Bill Chappell

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Apple Pledges $2.5 Billion To Combat California's Housing Crisis

Monday, November 04, 2019

The plan includes $1 billion for a mortgage assistance fund for first-time homebuyers in the state, and $1 billion for an open line of credit to develop "very low- to moderate-income housing."

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U.S. Recovers More Than $700 Million From Malaysian Financier In Slush Fund Scandal

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Assets forfeited by financier Jho Low range from the luxury Viceroy L'Ermitage hotel in Beverly Hills to a business jet. Millions of dollars in business holdings are also included.

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Facebook News: App Will Offer Hand-Picked Stories From NPR, Other Outlets

Friday, October 25, 2019

Amid criticism that it spreads misinformation, the social media giant unveiled a feature boosting stories that are "deeply-reported and well-sourced" — and in some cases, picked by real journalists.

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U.K. Police Say 39 Bodies Found In Essex Trailer Are Believed To Be Chinese Nationals

Thursday, October 24, 2019

The trailer had arrived from a Belgian port shortly before authorities were called to the scene, and an investigation into possible human smuggling and murder was sparked.

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39 Bodies Discovered In Truck Container In Southeast England

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

British officials say they believe the truck originated in Bulgaria and arrived in the U.K. over the weekend. A man from Northern Ireland is in custody.

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Jimmy Carter Fractures Pelvis, Is Hospitalized After Fall

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

The former president, 95, was admitted to a Georgia hospital "for observation and treatment of a minor pelvic fracture," the Carter Center says. It adds that Carter "is in good spirits."

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Explosions At Mosque Kill At Least 62 People In Afghanistan

Friday, October 18, 2019

It's the most serious militant attack against civilians in weeks. And it continues an alarming trend of rising casualties among the public in Afghanistan.

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VIDEO: 2 U.S. Astronauts Venture Out For 1st All-Female Spacewalk

Friday, October 18, 2019

In what NASA is calling "HERstory" in space, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir stepped outside the International Space Station on Friday to replace a bad battery charger.

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Britain's Boris Johnson Hails New Brexit Deal With EU As Deadline Looms

Thursday, October 17, 2019

The prime minister said that he'd forged a new agreement that would allow the European Union to keep collecting value-added tax from Northern Ireland and allow special treatment for some Irish goods.

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GM And UAW Reach Tentative Agreement To End National Strike

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

When the union's GM national council reviews the deal's terms Thursday, it will decide whether nearly 50,000 workers should remain on strike or whether they should go back to work immediately.

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Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border

Wednesday, October 09, 2019

The incursion comes after the White House announced that U.S. forces would stand aside as Turkey launched the military operation in Northern Syria.

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3 Share Nobel Prize In Chemistry For Development Of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Wednesday, October 09, 2019

An American, British and Japanese scientist have jointly received the award, according to an announcement from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

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'Shocking': Trump Is Criticized For Pulling Troops From Syrian Border

Monday, October 07, 2019

Kurdish allies of the U.S. say the president's decision is "shocking." Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump is doing "EXACTLY what President Obama did in Iraq with even more disastrous consequences."

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Trio Wins Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine For Work On Cells And Oxygen

Monday, October 07, 2019

The three physicians "found the molecular switch that regulates how our cells adapt when oxygen levels drop," a member of the Nobel Committee said.

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In Major Policy Shift, U.S. Will Stand Aside As Turkish Forces Extend Reach In Syria

Monday, October 07, 2019

A White House statement late Sunday said Turkey would soon go ahead with a military operation in the country's Kurdish-dominated north and that U.S. forces "will no longer be in the immediate area."

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Arrest Made In Bar Shooting That Killed 4 People In Kansas City, Kan.

Sunday, October 06, 2019

Kansas City police have arrested one of the two men who are suspected of killing four people in a shooting at a bar early Sunday morning.

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N.C. Officials Trace 124 Legionnaires' Disease Cases To Hot Tub At A Fair

Friday, October 04, 2019

"This is the largest outbreak that we have documented" of the disease, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says.

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Ecuador In State Of Emergency: End Of Fuel Subsidies Sparks Mass Protests

Friday, October 04, 2019

Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno says he won't budge on his plan to end "a perverse subsidy that was causing harm to the country."

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Brandt Jean's Act Of Grace Toward His Brother's Killer Sparks A Debate Over Forgiving

Thursday, October 03, 2019

"I'm proud of you my son, Brandt. Your load is lighter," Allison Jean wrote on Thursday, after her son forgave and hugged the woman who killed Botham Jean.

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Hong Kong May Ban Face Masks By Invoking Colonial-Era Emergency Powers

Thursday, October 03, 2019

It would be the first time in half a century that a chief executive has used those powers. News reports of the possible action emerged days after police shot a pro-democracy protester in the chest.

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