new concrete. TDOT says it will take several hours to…
Rescue crews are searching for a missing hiker who hasn't been seen or heard from since July 24, CBS Denver reports. Dan Wallick, a 41-year-old lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, was hiking Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point. The…
President Trump is nominating GOP Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence, Mr. Trump tweeted Sunday night. Coats will leave office Aug. 15, the president announced, and an acting director will serve in the interim.…
New York — A community festival was coming to a close when gunfire erupted in a Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving one man dead, another person in critical condition and 10 others wounded, authorities said Sunday as they searched for two shooters they…
Bald eagle is back A bald eagle was found shot dead in Erie County, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced Friday. Officials are now searching for the gunman responsible. According to the commission's Facebook page, the mature bald eagle was…
Fairbank, Alaska -- A newlywed woman from Belarus who was swept away by a river in Alaska was trying to reach an abandoned bus made famous by the book and film "Into the Wild." Veramika Maikamava, 24, and her husband,…
Arizona is poised to resume executions after a five-year hiatus brought on by an execution that critics said was botched, a subsequent lawsuit challenging the way the state carries out the death penalty, and the difficulty of finding lethal injection…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A video on social media showed a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer pulling a woman out of a car. "You're under arrest for driving, allowing her to drive 92 in a 65. Not having your ID…
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The Supreme Court said Friday that it would lift a freeze on the money put in…
Erlanger is expanding to Cleveland with two new medical facilities.
Halloween date change petition gains momentum All Hallow's Eve might not be so "eve" anymore. A petition to move Halloween to the last Saturday in October has gathered more than 80,000 signatures as of Friday afternoon. The petition, started by…
You can check out Little Shop of Horrors at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre all weekend long.
Two former Louisiana State University students who pleaded no contest last year to misdemeanor hazing in the 2017 alcohol-related death of a fraternity pledge were both sentenced Friday to 30 days in jail. Both were immediately taken into custody. State…
In a federal court filing, lawyers for election integrity advocates accuse Georgia election officials of intentionally destroying evidence that could show unauthorized access to the state election system and potential manipulation of election results. The advocates and individual Georgia voters…