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…
The facility is scheduled to open in the spring of 2021.
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…
June 20, 2019 / 7:24 AM / CBS/AP Trump rally lacks enthusiasm of past events Authorities in Florida say a man was arrested outside the arena where President Donald Trump made his reelection announcement for trying to slap a cellphone…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Knoxville Pastor and Detective Grayson Fritts has brought Cleveland, Tennessee to the center of controversy. All Scripture Baptist church planned on having their "Small Town Soul Winning" event at the Cracker Barrel on June 29th. Elijah White…
CHATTANOOGA,TN (WDEF)- Chattanooga Police are looking for the gunman that killed a man early Wednesday morning. 29 year old Robert Gill was fatally shot. Gill suffered from multiple gun shot wounds. Police responded to the 3200 block of South Street…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The subject of reparations returned to Capitol Hill today. This time, it's part of a growing discussion about what the country might owe the descendants of slaves in the United States. The reparations topic has come back to…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The vote on a controversial rezoning on Snow Hill Road was taken at the Hamilton County Commission meeting this morning. Commissioners voted 4-3 against it. But that vote won't count, because two commissioners weren't there and they needed…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. That historic date was observed today in Chattanooga. Local residents remembered that the event happened two and a half years after President Lincoln's…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Police say a Chattanooga man who led police on a 100 mile chase on June 14th, is now connected with a series of robberies. Nineteen year old Theonda Thorne led officers of a chase from Knoxville to Ooltewah..where…
CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) The attorneys representing Martha Al-Bashara are updating her ongoing legal dispute with the Chatsworth police department last year. They released body camera video of her arrest. Last summer, we told you that officers responded to a call…
"I can no longer be a part of this improper exercise of government. "
At 103-years-old, Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins isn't slowing down, she's picking up the pace. During this week's National Senior Games in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Hawkins won gold in both the 50 and 100 meter races. That's not all. The sprinter set…
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — Officials in the Dominican Republic revealed Wednesday former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz was not the intended target of a recent shooting. Instead, officials believe the target was another man wearing a similar outfit.…