The Latest: Stacey Abrams says Brian Kemp has won
Hear her “non-concession” concession of the race.
UTC opens new sports complex
The 17 acre complex will be used for several sports from soccer to volleyball.
Foothills Parkway extension opening in Smoky Mountains
WEARS VALLEY, Tennessee (WDEF) – A long planned extension to the Foothills Parkway finally opens to the public this weekend. Today Senator Lamar Alexander and Governor Haslam joined National Park officials to cut the ribbon on a 16 mile extension. The final link to the Parkway runs from Walland to Wears Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Senator…
More than 100 animals trapped in “whale jail” off Russia’s coast
More than 100 whales are being held in cramped and potentially illegal enclosures on Russia’s Pacific east coast. Prosecutors are investigating the site near the city of Nakhodka, which has been dubbed a “whale jail” by local media. Eleven orca and 90 beluga whales are being held in the pens, and activists fear they are illegally being sold to Chinese…
Justice Department urges SCOTUS to hear DACA case
On the eve of the midterm elections, the Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bypass three federal appellate courts and allow President Trump to terminate the Obama-era DACA program, which shields hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation. In court documents filed late on Monday, Solicitor General Noel Francisco said the government was petitioning the nation’s…
Lisbon street artist “Vhils”: How Alexandre Farto scrapes and carves art into cityscapes
Fitted with a hard hat and respirator, and hoisted well above street level, Alexandre Farto paints an unlikely image of a portrait artist at work – one who uses not a delicate brush, but drills and jackhammers to create very large-scale pieces. Seth Doane asked, “When you’re doing this, are you constantly running back and forth, trying to get the…
Russians pinpoint cause of Soyuz launch abort
Russian investigators have traced the cause of the sudden Soyuz launch abort Oct. 11 that triggered a dramatic emergency escape for the Russian mission commander and his NASA co-pilot. Senior managers said Thursday the mishap was due to a “deformed” sensor in a system that controlled the separation of a strap-on first-stage booster from the rocket’s central core stage. Oleg Skorobogatov, who…
Video shows passengers board doomed flight as fuselage apparently found
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A massive search effort has identified the possible seabed location of the crashed Lion Air jet, Indonesia’s military chief said Wednesday, as Indonesian TV broadcast a smartphone video of passengers boarding Flight 610, its mundane details transformed into unsettling moments by knowledge of the tragedy that would transpire. The 2-month-old Boeing plane plunged into the Java Sea…
Man plays piano to soothe ailing elephants
Last Updated Oct 30, 2018 9:38 PM EDT They say an elephant never forgets, and those at Elephants World in Thailand will certainly never forget Paul Barton. Barton is the man who introduced these elephants to classical music. Barton is a classical pianist who has shared his talents with some very big audiences — literally big. He spends a lot of his…
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Titanic II could set sail by 2022, following original route
Titanic II could set sail in 2022 and follow the same route as its namesake. Blue Star Line A replica of the Titanic could embark on its maiden voyage by 2022 and eventually follow its doomed predecessor’s original route from Southampton to New York, the company behind the “Titanic II” project says. Clive Palmer, an Australian businessman and chairman of…
Alabama music fest ends after weather plagued 2018’s event
Birmingham’s The Sloss Music & Arts Festival is dead after 3 years.
DeSantis says Trump is a role model for children because he keeps his promises
Last Updated Oct 22, 2018 6:37 PM EDT Ron DeSantis, the Republican running for governor in Florida, defended the idea that Donald Trump is a positive role model for children, saying in an interview with CBSN’s Elaine Quijano that the president should be admired for keeping his word. “We all have our faults and what-not,” DeSantis told Quijano. But “even…
Banksy implies he wanted his partially shredded painting to shred all the way
Sotheby’s employees pose with artwork by British artist Banksy in London, after it “self-destructed” by shredding in Oct. 2018 after a buyer bid more than $1.4 million for it; originally titled “Girl with Balloon,” the shredded piece was renamed “Love is in the Bin” Getty Images Banksy posted a new video to his website Monday implying the partial shredding of…
YouTube fixes “access issues” causing widespread outage
A picture illustration shows the YouTube logo. Reuters YouTube, the second most visited website in the world, had experienced an outage across its various platforms Tuesday night for more than an hour. The Google-owned streaming site took to Twitter to thank users for “your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues.” CNET reports users who tried to access…
Ahead of midterms GOP incumbents on defense over 2017 tax vote in high-tax states
Some of the strongest opposition within the Republican party last year in the debate over the 2017 tax cut legislation flared up from lawmakers worried about a lower cap on deductions for state and local taxes. Now Republicans in these high-tax states who voted for the tax cuts are being skewered by their Democratic challengers targeting them over their support…
Victim’s mother, convicted drunk driver share their story of forgiveness
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – A deadly crash in 2011 brought two families together in a way that no one ever imagined. It started with the mother of the man who died decided to forgive the woman decision caused the crash. They spoke together Saturday at a chocolate, coffee and conversation event in Chattanooga, but those who listened were brought to…
Robot runs and leaps through obstacle course
Is it cool or creepy? Boston Dynamics’ Atlas the robot is back to further humble humanity. The YouTube robot sensation famed for previously performing backflips has now mastered the art of parkour, an athletic discipline derived from obstacle course training used by the military. The robot’s control software uses its whole body — legs, arms and torso — to jump over…
Robot runs and leaps through obstacle course
Is it cool or creepy? Boston Dynamics’ Atlas the robot is back to further humble humanity. The YouTube robot sensation famed for previously performing backflips has now mastered the art of parkour, an athletic discipline derived from obstacle course training used by the military. The robot’s control software uses its whole body — legs, arms and torso — to jump over…
Nobel Peace Prize winners highlight worldwide battle against sexual violence
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize went to two champions of women who are fighting sexual violence around the world. But their work also shows that much more still needs to be done. One recipient is Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, who was held captive and raped by ISIS militants. The other recipient is Dr. Denis Mukwege, a doctor who has treated…
How climate change research snared a Nobel prize
The choice of two American economists, William Nordhaus and Paul Romer, to jointly share this year’s Nobel prize in economics comes with a theme and underlying directive: Countries around the globe must work together to combat the greatest environmental threat of our time. “It’s an ingenious pairing,” David Warsh, author of the 2007 book “Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations” told…
How climate change research snared a Nobel prize
The choice of two American economists, William Nordhaus and Paul Romer, to jointly share this year’s Nobel prize in economics comes with a theme and underlying directive: Countries around the globe must work together to combat the greatest environmental threat of our time. “It’s an ingenious pairing,” David Warsh, author of the 2007 book “Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations” told…
Jason Kander drops out of Kansas City mayoral race, citing struggles with PTSD
Jason Kander, a Democratic activist and former Missouri Senate candidate, dropped out of the race for Kansas City mayor Tuesday, citing his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder. “I thought that if I could come home and work for the city I love so much as its mayor, I could finally solve my problems. I thought if I focused exclusively on…
How the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal changes the landscape
The trade agreement Canada and the U.S. hammered out near midnight Sunday is the next step in revamping the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, and is a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s approach to trade. Mr. Trump has long blasted NAFTA, even before his presidential campaign. Although the new agreement may not be “the biggest trade deal in…
