Bill Chappell

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Red Cross says it has sent a surgery team into Gaza, as a rocket strike hits Tel Aviv

Friday, October 27, 2023

Along with the war surgery team, six trucks ferrying medical supplies and water purification tools were allowed into Gaza, the ICRC said. And a rocket strike in Tel Aviv injures at least three people.

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Law enforcement descend on suspected mass shooter's Maine home as manhunt intensifies

Thursday, October 26, 2023

The suspect remains at large more than 24 hours after the deadliest mass shooting of 2023. A statewide manhunt led officers to Robert Card's home in Bowdoin, Maine, but there's still no sign of him.

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NHL lifts ban on rainbow-colored Pride Tape, after a player defied it

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

It's up to hockey players to decide if they want to use the brightly colored tape, the NHL now says. The move comes days after an Arizona Coyotes player flouted the league's controversial ban.

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Senate acts on 'unprecedented' lack of U.S. ambassadors, spurred by Israel-Hamas war

Thursday, October 19, 2023

The lack of a U.S. ambassador in Israel hobbles the Biden administration's ability to pursue its goals. The U.S. also lacks ambassadors in Egypt and other countries in the region.

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Biden condemns 'atrocities' of Hamas attack on Israel but urges restraint in response

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

President Biden compares the brutality and scale of Oct. 7 violence to 15 Sept. 11 attacks. Speaking in Tel Aviv, Israel, he also reminded Israelis, "The vast majority of Palestinians are not Hamas."

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Gazans face growing crisis as a key border crossing remains closed

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Residents of the Gaza Strip struggle to find safe passage as conditions deteriorate and no aid is allowed in. Also, a Hamas spokesman says the group has no plans to release some 200 hostages.

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Israel-Hamas war: U.S. and Israel agree on aid plan for Gaza just as water runs dry

Monday, October 16, 2023

"Gaza is running dry" and families are turning to unsafe water, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday. The crisis comes as masses of people try to flee northern Gaza.

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The NHL bans Pride Tape, setting off a backlash from players and fans

Thursday, October 12, 2023

"I'll use the tape — if I have to buy it myself, I will," one NHL player said after the league banned the rainbow-colored tape, which symbolizes pro hockey's pledge to be welcoming and inclusive.

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An empty-nest mama bear just won Fat Bear Week

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Like an ursine Sarah Connor, Grazer is one tough mother. She preemptively attacks huge males that might threaten her offspring. And she's focused on the future, eating all the salmon she can catch.

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England's beloved Sycamore Gap tree will be removed from Hadrian's Wall

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Officials say they're amazed by the public's concern for the well-loved tree, after receiving thousands of tributes, suggestions and donations from people in the U.K. and overseas.

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Hughes Van Ellis, who asked for justice over Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at age 102

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

"Please do not let me leave this earth without justice," Hughes Van Ellis said in 2021, the centennial of the racist violence that destroyed a thriving community once known as Black Wall Street.

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All-out war: Israel pounds Gaza after militants infiltrate in a large-scale attack

Saturday, October 07, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact an "immense price from the enemy" after Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip used paragliders and other means to infiltrate Israel.

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The couple killed by a bear in Banff were able to send an SOS text: 'Bear attack bad'

Friday, October 06, 2023

The two backpackers in Canada's Banff National Park seem to have emptied a can of bear spray, trying to get the animal to leave their camp. When rescuers arrived, the bear charged at them.

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Chonky and they know it: Voting starts in Fat Bear Week

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Explaining the draw of gawking at massive bears, a park ranger says, "You can follow the bears for years and really get to know their lives and their personalities and their soap operas."

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New women's pro volleyball league just doubled its funding, thanks to famous investors

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

More and more people are putting money into women's sports, especially volleyball. The latest round includes comedian Amy Schumer, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and skiing legend Lindsey Vonn.

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Here's the story of the portrait behind Ruth Bader Ginsburg's postage stamp

Monday, October 02, 2023

"It's like you feel a presence in the photograph," says Philip Bermingham. The striking image he captured became the U.S. Postal Service's reference for the new stamp.

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Runners at a track meet in India wanted to avoid drug tests — so they ran away

Monday, October 02, 2023

Some athletes just didn't show up. One young woman ran her race — and then kept running after crossing the finish line, forcing a doping control officer to run after her, a coach said.

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Despair flows after England's Sycamore Gap tree is cut down. Could it regrow?

Friday, September 29, 2023

The famous tree in northern England is believed to have been around 200 years old. Efforts are under way to salvage it through regrowth or grafting — or starting over from a new seed.

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Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just walked out

Friday, September 29, 2023

After a large walkout forced at least a dozen stores to shut down in the Kansas City area, CVS promises change. But critics say the crisis in staffing and unfair pay extends beyond that market.

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Next time you read a food nutrition label, pour one out for Burkey Belser

Thursday, September 28, 2023

"When design works, it looks like it's always been there," the graphic designer behind the ubiquitous panel on food packaging said.

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