Bill Chappell
Stories
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Latin America
Pope Francis Defrocks Priest Fernando Karadima, A Notorious Abuser In Chile
Karadima has been the face of the church's sex abuse scandal in Chile. In 2011, a Vatican tribunal found him guilty of sexually abusing dozens of minors.
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National
Hurricane Florence Makes Landfall In N.C.: 'An Uninvited Brute' Grinds Ashore
More than 326,000 customers are already without power. Florence remains a massive hurricane that forecasters say will spark catastrophic flooding.
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National
Scenes From The Carolina Coast As Hurricane Florence Surges Ashore
A Waffle House near the S.C.-N.C. border briefly closed down under orders from police — a sign of how seriously people are taking Hurricane Florence.
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National
'Disaster Is At The Doorstep,' N.C. Governor Says As Hurricane Florence Zeroes In
"Disaster is at the doorstep and is coming in," North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said, urging people to finish their preparations for the storm.
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National
Hurricane Watch Issued For Carolinas As Category 4 Florence Plows Toward U.S.
If it makes landfall as predicted, Florence could become the northernmost Category 4 hurricane to hit the U.S. since records were first kept in 1851.
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National
Manslaughter Charge For Dallas Police Officer Who Killed A Man In His Own Apartment
Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall said she had wanted to get a warrant for manslaughter against her own officer on Friday — but the Texas Rangers delayed that move.
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Technology
British Airways Says Customers' Financial Data Was Hacked In 380,000 Transactions
"The stolen data did not include travel or passport details," the airline said. But hackers were able to access customers' names, email addresses and credit card information.
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National
August Jobs Report: Economy Adds 201,000 Jobs; 3.9 Percent Unemployment
Wage growth — and more specifically, the lack of vigorous pay raises — continued to be an issue, with average hourly earnings nudging slightly upward to 2.9 percent.
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Politics
Jury Fines Man $1 For Punching Charlottesville Rally Organizer
When "Unite the Right" organizer Jason Kessler attempted to hold a news conference after a woman was killed protesting his rally, an angry group shouted him down — and one man threw a punch.
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National
Gordon Is Forecast To Hit Northern U.S. Gulf Coast As A Hurricane Tuesday Night
Gordon brought heavy bands of rain to areas from Panama City, Fla., to New Orleans. When it makes landfall, a storm surge of 3-5 feet is possible for all of coastal Mississippi, forecasters say.