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Mercury puts on rare show as it passes across the sun

Mercury is putting on a rare celestial show, parading across the sun in view of most of the world. The solar system's smallest, innermost planet will resemble a tiny black dot Monday as it passes directly between Earth and the…

Longtime Republican Rep. Pete King won't seek reelection

Fourteen-term New York Republican Rep. Pete King won't seek reelection, he announced Monday in an early-morning Facebook post. King joins a growing number of Republicans and a handful of Democrats who plan to leave after next year. King, 75, has served…

Chattanooga Woman Featured On America's Funniest Home Videos

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)-A Chattanooga woman finds herself on America's Funniest Home Videos tonight after a family trip to Florida went wrong. Dierra Foster and her family went with one of her brothers on a college visit. One night during their…

2 killed in bizarre sports car accident in New Jersey

Two men were killed Sunday morning when a vehicle crashed into the second floor of an unoccupied New Jersey building. Firefighters and other responders pushed out bricks to widen an opening left by an out-of-control sports car that crashed through…

Glass Street Live Block Party

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- A small community in East Chattanooga hosted their sixth annual Glass Street Live block party. The Glass House Collective and Glass Street Live event committee put on this event that featured, food music,local vendors and 20 different…

Santa Arrives At Hamilton Place

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Santa arrived today at Hamilton Place Mall! Santa rode in on an old school Chattanooga fire truck. He was escorted by the Salvation Army, and our very own Kay Blevins and Taylor Bishop. Santa will be at…

Volkswagen BIODiversity Expo

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WDEF)- Volkswagen Chattanooga hosted their inaugural BIODiversity Expo today. This event was held to educate the community about preservation and celebrate our environment here in Chattanooga. Participants could enjoy family friendly activities, crafts and see a screening of…

Gender reveal stunt leads to plane crash in Texas

Gender reveal explosion kills woman Another gender reveal celebration has gone wrong, this time causing a recent plane crash in west Texas. While flying a crop-duster plane at a low altitude, a pilot dumped about 350 gallons of pink water…

Republicans want Hunter Biden and whistleblower to testify

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are seeking testimonies from several witnesses in open hearings in the impeachment inquiry, including from Hunter Biden and the whistleblower who first reported concerns about President Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine's president –…

Missing Catoosa County woman found safe

CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - According to the The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office, Kelly McInnes has been located and is safe. McInnes was reported missing on Monday. Authorities said the family told them that she had packed her vehicle and…

Chattanooga Police investigate potential bomb threat

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police investigated a potential bomb threat on Brainerd Road Friday night. Traffic was rerouted as a precaution. The CPD Bomb Squad has since cleared Nova Medical Centers and Brainerd Road has reopened.

Police say witness saw Yazeed kidnap Aniah Blanchard

AUBURN, Alabama (WDEF) - New court documents out today say witnesses saw Aniah Blanchard's kidnapping. 29-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed was arrested for her kidnapping late Thursday night in Florida. The court documents against him say he was seen forcing Blanchard into…

Kurds hurl rocks at Turkish and Russian convoy

Northeastern Syria — The president of Turkey will visit Washington next week at President Trump's invitation, which is expected to draw protests over Turkey's Syria invasion and the slaughter of America's Kurdish allies. But inside Syria, the Kurds are already…

What happened in the impeachment inquiry this week?

Here are the highlights from the impeachment inquiry this week — followed by analysis by chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett and chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes: A new phase The impeachment inquiry transitioned this week into a more public process.…

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