Impact of climate change on invasive species The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) has tempered its approach to decreasing the state's invasive green iguana population — after a statement earlier this month instructing residents to kill the creatures "whenever…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Tennessee Department of Transportation says they're working on repairs on I-24 Eastbound. They're working on sawing and removing damaged concrete slabs and re-pouring them with new concrete. TDOT says it will take several hours to…
Rescue crews are searching for a missing hiker who hasn't been seen or heard from since July 24, CBS Denver reports. Dan Wallick, a 41-year-old lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, was hiking Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point. The…
President Trump is nominating GOP Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence, Mr. Trump tweeted Sunday night. Coats will leave office Aug. 15, the president announced, and an acting director will serve in the interim.…
New York — A community festival was coming to a close when gunfire erupted in a Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving one man dead, another person in critical condition and 10 others wounded, authorities said Sunday as they searched for two shooters they…
Bald eagle is back A bald eagle was found shot dead in Erie County, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced Friday. Officials are now searching for the gunman responsible. According to the commission's Facebook page, the mature bald eagle was…
Fairbank, Alaska -- A newlywed woman from Belarus who was swept away by a river in Alaska was trying to reach an abandoned bus made famous by the book and film "Into the Wild." Veramika Maikamava, 24, and her husband,…
Arizona is poised to resume executions after a five-year hiatus brought on by an execution that critics said was botched, a subsequent lawsuit challenging the way the state carries out the death penalty, and the difficulty of finding lethal injection…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A video on social media showed a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer pulling a woman out of a car. "You're under arrest for driving, allowing her to drive 92 in a 65. Not having your ID…
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The Supreme Court said Friday that it would lift a freeze on the money put in…
Erlanger is expanding to Cleveland with two new medical facilities.
Halloween date change petition gains momentum All Hallow's Eve might not be so "eve" anymore. A petition to move Halloween to the last Saturday in October has gathered more than 80,000 signatures as of Friday afternoon. The petition, started by…
You can check out Little Shop of Horrors at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre all weekend long.
Two former Louisiana State University students who pleaded no contest last year to misdemeanor hazing in the 2017 alcohol-related death of a fraternity pledge were both sentenced Friday to 30 days in jail. Both were immediately taken into custody. State…
In a federal court filing, lawyers for election integrity advocates accuse Georgia election officials of intentionally destroying evidence that could show unauthorized access to the state election system and potential manipulation of election results. The advocates and individual Georgia voters…
In a surprise announcement Friday, President Trump said the U.S. and Guatemala have reached an agreement on asylum and signed the agreement in the Oval Office. The details of the agreement have yet to be released, but the president and…
A new law in South Dakota now requires all public schools across the state to feature the "In God We Trust" motto on display. Students returning to school this fall will be greeted by the message, which supporters say is…
The Department of Justice on Friday approved T-Mobile's $26.5 billion merger with Sprint to make a Top 3 competitor in the mobile phone business that approaches the size of market leaders Verizon and AT&T. One big condition: The two wireless…
A photograph of three University of Mississippi students posing with guns beside a bullet-pocked and oft-vandalized historic marker to lynching victim Emmett Till has sparked a possible federal investigation and suspensions of the three by their fraternity. The Mississippi Center…
On the brink: The Endangered Species Act Trudy, believed to be the oldest Western lowland gorilla in captivity, has died at the age of 63, the Little Rock Zoo announced Thursday night. She lived at the zoo for over 31…
Lawmakers accuse Juul of Big Tobacco tactics Doctors suspect vaping caused severe lung damage in eight teens from southeastern Wisconsin hospitalized over the last month. The teenagers from Milwaukee, Waukesha and Winnebago counties were brought to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin…
GDP in the second quarter of 2019 grew at a rate of 2.1% -- a dip from its 3.1% rate in the first quarter. Economists had predicted growth to slow to an annualized 2%. A slowdown in economic growth raises…
Greeley, Colo. -- The disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews shortly after singing "Jingle Bells" with classmates at a 1984 Christmas concert stunned this rural town in northern Colorado. Her case attracted the attention of President Reagan, and came at a…
Raleigh, N.C. -- A North Carolina man has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a manmade lake at a water park, officials said Wednesday. The state Department of Health and Human Resources said in a news release…