Bill Chappell

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Austin On Edge As Another Explosion Is Reported Late Tuesday

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Austin police say a military-type artillery simulator injured an employee at a Goodwill store late Tuesday, but that it was unrelated to earlier package bombs in an around the city this month.

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Russian Nikolai Glushkov's Death In London Was A Murder, Police Say

Friday, March 16, 2018

The cause of death was "compression to the neck," police say. Glushkov was a former close associate of a noted critic of Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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ProPublica Corrects Its Story On Trump's CIA Nominee Gina Haspel And Waterboarding

Friday, March 16, 2018

The investigative and fact-checking newsroom is retracting parts of its story that had resurfaced after Gina Haspel was picked by President Trump to lead the CIA.

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National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster Is Expected To Leave Trump Administration

Friday, March 16, 2018

President Trump publicly chastised McMaster last month, after he said that "the evidence is now really incontrovertible" that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election.

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Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Death Toll Rises To 6 In Miami-Dade County

Thursday, March 15, 2018

The people who died had been slowed or stopped in traffic beneath the new pedestrian bridge. The main span was installed Saturday near the campus of Florida International University.

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Russia Promises Reprisals To U.K. As White House Calls Out Moscow Over Poison Attack

Thursday, March 15, 2018

The leaders of France, Germany and the U.S. say, "We share the U.K. assessment that there is no plausible alternative explanation" other than Russia being behind the attack.

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Dog Dies In Overhead Bin On United Flight; Airline Apologizes

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

The incident prompted shock, outrage and sadness, particularly after it emerged that a flight attendant had required a family to put their young dog in the overhead bin for a three-hour flight.

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A Roundup Of The Winter Olympics So Far

Sunday, February 11, 2018

It has been a busy weekend at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. High winds postponed the men's downhill skiing event, and the United States won its first gold medal.

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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Chase Launch New Health Care Company

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and improve health care plan satisfaction for employees.

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U.S. Ends El Salvador's Protected Status, Affecting 200,000 Residents

Monday, January 08, 2018

The move upends a status quo that has existed since 2001, when President George W. Bush extended temporary protected status after major earthquakes devastated parts of El Salvador.

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You're Not Crazy: Apple Deliberately Slows Down Older iPhones

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Apple says it slows the performance of older iPhones in an attempt to protect the aging lithium-ion batteries of those phones that can't keep up with the power demands of fast processors.

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More Women Come Forward To Accuse Russell Simmons Of Rape, Sexual Assault

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Simmons says he's innocent — and that he intends to "hold the accusers accountable." Meanwhile, multiple media outlets say the New York Police Department is investigating several of the allegations.

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November Jobs Report: Economy Adds 228,000 Jobs; Unemployment Steady

Friday, December 08, 2017

U.S. jobs growth has averaged 174,000 per month so far in 2017, compared to an average monthly gain of 187,000 in 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.

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#MeToo Movement Is Person Of The Year, 'Time' Says

Wednesday, December 06, 2017

It created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process.

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'Declaration Of War' Means North Korea Can Shoot Down U.S. Bombers, Minister Says

Monday, September 25, 2017

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho says that under international law, his country can legally shoot down U.S. military planes — even if they're not in North Korea's airspace.

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London Tube Explosion: At Least 29 Injured After Attack On Train

Friday, September 15, 2017

Police have confirmed that the explosion that hit the Parsons Green station during the morning rush hour is being treated as a terrorist incident.

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Irma Weakens To Tropical Depression As Storm Buffets Georgia

Monday, September 11, 2017

Irma leaves behind large swaths of damage in Florida and continues to dump heavy rain, but surge warnings have been discontinued.

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Harvey Weakens Over Louisiana As Houston Copes With Record Rainfall

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

The death tally left by the now-tropical depression rose Wednesday as recovery workers in Harris County were able to reach a white van that a rescued man had told them held several family members.

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Already Flooded, Houston Braces As 2 Swollen Reservoirs Are Opened

Monday, August 28, 2017

Reservoirs swollen by rain from Hurricane Harvey were opened early Monday, a move that was expected to flood more homes — but one the Army Corps of Engineers says is needed to limit the disaster.

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What We Know: Multiple Terrorist Attacks Hit Spain

Friday, August 18, 2017

In the search for the perpetrators, Moussa Oukabir, who's reportedly 17, emerged as a key figure. He's a dual citizen of Morocco and Spain, police say.

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