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Jetliner that slid into Jacksonville river used shortened runway
Pilots operating a chartered Boeing 737 that slid off a runway into the St. Johns River while landing at Naval Air Station Jacksonville Friday night requested and were granted a last-minute runway change, CBS Jacksonville affiliate WJAX-TV reports. The National…
3rd body recovered in rubble of Illinois silicone plant that exploded
Waukegan, Ill. — Search and recovery personnel found the body of another worker Sunday in the rubble of a northern Illinois silicone factory that exploded and burst into flames two days earlier, bringing the death toll to three employees. One…
Trump taps Obama-era Border Patrol chief as ICE director
Border business: Inside immigration President Trump's latest choice to lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a former Border Patrol chief under the Obama administration who has publicly backed the the president's border wall. Mr. Trump tweeted Sunday…
Durbin: Trump gets "googly eyed" when talking to Putin
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, slammed President Trump for his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being "dazzled" by strongmen around the world. "This president is totally dazzled by Vladimir Putin,…
Pompeo: U.S. doesn't expect North Korea to "tell us the truth"
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration is not counting on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being completely candid in the stalled negotiations to denuclearize the Korean peninsula — a long-sought and elusive foreign policy goal of…
Celebrity Edge, Celebrity Cruises' brand-new, billion-dollar cruise ship
Behold the Edge, Celebrity Cruises' brand-new, billion-dollar baby, Yes, that's what it costs to build a cruise ship these days, often even more. Thirty million people are expected to go on cruises in 2019, up more than 12 million from…
A slice of the pizza business
For one week every year, the center of the known pizza universe isn't Naples, Italy, or New York, or even Chicago; it's Las Vegas, when the International Pizza Expo rolls into town, bringing with it thousands of professional pizza-makers, dough…
Many happy returns
What happens to products you buy that you return? And what about the stuff that brick-and-mortar-stores or online merchandisers can't sell? It may end up in the hands of Curtis Greve, a vice president of Inmar, which has 25 facilities…
Calling it quits: When leaving your job is the right thing to do
In 2009, Bill Murphy Jr. landed a top-level law job making big bucks. But when he showed up for work, he realized pretty quickly that he wasn't the right person for that spot. On his very first day, Murphy already…
Work remotely? Tulsa, Oklahoma wants you (and your laptop) to move
While packing up her small apartment in the middle of San Francisco, Stephanie Robesky has been pausing to drool over three bedroom homes in the middle of the country. "I'm dying for a porch," she said. Correspondent Conor Knighton, "Is…
In time for Ramadan, Iraqi TV drama returns after 7 years
BAGHDAD (AP) — Every evening at the Muntada al-Masrah theater on Baghdad’s Rashid street, the cast and crew of the first TV drama filmed in Iraq in seven years take their places among the rooms and courtyard of this 19th-century…
Kim oversees missile firing drills, tells troops to be alert
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean state media on Sunday showed leader Kim Jong Un observing live-fire drills of long-range multiple rocket launchers and what appeared to be a new short-range ballistic missile, a day after South Korea expressed…
Israeli man killed by rocket amid massive firing from Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — An early morning rocket from the Gaza Strip killed an Israeli man Sunday outside a home in the coastal city of Ashkelon amid a massive wave of attacks, marking the first Israeli casualty from rocket fire since…
Firefighters Respond to Collapsed Walkway
Chattanooga TN (WDEF) – Late Saturday evening, the Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a unit of apartments in Glenwood North neighborhood. Two people were injured at 1101 Arlington Avenue after a walkway collapsed on the first floor of one to…
The case against Enrico Forti: Is he the Italian Amanda Knox?
Produced by Paul LaRosa, Murray Weiss and Sabina Castelfranco In June 2000, Enrico "Chico" Forti, an Italian television producer and former windsurfing champion was convicted and sentenced to life without parole in the 1998 killing of Dale Pike, an Australian…
Rachel Held Evans, progressive Christian writer, has died at 37
Rachel Held Evans, a popular, progressive Christian writer who challenged the traditional evangelical views, died Saturday, her husband confirmed in a blog post. She was 37. Evans was hospitalized in April for what she described in a tweet as a…
HCSO promotes motorcycle awareness month
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Today the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office kicked off their annual partnership with the Indian of Chattanooga and Erlanger to promote sharing the road and "Looking Twice" for motorcyclists. All month…
Cello means "everything" in musician's journey from poverty
Fairfax, Virginia -- When Eddie Adams plays the cello, the sound is mind-blowing. And so is the path he took to get here. Adams grew up in poverty - at times his family was homeless. "I just remember it was…
Country House wins 2019 Kentucky Derby after disqualification
By Justin Carissimo, Thom Craver Updated on: May 4, 2019 / 7:25 PM / CBS News Country House has won the 145th Kentucky Derby on Saturday after Maximum Security became the first horse to be disqualified in the history of…
UNCC victim will be buried with military honors
Riley Howell, the University of North Carolina-Charlotte student who died while trying to stop an on-campus shooter, will be buried with military honors Sunday, Wells Funeral Home confirmed to CBS News. Howell, 21, was an ROTC participant and has been hailed…
CPD looking for information in Saturday morning shooting
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are searching for any information relating to a shooting that was reported this morning off Rossville Boulevard. Police say they were called to a local hospital after someone arrived with a gunshot wound. The…
Tyson recalls nearly 12M pounds of chicken
Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling about 11.8 million pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips over fears that the products may be contaminated with metal, food safety officials said Saturday. The company is expanding upon a prior recall of more than…
1 dead, 2 missing after silicone plant explosion in Illinois
1 dead after Illinois plant explosion Waukegan, Illinois — An explosion at an Illinois silicone plant Friday killed one worker and left four others injured, authorities said. Two others are missing and officials said it is unlikely they survived, CBS…