A weather disturbance moving toward the Southern United States with heavy rain and wind is expected to become a tropical storm Friday as it nears the Gulf Coast, forecasters said. The disturbance, which would be named Nestor, should bring a…
Louisiana could become the first state not to have legal abortion access since the procedure was legalized in 1973. Depending on the outcome of an upcoming Supreme Court case next spring, the state could see abortion access eliminated, even though…
A commuter airplane has crashed near the airport in a small Alaska community on the Bering Sea, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Unalaska, Alaska. Jim Paulin via AP A commuter airplane carrying 42 people, including a high school swim team,…
The U.S. slapped tariffs of up to 25% on European consumer goods including Scotch whiskey, French and Spanish wines and some cheeses on October 18, 2019, in an ongoing trade dispute over subsidies for aircraft maker Airbus. Getty/iStockphoto Washington —…
Barbie has been an astronaut, architect and even a paleontologist — and now she's adding Airbnb host to her resume. The beloved doll's very real, iconic Malibu Dreamhouse will be available to rent on Airbnb at the end of this month…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - There is a struggle to get School Resource Officers hired in Hamilton County Schools. There are currently nine unfilled positions and four more vacancies coming from SROs going on leave. Now, the school system is looking…
Fire crews are battling a house fire on Thatcher Road in the area of Soddy Daisy.
Inclined sleepers for infants have been controversial since Fisher-Price invented them more than a decade ago. A new study confirms the design is dangerous and deadly. Amanda Butler's daughter, Arya, died in a Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play Sleeper. "It's turned…
Chicago — Teachers in Chicago, the nation's third-largest school district, walked off the job Thursday in a massive strike. But the city is warning their demands are too costly. By daybreak, thousands of striking teachers flooded the streets including Dujuanne…
More than 1,100 backpacks were placed on Chamberlain Field, representing the college students across the country who have committed suicide each year.
Big Brothers Big Sisters launches The Beyond School Walls Mentoring model.
The Chattanooga Beer Board unanimously votes to revoke the license of Coyote Jacks.
Students in the area and those looking for a career change got a chance to explore the construction industry this morning.
More teens and young adults have come to a violent end in recent years, dying either at their own hand or another's, new federal data show. Both suicide and homicide death rates are rising among 10- to 24-year-olds, according to…
"'Why are you sitting in that wheel chair?'...and if the answer is because they can't see..then I show them how to walk without the wheel chair."
A powerful autumn storm plunged hundreds of thousands of people into the dark, toppled trees, canceled schools and delayed trains Thursday in the Northeast. The nor'easter brought high winds and rain to the region on Wednesday and Thursday. In Massachusetts,…
Nor'easter dumps heavy rain across East Coast Millions of people along the East Coast are still feeling the effects of a powerful storm that evolved into a "bomb cyclone." The nor'easter dumped heavy rain that caused flooding in areas from North…
October 17, 2019 / 8:49 AM / CBS/AP Thousands of Chicago teachers vote to strike Chicago teachers went on strike on Thursday after failing to reach a contract deal with the nation's third-largest school district. Both sides have been negotiating…
The father of a 2012 Sandy Hook shooting victim is telling CBS News about his fight against misinformation after a major legal ruling against a man who called the mass shooting a hoax. A Wisconsin jury ordered James Fetzer, who…
New Orleans — Speculation mounted Wednesday about possible causes of the weekend collapse of the half-built Hard Rock Café in New Orleans, reports the CBS affiliate here, WWL-TV. As authorities shifted from rescue operations to tearing down the structure's dangling…
Representative Elijah Cummings, of Baltimore, died early Thursday at the age of 68, his office said. Cummings died at Johns Hopkins Hospital at 2:45 a.m. from "complications concerning longstanding health challenges," his office said. He hadn't returned to work after…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - On Wednesday, The Gear Closet held a festival yard sale. There were tents. There were grills, sleeping bags and more. "If you can give new life to something then might as well. It kind of helps…
The owner of a California jewelry business was sentenced Wednesday to three weeks in prison after she was accused of paying $15,000 to rig her son's ACT exam and of falsely listing him as a racial minority on college applications.…
A Northwest Whitfield High School student with intellectual disabilities was voted Homecoming Queen.
