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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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…
COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- Over the past week, former Vice President Joe Biden launched his third bid for the presidency in Pennsylvania and crisscrossed Iowa. He is now hoping to strengthen his connections to the South Carolina electorate. Biden will hold…
President Donald Trump criticized social media companies after Facebook banned a number of extremist figures, declaring that he was "monitoring and watching, closely!!" Trump, who tweeted and re-tweeted complaints Friday and Saturday, said he would "monitor the censorship of AMERICAN…
Wyoming Republican Mike Enzi announced on Saturday that he is retiring from the Senate and will not be seeking a fifth term next year. Enzi, who currently serves as the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has been in office…
Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee, as part of his pledge to make combating climate change the top national priority, is calling for the nation’s entire electrical grid and all new vehicles and buildings to be carbon pollution free by 2030.…
Google publicly admitted a year ago that its customers wanted to spend less time on their phones – less time scrolling, screening and shopping – but couldn't do it on their own. So the company took the surprising step of…
Kristina Budhoo and Gordon Dempster were just college students in Jamaica when their love for imported, artisan cheeses turned from a passion to a purpose. But when they started, the only thing they knew about it was that it's made…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A chartered jet carrying 143 people from the U.S. military base in Cuba tried to land in a thunderstorm and ended up in the river at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Authorities said everyone on board emerged…
Former YouTuber and musician Austin Jones has been sentenced to 10 years in prison "for enticing several underage girls, some as young as 14 years old, to produce sexually explicit videos of themselves," the Justice Department said. In February, 26-year-old Jones,…
Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke says he'd put former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in charge of combating voter suppression if elected president. Speaking to supporters in Fort Worth on Friday, O'Rourke said he had a conversation on the subject…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Clarence Thomas has been a Supreme Court justice for nearly three decades. It may finally be his moment. Many Americans know Thomas largely from his bruising 1991 confirmation hearing, when he was accused of sexual harassment charges…
A fire broke out at the Wacker Polysilicon Manufacturing facility in Charleston, Tn this morning at 1:20am on the fourth floor of a non-processing building. They were assisted by Bradley County and Cleveland City Fire Departments to put out the…
Buttigieg questioned on white male privilege After reportedly being interrupted several times during a campaign stop in Texas, presidential contender Pete Buttigieg got some support from one of his 2020 challengers: Beto O'Rourke. The former Texas Congressman tweeted in support…
Plane skids off Florida runway into river A plane carrying 143 people slid off the runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and into the nearby St. John's River on Friday night, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Department said. The Boeing 737 was…
"Star Wars: Episode IX" trailer unveiled Millions of science fiction fans will be uttering a variation on the famous phrase "May the force be with you" this Saturday, as celebrations of "Star Wars Day" take place around the world. For…