VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen a sentence originally handed down by a Vatican court in 2011. In…
NEW YORK-- Given the Trump administration's goal of a complete, verifiable denuclearization of North Korea during President Trump's first term, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is eager to maintain U.S.-North Korean engagement. As he prepares for upcoming discussions with the…
A map provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the epicenter of 7.5 magnitude earthquake which struck Indonesia on Sept. 28, 2018. USGS Last Updated Sep 28, 2018 7:06 AM EDT JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian officials issued a tsunami warning…
People are evacuated from an Air Niugini plane crashed in the waters in Weno, Chuuk, Micronesia, September 28, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. James Yaingeluo/REUTERS WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Everybody survived a plane's crash landing in a…
Hurricane Rosa, now a Category 4 storm, churns about 600 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean, early on Sept. 28, 2018. NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center Last Updated Sep 28, 2018 3:53 AM…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - All the flooding has forced the Ironman race to go on this weekend without the swim portion that normally takes place in the Tennessee River. "They made the right decision not to do the swim. The…
Satellite imagery shows Hurricane Rosa in the Pacific (L) and Tropical Storm Kirk in the tropical Atlantic (R) as of Thu., Sept. 27, 2018. NOAA Tropical Storm Kirk dropped heavy rain and unleashed flooding as it passed through the eastern…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - The latest traffic fatality on Highway 58 has sparked a drive to get the city to put up a traffic light at the intersection where it happened. Last Saturday, 64 year old school teacher Karen Saxton was…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A local story about a top administrator at Soddy Daisy High school has gained national attention since the controversial video was posted Wednesday. Students, parents, teachers, and other members of the Soddy Daisy community have…
TDOT is waiting for better weather to repair the damage.
Steven Henry does not condone statements by vice principal Jared Hensley.
Chattanooga is the 7th city/region to join national program to improve education outcomes.
Jurors concluded he did shoot and kill Ernest Griffin in 1984 at a convenience store and that he shot his ex wife Mary Mealer.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The annual Hamilton County Fair set for this weekend has been cancelled.
A B-52 Stratofortress and F-16 jets taking part in multinational exercises over Jordan in 2015. Jordan Pix, Getty Images BEIJING—China on Thursday labeled a recent mission by nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 bombers over the disputed South China Sea as "provocative," and…
A B-52 Stratofortress and F-16 jets taking part in multinational exercises over Jordan in 2015. Jordan Pix, Getty Images BEIJING—China on Thursday labeled a recent mission by nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 bombers over the disputed South China Sea as "provocative," and…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has issued an updated list of roads still impacted by recent rains. The Sheriff's Office says this list is the roads that have been reported to Hamilton County authorities.
Tropical Storm Kirk is seen in a satellite image at 9:15 a.m. ET on Sept. 27, 2018. NOAA Last Updated Sep 27, 2018 11:05 AM EDT MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Kirk is on a path to dump heavy rains that…
A man was slapped in the face with an octopus whipped at him by a seal, while he was kayaking in New Zealand. @BareKiwi and @taiyo_masuda A kayaker in New Zealand has become a viral sensation after a seal slapped…
UNITED NATIONS -- Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro showed up unexpectedly at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday to "defend his country" as six nations accused him of crimes against humanity and President Donald Trump hinted at taking military action.…
Jurors deliberated for several hours on Wednesday in the case of a man accused of a 1984 Whitfield County murder.
Watch a truck driver sink his truck in flood waters where he shouldn't be.
Ruslan Boshirov London Metropolitan Police MOSCOW -- An investigative group in Britain says it has identified one of the two suspects in the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in the U.K. as a highly-decorated colonel in the Russian military intelligence agency…
School Vice Principal on shorts dress code says "if you want someone to blame, blame the girls."- see it for yourself