The Federal Reserve is leaving its key interest rate unchanged and projecting no rate hikes in 2019, dramatically underscoring its plan to be "patient" about any further increases. The move to stand pat comes as the central bank pares its…
Changes this tax season Bad news for investors this filing season: Under Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, itemized deductions are gone, meaning investment expenses are no longer deductible. The good news for investors? They can get a lower tax…
FedEx -- a popular indicator on how the economy is faring -- cites sluggish conditions in Europe, Japan and emerging markets Company's ground-shipping profit slows and important express revenue weakens as lighter packages are shipped shorter distances in the U.S.…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday will visit the last tank factory in America, with the appearance seen as a way to show how his economic policies are helping the manufacturing industry. The visit to the Lima, Ohio-based Joint Systems Manufacturing…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Chamber of commerce hosts their annual small business expo today. the event brings together businesses from all over Chattanooga to showcase their company. Over 200 groups are set up in the convention center this year. The…
Raising base pay by .50 an hour beginning in July
The massive college admissions scandal, which included the arrests of actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, highlights how far some wealthy parents may be willing to go to get their kids into elite universities. Getting accepted into a dream school based…
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts says farmers are bearing the brunt of "the most widespread destruction we have ever seen in our state's history." Ricketts spoke to CBSN on Wednesday about the dire set of circumstances Nebraska faces after the unprecedented…
Italian luxury brand Gucci has made another polarizing fashion decision after it stirred outrage over an $890 sweater that evoked "blackface." Now, the high-end label is selling a pair of intentionally "distressed" leather tennis sneakers that look like they've been…
Two suspects charged with taking equipment from several construction sites.
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge is siding with the makers of Dum Dums lollipops in its lawsuit against a rival candy maker. Ohio-based Spangler Candy Co. is suing Tootsie Roll Industries because it says the Chicago-based company's new…
Chemical company in East Chattanooga admits to a spill with a bad smell, but no public health threat.
R. Kelly's failure to pay $161,000 in child support highlights a $10 billion problem across the U.S. More than 30 percent of child support payments aren't made, and less than half are paid in full Only about half of couples…
An Arizona woman has been accused of abusing her seven adopted children who starred in her YouTube videos, CBS affiliate KPHO-TV reports. Authorities learned about Machelle Hackney's alleged actions from her 19-year-old daughter, according to police in Maricopa, Arizona. Hackney…
When China tightened its standards for accepting foreign recycling materials, U.S. cities got stuck having nowhere to send them A year later, recyclables are piling up or being buried again, as alternative markets remain scarce Many cities have resorted to…
Sen. Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican, will denounce President Trump's criticism of the late Sen. John McCain in a radio interview Wednesday afternoon. "I just want to lay it on the line, that the country deserves better, the McCain family…
By the end of the day, spring will officially have sprung — even if it doesn't feel like yet it in your city. March 20, 2019 marks the spring equinox — the first official day of spring in the Northern…
Albany, Texas -- A Texas homeowner who reported seeing "a few" snakes under his home actually had dozens of rattlesnakes living beneath his house. That's according to Big Country Snake Removal, whose workers pulled 45 rattlesnakes from underneath the home…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is visiting Israel, Lebanon and Kuwait this week, will be making a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Wednesday. Pompeo's visit comes just weeks before Israel holds elections in early…
The rate of an excise tax on coal that paid for stricken coal miners' benefits fell in January The fund provides health benefits and payments to about 25,000 retired miners Despite promises from President Trump and Sen. McConnell to protect…
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over a Mississippi prosecutor's decision to keep African-Americans off a black death row inmate's jury in a murder trial. The appeal before the court Wednesday comes from inmate Curtis Flowers, who has been tried…
Every major medical body and federal office agrees: vaccines are safe and effective. But that's often not the message you get if you're a parent poking around online. Doctors are now questioning whether big tech companies share the blame for…
European Union regulators fined Google almost $1.7 billion for for abusing its dominant role in online advertising. The fine of 1.49 billion euros, or $1.68 billion, was announced by the EU's competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager at a news conference in…
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says that unsafe drinking water -- not climate change -- poses the greatest and most immediate global threat to the environment. In his first network interview since his confirmation last month, Wheeler told CBS…
