In exhibits filed in federal court this month, more than 200 migrants detained at the Mexican border this year describe "hieleras" and "perreras" — spanish for "ice boxes" and "dog pounds" -- nicknames for the facilities where they were initially…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Fire Department was called to a house fire on East 32nd Street Tuesday morning. According to fire officials, heavy smoke could be seen from the second floor of the structure. The fire department says…
ATLANTA (AP) - A couple has been charged in connection with the discovery of a malnourished man with a disability and three unaccompanied children at an Atlanta home.
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Republicans are set to decide a bruising gubernatorial runoff that is testing conservative voters' loyalty to President Donald Trump and their increasingly frequent rejection of the establishment.
A picture taken on July 23, 2018 from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shows a warplane dropping a payload in the southwestern Syrian province of Daraa during a Syrian-government-led offensive in the area. Israel said on July 24 that it had…
BANGKOK -- A hydroelectric dam collapsed in southeastern Laos, leaving an unknown number of people dead and hundreds missing, state media said Tuesday. Rescue efforts were underway as top government officials rushed to the site and public appeals were launched…
Iran hit back on Tuesday morning after an angry warning from President Trump. Mr. Trump said in a Sunday tweet that Iranian President Hasan Rouhani would "SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE," if…
More than 30,000 people cross the U.S.-Canadian border in Blaine, Washington, every day. For most, it's a trouble-free experience but for some Canadian business people, that seems to be changing. Sam Znaimer is a Vancouver, Canada-based venture capitalist who has…
This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 19, 2017 shows the ground jet test of a newly developed high-thrust engine at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in North Korea. Getty SEOUL, South…
RAFINA, Greece -- Twin wildfires raging through popular seaside areas near the Greek capital have torched homes, cars and forests and killed at least 49 people, authorities said Tuesday, raising the death toll after rescue crews reported finding the bodies…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation continue to investigate an officer-involved shooting.
Paige Hunter, 18, has written more than 40 heartfelt notes and attached them to the railings of the Wearmouth Bridge to offer solace to people facing a mental health crisis. @northumbriapol Police in the United Kingdom are commending a teenager…
Chattanooga Police say they need the public’s help finding the person who shot a child early Sunday morning.
TORONTO -- Canadian officials identified the suspect in Sunday's mass shooting as Faisal Hussain, 29, of Toronto. The attack in Toronto's Greektown district left two people dead and 13 others injured. Authorities said Hussain died after an exchange of gunfire…
LONDON -- It's not a sight you would expect to see on the streets of London, but few are more blown away by the jet suit than the man who invented it, Richard Browning. "There's that moment where you're off…
Some 200 people waited in line for bread in Caracas, Venezuela, last August. CBS News CARACAS, VENEZUEL — Economists say inflation in Venezuela could top an astounding 1 million percent by year's end as the country's historic crisis deepens. The International…
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Protests in Nicaragua are stoking fears of a civil war that could tear the country apart and worsen the immigration crisis in the U.S. Hundreds have been killed in demonstrations since the government tried to cut social…
ATHENS, Greece -- Two major forest fires raged out of control on either side of Greece's capital Monday, burning houses, prompting residents to flee and turning the sky over Athens a hazy orange from the smoke. At least seven people…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WDEF) - The instability of portions of Signal Mountain Boulevard may be worse that first thought.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Melania Trump will receive a briefing on neonatal abstinence syndrome when she visits a Tennessee children's hospital this week.
It might be time to take another trip to Ruby Falls.
NEW DELHI -- A woman was lynched in central India on rumors that she was part of a gang that kidnapped children, police said Monday. The police announcement comes days after the country's highest court called for immediate steps to…
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's surprise endorsement of a Republican running for Georgia governor is the latest example of the president diving deep into GOP primary politics.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Ryan Lochte, the longtime Olympic swimmer, has accepted his 14-month suspension after he shared an Instagram photo of him using an IV to inject vitamins, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced Monday. Lochte, 33, cannot compete as…