Bill Chappell
Stories
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Arts & Life
Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries is arrested in federal sex trafficking case
Several men who made bombshell allegations against Jeffries were male models who described a dynamic in which money and potentially legitimate jobs were used as leverage to exploit them.
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Sports
U.S. woman wins conkers world title, as men's champ faces metal nut cheating charges
An autumn tournament for conkers, a traditional English game, has drawn people to a country pub for years. But now a scandal — or conkerversy — is brewing after an accusation of cheating.
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National
‘We were ecstatic:’ Coast Guard rescues a man clinging to a cooler in open water
"We couldn't believe it, honestly, that he was OK," a pilot said as he described finding a man who spent the night of Hurricane Milton's landfall 30 miles from land.
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Science
There have been 38 eyewitness-reported tornados in Florida: Why did Milton cause so many?
“We ended up with 126 tornado warnings” in Florida, Matthew Elliott, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, told NPR.
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National
Hurricane Milton could double in size as it surges toward Florida's coast
The Coast Guard declared “port condition Zulu” on Tuesday, closing 19 Florida ports due to incoming gale-force winds. Officials say residents should rush to finish preparing for the storm.
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National
The scale of Helene’s devastating impacts are eye-popping, even from space
Many of Helene’s effects are individual and heartbreaking, such as the deaths of children, grandparents and others. But the storm's impact is also so outsized that it’s clearly visible from space.
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Politics
In excerpt from new memoir, Melania Trump says women have the ‘right to choose’ abortion
The former first lady says she is a longtime supporter of abortion rights. Her memoir is coming out a year after former President Donald Trump said he was "able to kill Roe v. Wade."
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Science
Fat Bear Week delayed after a large bear kills a rival bear
The scene was relayed by a live webcam of bears on Alaska's Brooks River. “This is very difficult to watch and comprehend,” said Naomi Boak of the nonprofit Katmai Conservancy.
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National
Death toll from Hurricane Helene mounts as aftermath assessment begins
More than 50 people were reported dead across the southeastern U.S. and millions were without power. Widespread flooding and landslides and cellular outages in western North Carolina impeded rescues.
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National
Read the unsealed indictment and charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams
In an extraordinary operation, federal agents descended upon the mayor’s home early Thursday morning.
