Bill Chappell
Stories
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U.S. National Debt Hits Record $22 Trillion
Federal deficits are now expected to average $1.2 trillion, or 4.4 percent of gross domestic product — far higher than the average over the past 50 years.
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Trump Supporter Violently Shoves BBC Cameraman At El Paso Rally
"The crowd had been whipped up into a frenzy" against the media, a BBC producer says of President Trump's rally in El Paso, Texas.
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5 Die As Plane Crashes Into Neighborhood In Southern California
Several witnesses described a dramatic scene in which the aircraft, a 1981 twin-engine Cessna 414, burst into flames and began breaking apart even before it hit the house.
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Homeland Security Created A Fake University In Michigan As Part Of Immigration Sting
Eight alleged recruiters who were paid thousands of dollars for connecting students to the bogus university — which had an actual office space in Farmington Hills, Mich. — have been indicted.
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Toronto Gardener Pleads Guilty To Killing 8 Men, Some Of Whom Were Buried In Planters
Bruce McArthur, 67, admitted to killing the men between 2010 and 2017 and disposing of their bodies on or near a client's property. Nearly all the victims had ties to Toronto's LGBT community.
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'Life-Threatening Arctic Blast' Surges Into Midwest, Barreling Toward Eastern U.S.
The National Weather Service warned of a "very dangerous" cold air mass, prompting governors to declare emergencies and school districts to shut down.
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After Hearing U.S. Veteran Had No Family, Huge Crowd Attends His Funeral In Texas
Scores of people turned up for Joseph Walker's funeral Monday — not because they knew him, but because they knew the Vietnam-era veteran was at risk of being buried without anyone attending.
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Supreme Court Revives Trump's Ban On Transgender Military Personnel, For Now
The court's decision allows the Pentagon to bar transgender people from joining or remaining in the military while two lower-court rulings that had blocked the policy are appealed.
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Differing Narratives After Standoff Between Native American Man, High School Student
The interaction between the man and the teen caused an outcry. But a more complicated picture has emerged of the day when several groups of protesters converged at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
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Judge Dismisses Ashley Judd's Sexual Harassment Claim Against Weinstein
While he ruled out Judd's harassment claim, a federal judge also gave the OK to part of her lawsuit in which the actress claims Weinstein blackballed her out of spite.