Bill Chappell is a writer at NPR. He focuses on regional interest and world news, with a particular emphasis on climate change, sustainability, and social issues, while also covering topics such as crime and the food industry. Bill's work has been featured in numerous outlets, including Wxxi News, WCBU-FM, and Vermont Public Radio.
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Johnathon Vera with Arizona Pipeline Co. works to extinguish a burning gas line fire in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 11.
By: Bill Chappell
As news spread of fast-growing fires in Los Angeles last week, bogus images magnified the terror: The first fakes, some generated by AI, popped up
From someone who lost their home to a wildfire Topline: Annie Barbour lost her home in the 2017 Tubbs fire in Northern California's wine region.
A winter storm prompted a National Weather Service office in Louisiana to issue a first-ever blizzard warning. The storm is causing dangerous conditions from Texas to North Carolina.
By: Bill Chappell
A winter storm prompted a National Weather Service office in Louisiana to issue a first-ever blizzard warning. The storm is causing dangerous conditions from Texas to North Carolina.
By: Bill Chappell
People make their way down a snowy Canal Street on Jan. 21 in New Orleans. A winter storm brought rare snowfall to the city.
By: Bill Chappell, James Doubek
Updated January 21, 2025 at 21:06 PM ET Snow from a winter storm is winding down across the Gulf Coast, but forecasters are now warning of dangerously cold temperatures and travel hazards.
By: Bill Chappell, Jeff Haynes
2007: Immigrant rights activist Elvira Arellano of Mexico defied a deportation order and took sanctuary for months in an apartment above the Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago. A new Trump administration policy no longer regards churches as "sensitive" areas where authorities should not pursue people in the country illegally. Arellano remains in the U.S.
The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: "Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old," Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says.
By: Bill Chappell
It was a full-on party in Punxsutawney this weekend. "This is my favorite holiday," one local says of the fuss-free day, adding, "You don't have to even see your in-laws."
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