China state media reports suggest the country is considering limiting exports of "rare earths" as the trade war with the U.S. escalates. Rare earths are a group of 17 elements used in everything from mobile phone cameras and automobile catalytic…
Corporate bonuses given out since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed amount to just $28 per U.S. worker, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. The total amount spent on bonuses was no bigger…
The date is set for June 12, 13 and 14.
Missouri will not renew Planned Parenthood's license to perform abortions unless the clinic fully complies with the state's requests, said Governor Mike Parson during a press conference Wednesday. The clinic is the last one performing abortions in the state and…
A top defense official suggested Russia might have illegally tested low-yield nuclear missiles, effectively violating a 1996 international ban on nuclear tests. Speaking Wednesday at the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank, Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley Jr., director of…
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said that "all options were on the table" with regards to beginning impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump, in response to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's first public statement on the Russia investigation Wednesday afternoon. "With…
A man set himself on fire outside the White House Wednesday afternoon, the Secret Service said. The incident occurred on the White House Ellipse shortly after noon. A spokesman for the Washington, D.C., fire department said first responders managed to…
Robert Mueller spoke publicly about the Russia investigation today for the first time since being appointed special counsel in May 2017. Below are Mueller's full remarks, as delivered at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2019.…
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek on his cancer diagnosis What is "mind-boggling"? This good news from "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek. The game show star says he is "near remission" less than three months after announcing his diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic…
Mitch McConnell said Tuesday Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy if one came up in 2020, a reversal of his position during a Democratic presidency. "Oh, we'd fill it," McConnell said to laughs at the Paducah Chamber luncheon when…
Missouri's last abortion clinic could be shut down this Friday, meaning it would become the first state to effectively end all legal abortion services since Roe vs. Wade was established back in 1973. Missouri's health department is refusing to renew…
POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Crews are no longer searching for a missing 26-year-old Cleveland man in the Ocoee River. They recovered a body at around 4:17 Tuesday afternoon. Rescuers had been looking for the man since yesterday evening. Polk…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The first of several big changes to this year's Riverbend Festival is an earlier date. Riverbend 20-19 starts on Wednesday and runs through Saturday. The more compact festival also has added light shows, a Ferris wheel, and more…
Funeral service Saturday in Chattanooga, burial Sunday in Dayton.
About a year after IHOP faked a name change in a publicity stunt, the International House of Pancakes is at it again. The company teased yet another change on Tuesday, asking its Twitter followers: "What could the P be? Find…
NASA says there's a chance SpaceX can launch two astronauts aboard the company's Crew Dragon capsule by the end of the year. But that assumes changes needed in the wake of a catastrophic test failure can be implemented in time.…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate has passed legislation prohibiting drivers from staying in the leftmost lane on interstate highways for more than a mile-and-a-half (2.4 kilometers) without passing another vehicle. The sponsor of the bill, Republican Rep. Phillip…
No one was hurt in wild ride.
Gatlinburg, Tenn. — Gatlinburg's new SkyBridge is tough to beat for a mountain panoramic. It spans 680 feet and every step stakes a claim as the best seat in the Smoky Mountains. Randy Watson oversees Gatlinburg SkyLift Park and the…
Dayton, Ohio — May is already the fourth worst month for tornadoes ever recorded and the threat continues with watches and warnings posted in half-a-dozen states from Oklahoma to New Jersey. More than 500 tornadoes have been reported. One storm…
DNA has provided further evidence that the 21-year-old uncle of a missing 5-year-old girl in Utah is behind her disappearance, police said Tuesday. Elizabeth "Lizzy" Shelley was reported missing Saturday by her family after they woke up. Evidence also indicates…
A dog is recovering after the owner of Chattanooga rescue group says he was found abandoned on the side of the road.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Have you ever felt burnt out from working too hard or too long? Well, now burnout is more than just something discussed at the water cooler. Most of us spend at least 40 hours of our…
26 year old Cleveland man who slipped and fell into the Ocoee River
