BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mostly higher Friday ahead of a U.S. jobs update amid worries about the health of banks under pressure from interest rate hikes. London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Wall Street futures advanced. Shanghai declined.…
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The Hart Gallery is located in downtown Chattanooga. It's a place where local artists can go and apply their skills. Now, the gallery…
TELLICO PLAINS, Tennessee (WDEF) - Local and state teams helped rescue an injured hunter in the East Tennessee mountains on Thursday. Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones reports that the hunter was about two miles into a remote section of the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) introduced its new mechatronics lab Thursday morning. It is the Robotics, Intelligent Systems and Control…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A resident at the Rustic Village Apartments was taken to the hospital Friday morning with possible smoke inhalation from a stove fire. She says she accidentally left food…
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Abstract: The Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature has approved and sent to the governor a ban on nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in response to last year’s overturning of…
By SUSAN HAIGH and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Abstract: Organizers of Pride festivals and parades in conservative states are under increasing pressure to censor their events or ban drag performances. That's making it challenging to hold events that celebrate lesbian,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans who qualified for free tax services — but were instead deceived into paying TurboTax for their returns — will soon get settlement checks in the mail. In a settlement last year, TurboTax's owner Intuit…
Ford Motor Co. is recalling certain 2004 to 2006 Ranger vehicles because replacement front passenger air bag inflators may have been installed incorrectly. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a letter that…
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- A Silverdale Jail inmate, who jumped into a jail van and ran over a corrections officer, appeared in criminal court on Thursday. Michael Irvin pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Prosecutors said Irvin was…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Next Saturday, Old Navy will be teaming up with local agencies to host a Kids Safety Event. The company is partnering with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to teach children about safety. Old…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — It's been nearly seven months since Adidas split with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and boxes of his popular Yeezy shoes are still piled up in warehouses. The fate of 1.2 billion euros ($1.3…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Dunkin' Donuts is giving back this Saturday for National Nurses Day. The company is offering free coffee to all nurses. They call it a "special Cup of Thanks for all that they do." [caption id="attachment_1339202" align="alignleft"…
PHOENIX (AP) — American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for the May 5 holiday that is barely celebrated south…
A man recorded by a security camera fatally shooting his manager Thursday at a fast food restaurant in rural south Georgia is also suspected of killing his mother and grandmother at their nearby homes before taking his own life, authorities…
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A 21-year-old who was a student at the University of California, Davis, until last week was arrested on accusations of fatally stabbing two people and wounding another in attacks that terrified the quiet college community, police…
NEW YORK (AP) — British singer Ed Sheeran didn't steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic 1970s tune “Let’s Get It On” to create his hit song “Thinking Out Loud,” a jury said with a trial verdict Thursday, prompting Sheeran…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Most of us are doing our shopping online nowadays. PayPal is one way to pay for those purchases, and criminals are taking advantage. Cybersecurity experts…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The city of Chattanooga unveiled a new safety plan today for Station Street. (more…)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI continues to investigate who is responsible for hoax phone calls yesterday. But it's a much larger problem than just the hoax involving Brainerd High on Wednesday. The calls targeted at least eight school systems…
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — As Russian officials tell it, two Ukrainian drones flew into the very heart of Moscow under the cover of darkness, reaching the Kremlin before they were shot down at the last minute. A cloud of questions…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Good news for all the password-haters out there: Google has taken a big step toward making them an afterthought by adding “passkeys” as a more straightforward and secure way to log into its services. Here's what…