Bill Chappell
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National
A Texas lawmaker is targeting 850 books that he says could make students feel uneasy
Republican Matt Krause is asking schools for an accounting of any book that "might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress."
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National
Families in Charleston church massacre reach $88M settlement with DOJ
Survivors and families who lost loved ones in the June 2015 attack said the FBI's negligence allowed Dylann Roof to buy the gun he used in the attack.
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National
A lost hiker ignored rescuers' phone calls, thinking they were spam
A search and rescue unit in Colorado says a hiker spent the night in the forest after they "ignored repeated phone calls from us because they didn't recognize the number."
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Business
Blue Origin says it will build an orbiting mixed-use business park in space
By the end of the 2020s, Blue Origin says its planned Orbital Reef commercial space station will become "the premier mixed-use space station in low Earth orbit for commerce, research, and tourism."
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Law & Courts
The Facebook Papers: What you need to know about the trove of insider documents
"We've been fueling this fire for a long time and we shouldn't be surprised it's now out of control," an employee reportedly wrote on an internal message board.
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Health
The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription
For decades, the FDA has regulated hearing aids as a prescription medical device — an arrangement that adds to the cost and effort people must invest to get them.
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National
New York City will exile Thomas Jefferson's statue from a prominent spot in city hall
"We're not being revisionist. We're not waging a war on history," council member Inez Barron said. "We're saying that we want to make sure that the total story is told."
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Food
'Sprinklegate' sinks a U.K. bakery's top sellers after topping is found to be illegal
"It is HIGHLY unlikely that we will find any legal sprinkles that we will use as a replacement," says Rich Myers, owner of the Get Baked bakery in Leeds. "I am extremely passionate about sprinkles."
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National
The gunman will plead guilty to the Parkland, Fla., high school shootings
Nikolas Cruz's legal team will focus on the trial's penalty phase, where they hope to secure 17 consecutive life sentences instead of the death penalty for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school deaths.
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National
Texas lawmakers weigh a bill to let workers sue employers over COVID vaccine mandates
The legislation would give workers legal grounds to refuse COVID-19 vaccine mandates for "reasons of conscience." The law would enshrine Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning such mandates.