A 7-foot sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, a recently identified rare species thought to live in the Southern Hemisphere. University of California, Santa Barbara, said an intern spotted the stranded…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - After all the recent heavy rains, a large crack opened up on signal mountain boulevard above the space house. Crews worked on it today during non-peak traffic hours from 9 to 3. Slow down and anticipate delays when…
No need to travel to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras.
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Residents in an area on Hunter Road are wondering where the help is. They are still swamped from last week's flooding. "We're all frustrated up here. I just wish somebody would listen." Eight houses on Hunter…
Manafort's lawyers request lighter sentence Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is asking for a "significantly" lower sentence for his conviction in the Eastern District of Virginia than sentencing guidelines prescribe. His attorneys argued in a sentencing memo filed Friday…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first privately developed spacecraft designed to ferry U.S. astronauts to orbit since NASA's shuttle was retired eight years ago is on track for blastoff on an unpiloted test flight early Saturday. The mission…
Austin, Texas — In Texas, the fight over vaccination requirements isn't just a health issue, it's political. State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, a conservative Republican, says while he is not against immunizations, he opposes any legislation related to vaccine compliance. "I…
Harrison, Ark. — At a nursing home in northwest Arkansas, we found a gem named Ruby. At 11-years-old, Ruby Chitsey likes to go to work with her mom. Amanda is a nurse who travels to several nursing homes in the…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The jellyfish are gone. Instead, we'll get an introduction to Island Life. The Tennessee Aquarium is opening their new exhibit on March 15th. Island Life will take a visitors around the world to see island habitats from…
The new Form 1040 that all tax filers will file this year is a one-page document with just 23 lines. It replaces the old 1040 as well as the Form 1040A and Form 1040EZ, and for most tax filers with…
Insurers for Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan, forer chief executive John Stumpf and 18 others will fork over $240 million to shareholders over the scandal involving the creation of millions of phony accounts. Subject to court approval, the settlement resolves…
By SANYA MANSOOR Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - A bill that would allow the production and sale of low-potency medical marijuana oil within Georgia has moved through a House committee. The House Regulated Industries Committee approved the Republican-sponsored measure Friday.…
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are trying to increase pressure on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta over his handling of a secret plea deal with a wealthy financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. A group of House Democrats sent a…
Newly released video shows San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer dragging his wife Pam out of a chair and onto the ground. The video, published by TMZ, was shot by a bystander in a public park on Friday. In the…
It has the makings of a courtroom drama Harper Lee might've liked: Big-shot movie producer Scott Rudin is pressuring small theaters around the U.S. to stop stage adaptations of the author's beloved novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird," or face the…
Southwest Airlines has accused its mechanics union of "coordinating" to undermine the airline's business by writing improper safety assessments that have taken a large number of aircraft out of service over the past three weeks, according to claims made in…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A Hamilton County woman has been charged with TennCare fraud. The OIG (Office of Inspector General) says 50 year old Angela Watson was using another person's identity to get pharmacy benefits. The other person was a deceased…
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A New York police officer accidentally shot himself in his bulletproof vest while running away from a possibly rabid fox, police said. Ellenville Police Officer Harold Nunuvero's gun discharged while he was trying to jump over a fence Tuesday, Chief…
Cases of measles are surging to alarmingly high levels around the globe, a new report from UNICEF warns. Ten countries account for more than 74 percent of the total increase, and the disease has reemerged in several nations that had…
The chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, demanded that the White House turn over security clearance records, following a New York Times report that President Trump ordered chief of staff John Kelly to give his…
Five California officers have been cleared of criminal charges in the fatal Taser encounter with an unarmed man in Millbrae last year, a district attorney announced Friday. Video of the incident was also expected to be made public Friday afternoon.…
A former Virginia high school teacher was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in prison for hacking into private digital accounts of celebrities and others. Christopher Brannan was the fifth person charged in the 2014 "celebgate" scandal in which hackers…