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Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union
Read full article: Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers unionEmployees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union, boosting the UAW's nationwide effort to organize nonunion factories.
UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tennessee have signed cards seeking union representation
Read full article: UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tennessee have signed cards seeking union representationMore than 1,000 workers at Volkswagenās Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.
Father shaves dreadlocks in solidarity with daughter who is fighting cancer
Read full article: Father shaves dreadlocks in solidarity with daughter who is fighting cancerDāAndray Thomas shaved his head after growing out his dreadlocks for nine years to show support for his daughter Brielle, who goes by BriBri, who was diagnosed with stage 4 nasopharyngeal cancer this past February, according to News 9.
AP source: Chattanoogaās Paris to coach South Carolina
Read full article: AP source: Chattanoogaās Paris to coach South CarolinaA person with direct knowledge of the decision says South Carolina and Chattanoogaās Lamont Paris have reached a five-year deal for him to become the next menās basketball coach.
Plummer's late free throws lift Illini by Chattanooga 54-53
Read full article: Plummer's late free throws lift Illini by Chattanooga 54-53Alfonso Plummer scored 15 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 12 seconds to go, and fourth-seeded Illinois escaped 13th-seeded Chattanooga 54-53 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Latest: Chattanooga postpones 2 menās basketball games
Read full article: The Latest: Chattanooga postpones 2 menās basketball games___Boston College has postponed two menās basketball games this week because of positive COVID-19 tests, prompting the Atlantic Coast Conference to juggle its schedule. Carolina, Dallas, Florida, Nashville and Tampa Bay have all had games postponed because of the pandemic. ___The Chattanooga Mocs have postponed a pair of menās basketball games after a positive COVID-19 test among the teamās Tier 1 personnel. ___The Southern Conference postponed three games because of positive COVID-19 tests within the Furman and Chattanooga menās basketball programs. Furmanās next scheduled game is Feb. 3 at Samford, while Chattanooga is slated to return to the court at Western Carolina the same day.
Trust Index: Posts falsely claim that Tennessee nurse died after getting COVID-19 vaccine
Read full article: Trust Index: Posts falsely claim that Tennessee nurse died after getting COVID-19 vaccineAs the COVID-19 vaccine gets distributed to frontline health care workers across the country, misleading posts about the vaccine are on the rise. One post that has gone viral on social media claims that a Tennessee nurse died shortly after she was vaccinated. The nurse did pass out after getting her shot, she confirmed during an interview with WRCB TV, but said it was due to her medical condition, not the vaccine. The Chattanooga hospital, CHI Memorial, issued a press release to provide more details about the condition. āThe fainting episode is not an adverse reaction to the vaccine, but related to her condition,ā said Dr. Jesse L. Tucker, CHI Memorial critical care physician.
Rough rescue: Storms, broken plane force layover for turtles
Read full article: Rough rescue: Storms, broken plane force layover for turtlesRescued Kemps ridley sea turtles receive care at Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Thirty endangered sea turtles rescued from the beaches of Cape Cod are now safe in New Orleans after their Thanksgiving travel plans went awry. They were being taken to a Louisiana rehabilitation center when bad weather and damage to a propeller grounded their plane in Chattanooga. Staff members of the Tennessee Aquarium collected the animals and cared for them overnight. Kemp's ridley turtles are the smallest sea turtles in the world, growing to a little over 2 feet.
Local veterans react to Chattanooga shooting
Read full article: Local veterans react to Chattanooga shootingSAN ANTONIO ā Taps played in the background as Old Glory was carefully lowered and displayed at half staff in honor of the four Marines killed in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Taps, the watching of the flag being lowered, it stirs the heart, the soul, the mind," veteran Daniel Butler said. Veterans at VFW Post 76 in San Antonio stood in unity, firm in their support for justice. "It really, really gets to us," said Hernandez. While they may be hundreds of miles away, these veterans said it doesn't matter that they've never met the victims of Thursday's shooting.