CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- It may still be October, but the United States Postal Service has already announced their shipping and mailing deadlines for the holiday season. For the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, the deadlines to make sure…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday to be the next House speaker but struggled to quickly unite their deeply divided majority and elect the conservative in a public floor vote after the historic ousting of Rep.…
TULLAHOMA, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Tennessee National Guard soldiers deployed on Wednesday to the southern U.S. border. The National Guard says more than 125 soldiers…
CHAHAK, Afghanistan (AP) — Another strong earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier one killed more than 2,000 people and flattened whole villages in Herat province in what was one…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS) -- House Republicans are meeting behind closed doors Wednesday to select their nominee for speaker after the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy last week. McCarthy's removal set up a head-to-head battle between Majority Leader Steve Scalise and…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a leading opposition figure on Wednesday created a war-time Cabinet overseeing the fight to avenge a stunning weekend attack by Hamas militants. In the sealed-off Gaza Strip ruled by Hamas, Palestinian…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Alan Williams is a news anchor for WVLT in Knoxville, Tennessee, but he is now reporting out of Israel. WVLT reported that Williams was in Israel for a mission trip when the war started. Williams says…
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (CBS) -- A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a new world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o'-lantern gourd…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli rescue service Zaka says more than 100 bodies have been recovered from a small farming community that was the scene of a hostage standoff during Hamas’ attack against Israel. …
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (CBS) — Environmental attorney and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday that he is dropping his Democratic primary bid. He will now…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is going to resume deporting migrants to Venezuela, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. The process is expected to begin shortly, the officials said, though they did not provide specific details…
UNITED STATES (CBS) -- Your electronic devices may alarm you today — but there's a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m. EDT to cellphones, televisions and radios across the…
Washington (CBS) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his leadership position in a historic vote on Tuesday after a far-right revolt over his reliance on Democrats to pass funding to avert a government shutdown earlier this month. [caption id="attachment_1369076"…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three federal firearms charges that emerged after his earlier deal imploded, setting the case on a track toward a possible trial in 2024 while his father is campaigning…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the political spectrum seeing less tolerance for those on the right, according to a new poll.…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of the last living witnesses to the fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas was charged with murder Friday in the 1996 killing, a long-awaited breakthrough in a case that has frustrated…
FILE - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing, Oct. 31, 2017m on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died.…
UNITED STATES (CBS) -- Thousands of whole cantaloupes sold in 19 states and Washington, D.C., have been recalled due to potential salmonella contamination, the Food and Drug Administration announced. Eagle Produce,…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Home loan borrowing costs climbed again this week, pushing the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate to its highest level in nearly 23 years, another blow to prospective homebuyers facing an increasingly unaffordable housing market. The average…
LONDON (AP) — Michael Gambon, the Irish-born actor knighted for his storied career on the stage and screen and who gained admiration from a new generation of moviegoers with his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the…
NEW YORK (AP) — TV's late-night hosts planned to return to their evening sketches and monologues by next week, reinstating the flow of topical humor silenced for five months by the newly ended Hollywood’s writers…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dozens of people faced criminal charges Wednesday after a night of social media-fueled mayhem in which groups of thieves, apparently working together, smashed their way into stores in several areas of Philadelphia, stuffing plastic bags with merchandise…
Washington (CBS) — Law enforcement agencies have so far seized over 55 million pills of fentanyl this year and more than 9,000 pounds of powder containing the deadly drug, Attorney General Merrick Garland told dozens of families whose loved ones died after ingesting…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- Amazon is being sued by U.S. regulators and 17 states over allegations that the company abuses its position in the marketplace to inflate prices on other platforms, overcharge sellers and stifle competition. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday…