Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell appears in the following:

Univ. Of Alabama Returns $21.5 Million Gift; Donor Urged Boycott Over Abortion Law

Friday, June 07, 2019

The move comes after Hugh Culverhouse Jr. urged students and businesses to boycott Alabama over its restrictive new abortion law. The school says its rejection of the money isn't related to that law.

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U.S. Navy: Russian Warship's 'Unsafe' Move Nearly Caused Collision With Cruiser

Friday, June 07, 2019

"This unsafe action forced USS Chancellorsville to execute all engines back full and to maneuver to avoid collision," the U.S. Navy says. But Russia's military says it was the American ship's fault.

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West Point Says 1 Cadet Killed, 22 Other People Injured In Road Accident

Thursday, June 06, 2019

The accident occurred around 6:45 a.m. ET near a training area in New York state and involved a light medium tactical vehicle — the military's multipurpose transport truck — the academy says.

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Former German Nurse Guilty Of Killing 85 Patients In Serial Murder Case

Thursday, June 06, 2019

Niels Högel admitted to injecting patients with heart drugs so he could try to resuscitate them. He was initially accused in a handful of deaths but was found to have been involved in dozens more.

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D-Day 75th Anniversary: Trump, Macron And Other Leaders Mark A Historic Day

Thursday, June 06, 2019

"They won back this ground for civilization," President Trump said of the Allied troops who took part in the massive D-Day invasion in 1944.

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Trump Administration Restricts Federal Research Involving Human Fetal Tissue

Wednesday, June 05, 2019

National Institutes of Health research "that requires new acquisition of fetal tissue from elective abortions will not be conducted," the Department of Health and Human Services says.

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D-Day: Allies Commemorate Pivotal World War II Invasion, 75 Years Later

Wednesday, June 05, 2019

"The fate of the world depended on their success," Queen Elizabeth II said as she honored thousands of soldiers and sailors who took part in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France.

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Trump Praises Theresa May's Likely Successors, Says He Would Have Sued EU Over Brexit

Tuesday, June 04, 2019

The U.S. president called the relationship between the two countries "the greatest alliance the world has ever known."

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Caster Semenya Hopes to 'Run Free' Again After Swiss Supreme Court Offers A Reprieve

Monday, June 03, 2019

"I hope that following my appeal I will once again be able to run free," the Olympic champion athlete said Monday.

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Swedish Court Refuses Prosecutors' Request To Detain Julian Assange

Monday, June 03, 2019

But Swedish prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson says the court agrees with her on key points, including that there is "still probable cause for the suspicions regarding rape."

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Trump Lands In U.K. For State Visit, And Insults London's Mayor

Monday, June 03, 2019

The state visit may be more formal than Trump's tour of the U.K. last summer, but that didn't stop the president from hurling insults at London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

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New Hampshire Abolishes Death Penalty As Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Calling capital punishment "archaic, costly, discriminatory and violent," state Sen. Melanie Levesque, a Democrat, said the time has come to end it. Twenty-one states have discarded the death penalty.

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Captain Detained After Tour Boats Collide In Hungary; At Least 7 Dead, 21 Missing

Thursday, May 30, 2019

The smaller boat was carrying 35 people — 33 tourists and a Hungarian crew of two. All seven of the dead are South Korean tourists. Divers searched the Danube River for the missing.

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Boris Johnson Is Ordered To Face Accusations That He Lied To The Public

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

A British court is ordering Boris Johnson to face accusations that while holding public office he repeatedly lied by saying Britain paid £350 million each week to be in the EU.

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MacKenzie Bezos Pledges To Give More Than Half Of Her Billions To Charity

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

"We each come by the gifts we have to offer by an infinite series of influences and lucky breaks we can never fully understand," Bezos said as she signed the Giving Pledge.

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'Tornado Outbreak' Devastates Ohio Communities With Winds Up To 140 MPH

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

The dangerous twisters, which began late Monday night, caused considerable damage. Dayton is now under a boil-water advisory.

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6 Die In Jakarta Riots After President Joko Widodo's Election Win Is Confirmed

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Saying he will not tolerate rioting, Widodo adds, "The military and the police will carry out stern actions in accordance with the law."

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Belgian Monastery Will Brew Beer Again, After A 220-Year Pause

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The last time Belgium's Grimbergen Abbey brewed its own beer, the United States was only about 20 years old.

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Nepalese Sherpa Sets Mount Everest Record (Again), Climbing Mountain Twice In A Week

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

A Nepalese mountain climber has now climbed Mount Everest a record 24 times — and he's hoping to do it one more time before he retires.

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Andrea Is 1st Named Storm Of Atlantic Hurricane Season

Monday, May 20, 2019

The low-pressure system became a tropical storm well before the official hurricane season starts on June 1. It's in the Atlantic, southwest of Bermuda.

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