A former CIA analyst who has specialized in Korean issues during two administrations has some advice for President Trump: "Please listen to your advisers," Sue Mi Terry, now the Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, urges.…
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala -- Frightened people living near the Volcano of Fire fled with their children and few possessions when fresh flows of super-heated debris were announced, taking no chances after authorities gave them little time to evacuate before a deadly…
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte kisses a Filipina woman during a live televised event in Seoul, South Korea. RAPPLER/YOUTUBE MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte brushed off claims of misogyny Wednesday after he kissed a Filipina woman on the lips…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Alisha Chavez's passion for inner city kids started through her job as a Chattanooga Police Officer and working in community outreach. "That's where I think the bug kind of bit me for the kids and from…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - An opinion piece for the Chattanoogan has stirred a hornets nest of controversy over race and the Hamilton County School system. The former Chattanooga Free-Press editor accuses Dr. Bryan Johnson of "forcing an agenda" by hiring five…
Republican speaks at the Chattanooga Trade and Convention Center
Can the city afford new lighting for bridge?
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ESCUINTLA, Guatemala -- Search efforts continue in Guatemala after a volcanic eruption left at least 70 people dead and forced thousands from their homes. The threat of another eruption sent people racing to safety as toxic plumes of smoke rose…
NEW YORK -- Off the coast of Japan on Tuesday, 50-year-old Ben Lecomte started a journey unlike any other. "I am looking forward to the big crossing," he said. That doesn't even begin to cover it. Lecomte, a Frenchman now…
Democrats and Republicans pick their nominees for Governor
Have you seen Braden Lineberry, George Gregory Hayes, or Jerry Guess?
A man exercises on a garbage-strewn beach on World Environment Day in Mumbai, India, June 5, 2018. FRANCIS MASCARENHAS/REUTERS India has vowed to ban all single-use plastics by 2022, according to the U.N.'s environmental agency, which called it an "unprecedented…
20 year veteran in District Attorney's Office charged with DUI
Republicans say 9 weeks is too long for a runoff campaign that used to be just 3.
Aggravated child abuse charges downgraded.
Boyd attorney characterizes phone calls as political free speech, not extortion.
Razan al-Najjar (R) works with a colleague to tend to an injured man at an emergency medical tent after clashes with Israeli security forces after a demonstration near the border with Israel in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 1,…
Thunderstorm knocked experienced kayakers out of their boats Sunday
Shooting in neighborhood off of Cromwell Road.
Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen welcomes Russia's President Vladimir Putin in his office in Vienna, Austria, June 5, 2018. LEONHARD FOEGER/REUTERS MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin ridiculed the U.S. indictment of 13 Russians in a television interview broadcast Monday,…
TOKYO -- Professional distance swimmer Ben Lecomte, 51, set off from Japan to San Francisco on Tuesday in an attempt to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean. Spokesman Alexandre Borreil said Lecomte left at 8 a.m.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department has released updated information on the woman pulled from a house fire on Windsor Street Sunday. The fire department says the 33-year-old woman remains in critical condition in the burn unit at…
Firefighters and rescue workers look for bodies and survivors at an area affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano in the community of San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala, June 4, 2018. Stringer / REUTERS EL RODEO, Guatemala…