Lyon archbishop, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, sits in a Lyon court to attend his trial, Jan. 7, 2019, charged with failing to report a priest who abused Boy Scouts. Getty Lyon, France -- A Catholic cardinal and five other people went…
Two explorers recently made history by crossing Antarctica alone and without any help on the way. No previous solo attempt across Antarctica had been successful; in 2016, British explorer Henry Worsley died shortly after trying to complete the trek. But…
Accused of holding up man on a basketball court.
UPDATE: Chattanooga Police have arrested a suspect in the hit and run that killed the child on Wilcox Boulevard Monday morning. They say 36 year old Anwoiane Calloway was pulling out of a Kanku's parking lot when he hit the two…
Celebrities and Chattanooga group have been lobbying for her release for months.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -Two people killed, one critically injured in hit and run on South Holtzclaw Avenue on January 3rd. The Chattanooga Police Department is asking for your help in locating Dwight Turner Jr. He is a suspect involved in…
You don't necessarily have to go to the gym to get fit.
His friends ask Duane Brown if he is nuts. What he is, is an aviation fanatic, who recently – with the mentality of a marathon runner – elbowed his way to the starting line, along with 160 other passengers, for…
Like many athletes, Simon Wheatcroft loves chasing that runner's high. "I still get a real buzz from doing it," he said. He trains on this path near his home in Doncaster, a village in north-central England. But to really stretch…
Hixson, TN (WDEF) – Early Sunday morning, Chattanooga firefighters were dispatched to reports of smoke coming from Moe's Southwest Grill, located at 5510 Highway 153. The first fire company to arrive on the scene found heavy smoke coming from the…
Tokyo -- A 612-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 333.6 million yen ($3 million) at the first auction of 2019, after Tokyo's famed Tsukiji market was moved to a new site on the city's waterfront. The winning bid for…
A house fire early Saturday morning in Whitfield County has left one person dead. Officials say the fire was reported at around 1 AM in the 4500 block of Crestway Drive. One other person has been transported to a local…
Georgia State Patrol say that two people were injured in car crash Saturday morning on Highway 27 in Walker County. Officials say the crash happened just before 9:30 AM. A Ford F150 allegedly hit two people on a moped. Both…
Lula Lake Land Trust has canceled their Polar Plunge event for Sunday, January 6th after postponing the event earlier last year. The foundation said on their Facebook on Saturday that the reasoning was due to weather conditions and flooding. A…
Halloween isn't the only time you can take advantage of a haunted house.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol honored an Atlanta man Friday for assisting a trooper in distress back in November. However, for Paul Zurbrugg, November 25 was just another day. "My first instinct was just to help the…
MURRAY COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Murray County Detectives are investigating after a disturbing video was shared on social media. Authorities said they got the video on Facebook on Friday and immediately started investigating. News 12 first heard about the video…
Dunlap Police are investigating suspicious phone calls made by a man that targets women.
Iranian warships will sail for the first time into Atlantic waters early in 2019, the deputy commander of Iran's navy has said. The long-distance voyage would bring Iran's military forces closer to U.S. soil, and territorial waters, than they have…
A Buddhist monk in Japan received a traffic violation when driving in his robe. The police officer who pulled the monk over said the attire interfered with his safe driving, The Japan News reports. The man refused to pay the…
Berlin -- Data and documents belonging to hundreds of German politicians have been hacked and posted online via Twitter, a German broadcaster reported Friday. The leak, which saw the data posted in daily batches before Christmas on a Twitter account…
Last Updated Jan 4, 2019 9:49 AM EST The Russian lawyer for a Michigan man jailed on espionage charges in Moscow says his client's detention is "baseless." Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, was arrested in Russia a week ago…
Laem Talumpuk, Thailand -- Rain, winds and surging seawater buffeted coastal villages and world-famous tourist resorts Friday, as Tropical Storm Pabuk made landfall on southern Thailand's east coast. The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 42 mph, hit the shore…
London -- Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi and British-Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe announced Thursday plans to go on hunger strike in Tehran's Evin Prison to protest against the denial of medical treatment."We are urging for an immediate action…