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THP urging drivers to stay off phone

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol is telling drivers to put down their phones and drive. That's after a serious accident in Bradley County Tuesday. Distracted driving has already caused close to 12,000 crashes in the state of…

Deadly suicide blast tears through Afghan sports hall

Afghan security forces stand guard near the main gate of Paghman district compound after a suicide bomb attack, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, in a 2015 file photo. REUTERS A deadly suicide bombing hit a sports club in western Kabul on…

Trump to chair UN Security Council meeting on Iran

United Nations Security Council, FILE photo Neptuul, via Wikimedia Commons The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says President Donald Trump will chair a Security Council meeting on Iran during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York this…

22 people missing as boat sinks in northeast India

A passenger ferry crosses as rescuers search in the Brahmaputra River after a boat capsized on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Sept. 5, 2018. AP GAUHATI, India -- Police were searching Wednesday for 22 people who were missing after a…

U.K. charges 2 Russians in nerve agent attack on ex-spy

A photo provided by the London Metropolitan Police on Sept. 5, 2018, shows two Russian nationals, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, who are charged with the attempted murder of ex-spy Sergei Skripal using the deadly nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury,…

Pompeo has tough task to "reset" ties in Pakistan

In this photo released by the Press Information Department, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, attends a briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan, Aug. 24, 2018. AP ISLAMABAD -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pakistan…

Mystery statue to finally catch a ride back home

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - This statue has been in the Chattanooga Choo Choo courtyard for as long as anyone can remember. And, it often catches the eye of people passing by. "Just about everybody wants to know who comes in…

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