Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell appears in the following:

Jelani Day's Body Is Identified A Month After The Grad Student Went Missing

Friday, September 24, 2021

Police are still working to learn how and why an aspiring doctor suddenly went missing in Bloomington, Ill. Authorities discovered his body in a river and have now identified him.

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The New Space Force Uniforms Are Causing A Stir

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

A commenter said the new uniforms look like something from Battlestar Galactica, adding one of the show's taglines: "So say we all."

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Here's What Haitians Are Finding When They Get Off U.S. Expulsion Flights

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

"What can we provide for our family?" one Haitian told the AP. "We can't do anything for our family here. There is nothing in this country."

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McDonald's Is Phasing Out Plastic Toys From Happy Meals In A Push To Be More Green

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

The benefits of the change will be equivalent to more than 650,000 people not using any plastic for a year, the company said.

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U.S. Border Agents Chased Migrants On Horseback. A Photographer Explains What He Saw

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

"I thought the Haitians were quite scared, and I think there was probably some panic, which resulted in them trying to run around the horses," photographer Paul Ratje says.

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Here's Why Firefighters Are Wrapping Sequoia Trees In Aluminum Blankets

Monday, September 20, 2021

The sequoias are "wrapped with house-wrapping material, kind of an aluminum-foil fabric that goes around the base of the trees," says Jon Wallace, who is helping to lead the firefighting effort.

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The Man Whose Heroism Inspired 'Hotel Rwanda' Is Convicted On Terrorism Charges

Monday, September 20, 2021

Paul Rusesabagina has been a critic of President Paul Kagame, who has now led Rwanda for more than 20 years. Rusesabagina was arrested under circumstances that have been described as a kidnapping.

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Here's Why The Arc De Triomphe Was Just Wrapped In Fabric

Friday, September 17, 2021

It is "a sensual, popular and monumental gesture," says Carine Rolland, the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of culture. The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude came up with the idea before they died.

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A Chaotic Showdown With A Crossbow-Wielding Man Leaves 2 People Dead

Friday, September 17, 2021

Police were initially called to an apartment building in the Dutch city of Almelo for a reported stabbing incident Friday morning. There, they confronted a man standing with a crossbow on his balcony.

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U.S. Border Agents Found A Toddler And A Baby Abandoned Along The Rio Grande

Thursday, September 16, 2021

With her hair neatly braided, the girl sat next to her baby brother, dressed for an outing, complete with a backpack and note — but their parents were nowhere to be found, the U.S. Border Patrol said.

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Philip Morris Is Buying An Asthma Inhaler Company. Health Groups Are Suspicious

Thursday, September 16, 2021

The purchase "is the latest reprehensible choice from a company that has profited from addicting users to its deadly products," the American Lung Association said.

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Gen. Milley Defends His Call To A Chinese General About Trump's Rhetoric And The U.S.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

A new book, Peril, says the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was attempting to head off a potential armed conflict when he called his Chinese counterpart twice in Trump's final months in office.

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The U.S. Will Require Would-Be Immigrants To Prove They've Been Vaccinated For COVID

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The COVID-19 shot joins a list of well-established vaccines required by the U.S., aimed at preventing dangerous diseases such as polio and varicella (chickenpox).

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Anti-Doping Group Will Review Cannabis Ban After Sha'Carri Richardson's Suspension

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The World Anti-Doping Agency said "a number of stakeholders" from international athletics asked it to review the ban. U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson was not able to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.

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Nicholas Puts More Than Half Of Louisiana On Flood Alert Despite Weakening

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Parts of southern Louisiana could see isolated rain totals of 20 inches through Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said. Hundreds of thousands of utility accounts are now without power in Texas.

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A Tahoe Ski Resort Ditches Its Name, Saying It's Racist And Sexist

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Squaw Valley hosted an Olympics, but it now has a new name. "It's a term that was inflicted upon us by somebody else and we don't agree with it," an official of the Washoe Tribe says.

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Hurricane Nicholas Makes Landfall In Texas. Residents Are Bracing For Possible Floods

Monday, September 13, 2021

Nicholas strengthened into a hurricane before making landfall early Tuesday. The storm will trigger "considerable flash and urban flooding," the National Hurricane Center says.

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This Custodian Stayed At His School All Night Pumping Water During Ida's Storms

Saturday, September 11, 2021

The hurricane's remnants hit New Jersey just days before classes were to begin at Hackensack Middle School. Its custodian was determined to keep the students on track.

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A Teen Called For Masks In School After His Grandma Died Of COVID. Adults Mocked Him

Friday, September 10, 2021

"If they laugh at me about a personal story about my grandmother, that's just disrespectful, I feel," Tennessee teenager Grady Knox reportedly said.

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The FDA Postpones A Long-Awaited Decision On Juul's Vaping Products

Thursday, September 09, 2021

More than 500 companies submitted applications for 6.5 million vaping products to the FDA. The agency ruled on some of them but did not yet make a decision on products made by Juul.

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