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Trump says he discussed Mueller report with Putin

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a more than hour-long conversation Friday in which Mr. Trump said the two leaders discussed the "Russian hoax," but Mr. Trump did not ask Putin to stop meddling in U.S. elections. White…

At least 3 dead amid Midwestern flooding

The latest round of Midwestern flooding has claimed at least three lives, closed hundreds of roads and forced residents of threatened towns to shore up threatened levees with sandbags. In some communities, waters are rising to historic levels. The National…

Pictures show snakes found at Soddy Daisy Middle School

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - School Board Member Rhonda Thurman said efforts are being made to alleviate what appears to be a problem with snakes at Soddy Daisy Middle School. Pictures show some of the snakes that have been found…

Fisherman drowns wading in Ocoee River

BENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Polk County officials have recovered the body of a man who drowned in the Ocoee River Thursday evening near the Grassy Creek community. Witnesses told deputies that Brian Bates was wading and fishing with friends when…

Trump administration loosing offshore drilling rules

PORT FOURCHON, La. — The Trump administration moved Thursday to give oil and gas companies more flexibility in meeting safety requirements imposed after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed nearly a dozen people and was the worst offshore…

260,000 new jobs in April as unemployment drops to 3.6%

Businesses hired 263,000 people in April, again defying many economists' expectations that a tight labor market would slow down job creation. Economists were expecting about 190,000 jobs to be added for the month. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.6…

Hands-free Bill is On The Governor's Desk

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Tuesday, Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill that could make Tennessee the 19th state to have a hands-free law. The neighboring state,Georgia, has already seen a decline in traffic fatalities since they implemented the law in 2018. "…

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