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…
Mark Sanford, the former Republican South Carolina governor and congressman, is considering a GOP presidential bid against President Trump, CBS News has confirmed. A spokeswoman for Sanford confirmed that he is "actively considering" a bid but has set no timetable…
Baton Rouge police have arrested a suspect in the murder of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, a local activist who was found dead in her trunk last week. The suspect, Ron Germaine Bell, was a tenant in one of Roberts-Joseph's rental home who…
San Juan, P.R. — Defying growing calls for his immediate resignation, Puerto Rico's beleaguered Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Tuesday vowed to remain in office and bring more transparency and accountability to the Puerto Rican government. In recent days, his office…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - July 16th is a date that most Chattanoogans will never forget. A memorial service was held this morning at Chamberlain Field on the UTC campus to honor the Fallen Five. A home-grown terrorist shot and killed 4 marines…
Police say the video shows Woods walking back through the group and then fires multiple shots through the door.
Officers found a 23 year old man with gunshot wounds.
The truck ran head on into the Harrison Pike bridge
The number of deaths attributed to the AIDS virus has declined by one-third worldwide since 2010, according to a new report by UNAIDS, a joint United Nations program. There were 770,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2018, down 33 percent over eight…
Prime Day protests for Amazon workers Some customers reported a glitch on Monday that prevented them from loading items into their Amazon carts. It's the second straight year of technical glitches for Prime Day, following last year's site outage. EBay…
Tanya Gersh, a Montana real estate agent, embraces her father, Lloyd Rosenstein, following a hearing at the Russell Smith Federal Courthouse on July 11, 2019, in Missoula Ben Allan Smith / AP Helena, Mont. -- The publisher of a neo-Nazi…
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Collegedale City Commission meeting Monday night didn't go without a discussion on an allegation that the police department used a quota system. "I would prefer it to be played out in the legal system, not…
Effective immediately, family planning clinics that are funded by taxpayers must stop referring women for abortions, the Trump administration said Monday. The Health and Human Services (HHS) Department formally notified clinics that it will begin enforcing the ban on abortion…
A damaged gas line likely sparked an explosion that leveled a home in a Murrieta neighborhood, leaving at least one person dead and 15 others injured, CBS Los Angeles reports. The explosion occurred before 12:15 p.m. in an area where…