Bill Chappell
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WATCH: Women's National Soccer Team Parades Through NYC's 'Canyon Of Heroes'
Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Rose Lavelle and their teammates are bathing in fans' cheers as they head to City Hall in Manhattan.
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France Plans To Put An 'Ecotax' On Nearly All Air Travel
The new tax could bring in some $200 million that would be used to support modes of travel that pollute less — such as trains.
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Navy SEAL Demoted In Rank For Taking Photo With Corpse Of ISIS Fighter
Earlier Wednesday, President Trump congratulated Edward Gallagher and his family on the end of his legal ordeal. In response, they said, "Thank you Mr. President ... for all you have done."
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Heavy Rains Force Evacuation Orders For More Than 1 Million People In Japan
Some areas have already surpassed record rainfall levels, and with more rain in the forecast, the ground could simply give way, Japan's weather agency says.
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Nike Pulls Shoes Featuring Betsy Ross Flag Over Concerns About Racist Symbolism
The design — featuring the Betsy Ross flag with 13 stars for the original colonies — drew complaints that it celebrates an era when slavery was legal and commonplace in the U.S.
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Hong Kong Protesters Storm Legislative Council On Anniversary Of Handover To China
Scores of protesters furious with Hong Kong's government poured into the legislative chamber and graffitied the walls. The chaos came on the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese control.
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Georgia Abortion Providers File Federal Suit Against State's 'Fetal Heartbeat' Law
"This is a constitutional challenge" to Georgia's law, the plaintiffs say in the lawsuit, in which they call the abortion restrictions "an affront to the dignity and health of Georgians."
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Bolsonaro's G20 Trip Hits Snag: Brazilian Crewman Arrested With 86 Pounds Of Cocaine
Spanish authorities say they found the cocaine in the crewman's luggage from the president's advance plane, which had stopped in Seville en route to the economic summit in Japan.
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A Father And Daughter, Drowned At The Border, Put Attention On Immigration
Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez was trying to bring his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, to safety and a new life in the U.S.
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Trump Says U.S. Was 'Cocked And Loaded' Before He Called Off Strike On Iran
When he was told U.S. strikes against Iran would kill 150 people, President Trump says, he decided the attack was out of proportion to Iran shooting down a U.S. drone.