Bill Chappell
Stories
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Arts & Life
Here's Why The Arc De Triomphe Was Just Wrapped In Fabric
It is "a sensual, popular and monumental gesture," says Carine Rolland, the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of culture. The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude came up with the idea before they died.
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National
U.S. Border Agents Found A Toddler And A Baby Abandoned Along The Rio Grande
The girl sat next to her baby brother, her hair neatly braided and dressed for an outing, complete with a backpack and a note — but their parents were nowhere to be found, the U.S. Border Patrol said.
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National
Philip Morris Is Buying An Asthma Inhaler Company. Health Groups Are Suspicious
The purchase "is the latest reprehensible choice from a company that has profited from addicting users to its deadly products," the American Lung Association said.
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Politics
Gen. Milley Defends His Call To A Chinese General About Trump's Rhetoric And The U.S.
A new book, Peril, says the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was attempting to head off a potential armed conflict when he called his Chinese counterpart twice in Trump's final months in office.
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National
The U.S. Will Require Would-Be Immigrants To Prove They've Been Vaccinated For COVID
The COVID-19 shot joins a list of well-established vaccines required by the U.S., aimed at preventing dangerous diseases such as polio and varicella (chickenpox).
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National
Anti-Doping Group Will Review Cannabis Ban After Sha'Carri Richardson's Suspension
The World Anti-Doping Agency said "a number of stakeholders" from international athletics asked it to review the ban. U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson was not able to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
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National
A Tahoe Ski Resort Ditches Its Name, Saying It's Racist And Sexist
Squaw Valley hosted an Olympics, but it now has a new name. "It's a term that was inflicted upon us by somebody else and we don't agree with it," an official of the Washoe Tribe says.
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National
A Teen Called For Masks In School After His Grandma Died Of COVID. Adults Mocked Him
"If they laugh at me about a personal story about my grandmother, that's just disrespectful, I feel," Tennessee teenager Grady Knox reportedly said.
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Sports
Afghan Women Will Be Banned From Playing Sports, A Taliban Official Says
"Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed," a senior Taliban official said.
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National
A Deputy Mayor Is Charged With Amassing 16 Assault Weapons And Fake FBI IDs
Airmont, N.Y., Deputy Mayor Brian Downey faces more than 30 state and federal charges. "Our community is without a doubt safer today than it was yesterday," the local district attorney says.