The Archbishop of Chicago spoke Friday morning at the Vatican's summit on clergy sex abuse as a new scandal surfaced back at home. Cardinal Blase Cupich called for accountability for priest sex abuse and said the church "demands a mindset…
WASHINGTON — A criminal investigation into whether former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe made false statements during an internal probe into a news media disclosure remains open, his attorney said Thursday. "We've had dealings with the U.S. attorney's office" in…
HBO is sticking with its plan to air a controversial Michael Jackson documentary next month, despite a new lawsuit filed by the late singer's estate. "Leaving Neverland" focuses on two men who say Jackson molested them when they were boys.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -The Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga is gearing up to build electric cars. They're preparing with training. There was an open house Thursday for the Volkswagen Academy programs they have for high school and college students. At the…
The new program will allow trucking and logistics companies to trade freight moving costs
A bill recently introduced would have stricter penalties for repeat DUI offenders in Tennessee.
New Hampshire resident Chuck Fassi feared he and his family would become homeless while he struggled to find work after he resigned from his job of 13 years over a dispute with his employer in the chemical equipment industry. Because…
If there's a Sports Marketing Oops Hall of Fame, Nike is now among the top contenders. Given the pregame hoopla, the much-anticipated college basketball contest between Duke and North Carolina would have been hard-pressed to live up to its billing.…
Jeffrey Epstein settlement leaves questions A Florida federal judge has ruled federal prosecutors violated the rights of victims by secretly reaching a non-prosecution agreement with a wealthy financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. The ruling Thursday by…
Teachers in Oakland, California, went on strike Thursday, part of a national wave of discontent by educators over classroom conditions, pay and other issues. Recent walkouts have taken place in West Virginia, Los Angeles and Denver. The city's 3,000 teachers…
Parliament calls Facebook "digital gangsters" A collection of children's and privacy rights groups is accusing Facebook of intentionally duping kids into running up charges for playing games on the social network without their parents knowledge. Organizations including Common Sense Media…
Lee was 17 when he joined the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Auburn, which held the "Old South" party every spring.
The priority will be to spend the money on SROs
Trump calls for Venezuela's Maduro to go Washington — Vice President Michael Pence will call for the ouster of embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro next week during a high-profile visit to Colombia, a staunch U.S. ally which shares a border…
UPDATE: The Tennessee Highway Patrol says the slide happened before daylight. A 62 year old Jonesboro man drove his pickup into hole that had just formed when the highway slid away. His truck rolled 200 feet down the slope. Troopers…
YouTube is taking steps to clear out disturbing content. Over the past three days, YouTube has disabled comments on tens of millions of videos and terminated over 400 channels for comments they left on videos, and reported illegal comments to law…
May not be cleared until Friday.
Peter Tork, the bassist of the legendary band The Monkees, has died, his bandmate said on Twitter. Tork was 77. On Twitter, Monkees' drummer Micky Dolenz wrote, "There are no words right now...heart broken over the loss of my Monkee…
Chicago -- Chicago's top police officer expressed anger and frustration Thursday over what he called Jussie Smollett's "shameful" attempt to fabricate a hate crime for a "publicity stunt." The "Empire" actor's story that he was attacked Jan. 29 by masked…
New evidence suggests that even a small amount of exercise – 15 minutes of jogging a day, for example – could lower your risk of depression. A recent study by Massachusetts General Hospital looked at more than 600,000 adults, assessing…
New research reveals a dramatic rise in the number of calls to U.S. poison control centers regarding the herbal supplement kratom. The plant, which is native to Southeast Asia, has been the source of controversy in recent years, as its…
The descendants of the Revered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have held down the homestead where he was born for generations. Now they are entrusting the birthplace of the civil rights icon to the National Park Service thanks to the…
The Colorado House moved to advance a bill that aims to pledge the state's nine Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, rather than the state's popular vote. According to the Denver Post, the bill…
Roger Stone ordered to appear in court Longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone is appearing before Judge Amy Berman Jackson, a week after being placed on a limited gag order, to explain his Instagram post featuring the judge. The image…