GENEVA -- Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. His foundation announced his death…
Nashville, TN (WDEF) - In honor of the 98th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Lt. Governor Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge) and Speaker of the House Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) has authorized the release of an educational video, “The…
Hamilton County, TN (WDEF) - HCSO deputies are advising that several areas of the Hixson, Middle Valley, Falling Water, and Soddy-Daisy areas have recently experienced heavy rains and localized flooded roadways. As of midnight Saturday, parts of Middle Valley Road,…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -There are currently several flooded roads. According to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, the following are areas that need to be avoided until the water recedes: Hale Road @ Daisy Dallas 7000 of Gann Road 5850…
First spotted over Turkeytown north of Gadsden.
Fire was contained this afternoon, but will be monitored overnight.
The 140 acre chunk of downtown has been re-defined since 2015.
The Turkish lira has been falling in value for months, but last week it plummeted because of a dispute over an American pastor being detained in the country. The U.S. hit Turkey with sanctions and a doubling of tariffs on…
The search continues for survivors of a bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy. One woman says the bridge started shaking violently before it fell in front of her, prompting her to abandon her car and run for her life. CBS News…
Both the woman and her dog were hit by a small truck on Tuesday
Vako Marchelashvili, 19, solves Rubik's Cubes at the Gino Paradise aqua park in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday, August 17, 2018. REUTERS An 18-year-old Georgian student on Friday attempted to break the Guinness World Record for solving six Rubik's Cubes underwater…
This is the last Saturday for Riverfront Nights this summer.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A military plane flying from Maryland to Texas has made an emergency landing in Knoxville. Maj. Wayne Capps of the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina said a C-17 Globemaster III assigned…
Annual program lets the public donate supplies for school kids.
The new light timing system is reducing traffic on Ringgold Road, but increasing wait times on side roads.
The Trump administration will not be spending $200 million that had been planned for Syria stabilization efforts, citing successful efforts to get other countries to step up their contributions. The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS will now put $300 million…
DHABEJI, Pakistan -- Hafeez Nawaz was 20 years old when he left his religious school in Karachi to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Afghanistan. Three years later, he was back in Pakistan to carry out a…
The wreckage debris of a U.S.-WWII warplane C-53 Skytrooper Dakota that crashed in 1946, pictured on the Gauli Glacier in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Anthony Anex / AP Last Updated Aug 17, 2018 1:41 PM…
Wanted for firing shots at the 6th Avenue Courts a month ago.
Leigh Corfman, who accused Moore of molesting her when she was 14, has sued Moore for defamation
Apparently, someone left the keys to a cash machine on top of it while repairing it and walked away.
The results of Zimbabwe's presidential election are being challenged by the opposition party. The vote in late July was the first election since the end of former president Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule, and it was supposed to signal a move toward…
Indian volunteers and rescue personal evacuate local residents in a residential area at Aluva in Ernakulam district, in the Indian state of Kerala, Aug. 17, 2018. Getty KOCHI, India -- Troop reinforcements stepped up desperate rescue attempts in India's flood-stricken…
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey and the United States exchanged new threats of sanctions Friday, keeping alive a diplomatic and financial crisis that is threatening the economic stability of the NATO country. Turkey's lira fell once again after the trade minister,…