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Could Your Hair Dye Cause Breast Cancer?

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF) - A new study shows that two common beauty products may be associated with cancer. A study published by the National Environmental Health Sciences says that women who use permanent dyes and chemical hair straighteners are 9%…

North America has lost nearly 3 billion birds since 1970

Over the last 50 years, the U.S. and Canada have slowly but surely lost 29% of their bird populations — amounting to nearly 3 billion birds. The shocking loss could be a sign of an ecological crisis, scientists said Thursday. According…

Former Inmates Earn A Second Chance

The Salvation Army believe that former inmates deserve a another chance and it's the reason why they offer what's called a residential re-entry program.

Feds take action against Russian hacking group

The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned a Russian hacking group called Evil Corp, which used malware to infect computers and collect login credentials from hundreds of financial institutions worldwide, stealing more than $100 million. The action by the Treasury Department…

United Airline's Oscar Munoz giving up CEO seat

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz is stepping down from his post and will become executive chairman. The airline said Thursday that President J. Scott Kirby will be its new CEO. Kirby was recruited to United Airlines by Munoz in August…

Climate models have been right all along, study finds

Even the rather primitive climate computer models of the 1970s, 80s and 90s were impressively accurate, lending extra credibility to the much more advanced climate models of today. That's the conclusion of a paper released Wednesday in Geophysical Research Letters,…

Suspect dead after opening fire at Pearl Harbor, killing 2

A sailor opened fire at a U.S. Navy shipyard at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on Wednesday, killing two civilian shipyard employees and wounding another before dying from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a Navy spokesman. Rear…

Community meeting on school facilities preliminary report

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - A third community meeting on Hamilton County School District facilities was held Wednesday night at Lookout Valley Middle High School. MGT Consulting Group presented a preliminary report and recommendations on school facilities. They also took…

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