Chattanooga Times Free Press

14 hours ago | timesfreepress.com | David Floyd

PAC formed as Hamilton County mulls ways to boost tourism 4 minutes ago by David Floyd Staff photo by Abby White / Sam Long celebrates after winning Chattanooga's 70.3 Ironman. The 10th annual Chattanooga 70.3 Ironman was held May 18, 2025, bringing local and international athletes to Chattanooga to compete in a triathlon.

19 hours ago | timesfreepress.com | Michael R. Sisak |Larry Neumeister |Dave Collins

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was dating Sean "Diddy" Combs at the time of his arrest last year broke down Friday describing their many drug-fueled sex marathons, saying the music mogul ignored her signals to stop and scolded her for crying after another encounter.

21 hours ago | timesfreepress.com | Leah Willingham

BOSTON (AP) — Democratic state attorneys general and government lawyers argued Friday over the implications of President Donald Trump's proposed overhaul of U.S. elections and whether the changes could be made in time for next year's midterm elections, how much it would cost the states and, more broadly, whether the president has a right to do any of it in the first place.

1 day ago | timesfreepress.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer |Lindsay Whitehurst |Ben Finley

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador became a political flashpoint in the Trump administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement, was returned to the United States on Friday to face criminal charges related to what the Trump administration said was a large human smuggling operation that brought immigrants into the country illegally.

1 day ago | timesfreepress.com | Sofia Saric

A Chattanooga attorney pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to sexually exploiting a 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl. Patrick Bryant Hawley, 43, coerced the girl into engaging in sexually explicit acts for the purpose of producing images and videos from September to November 2024. United States Magistrate Judge Mike Dumitru asked Hawley if there were any allegations made in his plea agreement that he didn't do. "No, there is not, your honor," Hawley said.