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It's Prime Time for Tennessee's Local Fairs

It's prime time for Tennessee's local fairs, and state agriculture officials say more than 3 million people visit the fairs every year. The Agriculture Department said fairs last year paid out more than $1 million in premiums for more than…

Hippo attacks leave 2 dead, 1 hurt near Kenyan lake

A hippo is pictured near lesser flamingos at Lake Oloidien near Naivasha, Kenya, in a May 3, 2012 file photo. Getty NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Chinese tourist was attacked and killed by a hippo while taking pictures on the edge…

Indonesia earthquake death toll climbs past 430

19 Photos Villagers pull down their earthquake-damaged house in Kayangan, Aug. 12, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia.  Getty JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The death toll from the earthquake that rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok a week ago has passed 430…

Almanac: The Guinness Book of Records

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: August 12th, 1925, 93 years ago today … a date truly for the record books. For that was the day twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter were born in London. The…

Nobel-winning author V.S. Naipaul dead at 85

LONDON -- V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. He was 85. His wife, Nadira Naipaul, said he…

Shooting Reported on North Chamberlain Avenue

Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - Late Friday afternoon, Chattanooga Police responded to a local hospital on reports of person suffering from a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, officers made contact with a female juvenile who was suffering from an apparent graze wound…

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