Bill Chappell
Stories
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Sports
Cuba's Baseball Team Fails To Make The Olympics — And It's Canada's Fault
"Clearly we have not learned how to beat Canada," reports Granma, the official newspaper of Cuba's ruling Communist Party.
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Science
How UFO Sightings Went From Conspiracy Theory To A Serious Government Inquiry
Have alien spacecraft been buzzing across Earth's skies? Turns out it's not just people in tinfoil hats asking that question — it's the U.S. government.
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National
Want To Mix 2 Different COVID-19 Vaccines? Canada Is Fine With That
As of late May, 50.6% of Canada's population had received at least one vaccination shot — but only 4.6% of the population was fully vaccinated.
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National
High School Valedictorian Swaps Speech To Speak Out Against Texas' New Abortion Law
"There is a war on my body and a war on my rights," high school valedictorian Paxton Smith said, after swapping her approved remarks for an impassioned speech against new abortion restrictions.
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National
A Black Nonprofit Got A 6-Figure Payment From Someone Whose Family Enslaved People
The anonymous donor said that while investigating the origins of their family's wealth, they discovered their great-grandfather had owned six enslaved people in Bourbon County, Ky.
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National
The 'Time Has Come' For A Global Pandemic Treaty, WHO's Tedros Says
Pathogens can blossom from an outbreak into a pandemic because they "exploit our interconnectedness and expose our inequities and divisions," the World Health Organization's leader says.
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World
If You Didn't Look Up This Morning, Here's What You Missed
The supermoon — the Super Flower Blood Moon, to be exact — brought the first total lunar eclipse in nearly two and a half years.
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National
Half Of All U.S. Adults Are Now Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19
The stunning speed of the vaccines' development and rollout has helped tame COVID-19 in the U.S., which remains the worst-hit country in the world.
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National
Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Is Safe And Effective For Teens, Company Says
Moderna will ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its vaccine for kids from age 12 to 17 in early June, the company's CEO says.
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National
What George Floyd's Death Has Done For Americans' Ability To Feel Empathy
We asked two scholars who have spent decades studying empathy and bias to discuss what they've seen in the past year. They offer their view of what has changed - and what has not.