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Twitter backtracks on banning political and other issue ads

Bowing to public pressure, Twitter has softened its earlier plan to ban all advertisements related to social and political issues. The social media company released details of its ban on political ads on Friday. Under the policy, paid political content…

Mother gets kidney from daughter's teacher

Tracy Shearin-Drayton, a preschool teacher and mom from Greensboro, North Carolina, thought she'd have to wait five to eight years to get a kidney transplant. Shearin-Drayton was diagnosed with Lupus in 2009, and in August, she made public plea for…

FDA: Dollar Tree sells "potentially unsafe drugs"

Dollar Tree is selling "potentially unsafe drugs" and cosmetics at its more than 15,000 discount stores, according to federal regulators. The  U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the company this week outlining "multiple violations of current good manufacturing…

Roger Stone found guilty on all counts

Washington — President Trump's former campaign adviser, Roger Stone, was found guilty by a jury on Friday of all seven charges that he faced. He was charged with lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction. He faces up to 50…

Despite lawsuits, RNC will hold winter meetings at a Trump hotel

Washington — The Republican National Committee confirmed Thursday it would hold its winter meetings at Trump National Doral, bringing business to one of the president's struggling properties. The news comes weeks after President Trump canceled plans to host next year's…

A dog crashed wedding and helped solve his master's murder

Correspondent Peter Van Sant and "48 Hours" investigate the murder of a Pennsylvania man shot dead after a bitter divorce, arsons at his mother's home and his girlfriend's home and countless threats of harm in "Maria Spencer's Vow to Kill,"  airing…

Amazon accused of pressuring drivers to meet deadlines

An ongoing investigation by ProPublica and BuzzFeed News found Amazon delivery drivers have been involved in more than 60 crashes causing injuries or death since June 2015. That joint investigation found that drivers reported feeling tremendous pressure to meet deadlines…

Astronauts tackle one of the most complex spacewalks ever

After four years of brainstorming, custom tool development and training, two astronauts plan to venture outside the International Space Station Friday for the first of four spacewalks to repair a $2 billion cosmic ray detector. The excursions are considered the…

Missing person search on I-24

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Officers searched for a missing person on I-24 east of Moccasin Bend Thursday. According to a Chattanooga Police Spokesperson, officers were assisting Lookout Mountain Police with a report of a missing person. Authorities said the missing…

Very old human remains found

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police say very old human remains have been found. They were discovered at 1100 Lupton Drive on Wednesday. Authorities say at first it wasn't clear if the bones were animal, human, and how old they…

Fort Oglethorpe City Manger accepts job in Lilburn

FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (WDEF) - The City Manager of Fort Oglethorpe takes a new job. Jenny Simpkins recently put in her resignation letter to the city. She has accepted another position as Assistant City Manager in Lilburn, Georgia. "It has…

Cigarette smoking among adults hits all-time low in U.S.

Cigarette smoking dropped to an all-time low among American adults in 2018, according to a Center for Disease Control (CDC) report released Thursday. According to the report, 13.7% of U.S. adults smoked a cigarette in 2018. Since the first Surgeon…

Manhunt intensifies for Marine deserter accused of murder

Last Updated Nov 14, 2019 6:48 PM EST Roanoke, Virginia — A manhunt is intensifying for a Marine deserter charged with homicide. The search for 22-year-old U.S. Marine Michael Alexander Brown prompted schools and some businesses to close in Roanoke,…

Weather In The Classroom - Valley Point Elementary School

DALTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Weather in the classroom brought Meteorologists Patrick Core and Danielle Moss to Valley Point Elementary school in Dalton. The students have been learning about weather in their science classes. Today they had a special visit to…

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