Bill Chappell
Stories
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Politics
Trying to condemn the war in Ukraine, Bush inadvertently calls Iraq war unjustified
In a speech, Bush criticized "the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq — I mean of Ukraine."
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Politics
Why Afghanistan's forces fell immediately after the U.S. left
Morale across Afghanistan's military was "destroyed" when then-President Trump made a deal with the Taliban in 2020 and President Biden affirmed the U.S. exit in 2021, a new watchdog report says.
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Business
McDonald's is leaving Russia, after more than 30 years
In 1990, the Big Mac's arrival in Moscow signaled a new era. Now McDonald's is tearing down the golden arches and writing off its investment in Russia.
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Politics
Elon Musk says he's put the blockbuster Twitter deal on pause over fake accounts
The Tesla and SpaceX mogul said he needs to make sure the fake accounts "do indeed represent less than 5%" of Twitter's users, as the company has estimated.
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National
A nonspeaking valedictorian with autism gives her college's commencement speech
A computer keyboard "unlocked my mind from its silent cage," Elizabeth Bonker told her fellow graduates. She urged them to serve others, citing Rollins College's most famous alum: Fred Rogers.
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Science
This is the first image of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way
"We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*," an international team of astrophysicists and researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope team said.
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National
Meet the new boss? At 19, Carlos Alcaraz beat Nadal, Djokovic and Zverev
In the past week, Alcaraz turned 19 — and then outplayed three of the world's top five players.
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National
Michigan's abortion ban is draconian and should be vacated, attorney general says
The push to overturn Michigan's 1931 law now has a new urgency, after a draft Supreme Court opinion leaked that would overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights.
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National
Texas governor says the state may contest a Supreme Court ruling on migrant education
Gov. Greg Abbott says the court's ruling in 1982 has imposed an unfair burden on Texas.
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National
A 'space jellyfish' soared over Florida, thanks to the SpaceX launch
People who got up early to watch the Falcon 9 rocket's pre-dawn launch were treated to an ethereal spectacle, when a cloud of illuminated gases moved across the sky.