2 workers hurt in train fire at Six Flags Over Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) - Two theme park employees were hurt when a fire broke out in a train engine at Six Flags Over Georgia on Saturday.
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British ex-culture secretary Tessa Jowell dies at 70
Tessa Jowell, the former British culture secretary who played a key role in securing the 2012 London Olympics, has died. She was 70.
High school student set to graduate drowns in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a high school student who was set to graduate later this month has drowned in a Tennessee lake.
Gates: Two-state solution between Israelis, Palestinians "on life support"
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that the consequences of the move of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem are "modest" due to the dwindling likelihood of a two-state solution between the Palestinians and the Israelis.…
Trump orders relief for banned Chinese telecoms giant
This picture taken on May 3, 2018 shows the ZTE logo on an office building in Shanghai. Johannes Eisele / AFP/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- President Trump said Sunday he has instructed his Commerce Department to help get a Chinese telecommunications…
Americans freed by North Korea reunited with families
The Pentagon says three Americans released by North Korea have left a Washington-area hospital and have reunited with their families. A Pentagon spokeswoman, Maj. Carla M. Gleason, says in a statement that the men "were grateful, in good spirits and…
The history and etiquette of afternoon tea
Time for some liquid refreshment... to begin, a cup of tea with Seth Doane: Tiny sandwiches without crusts, and sweets stacked on platters set the stage for that soothing and rather special event: afternoon tea. Dig in! (daintily...) CBS News…
Bagpipes and kilts: Scottish traditions that never go out of style
The musical instrument and uniform, devised as instruments of war centuries ago, are today considered the epitome of cool. Jonathan Vigliotti reports: Every spring, when Scotland thaws and roars back to life, another seasonal tune-up begins. May marks the start…
Last call? Fighting to save Britain's endangered pubs
It was "last call" for a 150-year-old pub when a developer wanted announced plans to convert it into apartments – then the community took action, as Roxana Saberi explains: In the village of South Stoke, outside Bath, the Packhorse pub…
Britain's queen of royal memorabilia
In the run-up to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, true-blue fans of the Royal Family are easy to spot. But few can rival the one our Lee Cowan discovered out in the English countryside: It's pretty hard…
The changing face of Britain today
A lot of what America thinks it knows about Britain comes from "Masterpiece Theater," and needs a re-boot to what Britain is today: multi-cultural, multi-accented and casting about for a new identity. Mark Phillips reports: It's easy to think you…
Family of 6 suicide bombers, including small children, attacks churches
SURABAYA, Indonesia -- Suicide bombers who carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city on Sunday were a family of six that included two young children, police said, as the world's most populous Muslim nation recoiled in…
Family of 6 suicide bombers, including small children, attacks churches
SURABAYA, Indonesia -- Suicide bombers who carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city on Sunday were a family of six that included two young children, police said, as the world's most populous Muslim nation recoiled in…
Details emerge about assailant in Paris stabbing attack
PARIS -- The man behind a deadly knife attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya and had been on police radar for radicalism, and his parents have been detained for questioning, French authorities said Sunday. Counterterrorism investigators are working…
1 dead, 4 injured in Paris stabbings; suspect killed by police
A knife-wielding man stabbed several people in Paris on Saturday before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said. Local police said four people were wounded and one victim was killed in the attack near the city's famed Opera…
Volunteers help efforts to "Stamp Out Hunger" in Tennessee Valley
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Dozens of food boxes were packed up and prepared for families in the area on Saturday. This after many of you helped the Chattanooga Area Food Bank with the 'Stamp Out Hunger' food drive. The food was…
Women help build home for Habitat's National Women Help Build Week
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Habitat for Humanity celebrated their annual week-long event National Women Build week by building another home in Alton Park for a deserving family.
French president says he called Trump about Iran nuclear deal withdrawal
President Trump (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) participate in a state arrival ceremony at the South Lawn of the White House on Tue., April 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Getty PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron has called…
Queen Elizabeth gives consent for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's marriage
LONDON -- Buckingham Palace has released an image of the handwritten document in which Queen Elizabeth II gives her consent for Prince Harry to marry Meghan Markle. The Instrument of Consent image was released Saturday - a week before Harry…
Man killed after being hit by a car, Suspect left scene
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police are investigating a fatality crash involving a pedestrian that happened on Ely Road at 2:00 am Saturday. Officials identified the victim as Roderick Jones, Jr. Police say the pedestrian was walking in a lane of…
Hundreds of Palestinians protest amid heightened tensions over embassy opening
There are heightened tensions in Israel this weekend, just days before the opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Israeli forces on Saturday blew up what they said was a Hamas terror tunnel at the Gaza border. Palestinian protesters have…
Chemicals sicken police officers who find body in motel
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - Several officers are being treated at a hospital in DeKalb County, Georgia, after they were sickened by a chemical odor emanating from a motel room with a dead body.
Mutual admiration: Waffle House hero meets Parkland students
MIAMI (AP) - The man who wrestled an AR-15 from a gunman attacking a Waffle House in Tennessee has met with students from the Parkland high school where 17 people were killed. James Shaw Jr. and the teenagers met in…
Georgia officer resigns after dragging woman, 65, from car
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (CBS News) -- A police department in Georgia has opened an internal investigation into why an elderly black woman was dragged out of her car during a traffic stop, authorities say.