Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell appears in the following:

North Miami Officer Was Aiming At Man With Autism, Union Chief Says

Friday, July 22, 2016

"This is not a case of a rogue cop; this is not a case of police abuse," the head of the Dade County police union says, adding that the officer who shot Charles Kinsey is praying for his recovery.

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45 Olympic Athletes From 2012, 2008 Implicated In New Doping Tests

Friday, July 22, 2016

More than 20 athletes who won Olympic medals in Beijing are among those implicated. The new findings nearly double the number of implicated athletes from those games.

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Search For Missing Malaysia Airlines Jetliner Will Be Suspended

Friday, July 22, 2016

Of debris that has turned up, officials note that "none of it had provided information that positively identified the precise location of the aircraft."

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Black Man Says He Was Shot By North Miami Police While Lying On The Ground

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Charles Kinsey says he was shot as he was attempting to bring a man with autism back to the group home from which he had wandered.

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Russian Track Athletes' Appeal Is Denied By Court Of Arbitration For Sport

Thursday, July 21, 2016

The request for arbitration had been filed by the Russian Olympic Committee and 68 track and field athletes who were declared ineligible for the Olympic Games in Rio.

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Garry Marshall, A Master Of Comedy On TV And In Film, Dies At 81

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

The Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, The Flamingo Kid, Pretty Woman: If you had to live on a deserted island, you could do far worse than to take the work of Garry Marshall with you.

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States' Lawsuits Say VW Execs Ran A Cover-Up Of Diesel Emissions Cheating

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Citing "a culture of deeply-rooted corporate arrogance" at Volkswagen, New York and Massachusetts have filed civil lawsuits against the carmaker.

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Olympic Committee Puts Off Final Decision On Barring Entire Russian Team

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The International Olympic Committee said it would weigh collective punishment versus "the right to individual justice." This comes a day after the World Anti-Doping Agency called for a blanket ban.

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African Union Approves Plan To Put Peacekeeping Force In South Sudan

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

South Sudan could see new troops from the African Union that have a broader mission than the U.N. peacekeeping force that has been in the country for years.

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Police And Black Lives Matter Hold A Cookout, And Praise Rolls In

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Photos show uniformed police officers talking with smiling residents, dancing and playing basketball at McAdams Park in Wichita, Kan.

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Russia Should Be Barred From Rio Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Says

Monday, July 18, 2016

"The findings of the report show a shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and on the Olympic Games," IOC President Thomas Bach says of a WADA investigation.

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'Let's Put An End To All This Madness,' Says Brother Of Slain Police Officer

Monday, July 18, 2016

Montrell Jackson, one of three officers killed Sunday, had written about the tensions he felt, saying on Facebook, "Please don't let hate infect your heart." His brother says Jackson loved his job.

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Most Senior Police Officer In Freddie Gray Case Is Found Not Guilty Of Manslaughter

Monday, July 18, 2016

Lt. Brian Rice is the highest-ranking of the six Baltimore police officers who were charged in the death of Freddie Gray last year.

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SpaceX Rocket Sends A New Door To Space Station

Monday, July 18, 2016

A new standardized docking port is bound for the International Space Station, in a mission that caused a sonic boom over Central Florida early Monday morning.

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'We're Hurting,' Dallas Police Chief David Brown Says

Friday, July 08, 2016

Police used a bomb robot to detonate a device that killed a suspect who was in a standoff with police in downtown Dallas on Thursday, when 12 officers were shot.

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Ambush In Dallas: What We Know Friday

Friday, July 08, 2016

Twelve officers were shot Thursday night, and five died. Officials say the attack was carried out by Micah Xavier Johnson, a military veteran who was killed by a police explosive.

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Philando Castile Is Remembered By St. Paul Public Schools: 'Kids Loved Him'

Thursday, July 07, 2016

The school district issued a statement today, drawing on coworkers' comments about Castile — including one who said, "Kids loved him. He was smart, over-qualified.

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'I'm Outraged': Mother Of Philando Castile, Slain By Police, Speaks Out

Thursday, July 07, 2016

Valerie Castile says that while her son was "trying to do the right things, and live accordingly by the law, he was killed by the law." Philando Castile died in a police shooting Wednesday.

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Minnesota Gov. Calls Traffic Stop Shooting 'Absolutely Appalling At All Levels'

Thursday, July 07, 2016

The killing of Philando Castile, 32, in suburban St. Paul, Minn., is the second police shooting of an African-American man to gain national attention this week.

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Video Of Baton Rouge Man's Fatal Shooting By Police Sparks Protests, FBI Inquiry

Wednesday, July 06, 2016

In the video, Alton Sterling is on the ground when one of the officers kneeling over him yells "He's got a gun!" Then at least one officer draws a weapon from his holster. The FBI is investigating.

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