Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell appears in the following:

Team USA men's hockey is knocked out of Olympics by Slovakia in a penalty shootout

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Team USA had been one minute away from advancing to the Olympic semifinals — but Slovakia came back to force overtime in the final minute of regulation.

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Prince Andrew reaches a settlement with Virginia Giuffre in sexual abuse lawsuit

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Virginia Giuffre had accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. The agreement includes financial terms that were not disclosed.

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Novak Djokovic says he will skip tournaments rather than get the COVID vaccine

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

The Serbian tennis star says he understands he may miss the French Open and Wimbledon as a result. He adds that his decision is personal and he shouldn't be lumped in with anti-vaccination activists.

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Sha'Carri Richardson sees a double standard in allowing Kamila Valieva to compete

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

"The only difference I see is I'm a black young lady," U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson said, after the Russian figure skater is allowed to compete at the Olympics despite a failed drug test.

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Canadian government is invoking its Emergencies Act to try to quell COVID protests

Monday, February 14, 2022

Conservatives say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's measures to try to end the protests will inflame the situation.

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'Ghostbusters' director and 'Animal House' producer Ivan Reitman has died

Monday, February 14, 2022

Reitman has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His movies often blended elements of comedy, horror and drama — a mix that was tricky to perfect.

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Look back at the McTwists and turns of Shaun White's golden snowboarding career

Friday, February 11, 2022

The man who fiercely shreds halfpipes openly shed tears on the snow, saying he was proud of his effort. It closed the book on a record-setting Olympic career.

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Biden tells U.S. citizens to leave Ukraine, saying military wouldn't rescue them

Friday, February 11, 2022

"That's a world war — when Americans and Russians start shooting at one another, we're in a very different world than we've ever been in," President Biden said.

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Russia holds a massive military exercise with Belarus, raising concerns in Ukraine

Thursday, February 10, 2022

"The buildup of troops along the borders is psychological pressure from our neighbors," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Belarus is a possible route for Russian troops to invade Ukraine.

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Olympic figure skaters' medals are in limbo over a (new) Russian doping scandal

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Reports have surfaced that Kamila Valieva, 15, tested positive for a heart drug called trimetazidine, which can boost athletes' endurance and blood efficiency.

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SpaceX says up to 40 of its new Starlink satellites are falling out of orbit

Wednesday, February 09, 2022

The satellites that can't maintain orbit will burn up as they reenter Earth's atmosphere, SpaceX says. A geomagnetic storm hit the day after they were launched.

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The Olympic medals for team figure skating are delayed, raising 3 big questions

Wednesday, February 09, 2022

Two days after the event was won by the Russian Olympic Committee, none of the athletes have received their medals. Officials cited unspecified legal issues.

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Troy Kotsur is the first deaf man nominated for an acting Oscar

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

Kotsur was born deaf and grew up in Mesa, Arizona. In CODA, he plays a father whose teenage daughter is passionate about singing.

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5 women ski jumpers are disqualified at the Olympics over their jumpsuits

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

"The sport of ski jumping has experienced one of its darker days," a Norwegian official said, after athletes from some of the top medal-contending teams were disqualified from competing.

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Jessie Diggins wins first-ever U.S. Olympic medal in cross-country sprint

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

Diggins snared a hard-won bronze medal in the grueling event after Swedish skiers took an early lead. The only other time a U.S. athlete has won an individual medal in cross country came in 1976.

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NFL star Alvin Kamara is charged with battery during Vegas visit for Pro Bowl

Monday, February 07, 2022

The battery reportedly occurred at a nightclub. The running back was arrested without incident and posted bond.

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Dutch speedskater Ireen Wüst is the 1st athlete to win individual gold at 5 Olympics

Monday, February 07, 2022

"Age is just a number. It's just about how you feel. I'm not thinking like, 'I'm 35, I'm too old,' hell no," Wüst said after her latest Olympic feat.

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U.S. skater Vincent Zhou drops out of Olympics after his 2nd COVID test is positive

Monday, February 07, 2022

"The enormity of the situation ... the pain of it all, is pretty insane," Zhou said in an emotional video posted to Instagram. A silver medalist in the team event, he was to compete again on Tuesday.

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Minneapolis police kill a Black man while executing a no-knock warrant

Friday, February 04, 2022

Body camera footage shows that police shot and killed Amir Locke while he was on a couch, wrapped in a blanket, on Wednesday morning. Ruled a homicide, the death is being reviewed by prosecutors.

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The Beijing Winter Olympics' cauldron lighting made a political statement

Friday, February 04, 2022

The cauldron is a snowflake, with a much smaller flame than usual. It was lit by two Olympians, including an athlete from the Xinjiang autonomous region, home to the Uyghur minority.

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