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TVA implodes Widows Creek plant in Stevenson

STEVENSON, Alabama (WDEF) - TVA is moving on from their coal fired plant history. On Friday, they brought down the closed Widows Creek Fossil Plant in Stevenson, Alabama. They used timed explosives to implode the 500 foot stacks and the…

KFC surprises single mom with a new car

Crystal Lachance is a single mom from Salem, Oregon, who is not only a dedicated mother, she's a dedicated employee. Lachance works at KFC and for a full year she had to walk to and from work — an hour…

Judge blocks effort to indefinitely detain migrant families

U.S. spends millions on a now empty facility for migrant children A federal judge Friday rejected a sweeping Trump administration effort to detain migrant families and children for longer periods of time than currently allowed, saying it violates the very…

House passes resolution to end Trump's emergency declaration

The House of Representatives passed a resolution to end President Trump's emergency declaration along the southern border, which the president announced in February to obtain funds to build a border wall. The Senate passed the resolution with bipartisan support earlier…

Military grapples with rising suicide rates

Military suicides surged this year to a record high among active duty troops, continuing a deadly trend that Pentagon officials say is frustrating and they are struggling to counter. The Army, Navy and Marine Corps all saw the rate of…

GA Secretary of State discusses new voting system

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) - Something most of us can agree on is that voting is important. And for Georgia voters, they've been executing this task using the same system for 17 years. "Apple just introduced their Iphone 11 and…

Hackers said to hit 300,000 Dunkin' Donuts customers

New York state is suing Dunkin' Brands, parent company of the coffee chain, for allegedly failing to warn hundreds of thousands of customers affected in two separate cyber breaches in 2015 and 2018. According to New York Attorney General Letitia…

DoorDash data breach exposes nearly 5 million accounts

Nearly 5 million DoorDash accounts were hacked, the popular food-delivery startup announced on Thursday. Door Dash said it suffered a data breach in May that affected 4.9 million accounts, it said in a blog post. Customers, merchants and workers who…

Senate passes funding bill to avert government shutdown

Washington — The Senate on Thursday approved a temporary funding bill that staves off the risk of a government shutdown through November 21. The vote came as much of the attention on Capitol Hill was focused on the House Intelligence…

Spy chief defends handling of "unprecedented" whistleblower complaint

CBSNKey takeaways from the hearing Whistleblower wrote that White House tried to "lock down" records of Ukraine call. Maguire testified the whistleblower "did the right thing," calling the situation "unprecedented." Maguire defended his decision to withhold complaint from Congress, saying…

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