CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Riverbend Festival is here. And on Friday it was toasty outside, but Lee Johnson and his wife found some shade while waiting to get into the festival. "This is my first time ever coming to…
Hurricane Aletta grew to a Category 4 hurricane on June 8, 2018. Twitter / NHC E. Pacific Ops MEXICO CITY -- Hurricane Aletta strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm in the open Pacific on Friday, but it was well…
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SINGAPORE -- Both President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to land in Singapore on Sunday. They will instantly make the city the focus of the world's attention for a few days. Final preparations are underway…
QUEBEC CITY -- President Trump flew to Canada Friday for the G-7 meeting -- the first of two high-profile summits on his agenda. A group photo masked the underlying tension, after Mr. Trump lashed out at allies over trade, while…
Two individuals from the U.S. embassy in Cuba are undergoing medical evaluation, a State Department official told CBS News on Friday. The two people could be suffering from the mysterious illness plaguing diplomats, but that has not been medically confirmed.…
An American special operations soldier was killed and four U.S. service members were wounded Friday in an "enemy attack," according to U.S. Africa Command. The incident is the first known death of a U.S. servicemen in Africa since the ambush…
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a person has died while attending the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee. News outlets report Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves confirmed a body was found Friday morning at a festival campground. Coffee…
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Britain's Prince Andrew, not pictured, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 29, 2018. Reuters/Thomas Peter The U.S. Navy and the FBI are investigating a massive hack attack on a Navy…
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A local group bought the former Alstom manufacturing site in Chattanooga for $30 million. With it's new owner, officials say the group that is taking over has big plans for it. The 95 acre site on…
Steven Wiggins will now face federal charges in murder of Dickson County deputy
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Michael Shavers plead guilty to two counts of attempted second degree murder. He will be put on house arrest, with GPS monitoring, for ten years.
The barrage of threats facing our oceans today might seem like an overwhelming tsunami of problems. Plastics are harming marine life. Carbon pollution is warming the oceans and increasing their acidity. Waters are being overfished. But there's hope, according to…
President Trump will fly to Singapore tomorrow morning, leaving the G7 summit in Quebec early for his meeting with Kim Jong Un. The president said Thursday if the meeting goes well, he'd consider inviting Kim to the U.S. But he…
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinians burned tires and Israeli troops fired heavy volleys of tear gas Friday to push back large Gaza crowds from the area of the fence separating the blockaded territory from Israel. It is the latest…
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May sits next to Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as she holds the first Cabinet meeting following the general election at 10 Downing Street, in London June 12, 2017. Pool LONDON -- Brexit tensions roiled the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A big change has been made to the restrictions at Riverbend. New legislation prompted festival officials to decide to no longer allow firearms at Riverbend beginning this year. Lt. Austin Garrett, with the Chattanooga Police Department says,…
U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson, commander of Resolute Support forces and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, walks with Afghan officials during an official visit in Farah province, Afghanistan, May 19, 2018. REUTERS BRUSSELS -- The Afghan government's unilateral halt to attacks…
WASHINGTON -- A new medical mystery affecting U.S. diplomatic workers, this time in China, is deepening. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing has issued two warnings for Americans in the country to watch out for unexplained illnesses. Several workers at U.S.…
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala -- Prosecutors in Guatemala are investigating if the country's emergency response agency was negligent in their response to the deadly eruption of Volcan de Fuego, or "volcano of fire," last Sunday. At least 109 people were killed and…
President Trump is expecting tough talks with U.S. allies Canada, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and Japan at the G7 summit Friday. Relations are tense after the president put new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from the European Union, Mexico,…
SINGAPORE -- President Trump said Thursday that he's "well- prepared" to meet Kim Jong Un next week in Singapore. He also said "attitude" is more important than preparation. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy has already arrived in Singapore, and he…