Bill Chappell

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Taylor Swift's star power sends Travis Kelce's jersey sales soaring

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

It takes 106 football players to sell out an NFL stadium — or one Taylor Swift. So when the pop superstar was linked to Travis Kelce, fans immediately took action.

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Hans Niemann pooh-poohs a chess cheating theory that's based on vibrating beads

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Chess prodigy Hans Niemann is competing in the World Junior Chess Championship — but he's also answering questions about an outlandish cheating theory.

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Iconic female artist's lost painting is found, hundreds of years after it was created

Monday, September 25, 2023

Susanna and the Elders, painted by Artemisia Gentileschi in the late 1630s, was commissioned by a queen — but it was later lost. It's now back on display, after being restored.

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A source of carbon — a building block of life — is found on Jupiter's moon Europa

Friday, September 22, 2023

"The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa," according to the Webb Space Telescope's website.

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From hangry to chonky: Fat Bear Week is coming

Thursday, September 21, 2023

There can be only one — and they shall be rotund. The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been plumping themselves up, to prepare for a new hibernation season.

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Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian separatists agree to halt fighting in disputed enclave

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Separatist leaders in Nagorno-Karabakh said that after "a lack of concrete actions" by international parties, their forces had few options to ensure civilians' safety.

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Simone Biles will go to a U.S. record 6th World Championships after 'nail-biting' win

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Simone Biles, 26, is now the only U.S. woman ever chosen for six World Championships. The star gymnast is heading back to Antwerp, where she competed in her first Worlds in 2013.

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U.S. charges pair after deadly fentanyl is found on top of playmats at NYC day care

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

The operator of a Bronx day care and a relative are facing drug charges after a 1-year-old boy died and three other children became dangerously ill.

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5 Americans freed from prison in Iran land on U.S. soil

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

The former prisoners were tearfully reunited with family and friends at the airport, hugging and crying after years of enforced separation.

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Debris has been located in search for the F-35 jet that went missing

Monday, September 18, 2023

Personnel from Joint Base Charleston say the debris field was discovered roughly two hours northeast of the base. The jet's pilot ejected safely near Charleston, S.C. on Sunday.

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U.S. cyclist Sepp Kuss is set to win Spain's La Vuelta. His biggest rivals? His team

Friday, September 15, 2023

American Sepp Kuss is poised to win La Vuelta, a cycling jewel. To do it, he needs help from two teammates who have won six grand tour titles between them.

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Hurricane Lee will bring heavy rain to already saturated areas of New England

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Winds on Cape Cod could gust as high as 50 to 60 mph, forecasters said on Thursday. The area is now under a tropical storm warning.

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Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, thanks to a police dog and thermal imaging

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

After eluding a manhunt for nearly two weeks, convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, the Pennsylvania State Police announced Wednesday morning.

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Hurricane watch issued for Maine coast as Lee churns northward in the Atlantic

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

The current forecast track shows Lee's center moving toward Maine's coastal border with Canada. But its effects could reach as far south as New York.

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Cascades of red wine flood a city's streets in Portugal after huge tanks rupture

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

A viral video from the scene shows a "river of wine" coursing down a hilly street, sluicing over curbs. The wine escaped from two tanks at a distillery up the hill.

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Pop-up units spring up after Maui fire disaster, giving families a place to call home

Saturday, September 09, 2023

In Hawaii, people who lost their homes to wildfires could soon be living in a pop-up village, with space for around 250 people.

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'Incredibly powerful' Hurricane Lee will see 180 mph winds, forecasters say

Friday, September 08, 2023

It took just 24 hours for Lee's maximum sustained winds to rocket from 80 mph to 160 mph. But that was yesterday — now the hurricane is getting even stronger.

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Hurricane Lee strengthens to a Category 5 storm as it approaches the Caribbean

Thursday, September 07, 2023

Hurricane Lee strengthened to a Category 5 storm late Thursday night, forecasters said, and could present potentially dangerous beach conditions on the U.S. East Coast as early as this Sunday.

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Bruce Springsteen cancels a slate of concerts, citing peptic ulcer disease

Thursday, September 07, 2023

For decades, conventional wisdom held that peptic ulcers were caused by stress and unhealthy eating habits. But the vast majority are caused by bacteria.

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Alex Murdaugh wants a new trial, accusing the clerk of court of jury tampering

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Defense lawyers for convicted South Carolina lawyer Murdaugh say Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill violated her oath of office as well as their client's constitutional right to an impartial jury.

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