Eleven protesters have been arrested after they rappelled from a busy highway bridge and dangled over the Houston Ship Channel, closing the vital artery for hours. The Coast Guard said the closure came after the protesters were spotted Thursday afternoon…
A Texas state representative's tweet to Beto O'Rourke that his AR-15 "is ready for you" has been removed by Twitter. The social media giant concluded it broke the site's rules "when it came to threats and violence," a Twitter spokesman told CBS…
All six crewmembers were asleep aboard a scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast when a fire broke out in the middle of the night, killing 34 people who were trapped in a bunkroom below the main deck, federal…
UPDATE, 12 p.m. - Tennessee American Water issued a CodeRed notification early Friday morning, alerting customers in the affected areas. The impact stretches from Rossville, Georgia, to Red Bank and Lookout Valley. More than 30,000 people are impacted. The water company…
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WDEF) - It came as a surprise to Collegedale Commissioner Ethan White when three Collegedale police officers were fired on Friday. He said then the Assistant Chief and a Sergeant resigned. "The public needs to know why three…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Veterans are some of our nations strongest people, they're also some of our most vulnerable. News 12s Kaylee Nix shows us how Bradley county is helping veterans in any way they may need. United Way of Greater Chattanooga…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police confirm a man was seriously injured after an early morning wreck involving a motorcycle. It happened at the 4600 block of Shallowford Road. Police determined the motorcycle was traveling east on Shallowford road when it hit…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The Wreaths across Chattanooga campaign is underway. Committee members and supporters held a kickoff event at the national cemetery this morning. Last year's campaign was successful with almost 10-thousand donated wreaths. But there are 47-thousand graves in the…
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it has finalized a repeal of the Obama-era clean water rule that spells out protections for large and small bodies of water. The EPA will create a new rule to replace the Waters of…
Investigators took the stand in in the retrial of a Chattanooga man charged with first degree murder.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Hixson High school student has been charged with bringing a loaded gun to school. The Hixson SRO got a tip that a student may be coming to school with a weapon. The school system adds that…
" . . . you never know, you may not know, what the outcome was until, days weeks, years later."
The U.S. government's budget deficit for the 2019 fiscal year surpassed the $1 trillion benchmark in August, the highest level in seven years, the Treasury Department said Thursday. The government budget deficit climbed $169 billion to $1.07 trillion in the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga police confirmed a man has died after being shot early this afternoon. It happened at the 39 hundred block of Dahlia street at Cromwell Hills apartments. Police responded to the scene around 1 this afternoon. If…
A man accused of gunning down people at a busy Walmart in El Paso last month was indicted Thursday for capital murder. The District Attorney's Office issued a statement to CBS El Paso affiliate KDBC saying it "will continue to…
All six crewmembers were asleep aboard a scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast when a fire broke out in the middle of the night, killing 34 people who were trapped in a bunkroom below the main deck, federal…
The officers say Jones immediately began firing at both them and the woman.
While Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer, it's not actually fall yet — but in Colorado, the mountains appear to have jumped straight into winter. A late-summer cold front Wednesday night was expected to bring thunderstorms and a light…
Sexual assault victim Chanel Miller speaks A California judge who was recalled last year for giving a Stanford University student a controversial sentence in a sexual assault case was briefly hired as a high school girls' tennis coach, CBS station…
Greenpeace activists were hanging by bungie cords from the Fred Hartman Bridge in Houston in an effort to bring awareness to climate change by blocking the Houston Ship Channel. The protest, which comes hours a Democratic presidential debate, led to…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has released $250 million in military aid to Ukraine that had been held up despite criticism that the money was desperately needed to deter Russian aggression and territorial expansion. That move came before a Senate Appropriations…
United Way of Greater Chattanooga is kicking off their annual fundraising campaign, and celebrating their accomplishments with a luncheon.
Publix is adding its name to the growing list of retailers asking patrons to leave their firearms behind when shopping. The supermarket chain is following CVS, Kroger, Walgreens, Walmart and other large chains in requesting that customers refrain from openly toting guns…
By Kathryn Watson September 12, 2019 / 12:14 PM / CBS News What to expect when Biden and Warren face off The Trump campaign is planning to fly a 4,800 square-foot aerial banner above the Democratic debate site in Houston…