Emily's List of Weekday Activities - December 18, 2018
You can take a trip to the North Pole going south underground at Ruby Falls Christmas Underground.
TN Attorney General statement on ObamaCare ruling
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - A court ruling against the Affordable Care Act has thrown the Obama-era healthcare law into question. Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III responded to the ruling on Monday. He says it is too soon to pull the…
Central High School Choir Performs at Christmas At The Courthouse
Choirs from all across the Tennessee Valley are getting into the spirit of the season.
Police: News reporter arrested on domestic assault charge
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police say an on-air news reporter has been arrested on a domestic assault charge in Tennessee. News outlets, including WHBQ-TV , where 42-year-old Scott Madaus is a consumer investigative journalist, cite a Memphis police report as…
Country band Alabama mark 50 years with new tour
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country band Alabama will mark their 50th year together with a new tour in 2019, more than a year after founding member Jeff Cook announced that he has Parkinson's disease. The Grammy-winning trio of Randy Owen,…
Airport approves new economy parking but raises parking rates
Economy lot will offer $9 parking by March
Sheriff arrests 17 year old for Andrew, NC murder
ANDREWS, North Carolina (WDEF) Cherokee County Sheriff Derrick Palmer announces the arrest of a teenager for a fatal shooting in Andrews, North Carolina last week. Officers got the 911 call about a shooting at a home last Tuesday night. They…
New lane pattern for Lookout Valley today
TDOT reducing Cummings Highway to one lane each way plus a turn lane.
Chattanooga group supporting clemency for Cyntoia Brown
Women's Fund of Greater Chattanooga handing out postcards for Governor Haslam.
3rd round of U.S.-Taliban talks start without Afghan government reps.
The Taliban say they are holding another meeting on Monday with U.S. officials, this time in the United Arab Emirates and also involving Saudi, Pakistani and Emirati representatives in the latest attempt to bring a negotiated end to Afghanistan's 17-year…
Help will come too late for many starving Yemeni kids
Sanaa -- In Yemen, there could be a major move toward peace in a war that the U.N. says is fueling the world's greatest humanitarian crisis. A ceasefire is set to go into effect Tuesday in the key port city…
Unearthed tomb called the most "significant discovery in decades"
Archaeologists in Egypt are calling the unearthing of a new tomb a "one-of-a-kind" find. The hidden tomb of an Egyptian royal priest had been untouched for around 4,400 years and is covered with exceptionally preserved statues and hieroglyphics. The discovery…
Malaysia accuses Goldman Sachs of involvement in 1MDB scandal
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Malaysia filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two former executives on Monday for their role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund 1MDB.Attorney General Tommy Thomas said the government is seeking several billion…
Saudis balk at U.S. Senate's "disrespect" over Khashoggi killing
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia issued an unusually strong rebuke of the U.S. Senate on Monday, rejecting a bipartisan resolution that put the blame for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on the Saudi crown prince and…
Yemen's rebels pin hopes for peace on the U.S. government
Sanaa, Yemen -- The foreign minister of the Houthi rebel government in northern Yemen tells CBS News he's confident the ceasefire meant to take effect on Tuesday will hold, because the alternative, a merciless continuation of the country's civil war,…
Man facing several aggravated statutory rape charges in Hamilton County
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The director of a North Georgia theater company is facing several statutory rape charges in Hamilton County. Chattanooga Police say Joshua Conrad Smith turned himself in to the Hamilton County Jail Friday for five counts of aggravated…
Authorities release name of Dade county murder victim
Justin Alfrey was from Valley Head, Alabama.
9 month old dies, Death investigation launched by CPD
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A 9 month old boy died and Chattanooga Police launched a death investigation. Chattanooga Police say Sunday around 11:30 am they responded to a medical call and found a baby receiving CPR on West 37th Street. Hamilton…
TECH BYTE: Tech Christmas Present Ideas
If you don't know what Christmas presents to get, there are plenty of cool tech products to choose from.
Miss Universe 2018: Catriona Gray of the Philippines wins crown
Miss Philippines Catriona Gray waves after being crowned Miss Universe during the final round of the Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sun., Dec. 16, 2018. Reuters Bangkok — The Philippines' Catriona Gray was named Miss Universe 2018 in…
Pro-government forces unleash airstrikes in Yemen
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42 people injured in Japan restaurant explosion
More than 40 people were injured in an explosion Sunday night at a Japanese restaurant in northern Japan, authorities said. The explosion occurred in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, and caused nearby apartment buildings…
French city mourns as 5th victim dies after Christmas market attack
People filled a square in the French city of Strasbourg on Sunday to show respect and sympathy for the victims of last week's shooting attack near a famous Christmas market as the death toll rose to five. French authorities said…
Chattanooga Beard Company creates special beard balm in honor of little boy with cerebral palsy
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - 5-year-old Lincoln Marti who suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy is one step closer to getting a much needed wheelchair van for important doctors' visits. Lincoln's parents do not have a reliable, wheelchair-accessible van to take…