Bill Chappell
Stories
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World
Japan shuts down its SLIM moon lander in hopes it will restart someday
The lander was powered down at 12% battery power — saving enough juice for a potential restart. Now Japan's space agency will see if its solar cell can give the lander any electricity.
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National
Los Angeles Innocence Project takes Scott Peterson's case, decades after conviction
This week, Peterson's legal team filed motions seeking evidence and DNA testing. They're the first new court filings in his murder case in a year.
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World
A transforming robot is about to land on the moon, where it will die
A Japanese space agency manager calls it "a breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror!" The process includes ejecting a robot onto the lunar surface, to take photos of the moon lander.
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National
It's so cold, Teslas are struggling to charge in Chicago
The car owners' plight at several Supercharger stations became an emblem of the misery extreme cold is inflicting on wide sections of the U.S.
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National
Snow falls on the U.S. from Louisiana to Michigan, with more to come
It's not all one mega-storm: While Arctic cold is permeating from the north, the snowfall is coming from a variety of systems.
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National
215 people have been buried behind a Mississippi jail since 2016, attorney says
The issue became national news when families said they waited months for word about missing loved ones — only to learn their relative had been buried without notice.
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National
The 2024 NCAA football championship, brought to you by ... California?
Football fans in California can claim more players in the CFP title game than their counterparts in either Michigan or Washington.
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National
What to know about the Jeffrey Epstein 'John Doe' files that were just unsealed
The documents bring new clarity to a tragic and shocking case that alleged acts of illegal sexual predation within an elite world of power and influence.
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National
'Shameless': Reporters Without Borders rebukes X for claiming to support it
X recently claimed to support the press advocacy group Reporters Without Borders — which in response called X "a haven for disinformation."
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