An American citizen who working as a journalist in Venezuela has been freed after being detained by security forces early Wednesday. Weddle was at the main Caracas-area airport waiting for a U.S.-bound flight, according to the TV station he works…
National Security Agency director Gen. Paul Nakasone, in a departure for the agency, acknowledged the NSA is contemplating the possibility that its phone bulk data collection program, may be terminated. The program was first made public by Edward Snowden. "We…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The woman accused of hitting and killing Chattanooga Police Officer Nicholas Galinger has made bond and been released from Silverdale Detention Center on house arrest. News 12 spoke with a defense attorney today to have him…
Lordstown, Ohio — After more than half a century, a General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio stopped production. Sixteen hundred workers are affected, including Aaron Applegate, who worked at the plant for 11 years. Wednesday was his last shift. "The…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg presented a new "vision" for how the social networking giant will protect members' privacy Cornerstones of this approach will be to better encrypt data and give users more control over who can contact them Facebook will…
A homeless man charged with engaging in a $400,000 GoFundMe scheme has pleaded guilty in federal court. Johnny Bobbitt Jr. entered the plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Camden, New Jersey, along with his co-defendant, Katelyn McClure, reports CBS…
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek announced Wednesday he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. "Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I'm going to fight this, and I'm going to keep working," he said in a video published…
Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly was taken back into custody Wednesday after a hearing in Chicago over unpaid child support. Cook County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari said Kelly will be transferred to the county jail. Darrell Johnson, who said…
Will bring 66 new jobs to the area over the next five years.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Enumeration Clause, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California ruled that…
Freshman Sen. Martha McSally, the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, revealed on Wednesday she had been raped by a superior officer while serving in the Air Force. The Arizona Republican, a 26-year military veteran who was appointed…
Celebrity chef Mario Batali no longer has any role in Batali & Bastianch Hospitality Group Several women had accused him of sexual harassment and assault Batali also sold his stake in the rapidly expanding Italian food-hall chain Eataly The two-decade…
A pastor in Fort Collins, Colorado, is vowing to support the LGBTQ community, even if other church leaders disagree. Lead Pastor Dr. Melanie Rosa wrote a long Facebook post after the Methodist Church voted last week to ban gay clergy members…
A sprawling General Motors assembly plant near Youngstown, Ohio, will be idled on Wednesday after more than 50 years producing cars and other vehicles, a move that will eliminate nearly 1,700 hourly positions by month's end. GM announced late last…
A Florida prosecutor told a jury Wednesday that a police officer's actions alone escalated a chance encounter with a stranded black motorist into a confrontation that left the motorist dead. The fired officer's attorney called the death "a tragedy" but…
Howard Dean weighs in on 2020 candidates The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will not allow Fox News to televise any of its primary debates, with chairman Tom Perez citing a recent article in The New Yorker which details the ties…
President Trump is nixing an Obama-era directive requiring the intelligence community to issue an annual public report on civilians killed in U.S. drone strikes. Mr. Trump, who has complained about the release of reports detailing military activity, issued an executive…
DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - A 19-year-old Crandall man escaped from a Whitfield County jail work detail Tuesday afternoon. That resulted in two Dalton public schools going on "precautionary" lockdown and causing representatives of several law enforcement agencies to converge on…
Janet Hinds has been released on bond with an ankle monitor.
Tensions between House Democrats spilled into public Wednesday as members debated whether the House should pass a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. The resolution came in response to recent comments by freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, who suggested pro-Israel political organizations "push…
The House Oversight Committee is requesting documents from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as part of the committee's investigation into reports of voter suppression in the state. Kemp, a Republican who narrowly defeated Democrat Stacey…
The leader of a gun control advocacy group criticized male Republican state lawmakers in New Hampshire for wearing pearl necklaces during a hearing for a bill that would allow courts to restrict some people from having guns. Shannon Watts, who…
President Trump has invited Danny Burch, the American held hostage in Yemen, and his family to the White House Wednesday. Burch was freed after he was held captive for a year and a half by Yemeni rebels. Burch had been…
Dollar Tree on Wednesday said it would close as many as 390 Family Dollar stores this year and rebrand about 200 more under its own banner. The discount chain also said it would write off $2.7 billion, or nearly a…