WASHINGTON -- The State Department says the U.S. consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra is being evacuated following attacks blamed on Iran-backed militias. The U.S. embassy in Baghdad will provide full consular services for Basra and the surrounding…
Investigators are trying to figure out how a Boeing 737 missed the runway on a small remote island in Micronesia and ended up in the ocean. Local fisherman were bringing in the day's catch when the 737 went down. A…
Before the Senate Judiciary Committee vote, people held a silent protest in Chattanooga.
This satellite image shows Hurricane Rosa on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2018. NOAA LOS ANGELES — Hurricane Rosa weakened slightly off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Friday and is expected to increase surf and rip currents along the Southern California coast this weekend.…
This satellite image shows Hurricane Rosa on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2018. NOAA LOS ANGELES — Hurricane Rosa weakened slightly off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Friday and is expected to increase surf and rip currents along the Southern California coast this weekend.…
Marsha Blackburn has been challenging her opponent to get off the fence.
Limited access around Clingmans Dome while search continues.
Only in Australia could this feel-good story happen. A golden retriever named Asha is being hailed as a hero after comforting a lost baby koala through the night. Dog owner Kerry McKinnon says she woke up on Monday and found…
It's not October yet, but you can get a head start on your Halloween celebrations this weekend at Dread Hollow.
Democrat Karl Dean is running against Republican Bill Lee
Christopher Robinson was killed at his home in June.
Former students had reported sexual misconduct decades ago by employees no longer alive or working for the school.
A 56-year-old man from Hong Kong has developed the world's first human case of rat hepatitis E, Chinese scientists announced on Friday. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong discovered the case after testing showed abnormal liver function following a…
A Palestinian demonstrator pulls a burning tire during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza and demanding the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Gaza City, September 28, 2018. MOHAMMED…
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.