Shares in Asia traded higher Monday morning, as investors watch market reaction to Hong Kong’s district council elections amid months of civil unrest in the city. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led gains among major markets regionally as it jumped 1.5% in early trade, with shares of life insurer AIA […]
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The art of the 60 Minutes follow-up
When is it time to update a 60 Minutes story? After almost 22 years of producing for Lesley Stahl, Shari Finkelstein has it down to a science. “She’s not going to present a story to 60 Minutes where there hasn’t been an interesting development,” Stahl said of Finkelstein. “Not just […]
Reporting on hacked political documents
This week, 60 Minutes traveled to Florida to report on Russia’s hack of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the impact it had on one of the state’s congressional races in 2016. In 2016, Politico Senior Writer Marc Caputo was tipped off by a Republican operative to a cache of […]
Hong Kong democrats score a landslide local election landslide victory after months of protests
Local residents celebrate as Junius Ho Kwan-yiu loses in District Council Elections, outside a polling station on November 25, 2019 in Hong Kong. Billy H.C. Kwok | Getty Images News | Getty Images Hong Kong‘s democrats scored a landslide majority in district council elections, which saw a record turnout after six […]
Hong Kong democrats cheer local election landslide victory after months of protests
Local residents celebrate as Junius Ho Kwan-yiu loses in District Council Elections, outside a polling station on November 25, 2019 in Hong Kong. Billy H.C. Kwok | Getty Images News | Getty Images Hong Kong’s democrats romped to a landslide and symbolic majority in district council elections after residents turned […]
Anti-violence trainee gunned down while leaving program’s office
A man working to curb the escalation of gun violence in Washington, D.C. was shot to death as he left his anti-violence training program, prompting a manhunt for his killer, friends of the victim and police said on Sunday. Clarence Venable, 40, was gunned down Friday afternoon outside the headquarters […]
Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy
In this July 16, 2019, photo, acting Defense Secretary Richard Spencer listens during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Secretary of the U.S. Navy Spencer said Saturday, Nov. 23, he doesn’t consider a tweet by Pr Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired […]
House Intel Committee possesses video, audio recordings from Giuliani associate
The House Intelligence Committee is in possession of audio and video recordings and photographs provided to the committee by Lev Parnas, an associate of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who reportedly played a key role in assisting him in his efforts to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden […]
2 boys, ages 11 and 14, shot to death outside elementary school: Police
Two boys, ages 14 and 11, died from wounds suffered when someone let loose a fusillade of gunfire on a minivan they were in at a California elementary school, police said. The double homicide occurred about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday in a parking lot of Searles Elementary School in Union […]
Pilot rescued after small plane becomes entangled upside down in power line
Firefighters in Minnesota rescued a pilot after the small plane he was flying became entangled in a high-voltage power line upside down. Emergency dispatchers received a 911 call reporting the single engine plane had crashed on 150th street in Louisville Township, just before 4 p.m. Saturday, according to a release […]