Bill Chappell
Stories
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Supreme Court Revives Trump's Ban On Transgender Military Personnel, For Now
The court's decision allows the Pentagon to bar transgender people from joining or remaining in the military while two lower-court rulings that had blocked the policy are appealed.
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Differing Narratives After Standoff Between Native American Man, High School Student
The interaction between the man and the teen caused an outcry. But a more complicated picture has emerged of the day when several groups of protesters converged at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
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Judge Dismisses Ashley Judd's Sexual Harassment Claim Against Weinstein
While he ruled out Judd's harassment claim, a federal judge also gave the OK to part of her lawsuit in which the actress claims Weinstein blackballed her out of spite.
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Sailboat From U.S. Teen's Doomed Round-The-World Attempt Found Drifting Off Australia
"My heart skipped a beat. It brought back many memories — good and not so good": Seeing her boat Wild Eyes brought back a flood of emotions, says Abby Sunderland, who's now 25.
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More Police Officers Died From Gunfire Than Traffic Incidents In 2018, Report Says
"Firearms-related fatalities were the leading cause of officer deaths, with 52 officers shot and killed in 2018," the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says.
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Executives In Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Deserve 5-Year Prison Terms, Prosecutors Say
Japanese prosecutors say three top TEPCO executives didn't do enough to protect the nuclear plant, despite being told in 2002 that the Fukushima facility was vulnerable to a tsunami.
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Japan Embraces Commercial Whaling, Pulls Out Of Global Alliance That Banned Practice
Japan is leaving the International Whaling Commission, which put a moratorium on commercial whaling in the 1980s. The country will allow commercial hunts for the first time in 30 years next July.
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Alba The Albino Orangutan Is Now Free, Living In The Trees Again
With striking blue eyes and white hair, Alba was rescued last year by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation — which calls her "the only albino orangutan ever recorded."
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How Is The World Reacting To Trump's Decision To Withdraw From Syria?
President Trump declared victory over ISIS. But the international response is decidedly mixed — from worries in liberated Raqqa, to applause from Russia and measured resolve in Israel.
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Trump Revives U.S. Space Command As Pence Unveils Plan In Florida
"A new era of American national security in space begins today," the vice president said at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.