Bill Chappell
Stories
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China Puts New Tariffs On $60 Billion Of U.S. Goods, And Stock Prices Reel
U.S. stock markets plunged on the news, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by more than 600 points, or 2.4%, for the day.
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Chelsea Manning Is Freed From Jail, Faces New Subpoena In WikiLeaks Case
Manning is due to return to federal court on May 16. Despite an offer of immunity, she has refused to answer questions about WikiLeaks, saying she already has shared everything she knows.
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U.S. Charges Former Intelligence Analyst With Leaking Classified Data To Reporter
Daniel Everette Hale of Nashville, Tenn., could face up to 50 years in prison if he's convicted. He's accused of printing dozens of documents — including 11 that were marked as secret or top secret.
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Sandra Bland's Phone Video Of Her Own Arrest Surfaces, Reviving Calls For New Inquiry
"Open up the case, period," Bland's sister, Shante Needham, said after seeing a video that Bland made with her cellphone, recording the traffic stop that put her in jail.
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Trump Pardons Michael Behenna, Former Soldier Convicted Of Killing Iraqi Prisoner
Behenna was convicted of unpremeditated murder in a combat zone. But his claim of self-defense and a request for clemency drew support from high-profile corners in Oklahoma.
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1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says
"Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate.
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Trump Moves To Withdraw U.S. From U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
"We will never surrender America's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy," the president said. He announced the move at the National Rifle Association's convention.
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FBI And IRS Raid Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's Home And Offices At City Hall
Pugh is being investigated after receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments for a self-published children's book from private companies that were subject to her influence.
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Philippines' Duterte Talks Trash (Literally) To Canada, Threatening War Over Garbage
More than 100 shipping containers had been declared to hold recyclable plastic scraps. But when they arrived in Manila, officials found household trash, including adult diapers.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Cases On LGBTQ Discrimination Protections For Employees
The court is poised to decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to sexual orientation and gender identity, along with factors such as race, religion, sex and national origin.