SAN DIEGO (AP) - A father has been arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after he carried his 2-year-old daughter into the elephant habitat at the San Diego Zoo to take a photograph with the animals. Zoo officials said the…
MIAMI (AP) - Miami Beach officials are imposing an emergency 8 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew effective immediately, saying large, out-of-control spring break crowds crammed the beaches, trashed some restaurant properties and brawled in the streets. Tourists and hotel guests are being…
ATLANTA (AP) - Hundreds of people gathered near the Georgia state Capitol to demand justice for the victims of shootings at massage businesses in and around Atlanta. The crowd Saturday called for an end to racism and xenophobia. Many waved…
Update:CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- According to Hamilton County Sheriff's office, 29-year-old Mykel Dexter Jenkins died at a hospital after being shot by Chattanooga police officers. The officers involved have not been named but CPD says that they are on administrative leave.…
MIAMI (AP) - Two Royal Caribbean lines will resume cruises in the Caribbean in June, ending a yearlong hiatus. Passengers 18 and older will be required to test negative for COVID-19 before getting on the ships. The company’s Celebrity Cruises…
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - Facebook says it is working on a version of its Instagram app for kids under 13, who are technically not allowed to use the app in its current form due to federal privacy regulations. The…
NEW YORK (AP) - Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has joined the board of directors of the New York Mets. The 58-year-old was New Jersey’s governor from January 2010 to January 2016. His son Andrew has worked for the…
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A Russian man has pleaded guilty to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric car company’s plant in Nevada with ransomware in an extortion scheme. Cybersecurity experts on Friday called the case exceptional…
NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) - A Russian national living in North Carolina has pleaded guilty to bribery and other charges after prosecutors say he received more than $150 million in kickbacks from contractors seeking deals with the Russian military. Fifty-nine-year-old…
ATLANTA (AP) - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are offering solace to Asian Americans and a reeling nation as they visit Atlanta just days after a white gunman killed eight people, most of them Asian American women.…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida has been partially closed after staff members tested positive for the coronavirus. That’s according to several people familiar with the situation, who was not authorized to discuss…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Constitutional Carry or Permitless bill means the majority of law abiding citizens over 21 in Tennessee won't need a permit to tote a handgun open or concealed. Tennessee State Senator Todd Gardenhire, (R-Chattanooga), voted in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Senate has advanced legislation that would allow most adults 21 and older to carry firearms - concealed or openly - without a license that now requires a background check and training. The proposal must…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Twitter has briefly suspended the account of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, but later said the move was a an error. Greene, a Georgia Republican, has in the past used social media to promote conspiracy theories about…
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn was one of five other senators to introduce legislation challenging the 157 sister city partnerships between U.S. and Chinese communities. “Questions have arisen around the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Government…
DUNLAP, Tennessee- Trash has been building up along roads and parks in Dunlap and Tennessee State Trooper Lt. John Harmon said it due to people littering and COVIDs impact. "The litter program with the prisoners that used to pick it…
Two organizations are working together to help people struggling due to the pandemic.
Chattanooga police are investigating an officer involved shooting in the 3400 block Premium Drive Friday.
U.S. health officials are relaxing social distancing recommendations for schools, now saying students can sit as close as 3 feet to each other in classrooms.
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HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - ABM employees held signs that read "Keep ABM, Better Pay, No Layoffs, Fair Treatment" outside Thursday's Hamilton County School Board meeting. Inside school board members weighed a contract for cleaning services. ABM has held the…
JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee (WDEF) - A brother and sister have been indicted for the death of their mother. TBI agents began looking into complaints of abuse and neglect against Sheila June Murray after she was hospitalized. She died later. Investigators…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have arrested a suspect for a murder that happened almost three years ago. The body of 60 year old Robert Townsend was found in a dumpster bin on Laura Street in the Glenwood neighborhood in…