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Saudi prosecutor seeks death for 5 over Khashoggi killing

Last Updated Nov 15, 2018 10:53 AM EST DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor is recommending the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Al-Mojeb…

Chattanooga Football Club will go pro

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) today announced that an established group of 11 clubs stretching across the United States have launched a new league in association with the NPSL. The clubs will compete in the first-ever…

SpaceX and back-to-back space station launches on tap

U.S. and Russian engineers are readying a trio of rockets for launches from Virginia, Florida and Kazakhstan Thursday and Friday, two to send a combined 6.5 tons of cargo to the International Space Station and one from SpaceX to boost…

Marie Antoinette's pearl pendant sells for record price

Jewelry worn by French Queen Marie Antoinette, including the pearl and diamond pendant shown here, is displayed at Sotheby's auction house, Oct. 12, 2018, in New York City. Getty GENEVA — A large, drop-shaped natural pearl pendant sold for more…

Two Dalton women arrest for child cruelty

DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) -- Dalton Police have arrested two women for allegedly beating their teenage daughter and sister. A 14-year-old Dalton Middle School student confessed to a counselor that she was hurting herself and planning to commit suicide because of…

HES pitches new animal facility to Hamilton County

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Supporters of the Humane Education Society packed the county commission chambers on Wednesday, showing their support for a new shelter. They are asking for a $10 million dollar facility to replace their old and crumbling structure where…

Grace Baptist holds active shooter drill

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Grace Baptist Academy held a large scale active shooter drill to practice what would happen if the worst were to occur. Chattanooga Fire, Chattanooga Police, and Hamilton County Emergency Services took the students of the high…

Trial begins in beating of Red Clay park ranger

CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The trial of a Bradley County man began on Wednesday in the beating of a Red Clay state park ranger two years ago. Prosecutors accuse Christopher Hinds of attacking 62-year old James Russell after an apparent…

NRC performing inspection at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - Federal regulators are checking safety systems after a diver's radiation monitor went off while he was working at Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in north Alabama. A statement from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says…

Sanofi cuts several jobs based in Chattanooga

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A Sanofi spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that they are cutting 160 jobs based in Chattanooga. Sanofi owns Chattem. They made the following statement on the situation: Sanofi is restructuring the U.S. Consumer Healthcare commercial organization, which includes…

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