Bill Chappell
Stories
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Officials In Australia's New South Wales Celebrate: 'All Fires Are Now Contained'
One of the most stubborn fires to be declared out this week was a 2 million-acre beast that had been burning since July.
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Quarantined By Coronavirus, Cruise Ship Passengers Make 'Life-Long Friends'
The postings on Facebook, email and WhatsApp are mainly "just words of encouragement and a friendly ear." But they also share food reviews and news.
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Pope Francis Won't Allow Married Men As Priests, Women As Deacons
Bishops from the Amazon region had sought the changes to address a shortage of clergy. But some Roman Catholic conservatives warned that enacting them would lead to the end of clerical celibacy rules.
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195 Americans Released From Coronavirus Quarantine At Southern California Air Base
Emerging from the CDC's first quarantine in more than 50 years, one of the evacuees tells NPR that while people are excited, "we're kind of sad saying our goodbyes to each other."
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65 More Coronavirus Cases On Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Stuck In Japan
The new cases include 45 Japanese and 11 Americans, as well as smaller numbers of people from Australia, Canada, England, the Philippines and Ukraine.
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Australia's East Gets Drenched By Rain, And Flood Warnings Replace Fire Alerts
A deluge is falling on Australia's southeast coast — and while it's quashing stubborn fires, the water is also causing flash floods and other hazards.
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Iran Upholds Death Sentence For Man Accused Of Giving Nuclear Secrets To CIA
A judiciary spokesman said Amir Rahimpour "received huge amounts of money and attempted to provide the U.S. intelligence service with a part of Iran's nuclear information," FARS News Agency reports.
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Trump Administration To Curb Immigrants From 6 Nations, Including Nigeria
The U.S. has now placed 13 nations under varying travel bans. The new policy restricts immigrant visas for citizens of Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan.
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1st U.S. person-to-person spread of coronavirus has occurred in Chicago, CDC says
A woman who had recently traveled to China passed the respiratory virus on to her husband when she returned to Chicago, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said.
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Coronavirus Has Now Spread To All Regions Of Mainland China
"I think it's quite likely that you will see human to human transmission in U.S. cities within the next two or three weeks," a coronavirus expert tells NPR.