Bill Chappell
Stories
-
National
Women Will Race In Their Own Tour De France Next Summer
Noting the Tour's status as the world's marquee cycling event, pro cyclist Anna van der Breggen says, "It's long been a dream for many of us to compete in a women's Tour de France."
-
National
Royal Caribbean's Launch Of Its New Megaship Just Got Sidelined By COVID Cases
The Odyssey of the Seas had been slated to carry passengers for the first time on July 3. Instead, all 1,400 crew members are being quarantined.
-
National
An Olympic Hopeful Says Her Burrito Is To Blame For Her Positive Drug Test
Shelby Houlihan says her positive test for the steroid nandrolone followed a visit to a food truck for a pork burrito, and is pointing to studies that show nandrolone occurs naturally in some pigs.
-
Food
'Crazy Worms' Threaten America's Trees — And (Gasp!) Our Maple Syrup
The invasive worms, which reproduce rapidly, are creating havoc in forests. They thrash around so violently that they can jump out of a person's hand. They also lose their tail — on purpose.
-
National
3 Experts Have Resigned From An FDA Committee Over Alzheimer's Drug Approval
In his resignation letter, Dr. Aaron Kesselheim calls it "probably the worst drug approval decision in recent U.S. history." An FDA official says the agency found the benefits outweighed the risks.
-
Politics
Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman Will Throw The First Pitch At A Nationals Game
It's the latest honor for Goodman, whose quick thinking was credited with helping to keep the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection from escalating even further.
-
National
The Clock's Ticking For 178 Hospital Workers Suspended For Not Getting Vaccinated
Employees at Houston Methodist who are unwilling to get the shot say the vaccines are unsafe and even "experimental." The hospital system's CEO says they're spouting "anti-vaccination rhetoric."
-
National
Drug Rings' Favorite New Encrypted Platform Had One Flaw: The FBI Controlled It
The FBI managed to put a new encrypted device into drug smugglers' hands — and it became a hit. Authorities worldwide have now made more than 800 arrests and seized tons of cocaine and cannabis.
-
Arts & Life
Apparently, Crows Love Luxurious Ant Baths. This Is What It Looks Like
Canadian photographer Tony Austin captured a crow in the process of "anting" — spreading ants on itself on purpose. At first, he confesses, he had no idea what he was looking at.
-
Politics
Actually, Trump Was NOT Wearing His Pants Backward At A Weekend Rally
Trump's pants, it turns out, have legs. The unusual wrinkles in his attire raised an unlikely question: Could the former leader of the free world be wearing his suit pants backward?