Police identify suspect in Norcross fatal hit and run
They have not arrested him yet.
"Nobel of mathematics" stolen minutes after awarded
One of the winners of the award known as the Nobel Prize for mathematics had his gold medal stolen minutes after it was given to him. Caucher Birkar, a Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University math professor, was among four winners…
Feds bust alleged hackers accused in major global cybercrime spree
Chipotle is among one of the companies breached by the FIN7 hacking group. Getty SEATTLE — Federal officials say three Ukrainians involved in a prolific cybercrime organization have been arrested. They are linked to hacking more than 100 companies in the…
French parliament approves fines for sex harassment on streets, outlaws "upskirting"
People sit at the terrasse of a cafe during a summer night in Paris on June 27, 2018. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images PARIS — French lawmakers gave final passage Wednesday to a bill that expands the criminal definition of child rape and…
Rap stars' brawl at Paris airport delays flights
This combination of pictures made on Aug. 1, 2018, shows French rapper Booba, left, on May 19, 2014, in Cannes, France, and French rapper Kaaris on March 25, 2015, in Paris. Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images Flights at a Paris airport were…
In vicious cycle, warmer dirt makes climate change worse, study says
WASHINGTON -- The dirt on the ground is making climate change worse, a new study finds. Plants capture massive amounts of carbon, pumping it into the soil, where usually it stays for hundreds or thousands of years. Observations from across…
Police charge convenience stores with selling marijuana products
Two convenience store owners charged so far in investigation.
Police identify Highway 153 Hit and Run victim
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say the man who was killed on Highway 153 over the weekend was 51 year old Jeffery Randall Harris. Last Saturday at 2:15 PM, his body was found in the median near Highway 153 and Shallowford…
South Africa plagued by cash-in-transit heists
JOHANNESBURG -- Highly-skilled criminals are robbing vans transporting cash in South Africa at alarming rates. So far this year, there have been nearly 200 of these heists, oftentimes in broad daylight. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta says the brazen attacks…
Operator injured at Lake Winnie ride
State regulators say the employee fell off the platform while trying to help a child
Governor candidate Stacey Abrams talks infrastructure in Chatsworth
The democrat is running against Republican Brian Kemp.
Sheriff looking for suspect in a fight video
It happened a couple of weeks ago at a convenience store in Birchwood
D.C. couple killed in ISIS-claimed attack were cycling around world
Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan pose for a photo in Spain during their cycle tour of the world, in an image posted to their "SimplyCycling" blog. SimplyCycling The two Americans killed in an ISIS-claimed attack in Tajikistan over the weekend…
Russian reporters working on investigation with Putin foe killed in Africa
Photographs of journalists, (R-L) Orhan Dzhemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastorguyev, who were recently killed in Central African Republic by unidentified assailants, are on display outside the Central House of Journalists in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 1, 2018. REUTERS MOSCOW --…
Hockey player paralyzed after horrific bus crash returns to the ice
A Canadian junior hockey player who survived a bus crash that killed 16 people, including many of his teammates, is making a triumphant return to the ice. Ryan Straschnitzki was paralyzed from the chest down when his team's bus crashed…
Thieves make motorboat getaway with Swedish crown jewels
A cordoned zone as Swedish police investigate after Sweden's royal jewels dating from the 17th century were stolen in the Strängnäs cathedral, west of Stockholm, July 31, 2018. Getty COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Police used helicopters to chase thieves who stole…
India shelters closed as women go missing, girls claim rape
16 Photos School girls hold placards during a silent protest against violence against women, after the rape of two teenage girls in the Chatra and Pakur districts of Jharkhand, India, May 8, 2018. Getty PATNA, India -- Police in eastern…
Passengers describe escaping wreckage of Aeroméxico plane crash
Investigators are looking into what caused a packed Mexican airliner to crash shortly after take-off Tuesday. Aeroméxico Flight 2431 was carrying 99 passengers and four crew members when it went down in northern Mexico and burst into flames. Remarkably, no…
Protest expected as "burqa ban" takes effect in Denmark
Women wearing niqab are pictured in front of the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 31, 2018. Getty COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Supporters and opponents of a ban on garments covering the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or…
Top Putin foe ramps up "Dossier" project to spill Russians' secrets
LONDON -- Over the past three months, a handful of highly placed Russians have discovered their secrets seeping onto the web. It happened to a Russian Interior Ministry official whose emails were published online in April. And it happened again…
Foreign investment in U.S. plunges under Trump
President Donald Trump's upending of global trade deals since taking office last year has produced at least one major shift in the world's trade winds: Net foreign direct investment in the U.S. -- or total investments through acquisitions and direct stakes…
North Korean handed over war remains with just 1 dog tag
WASHINGTON -- When North Korea handed over 55 boxes of bones that it said are remains of American war dead, it provided a single military dog tag but no other information that could help U.S. forensics experts determine their individual…
TN gubernatorial candidates continue campaigning in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Beth Harwell took a tour of the Tag Manufacturing facility on Tuesday with State Representative Mike Carter. Harwell is currently the Tennessee House Speaker. "Should President Trump be successful and I pray and I hope that…
Miller Park reopening date announced for September
The $10,000,000 project is a public/private partnership.