BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Environment Minister Joaquim Leite both knew the Amazon region's annual deforestation rate had surged before the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, but kept results quiet to avoid hampering negotiations, according to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Friday opened COVID-19 booster shots to all adults and took the extra step of urging people 50 and older to seek one, aiming to ward off a winter surge as coronavirus cases rise even…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth's largest trees, officials said Friday. Fires in Sequoia National Park…
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge declared a mistrial Friday in the first murder case against a man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span, but prosecutors vowed to continue to pursue convictions. Judge Raquel…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes, accused of bamboozling investors and patients about her startup Theranos and its medical device that she said would reshape health care, took the witness stand late Friday in her…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Friday morning, the FDA approved the COVID vaccine booster for all adults. And a few hours later, an outside panel of the CDC voted unanimously to recommend allowing all adults…
FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) - A Flat Rock, Alabama man has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor. The charges against Mark Anthony Bryson are first and second degree rape, sexual abuse of a child uner 12 and sodomy.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - When you think of competitive sports, you probably don't think about rifle shooting. But it's an Olympic sport, and people of all ages have been doing it…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-Food truck alley is now playing host of several foster care agencies do the one person‘s connection to adoption so food truck alley you can get food and information on…
LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) - A man was found guilty this week of the rape and molestation of a 13 year old girl in Walker County. The abuses happened in May of 2017. Prosecutors say Charles James Spikes was living with…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Chattanooga man has pled guilty to aggravated child abuse of a newborn. In March of 2019, a month old girl was found at a home, unconscious. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Her father,…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - Governor Bill Lee is ending the current Covid-19 state of emergency in Tennessee. It will expire at midnight and he is not renewing it. "For almost 20 months, this tool has provided deregulation and operational flexibility for…
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Keithen Edward Eckart has pled guilty to three counts of rape of a child. He was arrested in September. Prosecutors say he confessed then to unlawful sexual contact with 3 juveniles under 13. Assistant District Attorney Addie…
Kyle Rittenhouse is comforted by his lawyer as he was acquitted of all charges at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. The jury came back with its verdict after close…
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's office warned lawmakers that their bill limiting COVID-19 restrictions would violate federal law that protects people with disabilities and put the state at risk of losing federal funds.
A rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $43.2 million, a record price for a document or book sold at auction.
A manufacturer of motorsports racing fuels plans to invest more than $14 million to expand its operations in northwest Tennessee creating 150 jobs.
Scams of all kinds are on the rise, but utility scams are really heating up. News 12's Joeli Poole shows us how to stay one step ahead of the criminals.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police report that a 35 year old man died in a crash this morning on I 75. Traffic investigators say he was driving a Chevrolet that rear ended a tractor trailer around 6 AM. The truck…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A second person has been charged in the murder of Alfred Pittmon Sr. Pittman was killed on 7th Avenue in Chattanooga last month. Investigators believe 19 year old Kenneth Moore dropped his cellphone at the scene. Police…
SAN CLEMENTE, California (WDEF) - Noah and Amber Clare have been found safe in California. They have been the subject of Amber and Endangered Child Alerts in Kentucky and Tennessee. Authorities believe Jacob Clare took 16 year old Amber from…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in the case of a school threat at Ooltewah High. On Tuesday, school officials notified parents of a threat written on a bathroom wall for Friday. Sheriff's…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Audubon Acres takes a journey back to the 1800s to show if times were simpler. Loading and firing a gun three or maybe 4 times a minute. Plus kids learn what’s…