Female suspect charged in officer shooting
Police officer was shot trying to break up an armed confrontation between a man and woman.
Remains found in search for missing girl identified as Maleah Davis
The remains of a child found in Arkansas last week are those of a missing 4-year-old Texas girl, Maleah Davis, a medical examiner said Monday. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said it had positively identified the remains, which…
NBA legend surprises Parkland students at graduation
Recently retired NBA superstar Dwyane Wade surprised students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, at their graduation over the weekend. The Miami Heat legend, who has commemorated the victims of the Parkland school shooting in the past,…
China blames U.S. for rising trade war tensions
Beijing says it has kept its word during 11 rounds of talks with the U.S. and will honor commitments if a deal is reached. It accused the U.S. of backtracking three times over the course of the talks by introducing…
TECH BYTE: How to Watch Baseball Without Cable
Let's look at ways you can ditch the cable, and still watch your favorite baseball team this season.
Mexico and U.S. officials to meet for tariff talks
Top officials from the U.S. and Mexico will soon begin talks in a scramble to fend off Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on imports from the southern ally and meet his demand for fewer migrants at the border. On Monday,…
Swarm of bees delays MLB game in San Diego
Sunday's game between the Miami Marlins and San Diego Padres at Petco Park was delayed for 28 minutes after a swarm of bees settled onto a microphone attached to the netting near the Padres' dugout. The game was halted just…
Mother of 2 dies after falling from Lake Tahoe waterfall
A 35-year-old mother of two teens died Friday after going over Eagle Falls near North Tahoe in California. Stephanie Espinosa slipped and fell 150 feet while reaching for a branch and was swept over a waterfall, CBS Sacramento reports. An…
CPD officer released from hospital after being shot
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say the officer involved in Sunday morning's shooting at Waffle House has been released from the hospital. The officer was shot just around 4:00 a.m. Sunday at the Waffle House on E. 23rd street.…
Boeing tells FAA to inspect wings for faulty parts on 737 airplanes
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a statement Sunday saying Boeing has informed them that some parts for the company's grounded 737 Max passenger plane, and prior model 737 Next Generation (NG), may have been improperly manufactured. Boeing said the…
Police charge juvenile with shooting outside Riverbend Saturday Night
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have charged a juvenile with shooting two people at the Riverbend Festival downtown on Saturday night. Officers got the call of shots fired just before 10 PM at the intersection of Market and Aquarium Way.…
Pompeo says US ready to talk to Iran with ‘no preconditions’
BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the Trump administration is ready for unconditional discussions with Iran in an effort to ease rising tensions that have sparked fears of conflict. But the United States…
China blames US for trade dispute, says it won’t back down
BEIJING (AP) — China issued a report Sunday blaming the United States for the countries’ trade dispute and said it won’t back down on “major issues of principle,” but offered no clarification about what additional steps it might take to…
Germany’s Social Democrats leader quits after election blow
BERLIN (AP) — The leader of Germany’s center-left Social Democrats, a junior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition, announced her resignation Sunday following days of speculation over the fallout from the party’s debacle in the European Parliament election. Andrea…
Prosecutor shifts Smollett recusal reasons, releases files
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s top prosecutor again shifted her explanation for why she recused herself from an investigation into Jussie Smollett’s claim that he’d been the target of a hate crime, saying she stepped aside because of false rumors she…
Trump: UK should be ready to leave EU without a deal
LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump has waded into the most contentious issue in British politics by urging the U.K. government to leave the European Union without a deal if it can’t get better terms from EU leaders. Trump told…
With Biden absent, his rivals pounce at California gathering
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Democratic presidential hopefuls took rival Joe Biden’s absence at a California state party gathering Saturday as a chance to take subtle digs at the former vice president and craft themselves as better positioned to bring Democrats…
Partisan control determines how states act on voting rights
ATLANTA (AP) — New York voters for years have experienced some of the longest wait times in the nation on Election Day. Attempts to fix the problem routinely became casualties of the divided politics of the state Legislature. That dynamic…
Virginia Beach shines light on victims, not mass shooter
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The victims of America’s latest mass shooting had been dead for less than a day when police and city officials released a detailed presentation with their names, photos, job titles and the cities or towns…
Pioneering psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson dies at 71
NEW YORK (AP) — Roky Erickson, the blue-eyed, dark-haired Texan who headed the Austin-based 13th Floor Elevators, a pioneering psychedelic rock band in the 1960s that scored with “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” has died. He was 71. Erickson’s sinuous lead…
China vows military action if Taiwan, sea claims opposed
SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s defense minister warned Sunday that its military will “resolutely take action” to defend Beijing’s claims over self-ruled Taiwan and disputed South China Sea waters. Speaking at an annual security conference in Singapore, Gen. Wei Fenghe did…
D-Day’s 24 hours changed 20th century, and Europe, forever
ON OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — All at once, Charles Shay tried to stanch the bleeding from a ripped-open stomach, dull the pain with morphine and soothe the mind of a dying fellow American army medic. It was a tall…
BREAKING: CPD reports two people shot near Tennessee Aquarium
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are reporting two people shot in downtown Chattanooga, near the aquarium. One victim has been taken to the hospital. This is right by the Riverbend music festival, which is hosting its last night. The…
Body found in Chattanooga Saturday morning
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Police Department is investigating after a body was found Saturday morning. The body was found near the 4700 block of Highway 58 around 9:00 a.m. Currently, foul play is not being suspected and the…
