Bill Chappell
Stories
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National
At least 7 middle and high school football players have died in August
Similar tragedies have occurred repeatedly in several states this month, as families that had been celebrating a new school year and the start of football season are instead confronted with a nightmare.
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National
Mariah Carey says her mother and sister died on the same day
The singer has previously described having intensely complicated relationships with her family, describing her early life as a source of recurring instability.
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National
A high school quarterback dies after brain injury, Alabama’s 2nd death in 2 weeks
Sixteen-year-old Caden Tellier’s death comes less than two weeks after the tragic death of another Alabama high school football player. Semaj Wilkins, 14, collapsed Aug. 13 during a practice.
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World
Everyone from the sunken yacht off Sicily has now been accounted for
Italian officials say the bodies of six people who were missing after a sailing yacht sank on Monday have been recovered, along with one body found shortly after the calamity.
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Politics
Gus and Tim Walz share a father-son moment that melts hearts of people watching the DNC
Strong human emotions — love and pride — shone on the national political stage, as 17-year-old Gus and Tim Walz shared a heart-warming moment.
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Business
Ford scraps all-electric SUV plan, saying drivers want hybrids
Ford will write down hundreds of millions of dollars because of the pivot. A key reason for the change, an analyst tells NPR, is that big batteries bring big costs.
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Business
Who are Mike Lynch and the other people missing after a yacht sank in Sicily?
Lynch, a tech entrepreneur, had recently been acquitted on federal fraud charges in the U.S. The yacht he was on, the Bayesian, sank two days after Lynch's co-defendant was killed by a car.
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Science
Civilian Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission is set to make history next week
The planned spacewalk — a first for a private mission — will rely on simply opening the spacecraft’s hatch.
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Arts & Life
Raygun and Australian officials speak out against ‘hate’ over Olympic breaking
Not many early-round exits at the Olympics trigger conspiracy theories, fact-checkers, a week’s worth of memes and an online petition.
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National
The owners of a Colorado funeral home are ordered to pay $950M over mishandled remains
"Bad behavior has significant consequences,” the attorney representing families in a class-action lawsuit says. The remains of nearly 200 people were found at the Return to Nature Funeral Home.
