Washington -- President Trump on Thursday ordered the U.S. military to conduct a limited strike against Iran to retaliate for the downing of a Navy surveillance drone in the Persian Gulf region, but he then called off the operation in the evening…
Oregon lawmakers walkout of legislative session Republicans in Oregon's state government have gone missing — and the governor is sending police to go find them. Gov. Kate Brown dispatched Oregon State Police to search for 11 Senate Republicans who walked…
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - We're learning more about the investigation into the death of Lafayette woman, 31-year-old Britney Nicole Parker Cole. The woman's body was found off Old Mineral Springs Road in Walker County on Tuesday. The Walker County…
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FALLING WATER, Tennessee (WDEF) - That storm that came through Hamilton county early this morning packed some high winds...and it took down some trees. One of the worst hit areas was at the Falling Water community on Roberts Mill Road.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Chattanooga man who was charged with murder in the shooting death of a security officer in 2016, will go to prison for a lesser charge. Andrew Wilson, Jr. pleaded guilty to the charge of voluntary manslaughter…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - If Hamilton county commissioners pass a proposed tax increase for the schools, property owners would foot the bill. But county leaders are trying to protect low-income residents from that increase with a local Tax Relief program. News…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on Roy Moore's decision on whether to run for U.S. Senate in Alabama (all times local): 5 p.m. Democratic Sen. Doug Jones says Roy Moore's decision to run for the seat again in 2020…
A rookie Sacramento police officer was fatally shot during a domestic violence call and lay wounded for about 45 minutes as the gunman kept officers at bay with volleys of bullets, authorities said Thursday. Officer Tara O'Sullivan, 26, was shot…
Sheriff protested letting Jacky Wayne Bean out of jail, now he's on Hamilton County's Most Wanted List
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga police are investigating a shooting this afternoon on Shallowford Road. It happened in the 5900 block near Vulcan and Chattanooga airport. Police say a woman was taken to the hospital with an apparent gunshot wound. They…
Atlanta — Potent thunderstorms have been blamed for one death and left more than 200,000 people without power across the southern United States. Fierce winds were also expected to wallop parts of several states as new storms form Thursday, forecasters said.…
Embattled former judge and one-time Senate candidate Roy Moore is throwing his hat back into the ring and running for Senate in Alabama, looking to defeat incumbent Doug Jones. Moore, a Republican, narrowly lost to Jones in a 2017 special…
Walmart agreed Thursday to pay a total of $282 million to settle a U.S. bribery investigation in connection with the retailer's operations in Brazil, China and other countries. Of that amount, the company will pay a $138 million criminal penalty…
This image shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2017. Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Washington — The Supreme Court will decide a challenge to the oversight board established by Congress in response to Puerto Rico's financial…
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The Senate voted Thursday to block the Trump administration from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, launching a new challenge to President Trump's steadfast alliance with the country amid rising tensions in the Middle East. The resolution passed, 53-45, which is…
A K9 with the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office helped find two suitcases filled with $1 million worth of meth in a Washington state forest. On Monday, the K9 Unit assisted Homeland Security Investigations in a cross-border smuggling investigation, the sheriff's…
In its annual report on human trafficking, the State Department downgraded Saudi Arabia, a close ally of the Trump administration, to the lowest level of compliance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act passed in 2000. The kingdom and other nations…
Actor and activist George Takei is weighing in on the treatment of undocumented immigrants and backing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's description of migrant detention centers as concentration camps. "I know what concentration camps are. I was inside two of them, in…
A World War I memorial in the shape of a 40-foot-tall cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The justices, in ruling 7-2 in favor of the backers of the cross, concluded…
When 10-year-old Selah Schneiter gets asked about what she did over the summer, she'll have quite the answer to give her classmates. Schneiter climbed Yosemite National Park's iconic El Capitan, a challenging 3,000-foot cliff, and she may be the youngest…
Attack on U.S. drone escalates Iran tension Global oil prices rose after Iran on Thursday downed an American spy drone over the Strait of Hormuz. A third of all shipped oil passes through the critical waterway, which is off the…
Video shows adults brawling at kids' baseball game Colorado authorities say they are investigating a fist fight between adults over a teenage umpire's calls during a youth baseball game involving 7-year-olds. Video shot by spectators shows men exchanging punches on…
