A Tennessee man was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Washington, D.C. The suspect is the third person to be charged for threatening violence against the abortion provider this month alone. Authorities say…
A 51-year-old man has been arrested in the killing of a retired Cal State Fullerton administrator which occurred on a campus parking lot Monday, CBS Los Angeles reported. Fullerton police said Chuyen Vo was taken into custody Wednesday night on…
Los Angeles — Federal agents are on the hunt for suspected con artists in one of the biggest scams the country has ever seen. Eighty were indicted in the U.S. and overseas. Cameras caught nearly a dozen arrests near Los…
Crews spent the day repairing a major water main break in Lookout Valley.
More than $1 million worth of cocaine has been discovered stuffed inside shipments of bananas sent to local grocery stores in Washington state, police said this week. The huge shipments were found at three separate Safeway grocery stores. Authorities recovered…
Major phone companies say they'll give customers free tools to block robocalls as part of an agreement reached with 50 state attorneys general. It's the latest step from government and industry to combat a growing — and costly — problem.…
Watch the video of the theft that ends with a ball of fire.
New York City police discovered the body of a missing chef at a Queens hostel on Thursday, NYPD said in a statement. Andrea Zamperoni, 33, had been missing since Monday, worrying his friends and coworkers at the iconic Cipriani restaurant.…
William Pappageorge was pronounced dead at the scene.
Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne resigned from the retailer on Thursday following his cryptic statement last week about the "Deep State" and his involvement in various investigations. He had also told The New York Times that he had an affair with…
Vaping, even temporarily, can affect the blood vessels in healthy people — even if the vape pod does not contain nicotine, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology this week. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine…
El Paso grieves after mass shooting Walmart plans to reopen the El Paso store where 22 people were killed in a mass shooting this month, the retail giant said Thursday, but the entire interior of the building will first be…
In our series, A More Perfect Union, we aim to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, CBS News national correspondent Chip Reid introduces us to the National Veterans Wheelchair Games…
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is rolling out a new public awareness campaign for REAL ID, in order to avoid the rush as its deadline to swap draws near. Travelers will not be able to board a flight without a…
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Thursday that will boost the minimum salary for the state's teachers for the first time in three decades. By the 2023-2024 school year, minimum teacher salaries in Illinois are set to reach $40,000 —…
The convenience of online shopping may be helpful for consumers — but it's often not so good for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, many of which have closed in recent years. Now there's an experiment underway near Dallas that could be a…
Del Monte Foods is closing two manufacturing plants and selling two others, affecting more than 800 jobs. Company executives is streamlining its domestic operations amid headwinds that include U.S. tariffs on China and rising metal costs. Food manufacturers announced nearly…
The Amazon rainforest is being ravaged by flames. Soot from thousands of wildfires has blackened skies across Brazil, and the smoke is even visible from space. Brazil's Environmental Minister Ricardo Salles has been using Twitter to give updates on the…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson spoke with Ooltewah High Seniors this morning with some good news. Dr. Johnson shared with the students that because there was a clause in his contract that tied future bonuses to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - There was a serious accident this morning on Hixson Pike. It involved a red SUV that flipped on its side and a silver Honda that had major damage. An Officer on the scene said the driver of the…
RINGGOLD, Georgia (WDEF) - The Catoosa County Sheriff has identified the woman whose body was found in a ditch over the weekend. She was 38 year old Brandi Jane Elliott from Birchwood. The body was found Saturday along Magill Lane…
CLEVELAND, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Bradley County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting overnight. It happened on Upper River Road near Charleston after 1 AM. They say someone was killed in the shooting. But the circumstances are still under investigation.
For 10 days, machines kept 17-year-old Tryston Zohfeld alive while doctors tried to determine why this formerly healthy, athletic teen's lungs were failing. After multiple tests yielded no clear diagnosis, doctors concluded that Tryston's vaping habit, which his parents didn't…
The Trump campaign, in concert with the Women for Trump organization, is hosting several events across 13 states to celebrate Women's Equality Day, participating in "An Evening to Empower" in honor of the 99th anniversary of women's suffrage. Although Women's…