PORT FOURCHON, La. — The Trump administration moved Thursday to give oil and gas companies more flexibility in meeting safety requirements imposed after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed nearly a dozen people and was the worst offshore…
Businesses hired 263,000 people in April, again defying many economists' expectations that a tight labor market would slow down job creation. Economists were expecting about 190,000 jobs to be added for the month. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.6…
Hawaii is marking the first anniversary of one of the largest and most destructive volcanic eruptions in its history. Lava flowed from the Kilauea Volcano for months, wiping out more than 700 homes on the Big Island. The eruption produced…
Sen. Amy Klobuchar released a plan Friday to spend $100 billion over a decade on substance abuse and mental health, a topic that touches her personally. Klobuchar explained part of her plan in an interview with "CBS This Morning." The…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The proposed 2020 budget is for 443 million dollars. It includes a 5% teacher pay raise, adding 14 counselors and 15 truancy officers. And it's the budget, board members discussed Thursday night. "If there was…
Sheriff Jim Hammond says other organizations are outbidding them for the best employees.
drivers would not be able to hold or support any wireless communication device with any part of their body.
Leslie was on the TBI's most wanted list as the suspect in the murder of a young mother in Chattanooga.
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Tuesday, Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill that could make Tennessee the 19th state to have a hands-free law. The neighboring state,Georgia, has already seen a decline in traffic fatalities since they implemented the law in 2018. "…
Four years ago, Hamilton County Deputy Michael Houston traded one shooting range for another when he began Loftis Middle's archery program.
Students at Red Bank High School got to see the dangers of distracted driving first hand.
Biden's support with working class Americans The National Education Association, the nation's largest union, announced plans Thursday to mobilize its more than three million members in an effort to influence the 2020 election. On a call with reporters, NEA President…
The Latest on the winding down of Tennessee's legislative session
An infant got the state's first case, a couple of counties south of the Ft. Payne Chick-fil-A exposure.
TBI identified the woman as 18 year old Lauren Lowrance.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a finalized "Conscience Rule" protecting health care professionals who refuse to provide care that violates their religious beliefs, such as performing abortions. "The final rule fulfills President Trump's promise to promote…
The Senate failed to overturn President Trump's veto of a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. engagement in the Saudi-led conflict in Yemen. Mr. Trump's veto of this legislation was the first of his presidency. Fifty-three senators voted to…
Deputies confiscated a total of 55 plants inside the home.
Our first stop on our One Tank Getaway takes us to Blue Ridge where we take a look at the Sasquatch Museum to explore the mystery of bigfoot.
When Wayne Werner and Pamela Lanuza wanted to find a new puppy for their kids, they went looking where most people do: the internet. "I Google searched it and up popped a whole list," Werner said. "I thought I found…
Last Updated May 2, 2019 8:25 AM EDT Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is the latest Democratic contender to enter the packed field of 2020 hopefuls, announcing on "CBS This Morning" on Thursday that he's running for president. "My plan is…
More Florida classroom teachers could carry guns in school under a bill passed Wednesday by state lawmakers, the latest response to last year's mass shooting at a Parkland high school. The Republican-led House voted 65-47 on Wednesday to send the…
Federal Marshals have captured a fugitive in Florida who is wanted in connection with the death of a Chattanooga woman.
Court documents say he hired hundreds of illegal workers and is not an American citizen himself.