Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans this week to eliminate single-use plastics nationwide as early as 2021, the latest move in a global effort to curb plastic pollution. While lawmakers are taking action on land, two surfers from Florida…
Shooting at Costco in California leaves 1 dead, 2 injured One person was killed and two others were injured when a gunman opened fire inside a Costco store in Southern California, authorities said. The suspected gunman was taken into custody…
A vote to unionize the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant has failed.
Another American tourist died this week at a resort in the Dominican Republic. Leyla Cox, 53, came to the island on June 5 to celebrate her birthday. Her family said she was supposed to return home two days ago, but…
Aurora, Colorado — Classes at AXL Academy in Aurora, Colorado, have been out over a week now. But for middle school math teacher Finn Lanning, there's one student he just can't shake, 13-year-old Damien. Damien said Mr. Lanning was definitely one…
Neighbors are reacting after a nature center's missing bobcat is believed to be in the Lookout Mountain area.
Mnuchin refuses to hand over Trump taxes The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel released a memo Friday supporting the Treasury Department's position that Congress is not entitled to see President Trump's tax returns. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin refused to…
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Thurday night multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire at the KFC in Kimball. Witnesses say the fire started around 9 PM Central time in the back of the building. The fire was put out but…
All law enforcement agencies in Florida will have to cooperate with federal immigration authorities under a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday during a ceremony that often felt like a campaign rally for him and President Donald Trump.…
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - A chase and wreck forced police to shutdown I 75 south during rush hour Friday afternoon. Police tell us that the chase actually started in Loudon, Tennessee. Suspect Theonda Jerome Thorne was spotted in Loudon and chased…
The Atlantic profiles Ivanka Trump Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump and a White House adviser, took in nearly $4 million last year from her stake in the Trump International Hotel down the street from the Oval Office.…
A Maine man has been taken into custody in connection with the 1986 killing of an 11-year-old Connecticut girl who was raped and strangled as she walked home from her school, police announced Thursday. Maine State Police arrested Marc Karun…
About 11,000 workers who prepare food for American, United and Delta airlines are voting in 21 cities across the U.S. on whether to authorize strikes. Many make $12 an hour. "If there is a definition of the working poor, it's…
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has spotted an unusual symbol on the surface of Mars — the iconic "Star Trek" Starfleet logo. The MRO captured a series of strange chevron symbols on a Martian sand dune in the southeast Hellas Planitia…
"Dead zone" warning for Gulf of Mexico Bottlenose dolphins are stranding themselves at an unusually high rate in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle. Authorities say more than 260 dolphins have stranded along…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Today is the 244th birthday of the United States Army. The officer in charge of Army recruiting for the entire Southeast United States was in town for the event. Brigade Commander Col. Mark Olin of the 2nd Recruiting…
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A San Diego high school valedictorian went scorched-earth on school staff during her graduation speech earlier last week, airing her grievances against some faculty members in a highly public fashion. Her fiery remarks later went viral. Nataly Buhr, who attended…
An infant boy who was cut from a Chicago woman's womb with a butcher knife died Friday at a hospital where he had been in grave condition since the April attack that killed his mother, family spokeswomen said. Cecilia Garcia…
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What you need to know about glyphosate Bayer said it plans to invest $5.6 billion over the next decade in developing new weedkillers. Bayer became the owner of Roundup when it bought Monsanto last year for $63 billion. Roundup is…
The first government-led test of a basic income is underway in Stockton, California. Tomas Vargas Jr. is among a pool of 125 recipients of a $500 a month cash transfer funded by the city. The stipend comes with no strings…
File photo shows Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen speaking about firing his head coach, Mike Shanahan, at Broncos headquarters in Denver on December 31, 2008 Rick Wilking / REUTERS Englewood, Colo. -- Pat Bowlen, the Denver Broncos owner who transformed…
Washington — To stem the flow of migration from Central America, the Trump administration is betting on the expansion of a controversial policy that requires asylum seekers to wait for their court hearing in Mexico. But the proposed "full-blown" push…