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Chattanooga Police respond to reports of a stabbing on Broad Street

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga authorities responded to reports of a stabbing on Broad Street Wednesday afternoon. Officers taped off a section of the parking lot and Lookout Mountain Suites. Police confirmed that a person was stabbed and their injuries…

Get ready for the Camp Jordan makeover

EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The City of East Ridge is preparing for upgrades to Camp Jordan Park and Arena. Officials say the renovations will begin in mid-January with concession and restroom facilities. New concessions are being built closer to…

Audit: Student assessment lacked proper oversight from state

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State auditors say the Tennessee Department of Education failed to provide adequate oversight while rolling out its problem-plagued student assessment test in the spring, which resulted in widespread delays and sparked…

Judge rules against Trump's asylum restrictions

Washington — A federal judge has blocked restrictive Trump administration policies that prevented some immigrants from seeking asylum due to domestic and gang violence in their home countries. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled on Wednesday that some of…

3 space station crew members heading home

Eight days after a dramatic spacewalk to inspect the site of a leak in the hull of his Soyuz ferry ship, Russian commander Sergey Prokopyev, German flight engineer Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor geared up to depart the…

U.S. envoy on mission to dislodge North Korea nuclear talks

Seoul, South Korea -- The Trump administration's special envoy for North Korea said Wednesday that Washington is reviewing easing its travel restrictions to North Korea to facilitate humanitarian shipments as part of efforts to resolve an impasse in nuclear diplomacy.Stephen…

Children are sent to the front lines in Yemen's war

Marib, Yemen -- At the age of 13, Mohammed was an unflinching fighter for Yemen's Houthi rebels. Indoctrinated in their camps, he went into battle even as gunfire filled the air and the earth shook from airstrikes. He said he…

Chattanooga Police sergeant resigns in face of investigation

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Sergeant Peter Turk has resigned from the Chattanooga Police Department. He faces a TBI criminal investigation and a CPD internal affair investigation after being arrested in a solicitation of prostitution sting. Turk has been on administrative leave since…

Haley pushes Mideast peace plan in closing Security Council remarks

United Nations — In what were likely her final remarks to the U.N. Security Council on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, outgoing U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley previewed the Trump administration's still-unseen peace plan on Tuesday, urging member nations to support the proposal once it's…

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