OKAYAMA, Japan — Takuto Kawakami, 10, has a lot of questions. But as a volunteer tour guide inside Korakuen, one of Japan's most famous gardens, he also has all the answers. It's not just his handle on history that's unusual.…
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…
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…
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He fired into car speeding by him, killing a female passenger.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Chattanooga man is facing charges in both Hamilton County and in North Platt, Nebraska, for possession of marijuana and explosive devices.
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…
They are still unofficial, but all of the counties have now reported their final vote totals.
A new facility for animals would cost around $10 million.
JERUSALEM -- Children in Israel's south were heading to school early Wednesday as an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire took effect, putting an end to a brief yet intense flare-up with Gaza. The truce, announced Tuesday by Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza…
Meron Eren from Kedem Auction House shows a letter written in 1922 by physicist Albert Einstein, prior to its auction, in Jerusalem, Nov. 12, 2018. REUTERS JERUSALEM -- A handwritten letter written by Albert Einstein warning of the dangers of…
LONDON -- Prime Minister Theresa May has managed to hash out a draft agreement with the European Union on the terms of Britain's looming divorce from the EU. Now she has to convince her own cabinet that the deal is…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The chief executive officer of the nation's largest public utility has announced his plans to retire.
A Chattanooga teen is giving back and encouraging others to do the same for his Bar Mitzvah project.
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - A north Alabama woman convicted of putting her two children in scalding water as punishment has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
ASHKELON, Israel — Israeli airstrikes lit up the sky over Gaza in an escalation not seen here since 2014. The strikes are retaliation, the military says, for more than 460 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israel. "Hamas and…
Last Updated Nov 14, 2018 1:30 AM EST GENEVA — Christie's sold the "Pink Legacy" diamond at auction Tuesday for more than $50 million including fees, saying it's a new world record price per carat for a pink diamond. Christie's…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - In a planning session Tuesday night, the Walker County School Board voted to accept a new Public Participation Policy for people wanting to address the school board. A policy, Superintendent Damon Raines said that they…