Tennessee House speaker contender won't seek re-election
Rep. Gerald McCormick is stepping down to take a new job with a Chattanooga Company expanding in Nashville.
World Cup: Scores and recaps from Sunday's matches
If one thing is certain about the 2018 FIFA World Cup: It's unpredictable. World champion Germany fell to Mexico Sunday. Brazil and Argentina both failed to collect three points. In a controversial match, Brazil played Switzerland to a 1-1- draw while…
$1.4M ISIS cache of "jihadist's drug" seized, U.S. says
An image from a video posted on Twitter by the U.S.-allied Free Syrian Army group Maghawir al-Thowra shows a haul of the amphetamine-type narcotic Captagon, seized from ISIS near al-Tanf, Syria. Twitter U.S. allies in the war against the Islamic…
Thomas Markle on Harry, politics, and missing Meghan's wedding
102 Photos Thomas Markle, Meghan Markle's father, is seen in a still taken from video as he gives an interview to ITV's Good Morning Britain program which is broadcast from London, June 18, 2018. REUTERS/ITV handout LONDON -- The father…
U.N. rights chief: Migrant family separations "unconscionable"
GENEVA -- The U.N. human rights chief is blasting the Trump administration over its new policies separating migrant children from their parents after entering the United States from Mexico, saying they've affected nearly 2,000 kids in the last six weeks…
World Cup: Scores and recaps from Sunday's matches
If one thing is certain about the 2018 FIFA World Cup: It's unpredictable. World champion Germany fell to Mexico Sunday. Brazil and Argentina both failed to collect three points. In a controversial match, Brazil played Switzerland to a 1-1- draw while…
Van hits fans near Pinkpop music fest, killing 1, injuring 3
AMSTERDAM -- A van ran into a small group of pop fans at a festival in the Netherlands early Monday, killing one and seriously injuring three before fleeing the scene. Police in the province of Limburg said authorities were looking…
Student dies while hiking in Russia, officials at University of Texas say
AUSTIN -- A Texas Tech University student participating in a University of Texas study program in Russia died in a fall, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth reports. University of Texas officials say Elmer Arrieta, a graduate student at Texas Tech's College of…
Death toll climbs after 6.1 earthquake strikes metropolis
A shop employee clears broken bottles following and earthquake in Osaka on June 18, 2018. Getty TOKYO -- A 9-year-old girl and two men in their 80s have been killed by a strong earthquake in the western Japan metropolis of…
Jeff Styles' attorney releases statement about arrest
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Jeff Styles' attorney releases statement about arrest saying that some previously released information was incorrect. The statement says that Jeff Styles first encountered the victim on Highway 111 shortly after 4pm on Friday, June 15th. It goes on…
Mexico's stunning World Cup goal triggers seismic activity
Mexico's 1-0 win over Germany in their Sunday FIFA World Cup game was Earth shaking, literally. At nearly the same time Mexico player Hirving Lozano scored the team's first and only goal of the game against the reigning champs, Mexico…
Altercation involving Chattanooga Police caught on camera
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A video of a Chattanooga Police Department officer is under fire on social media because it shows a fight involving a man and an officer. Witnesses say the whole video tells the full story. One witness…
Mexico shocks reigning World Cup champs Germany 1-0
Hugo Ayala of Mexico celebrates with team mate Rafael Marquez following his sides victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group F match between Germany and Mexico at Luzhniki Stadium on June 17, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. Alexander Hassenstein…
$2 Million Powerball Winner in Shelbyville
Nashville, TN (WDEF) - A Powerball player in Shelbyville won $2 Million last night by matching all five white numbers drawn. And since the player added the Power Play option for an extra dollar, the prize was doubled. No information…
Rescue ships carrying migrants dock in Spain as debate roils Europe
VALENCIA, Spain -- Ships in the Aquarius aid convoy docked Sunday at the Spanish port of Valencia, ending a weeklong ordeal for hundreds of people who were rescued from the perilous Mediterranean only to become the latest pawn in Europe's…
World Cup: Scores and recaps from Sunday's matches
Opening matches for Groups E and F are on the schedule for day four of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica and Serbia open the day's action. Both teams needing three points to have a chance of getting out of…
Ex-France Telecom executives ordered to stand trial over suicides
France Telecom's outgoing CEO Didier Lombard attends a news conference in Paris February 25, 2010. Benoit Tessier / REUTERS The former head of France Telecom and six other executives have been ordered to stand trial over their alleged role in…
Officer Involved Shooting sends man to hospital in Chattanooga after disorder call
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say a suspect is recovering from a gun shot wound after police shot him on Tunnel Blvd. Dispatch says the call came in around 7:30 for a disorder involving a weapon. Chattanooga Police officers…
Rescued migrants escaping North Africa expected to arrive Sunday in Spain
Hundreds of migrants escaping violence and poverty in North Africa are due to arrive in Spain on Sunday. They're aboard the Aquarius -- a former German Coast Guard ship now being used for humanitarian rescues. On the rescue ship Aquarius,…
Georgia teen surrenders after shooting friend in face
DALLAS, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia teenager has surrendered to authorities after accidentally shooting his friend in the face.
Angelina Jolie: Mosul is "worst devastation I have seen"
Angelina Jolie visited West Mosul as a special envoy to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, where she met citizens returning to their city in ruin. UNHCR Serving as a special envoy to the United Nations High Commission on…
17 killed in stampede fleeing nightclub brawl
Barbara Barca, right, a survivor of the stampede at a crowded nightclub, cries as she leaves police headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, June 16, 2018. AP CARACAS,Venezuela -- Seventeen people were killed at a crowded nightclub in Venezuela's capital Saturday after…
Alabama man dies in lawnmower accident
LEESBURG, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man has been found dead underneath his lawnmower.
Huge python eats woman checking her vegetable garden
30 Photos A file photo shows a reticulated python. AP JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A 23-foot-long python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said Saturday. The victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, went missing while checking her vegetable garden…